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Video: "Favorite Books"
🕑 Added 2020-10-01 12:01:03 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive. Joshua discusses favorite bookstores, favorite books, favorite first lines, favorite writers, and how to get the most out of our reading and writing experiences with Podcast Shawn and Jordan Know Moore, and they answer the following questions:
How many types of writing are there? (17:29)
What makes for a great bookstore? (18:47)
What is ‘narrative urgency’? (26:27)
What are some books you wish you would’ve written? (29:26)
What is the difference between commercial fiction and literary fiction? (31:46)
What are some of your favorite first lines of books? (28:42)
What should good books do? (45:33)
What is the difference between autobiography and memoir? (1:36:49)
How do I learn to let go of physical books that I’ve replaced digitally? (1:44:38)
What are some helpful criteria to consider regarding donating books? (1:45:38)
How do I accept that I simply don’t have time to read some books and let them go? (1:48:00)
Is there actually such a thing as ‘book clutter’? (1:49:23)
Are annotated books of any value to others? (1:50:38)
When do book suggestions for others become unhelpful? (1:52:51)
Is there any reason to not sell or donate books that have been personalized? (1:53:59)
Is it helpful for book collectors to recognize their collections will never be complete? (1:55:31)
How do I let go of books I’ve fully interacted with that are filled with my underlining and marginalia? (1:56:28)
Is there any reason to have physical books given the overall convenience of digital books? (1:58:00)
LINKS
Article: The Best Bookstores
Book: A Fan’s Notes
Book: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
Book: American Psycho
Book: Anything You Want
Book: As a Decade Fades
Book: Bright Lights, Big City
Book: Cherry
Book: Civilized to Death
Book: Dead I Well May Be
Book: Digital Minimalism
Book: Essential
Book: Everything Is Spiritual
Book: Everything That Remains
Book: Freedom
Book: Garner’s Modern American Usage
Book: How to Be Here
Book: Infinite Jest
Book: Jesus’ Son
Book: Knockemstiff
Book: Less Than Zero
Book: Lit
Book: Lunar Park
Book: Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life
Book: Minimalist Rulebook
Book: My Struggle
Book: Sex at Dawn
Book: Shortest Way Home
Book: The Answers
Book: The Art of Memoir
Book: The Broom of the System
Book: The Circle
Book: The Devil All the Time
Book: The Influencers
Book: The Liars’ Club
Book: The Motion of the Body Through Space
Book: The Pale King
Book: The Body Artist
Book: The Sun and Her Flowers
Book: The Total Money Makeover
Book: Velvet Elvis
Book: Where I’m Calling From
Book: White
Book: Wittgenstein's Mistress
Bookshelves: Design within Reach
Class: How to Write Better
Essay: Mins Game
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Instagram: Jessica Williams
Listen: Adrian McKinty
Podcast: Rob Bell
Podcast: Book Clutter
Podcast: Pete Buttigieg
Podcast: Matt Nathanson
Podcast: Dr. Christopher Ryan
Podcast: The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
Resources: The Minimalists
Story: “A Very Short Story”
Story: “Baby Shoes”
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Text: 937-202-4654
Twitter: Joshua Fields Millburn
Watch: Her
Watch: Minimalism Documentary
Watch: Minimalist Home Tour | Joshua Fields Millburn
Watch: Short Cuts
Watch: The Devil All the Time
MAXIMS
“If everything is precious, then nothing is precious.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Clinging is always an inappropriate way to hold on.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 254.
Comments
Alex Coronado
I enjoyed very much this episode. I somewhat relate to your feelings when you read the sentence from "What if" poem. I look forward on reading some of these books
Yvonne
Wow. A long and fun one! Took me forever to finish listening to this podcast and it was definitely Active Listening. Had to keep going back to previous parts, needed pen & paper to take notes and look up authors and books. Ended up putting three books on my very carefully put together ‘To Read’ List (too many titles will just turn it into a Wishlist I never get around to, very demotivating), already looking forward to reading them! Thanks guys!
