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If you are someone who learns by reading and prefers to have books to refer to, here are some suggestions for popular and helpful books on decluttering.
Real Life Organizing by Cassandra Aarssen
This book focuses on organizing your home in small, realistic chunks—often just 15 minutes a day—making it ideal for beginners who feel overwhelmed by clutter.
The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker
This room-by-room guide shows how to gradually reduce clutter and create calmer spaces throughout your home, making it an approachable starting point for people new to decluttering.
The More of Less by Joshua Becker
A popular introduction to minimalism that explains how owning fewer things can create more time, freedom, and financial flexibility. Becker combines personal stories with practical advice on reducing excess possessions.
The Year of Less by Cait Flanders
Part memoir and part guide, this book follows the author’s year-long challenge to stop unnecessary shopping and reduce what she owned. Along the way she reflects on spending habits, consumer culture, and how simplifying her life led to greater clarity and freedom.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
This bestselling guide introduces the KonMari method, which encourages keeping only items that “spark joy”. Instead of tidying room by room, Kondo suggests decluttering by category so you can see how much you own and make clearer decisions about what to keep.
Clutter Free by Kathi Lipp
A gentle, encouraging guide that helps readers simplify their homes with quick, practical steps and manageable goals rather than strict organizing rules.
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
This thoughtful book explores the Scandinavian practice of gradually decluttering your belongings so that others won’t have to deal with them later. It blends practical advice with reflections on aging, memories, and living more simply.
Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
Rubin explains how organizing your surroundings can improve focus, productivity, and mental clarity. The book offers short, manageable steps for creating order without feeling overwhelmed.
It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh
Walsh explores the emotional reasons we hold onto too many possessions and provides practical guidance for clearing clutter room by room. The focus is on creating a home that supports the life you actually want to live.
Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana K. White
A practical, realistic approach for people who struggle to stay organized. White focuses on small, manageable steps and quick decluttering sessions so the process feels doable instead of overwhelming.
If you still need help, you can reach out to me for virtual organizing or one to one organizing to help you not feel overwhelmed on your organizing projects.
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