#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The book that sparked a revolution and inspired the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: the original guide to decluttering your home once and for all.
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE—CNN
Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?
Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).
With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house “spark joy” (and which don’t), this international bestseller will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home—and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.
Loved it for me
"So helpful and pleasant to read! I found the author and her advice much more relatable than I thought I would. I love that it focuses on my values and what I feel than what one ‘should’ do. There are a couple very minor points I didn’t relate to but after reading this I will definitely be applying this overall method. If you’re a fan of the TV show, I’m finding this a helpful compliment to do it myself without needing to tab a bunch of pages as it’s very clear, but it’s also helpful to see videos for folding for example. Her experience is also evident in terms of different dead ends one could fall into and how to handle them. Even if you don’t end up taking up her method, if you’re kind of nerdy (not about tidying, I wasn’t, but just about how things can work) and about to tackle something in your life right now, it’s just also an interesting and sweet read to hear her POV."
