Best lifestyle books

71 of the world's most popular books — descriptions, covers, and classic quotes.

Lifestyle books here are about how a week actually feels: home, taste, rest, and the small designs that make ordinary days easier to like.

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A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle book cover

A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle

Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin book cover

Better Than Before

Gretchen Rubin

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert book cover

Big Magic

Elizabeth Gilbert

Clutterfree with Kids by Joshua Becker book cover

Clutterfree with Kids

Joshua Becker

Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana K. White book cover

Decluttering at the Speed of Life

Dana K. White

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert book cover

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert

Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki book cover

Goodbye, Things

Fumio Sasaki

Homebody by Joanna Gaines book cover

Homebody

Joanna Gaines

Lagom by Niki Brantmark book cover

Lagom

Niki Brantmark

Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig book cover

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Matt Haig

Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin book cover

Outer Order, Inner Calm

Gretchen Rubin

Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist book cover

Present Over Perfect

Shauna Niequist

Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig book cover

Reasons to Stay Alive

Matt Haig

Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne book cover

Simplicity Parenting

Kim John Payne

Slow by Brooke McAlary book cover

Slow

Brooke McAlary

Spark Joy by Marie Kondo book cover

Spark Joy

Marie Kondo

The Art of Simple Living by Shunmyo Masuno book cover

The Art of Simple Living

Shunmyo Masuno

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig book cover

The Comfort Book

Matt Haig

The Cozy Life by Pia Edberg book cover

The Cozy Life

Pia Edberg

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson book cover

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

Margareta Magnusson

The Home Edit by Clea Shearer book cover

The Home Edit

Clea Shearer

The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking book cover

The Little Book of Hygge

Meik Wiking

The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker book cover

The Minimalist Home

Joshua Becker

The More of Less by Joshua Becker book cover

The More of Less

Joshua Becker

The Year of Less by Cait Flanders book cover

The Year of Less

Cait Flanders

Walden by Henry David Thoreau book cover

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

Dork Diaries 15 by Rachel Renée Russell book cover

Dork Diaries 15

Rachel Renée Russell

Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams book cover

Last Chance to See

Douglas Adams

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell book cover

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

Endurance by Alfred Lansing book cover

Endurance

Alfred Lansing

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson book cover

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole book cover

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson book cover

The Lost Continent

Bill Bryson

Wild by Cheryl Strayed book cover

Wild

Cheryl Strayed

Until You by Judith McNaught book cover

Until You

Judith McNaught

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck book cover

Travels with Charley

John Steinbeck

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe book cover

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

Chroniques de Jérusalem by Guy Delisle book cover

Chroniques de Jérusalem

Guy Delisle

Two years before the mast by Richard Henry Dana book cover

Two years before the mast

Richard Henry Dana

Die Leiden des jungen Werthers by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book cover

Die Leiden des jungen Werthers

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau book cover

Cape Cod

Henry David Thoreau

Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson book cover

Notes from a small island

Bill Bryson

The Lost City of Z by David Grann book cover

The Lost City of Z

David Grann

Neither here nor there

Neither here nor there

Bill Bryson

Down Under (In a Sunburned Country) by Bill Bryson book cover

Down Under (In a Sunburned Country)

Bill Bryson

Cinq semaines en ballon by Jules Verne book cover

Cinq semaines en ballon

Jules Verne

Pyongyang by Guy Delisle book cover

Pyongyang

Guy Delisle

All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare book cover

All's Well That Ends Well

William Shakespeare