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Simplicity

Here is a list of useful titles on simplicity and the simplicity movement.

Andrews, Cecile. Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life. NY: HarperCollins, 1997.
Aslett, Don. Clutter's Last Stand: It's Time to De-Junk Your Life. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest
Books, 1984.
Barton, Andrew. Decluttering: A Spirituality of Less. Cambridge: Grove Books, 2006.
Bender, Sue. Plain & Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish. NY: HarperCollins, 1989.
Bennett, Hal Zina. Write from the Heart: Unleashing the Power of Your Creativity. Novato:
New World Library, 2001.
Berry, Wendell. The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture. San Francisco: Sierra
Club, 1996.
Berthold-Bond, Annie. Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living.
NY: Three Rivers Press, 1999.
Blix, Jacqueline, and David Heitmiller. Getting a Life: Strategies for Simple Living Based on
the Revolutionary Program for Financial Freedom from Your Money or Your Life.
NY: Viking, 1999.
Breathnach, Sarah Ban. Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy. NY: Warner,
1995.
Briskin, Alan. The Stirring of the Soul in the Workplace. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler,
1998.
Brown, Lester R. Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. NY: Norton, 2001.
Burch, Mark A. Stepping Lightly: Simplicity for People and the Planet. Gabriola Island: New
Society Publishers, 2000.
Cameron, Julia. The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. NY: Tarcher, 2002.
Campbell, Jeff. Clutter Control: Putting Your Home on a Diet. NY: Dell, 1992.
Cox, Connie and Cris Evatt. 30 Days to a Simpler Life. NY: Penguin, 1998.
Czech, Brian. Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train: Errant Economists, Shameful Spenders,
and a Plan to Stop Them All. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
Davidson, Jeff. Breathing Space: Living and Working at a Comfortable Pace in a Sped-Up
Society. Chapel Hill: Breathing Space Institute, 2000.
De Bono, Edward. Simplicity. London, NY: Viking, 1998.
de Graaf, John, ed. Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America.
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003.
___, David Wann, and Thomas Naylor. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. San Fran-
cisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2001.
Derkse, Wil. On Simplicity and Elegance: An Essay in Intellectual History. Delft: Eburon,
1992.

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Doherty, Daniel, and Amitai Etzioni, eds. Voluntary Simplicity: Responding to Consumer
Culture. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
Drake, John D. Downshifting: How to Work Less and Enjoy Life More. San Francisco: Ber-
rett-Koehler, 2001.
Duany, Andres, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck. Suburban Nation: The Rise of
Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. NY: North Point Press, 2001.
Durning, Alan. How Much is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth.
NY: Norton, 1992.
Elgin, Duane. Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future. NY:
Quill, 2001.
___. Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life that is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich.
NY: William Morrow, 1993.
Epstein, Richard Allen. Simple Rules for a Complex World. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1995.
Foster, Richard J. Freedom of Simplicity. NY: Harper, 1998.
Fromm, Erich. To Have or To Be? NY: Continuum, 1996.
Gregg, Richard. The Value of Voluntary Simplicity. Wallingford: Pendle Hill, 1936.
Grigsby, Mary. Buying Time and Getting By: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement. Albany:
State University of NY, 2004.
Hall, Colin and Ron Lieber. Taking Time Off: Inspiring Stories of Students Who Enjoyed Suc-
cessful Breaks from College and How You Can Plan Your Own. NY: Random House,
2003.
Hayden, Anders. Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet: Work Time, Consumption, & Ecol-
ogy. London: Zed Books, 2000.
Hochschild, Arlie Russell. The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes
Work. NY: Owl Books, Reissued 2001.
Jones, Kirk Byron. Addicted to Hurry: Spiritual Strategies for Slowing Down. Valley Forge:
Judson Press, 2003.
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday
Life. NY: Hyperion, 1994.
Kasser, Tim. The High Price of Materialism. Boston: MIT Press, 2002.
Lappé, Frances Moore and Anna. Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet. NY: J.P.
Tarcher, 2002.
Lara, Adair. Slowing Down in a Speeded Up World. Berkeley: Conari Press, 1994.
Lippe, Toinette. Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life. NY: J. P. Tarcher, 2002.
Lockwood, Georgene. Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living. Indianapolis: Alpha Books,
2000.
Longacre, Doris Janzen. Living More with Less. Scottdale: Herald Press, 1980.
Lotter, Donald W. EarthScore: Your Personal Environmental Audit & Guide. Lafayette:
Morning Sun Press, 1993.
Luhrs, Janet. The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living.
NY: Broadway Books, 1997

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Meadows, Donella H. et al. Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning A
Sustainable Future. Post Mills: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1993.
Merkel, Jim. Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth. Gabriola Island: New
Society Publishers, 2003.
Mills, Stephanie. Epicurean Simplicity. Washington: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2002.
Moore, Thomas. Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Every-
day Life. NY: Harper Perennial, Reprinted 1994.
O'Neill, Jessie. The Golden Ghetto: The Psychology of Affluence. Milwaukee: The Affluenza
Project, 1997.
Pierce, Linda Breen. Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a
Complex World. Carmel: Gallagher Press, 2000.
Pierce, Linda Breen. Simplicity Lessons: A 12-Step Guide to Living Simply. Carmel: Galla-
gher Press, 2003.
Princen, Thomas, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca, eds. Confronting Consumption. Cam-
bridge: MIT Press, 2002.
Robinson, Joe. Work to Live: The Guide to Getting a Life. NY: Perigee, 2003.
Schor, Juliet B. The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need. NY: Harper-
Collins, 1999.
___. The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure. NY: BasicBooks, 1993.
Schumacher, E.F. Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered: 25 Years
Later...Point Roberts: Hartley & Marks, 1999.
Segal, Jerome M. Graceful Simplicity: Toward a Philosophy and Politics of Simple Living.
NY: Henry Holt, 1999.
Shi, David E. The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture. NY:
Oxford UP, 1985.
___. In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices Past and Present. Salt Lake City: Pere-
grine Books, 1986.
Sober, Elliott. Simplicity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975.
St. James, Elaine. Inner Simplicity: 100 Ways to Regain Peace and Nourish Your Soul. NY:
Hyperion, 1995.
___. Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things That Really Matter.
NY: Hyperion, 1994.
Stocker, Gerfried, and Christine Schoepf, eds. Simplicity: The Art of Complexity. Ostfildern:
Hatje Cantz, 2006.
Thomas, Kim. Simplicity: Finding Peace by Uncluttering Your Life. Nashville: Broadman &
Holman, 1999.
Thoreau, Henry David. Walden and Other Writings. NY: Modern Library, 2000.
Wackernagel, Mathis and William E. Rees. Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human
Impact on the Earth. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 1995.
Whitmire, Catherine. Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity. Notre Dame: Sorin Books,
2001.

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