Idlers
6. 
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by:
Bill Bryson
4.07 avg rating β 436,123 ratings 
8. 
Trout Fishing in America / The Pill vs. the Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar 4.15 avg rating β 9,777 ratings
18. 
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
by:
Alan W. Watts
4.15 avg rating β 27,459 ratings 
24. 
Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
by:
A.O. Scott
3.29 avg rating β 1,290 ratings 
28. 
Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod 4.23 avg rating β 2,209 ratings
30. 
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
by:
Aldo Leopold
4.31 avg rating β 35,161 ratings 
33. 
The Soul Of Man Under Socialism & Selected Critical Prose
by:
Oscar Wilde
4.17 avg rating β 299 ratings 
37. 
The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book (Volume 4)
by:
Bill Watterson
4.64 avg rating β 22,251 ratings 37. 
Importance of Being Idle: A Little Book of Lazy Inspiration
by:
Stephen Robins
3.71 avg rating β 58 ratings 41. 
The Idler 46: Free Spirits: Interviews from the Idler Magazine 1993-2013
by:
Tom Hodgkinson
3.91 avg rating β 11 ratings 
50. 
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography
by:
Eric Idle
3.90 avg rating β 8,719 ratings 
52. 
Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind
by:
Barbara Becker
4.24 avg rating β 1,051 ratings 
55. 
How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
by:
Catherine Wilson
3.42 avg rating β 587 ratings 
56. 
Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living
by:
Kris Bordessa
4.10 avg rating β 478 ratings 58. 
Live An Artful Life: The Art of Living Artfully
by:
Thomas Neel
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 8 ratings 
61. 
Hippie Homesteaders: Arts, Crafts, Music and Living on the Land in West Virginia really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 55 ratings
64. 
Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene 4.43 avg rating β 605 ratings
65. 
Let Dogs Be Dogs: Understanding Canine Nature and Mastering the Art of Living with Your Dog 4.25 avg rating β 541 ratings
67. 
Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living
by:
Manjula Martin
3.79 avg rating β 1,162 ratings 
69. 
Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
by:
Krista Tippett
4.08 avg rating β 5,573 ratings 71. 
The Artist's Compass: The Complete Guide to Building a Life and a Living in the Performing Arts
by:
Rachel S. Moore
3.84 avg rating β 32 ratings 72. 
Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design 3.94 avg rating β 674 ratings
73. 
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (New Directions Paperbook)
by:
Henry Miller
3.81 avg rating β 3,454 ratings 73. 
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
by:
Pema ChΓΆdrΓΆn
4.24 avg rating β 13,438 ratings 75. 
A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
by:
Joseph Campbell
4.39 avg rating β 2,639 ratings 76. 
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
by:
Epictetus
4.25 avg rating β 34,671 ratings 
77. 
Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ Ways to Buy Smarter, Spend Smarter, and Save Money
by:
Clark Howard
3.58 avg rating β 877 ratings 79. 
A Life in Pieces: Reflections on Alexander Trocchi
by:
Allan Campbell
3.82 avg rating β 28 ratings 
81. 
83. 
Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America
by:
Tom Lutz
3.41 avg rating β 253 ratings 
86. 
The Road to Walden: 12 Life Lessons from a Sojourn to Thoreau's Cabin
by:
Kevin Dann
2.30 avg rating β 33 ratings 
90. 
In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
by:
Carl HonorΓ©
3.65 avg rating β 6,678 ratings 
96. 
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau
by:
Bill McKibben
4.24 avg rating β 607 ratings 
98. 
Thoreau's Living Ethics: Walden and the Pursuit of Virtue
by:
Philip Cafaro
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 25 ratings 100. 
The Idler's Companion: An Anthology of Lazy Literature
by:
Tom Hodgkinson
3.40 avg rating β 55 ratings