100 Best Cleaning Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

Marie Kondō

5.0

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

Recommended by Andra Zaharia, Annie Loves Covfefe, Benjamin Spall, and 3 others.

Andra Zaharia

I’ve gone through quite a few experiences brought on or shaped by what I’ve learned from books. … a more frivolous example is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying. I read this one when moving apartments a few years ago and it made me throw or give away ⅓ of my stuff. The result: freeing up space, both physical and mental, and acquiring some home organizing skills that have stuck with me ever since. My home is tidier and my mind is clearer because of this book. [source]

Annie Loves Covfefe

@Benny29143790 @Thereal_ssteele Oh how I love Kondo cleaning. Her first book is fantastic too!! [source]

Benjamin Spall

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo … I started reading on vacation. I interviewed Marie for my own book and while the translation is somewhat quirky in places, her book is worth the hype. [source]

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Simply Clean: The Proven Method for Keeping Your Home Organized, Clean, and Beautiful in Just 10 Minutes a Day

Becky Rapinchuk

4.5

From the cleaning and homekeeping expert and creator of the wildly popular Clean Mama blog comes a simple and accessible cleaning guide with a proven step-by-step schedule for tidying a home in just ten minutes a day.

Becky Rapinchuk, the “Clean Mama,” understands that many people don’t have the time, organizational skills, or homemaking habits to maintain a constantly clean and decluttered living

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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

Marie Kondō

4.5

Spark Joy is an in-depth, line illustrated, room-by-room guide to decluttering and organising your home. It covers every room in the house from bedrooms and kitchens to bathrooms and living rooms as well as a wide range of items in different categories, including clothes, photographs, paperwork, books, cutlery, cosmetics, shoes, bags, wallets and valuables. Charming line drawings explain how to pr

Recommended by Deke Bridges.

Deke Bridges

@ritawynthomas @MarieKondo Happy Friday Rita. It's a great book... part 2 of Marie's first book. Highly recommend. [source]

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How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

Dana K. White

4.5

Bring your home out of the mess it’s in and learn how to keep it under control.

“The dirty little secret about most organizing advice is that it’s written by organized people,” says blogger, speaker, and decluttering expert Dana K. White. “But that’s not how my brain works. I’m lost on page three.” Dana blogs at A Slob Comes Clean, chronicling her successes and failures with her self-described “des

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Sink Reflections

Marla Cilley

4.4

Overwhelmed? Disorganized? Living in Chaos? The FlyLady's Simple FLYing Lessons Will Show You How to Get Your Home and Your Life in Order--and It All Starts with Shining Your Sink!

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A Mouse Cookie First Library

Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond

4.4

The #1 New York Times bestselling If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Take a Mouse to School are available in a board book set.

In the circle story If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, a little mouse runs a small boy ragged as he demands one thing after another when the boy offers him a cookie. The same boy and mouse are back in If You Take a Mouse to School, where boy and mouse learn about science, m

Recommended by Janna Bastow.

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The Organically Clean Home: 150 Everyday Organic Cleaning Products You Can Make Yourself—The Natural, Chemical-Free Way

Becky Rapinchuk

4.4

As seen in Real Simple, Shape Magazine, and on Oprah.com

Cleaning products that save money--and the planet!

Forget about chemical cleaners and pricey "green" products--all you need are a few simple kitchen staples to make your whole house sparkle! The Organically Clean Home features 150 easy-to-make recipes for cleaning products filled with all-natural ingredients you can trust (and actually pronou

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Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home

Martha Stewart

4.3

Whether your home is small or large, an apartment in the city or a country cottage, it is a space that should be at once beautiful and livable. The key to that is managing the upkeep without feeling flustered. Until now, there has never been a comprehensive resource that not only tells how to care for your home and everything in it, but that also simplifies the process by explaining just when. Wit

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It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff

Peter Walsh

4.3

When you think of what it will take to clean your house, are you so overwhelmed you throw up your hands and cry "It's all too much"? Do you dream of having a closet where your clothes aren't crammed in so tightly that you can actually get to them? Is your basement filled with boxes of precious family mementos you haven't opened in ten years but are too afraid to toss? Are your kitchen counters ove

Recommended by Kevin Kelly.

Kevin Kelly

I actually gave it a whole page in my book 'Cool Tools' because I thought the message was so profound. [source]

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Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

Dana K. White

4.3

You don't have to live overwhelmed by stuff—you can get rid of clutter for good!

While the world seems to be in love with minimalism, many of us simply can't purge it all and start from nothing. In Decluttering at the Speed of Life, decluttering expert Dana White identifies the mindsets and emotional challenges that make it difficult to declutter, and then provides workable solutions to break throu

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Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House

Cheryl Mendelson

4.3

The classic bestselling resource for every American home.

Choosing fabrics, cleaning china, keeping the piano in tune, making a good fire, folding a fitted sheet, setting the dining room table, keeping surfaces free of food pathogens, watering plants, removing stains -- Home Comforts addresses the meanings as well as the methods of hands -- on housekeeping to help you manage everyday chores, find

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The Complete Book of Home Organization

Toni Hammersley

4.3

Have you ever wished you had the time and tools to organize your house in a clutter-free, design-conscious, Pinterest-worthy way? From storage solutions and cleaning tips to secret space-saving methods and expert strategies, The Complete Book of Home Organization is packed with the tips and shortcuts you need to effectively organize your home.

From small spaces and apartment solutions to how to tac

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Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home: The Simple, Room-by-Room Plan for a Natural Home

Becky Rapinchuk

4.3

In Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home, Becky Rapinchuk, author of Simply Clean and creator of the popular cleaning website Clean Mama, provides a step-by-step guide to take charge of your home’s wellness with a comprehensive, all-natural cleaning system.

Scientific evidence points to a clear link between household chemicals and a number of diseases and chronic health issues. Drawing on this resea

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The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room

Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain

4.3

"The room shared by Brother and Sister is a mess because the cubs argue over who should neaten up instead of working together. Sure to make toddlers smile while they absorb an implied lesson."--Publishers Weekly.

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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Fumio Sasaki

4.3

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he’s just a regular guy who was stressed at work, insecure, and constantly comparing himself to others—until one day he decided to change his life by reducing his possessions to the bare minimum. The benefits were instantaneous and absolutely remarkable: without all his “stuff,” Sasaki finally felt true freedom, peace of mind, and appreciation

Recommended by Kyle Chayka.

Kyle Chayka

Sasaki not only describes how he cleaned out his apartment, but has a list of everything he earns, and suggests that you try to buy the same things. He tells you why you should live with only one low table instead of, you know, a dining room. So I think this book in particular presents a particular aesthetic and style that goes with ‘the minimalist lifestyle.’ [source]

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The Complete Book of Clean: Tips Techniques for Your Home

Toni Hammersley

4.3

The follow-up to the bestselling Complete Book of Home Organization, the Complete Book ofHome Cleaning is a complete, eco-friendly guide to cleaning your home. From establishing routines, making schedules, and DIYing green cleaning solutions to help keep every area of your home neat, safe and spotless—find it all here.

Learn the best seasons to tackle home projects, storage solutions to simplify th

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Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess

Rachel Hoffman

4.3

Finally, a housekeeping and organizational system developed for those of us who'd describe our current living situation as a “f*cking mess” that we're desperate to fix. Unf*ck Your Habitat is for anyone who has been left behind by traditional aspirational systems: The ones that ignore single people with full-time jobs; people without kids but living with roommates; and people with mental illnesses

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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

Margareta Magnusson

4.3

A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.

In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner th

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Tidy

Emily Gravett

4.2

Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates quickly and ends with the complete destruction of the forest! Will Pete realise the error of his ways and set things right?

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The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story

Marie Kondō

4.2

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author and lifestyle/cleaning guru Marie Kondo, this graphic novelization brings Kondo's life-changing tidying method to life with the fun, quirky story of a woman who transforms her home, work, and love life using Kondo's advice and inspiration.

Marie Kondo presents the fictional story of Chiaki, a young woman in Tokyo who struggles with a cluttered apartmen

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Small Pig

Arnold Lobel

4.2

No mud!

Small Pig loves to sit in good, soft mud. When the farmer's wife cleans his pigpen, Small Pig runs away. In the city he finds a new mud puddle—but it is not full of mud at all. And now Small Pig has one big problem!

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Order from Chaos: The Everyday Grind of Staying Organized with Adult ADHD

Jaclyn Paul

4.2

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Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise

Pam Young

4.2

Two sisters share the system of organising household chores that they created to make managing a home less time consuming and more efficient, in an updated handbook that explains how to reduce chaos and clutter and achieve organisation in the home.

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Deluxe Recipe Binder - Favorite Recipes

New Seasons

4.2

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Homemaking with Babs: Tips and Tricks for Making a House a Home

Barbara Costello

4.2

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of Every Day with Babs, comes Babs’ life-tested advice and tricks for setting up, cleaning, and maintaining an organized, happy, and healthy home.Everyone’s favorite grandma is back with a comprehensive guide to caring for the home, whether you live in a house or apartment. Through their decades of experience as homeowners, Babs and her husban

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Cluttered Mess to Organized Success Workbook: Declutter and Organize your Home and Life with over 100 Checklists and Worksheets (Plus Free Full Downloads)

Cassandra Aarssen

4.2

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Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills

Abigail Gehring

4.2

Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind that were common to earlier generations--need look no further than this full-color, eminently practical guide. Created to both inspire and instruct, it returns readers to an era before power saws and fast food restaurants so they can rediscover the pleasures and challenges of a more self-sufficient, economical, and healthy lifestyle. Packed w

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Clean My Space: The Secret to Cleaning Better, Faster, and Loving Your Home Every Day

Melissa Maker

4.2

The wildly popular YouTube star behind Clean My Space presents the breakthrough solution to cleaning better with less effort

Melissa Maker is beloved by fans all over the world for her completely re-engineered approach to cleaning. As the dynamic new authority on home and living, Melissa knows that to invest any of our precious time in cleaning, we need to see big, long-lasting results. So, she de

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How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

KC Davis LPC

4.2

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Comic Book Pressing and Cleaning: A How-To Guide

Jacob Gadbois

4.2

Learn how to press and clean comic books professionally or for yourself! There is much speculation in the community as to how and what this process is, and this how-to guide will show you the long-kept secrets of the pros. Gadbois lays out the entire process in a step-by-step easy to read format, materials list, and includes tips, tricks, and a troubleshooting chapter with plenty of full color pho

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Pigsty

Mark Teague

4.2

A messy room springs to life in this award-winning story from New York Times-bestselling author Mark Teague
Wendell Flutz's room isn't a mess. It's a total pigsty. But Wendell's mother can't get him to clean it up. Wendell doesn't think the mess is so awful. In fact, he doesn't even mind it when one day he discovers a real pig sitting on his bed!

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Jillian Jiggs

Phoebe Gilman

4.2

Jillian Jiggs-- who spends most of her time making up games and playing dress-up-- is much too busy to clean her room!

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Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day

Cassandra Aarssen and Peter Walsh

4.2

#1 Amazon Best Seller!Real Life Organizing offers clutter free storage solutions and advice that can help you create a Pinterest worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life and have more time for the things you love. Organizational expert Cassandra 'Cas' Aarssen, the guru from YouTube's ClutterBug channel, reveals her tips, tricks and secrets to a clean and clutt

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House Hushing: The Simple Method to Declutter and Decorate for a More Peaceful Home (Cozy Minimalist Design Inspiration for Your Tidy Home)

Myquillyn Smith

4.2

YOUR HOME CAN BE BOTH SIMPLE AND SOULFULIf you've ever found yourself in an endless loop of decorating and decluttering, you're not alone.We've been told that a peaceful home means a nearly empty home. But peace isn't found in emptiness; it's found in intention.Myquillyn Smith, the original voice behind House Hushing, will help you create a simple, storied home full of personality, without being o

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Organic Housekeeping: In Which the Non-Toxic Avenger Shows You How to Improve Your Health and That of Your Family, While You Save Time, Money, and, Perhaps, Your Sanity

Ellen Sandbeck

4.1

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So. Many. Planner Stickers.: 2,600 Stickers to Decorate, Organize, and Brighten Your Planner

Pipsticks®+Workman®

4.1

50 pages x 52 stickers per page = 2,600 bright, beautiful stickers to spruce up your planner!

Too many planner stickers? No such thing. This HUGE collection of fun and functional stickers will take your planner to the next level and make everyday planning a little more awesome. Use them to flag appointments, track goals, or mark vacations, paydays, book club meetings, brunch, and beyond. Stay org

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Llama Llama Mess Mess Mess

Anna Dewdney, Reed Duncan

4.1

Mama Llama teaches Llama Llama a humorous lesson in cleaning up in Anna Dewdney's bestselling Llama Llama series.

Time to pick up all your toys!
Why is Mama making noise?
Mama says it's cleaning day.
Llama only wants to play.

Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama is growing up, but he still loves to play with all his toys! When Mama Llama says it's time to clean up, Llama responds like any child more interested i

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Franklin Is Messy

Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark

4.1

Franklin's room is messy. He can never find his favorite toys. Then he learns about cleaning up.

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Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: The Book Collection: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and Spark Joy

Marie Kondo

4.1

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Little Oink

Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jen Corace

4.1

From the creators of Little Pea and Little Hoot comes this tidy tale of a decidedly different pig. Little Oink is a neat little fellow. Clean, clean, clean, that's all he wants to do. But Mama and Papa won't have it! They say in order to be a proper pig, he has to learn to make a proper mess. "Don't come out until your room is a pigsty," says Papa Pig. "I won't have any child of mine going out loo

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My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag . . . and Other Things You Can't Ask Martha

Jolie Kerr

4.1

The author of the hit column “Ask a Clean Person” offers a hilarious and practical guide to cleaning up life’s little emergencies

Life is filled with spills, odors, and those oh-so-embarrassing stains you just can’t tell your parents about. And let’s be honest: no one is going to ask Martha Stewart what to do when your boyfriend barfs in your handbag.

Thankfully, Jolie Kerr has both staggering cle

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Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre

Brett L. Markham

4.1

Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never been a farmer or a gardener, this book covers everything you need to know to get started: buying and saving

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Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

Gretchen Rubin

4.1

Bestselling author of The Four Tendencies and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin illuminates one of her key realizations about happiness: For most of us, outer order contributes to inner calm. In a new book packed with more than one hundred concrete ideas, she helps us create the order and organization that can make our lives happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.

In the context

Recommended by Brene Brown.

Brene Brown

Gretchen Rubin’s superpower is curiosity… Weaving together research, unforgettable examples, and her brilliant insight, Better Than Before is a force for real change.” [source]

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A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Lucia Berlin, Stephen Emerson, Lydia Davis

4.1

A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the laundromats and halfway houses of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper class, among switchboar

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Coming Clean

Kimberly Rae Miller

4.1

A stunning memoir about a childhood spent growing up in a family of extreme hoarders and hiding squalor behind the veneer of a perfect family. Kim Miller is an immaculately put-together woman with a great career, a loving boyfriend, and a beautifully tidy apartment in Brooklyn. You would never guess that she spent her childhood hiding behind the closed doors of her family’s idyllic Long Island hou

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Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life

Marie Kondo, Scott Sonenshein

4.1

DECLUTTER YOUR DESK AND BRIGHTEN UP YOUR BUSINESS WITH THIS TRANSFORMATIVE GUIDE FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND NUMBER ONE 'NEW YORK TIMES' BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF 'THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP.'

The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards o

Recommended by Bob Sutton.

Bob Sutton

@ScottSonenshein I love the book! [source]

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The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life

Francine Jay

4.1

Having less stuff is the key to happiness. Do you ever feel overwhelmed, instead of overjoyed, by all your possessions? Do you secretly wish a gale force wind would blow the clutter from your home? If so, it's time to simplify your life! The Joy of Less is a fun, lighthearted guide to minimalist living. Part One provides an inspirational pep talk on the joys and rewards of paring down. Part Two pr

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Cami Kangaroo Has Too Much Stuff!

Stacy C Bauer

4.1

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The Forever Dog Life: 120+ Recipes, Longevity Tips, and New Science for Better Bowls and Healthier Homes ― A Natural Dog Care Guide

Rodney Habib, Karen Shaw Becker

4.1

In this beautifully illustrated guide, the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Forever Dog show how to create a thriving, sustainable lifestyle and environment to help your dog live a longer, happier, and healthier life.In The Forever Dog, Rodney Habib and Dr. Karen Becker explained that your dog’s longevity starts with proper pet nutrition. In The Forever Dog Life, they offer simple w

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Five Little Monkeys with Nothing to Do

Eileen Christelow

4.1

It's summer, school is out, and the monkeys are bored. When five little monkeys ask for something to do, cleaning the house for Grandma Bessie's visit isn't exactly what they had in mind. But leave it to those mischievous monkeys to find a way to make housework fun . . . and messy! Featuring Eileen Christelow's irresistible art in a classic book about everyone's favorite bestselling monkeys.

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Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm

Katy Wells

4.1

Read by the author. Are you overwhelmed by clutter, constant mess, and the mental load of daily responsibilities? It's time to break free from the chaos and create a home that works for you—using a fresh approach to decluttering that will simplify your space, reduce stress, and free up your time and energy.Katy Wells, mom and host of the top-rated The Maximized Minimalist podcast, transformed her

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Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die

Messie Condo, Hillary Huber, and Dreamscape Media

4.1

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Mundane Magic: A Lazy Witch's Guide to Hacking Your Brain, Building a Daily Practice, and Getting Stuff Done

Molly Donlan

4.1

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Transform the mundane tasks of daily life into intentional moments of Magical self-care, with spells, rituals, and exercises that work with your brain, not against it—from the co-host of the Demystify Magic podcastAre the dust bunnies and clutter in your house getting out of control? Do you put off cleaning your shower curtain or organizing your closet until you can’t ignore

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Clutter Busting: Letting Go of What's Holding You Back

Brooks Palmer

4.1

Piles of junk in garages and closets, overflowing papers on desks, items unused for years, masses of unanswered email, clothing never worn, useless gifts that collect dust — all these things, says Brooks Palmer, come weighted with shame and guilt and have a suffocating effect on spirit and soul. In this insightful book, Palmer shows how to get rid of the things in our lives that no longer serve us

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Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control

Dana K. White and Thomas Nelson

4.1

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31 Days to Clean - Having a Martha House the Mary Way

Sarah Mae

4.1

This book has been revised and updated, see the revised edition here

Journey with me for 31 Days as we get our homes and our hearts in order. Give me 31 days and I'll give you not only a cleaner home, but a vision for one.

I am not a natural when it comes to cleaning. In fact, sometimes I think my DNA is allergic to it! However, I know that if I am to care for my home, and more importantly my family

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Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom (Frankie Pickle, #1)

Eric Wight

4.1

Chapter book meets graphic novel in this first book in the series everyone will be talking about. Like most kids, Frankie Pickle hates cleaning his room. But what happens when his mom says he never has to clean it again? For Frankie and his unstoppable imagination, it means he and his sidekick, Argyle, can become explorers swinging on vines, forging paths through piles of clothes, and scooting pas

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Clean House Clean Planet

Karen Logan

4.1

Librarian's note: This ISBN was previously used on another book.

Go green with this rollicking guide to eco-friendly cleaning alternatives that will help you save your health, your money, and your planet.

How many times have you said you’re killing yourself trying to keep your house clean? You might have been joking, but you’re closer to the truth than you think if you’re using expensive commercial

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Chicken and Cat Clean Up

Sara Varon

4.1

Sara Varon follows up on her irresistible CHICKEN AND CAT with a new tale about the fabulously sweet and charming duo.

When Chicken starts his own housekeeping business, he hires Cat to help him out. It's tough going at first. No matter how hard Cat tries, he is clumsy and keeps making mistakes, which causes Chicken to be upset and Cat very sad. Finally Cat listens to his inner-species calling when

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Great, Now We've Got Barbarians!

Jason Carter Eaton, Mark Fearing

4.1

An untidy kid sets off a pest invasion like no other in this boisterously fun picture book about the perils of messy habits.
Playing and having fun is a kid s job, right? Cleaning up is a parent's job, right? Why do grown-ups make such a fuss about tidiness and cleanliness, anyway? What s the worst that could happen? A couple of ants pass through? A lone little mouse pays a midnight call? No big de

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Hand Made: The Modern Woman's Guide to Made-from-Scratch Living

Melissa K. Norris

4.0

Homemade Shouldn't Be Hectic

Do you wish you could slow down and create a home you and your family love and enjoy spending time in? Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made-from-Scratch Life and voice of the Pioneering Today podcast, offers down-to-earth tips and guidance to help you learn how to...

bake old-fashioned recipes (everything from biscuits to shepherd's pie) with quick, stress-free steps
gro

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The Little Book of Living Small

Laura Fenton

4.0

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Little Rabbit and the Meanest Mother on Earth

Kate Klise, M. Sarah Klise

4.0

Little Rabbit hears the drums and watches performers parade by. He really wants to go to the circus! His mother says he may go, but only after he cleans his playroom. Little Rabbit tries, but it’s no use. There’s only one thing to do: Join the circus and sell one hundred tickets to see the Meanest Mother on Earth! She’s terrifying! She’s not fair!

Mother Rabbit is tough, but only because she loves

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The Messies Manual: The Procrastinator's Guide to Good Housekeeping

Sandra Felton

4.0

The Messie's Manual has helpled over a quarter million readers overcome disorderly lives. Reading it is not guaranteed to make you a professional housekeeper overnight, but it's a real beginning for overcoming procrastination and conquering the battle against messiness once and for all.

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AR-15 Rifle Builder's Manual: An Illustrated, Step-By-Step Guide to Assembling the AR-15 Rifle

Rob Reaser

4.0

If you want to build your own AR-15 style rifle, this is the book you need. The AR-15 Rifle Builder's Manual is the fully illustrated step-by-step guide to building the AR-15 style rifle. No procedure is left out or glossed over. The primary AR-15 groups (upper receiver assembly, lower receiver assembly, and bolt carrier group) are broken down into their component assemblies to provide every detai

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Simple Matters: Living with Less and Ending Up with More

Erin Boyle

4.0

For anyone looking to declutter, organize, and simplify, author Erin Boyle shares practical guidance and personal insights on small-space living and conscious consumption. At once pragmatic and philosophical, Simple Matters is a nod to the growing consensus that living simply and purposefully is more sustainable not only for the environment, but for our own happiness and well-being, too. Boyle emb

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Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward with Your Life

Matt Paxton

4.0

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The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

Joshua Becker

4.0

Don’t Settle for More

Most of us know we own too much stuff. We feel the weight and burden of our clutter, and we tire of cleaning and managing and organizing.

While excess consumption leads to bigger houses, faster cars, fancier technology, and cluttered homes, it never brings happiness. Rather, it results in a desire for more. It redirects our God-given passions to things that can never fulfil

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Fix This Mess!

Tedd Arnold

4.0

A funny story about a boy, a robot, and a BIG, BIG mess! This Level D book is perfect for kindergarten readers. From the creator of the widely popular Fly Guy books!

"Fix this mess!" Jake tells Robug. But Robug just makes things worse. Robug finally figures out how to fix the mess--but it's not what Jake expected.

Tedd Arnold's illustrations of Robug's frantic efforts are laugh-out-loud funny, as Ro

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The Adult ADHD Blueprint for Decluttering, Cleaning and Organizing: Take Your Home from Chaos to Control in 7 Days (Overcoming Adult ADHD Challenges)

Amy Harper

4.0

What if your home finally felt like a place to breathe? No more overwhelm the second you open the door. No more shame when someone drops by. No more starting and stopping a new routine, only to end up right back in the same mess.Just ease. Flow. And a quiet kind of pride you haven't felt in a long time.If you live with ADHD, you already know the usual organizing solutions don’t work.You’ve tried t

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The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life

Robin Zasio

4.0

We all have treasured possessions—a favorite pair of shoes, a much-beloved chair, an ever-expanding record collection. But sometimes, this emotional attachment to our belongings can spiral out of control and culminate into a condition called compulsive hoarding. From hobbyists and collectors to pack rats and compulsive shoppers—it is close to impossible for hoarders to relinquish their precious

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Simply Living Well: A Guide to Creating a Natural, Low-Waste Home

Julia Watkins

4.0

Recipes, DIY projects, and inspiration for a beautiful and low-waste life, from the creator of @simply.living.well on Instagram

In this timely and motivational guide, author Julia Watkins shares rituals, recipes, and projects for living simply and sustainably at home. For every area of your household—kitchen, cleaning, wellness, bath, and garden—Julia shows you how to eliminate wasteful packaging,

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LifeStyled: Your Guide to a More Organized & Intentional Life

Shira Gill

4.0

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Max Cleans Up

Rosemary Wells

4.0

Max's room is a mess! There's a Popsicle melting in the closet, a tube of opened Miracle Bubbles on the floor, and the ant farm ants have escaped under the bed! It's definitely time to clean up. Max's sister, Ruby, is quick to take charge, and of course Max wants to help. But Max has his own ideas about picking up his room, so things don't turn out exactly as Ruby planned. Children will cheer as M

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The Messy One

Christianne C. Jones, Juana Martinez-Neal

4.0

Vivienne is a messy girl, but it doesn't seem to bother her. But when Vivienne loses her favorite necklace, she must evaluate her messy ways and do the unthinkable. Vivienne must finally clean her room!

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Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday

Carrie Gress

4.0

Home. It is an elegant word, at once both simple and far-reaching. Home is a place to live in and feel comfortable, but it is much more than that.

Home is where we are nurtured, where we live, and where we love. The language of Home is universal. It is where we find the eternal in the everyday.

But the Home has been neglected. To millions of women today, there is nothing worse than being a “homema

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Little Miss Neat

Roger Hargreaves

4.0

Get ready for the second invasion of Little Miss and Little Mr. Men! That's right - those zany, pint-sized characters are back. Easy enough for young readers and witty enough for adults!Little Miss Neat keeps her home as tidy as can be -- until Mr. Muddle comes to visit!

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Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More

Abigail Gehring

4.0

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The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death

Charlie Huston

4.0

With a style that is razor sharp, an eye that never shies from the gritty details, and a taste for stories that simultaneously shock, disturb, and entertain, Charlie Huston is one of a kind. And The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death is the type of story–swift, twisted, hilarious, somehow hopeful—that only he could dream up.

The fact is, whether it’s a dog hit by a train or an old lady who h

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Better Homes & Gardens | September 2026

Better Homes & Gardens

4.0

With nearly a century of experience, Better Homes & Gardens is the most trusted publication on home and gardening in the market. Since its 1922 inception, this women's lifestyle magazine has featured lovely photos of lush garden spaces and unique living rooms from across the country that continues to inspire designers and DIY decorators today. Subscribe to Better Homes & Gardens and get your hands

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A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger

4.0

“A gentle, knowledgeable guide to a fate we all share” (The Washington Post): the first and only all-encompassing action plan for the end of life.

“There is nothing wrong with you for dying,” hospice physician B.J. Miller and journalist and caregiver Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner’s Guide to the End. “Our ultimate purpose here isn’t so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as

Recommended by Susan Block, Adam Grant, Elizabeth Gilbert, and 1 others.

Susan Block

Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine/Harvard Medical School

Miller and Berger, through their honesty and deep experience, help us to live the best life possible with a serious illness. This is a beautiful, poignant, expert, and human handbook for all of us. [source]

Adam Grant

You know what would be fun today? Reading a book about death,’ said no one ever. So you can imagine my surprise when I opened these pages and found myself smiling on the first one. BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger have done something impressive: they’re written a book about dying that’s not only moving and practical, but also delightful to read. [source]

Elizabeth Gilbert

I wish I’d had this book when I needed it. Death and dying are not subjects that many people are comfortable talking about, but it’s hugely important to be as prepared as you can be—emotionally, physically, practically, financially, and spiritually. This book may be the most important guide you could have. [source]

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The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before

Kendra Adachi

4.0

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Organizing from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life

Julie Morgenstern

4.0

A completely revised and expanded edition of the New York Times bestselling guide to putting things in order

Getting organized is a skill that anyone can learn, and there's no better teacher than America's organizing queen, Julie Morgenstern, as hundreds of thousands of readers have learned. Drawing on her years of experience as a professional organizer, Morgenstern outlines a simple organizing pl

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Martha Stewart's Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routines

Martha Stewart

4.0

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Smart Mom's Guide to Essential Oils

Mariza Snyder

4.0

Discover Dr. Mariza Snyder's indepth guide to essential oils with over 50 of the most useful essential oil recipes for tackling every mom's daily needs

As a mother, you are always looking for ways to make your family safer, happier and healthier. This book shows how essential oils can help you achieve all those things. And you’ll save money!

An easy-to-use handbook for creating natural solutions, g

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Magnolia Journal Fall | 2026

Magnolia Journal

4.0

Magnolia is a publication from the minds of Chip and Joanna Gaines. The magazine highlights unique home decor ideas, spectacular home recipes, and a sneak peek into the life of this beloved Waco, Texas, family. A subscription guarantees hospitality secrets for every holiday and occasion, along with must-have products personally picked by Joanna Gaines. The Magnolia Market springs to life on the pa

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The Lost Art of House Cleaning: House Cleaning

Ms Jan M Dougherty

4.0

Yes! you really can clean your house and everything in it using just 3 products and it will cost you about $20 per year.

I have owned a residential cleaning company since 2004 and this book actually started life as my employees' handbook. Since this book was first published not much has changed. Dirt is still dirty and whether or not you want to clean your home, it still has to be cleaned.

Most peop

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The Spring Cleaning Murders (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #7)

Dorothy Cannell

4.0

Ellie Haskell swaps scrubbing for sleuthing when yet another member of the Chitterton Fells Charwomen's Association bites the dust. Someone has more than dust bunnies and dirty dishes to hide. Ellie is helped by handsome husband Bentley, feckless cousin Freddy, and caustic home helper Mrs Malloy.

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The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living – Your Guide to Cooking, Entertaining, and Stylish Home Organizing

Martha Stewart

4.0

Step inside the world of Martha Stewart and discover her timeless approach to living well. The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living is a thoughtfully crafted guide to the foundational principles that shape a well-kept, inspired life. With her signature clarity and elegance, Martha distills decades of experience into elevated yet accessible solutions for the everyday, cove

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The Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home

Becky Rapinchuk, Natalie Duke, and HarperAudio

4.0

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Houseworks: Cut the Clutter, Speed Your Cleaning and Calm the Chaos

Cynthia Townley Ewer

4.0

America's leading housekeeping expert shows you how to de-clutter, organize, and clean your home, with easy-to-remember tips for every job, from keeping your bathroom clean and doing the laundry to sorting out paperwork and organizing the family photo album.

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Speed Cleaning

Jeff Campbell

4.0

Clean your entire house in 42 minutes with the Clean Team's unbeatable system that makes every move count.

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Vinegar Solutions

Kathryn Young

4.0

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The Minimalist Woman's Guide to Having It All

Mrs Hinc

4.0

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Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean

Linda Cobb

4.0

Offers advice on how to clean a multitude of household objects including everything from the kitchen sink to leather car upholstery, and provides tips on how to use tea to clean wood and vinegar to remove rust.

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The Martha Manual: How to Do (Almost) Everything

Martha Stewart

4.0

Essential life skills from America's most trusted lifestyle expert—together in one beautiful and practical handbook, with hundreds of ideas, instructions, and inspirations

Martha Stewart is America’s go-to source for the best answers to nearly every question. As an authority on the many worlds upon which she’s built her domestic empire, she can advise on everything from creating a cutting garden a

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Threats at Three (Lois Meade Mystery)

Ann Purser

4.0

From the author of Tragedy at Two-the latest Lois Meade mystery in which timing is everything.

Lois Meade has worked through all the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up both messes and murderers in the village of Long Farnden. But crime is a persistent stain...

When a dead body is found in a canal, Detective Cowgill believes the murder is connected to a suspicious fire and a heat

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Home Cooking Recipes From the Heart

New Seasons

4.0

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William Wakes Up

Linda Ashman, Chuck Groenink

4.0

William and his animal friends have had the whole winter to nap. Now it's time for them to wake up and welcome a very special guest. There's lots to do to get ready, from scrubbing the floors to decorating the house to baking a tasty treat. But it's so hard to leave a cozy bed. . . . Will everyone get up in time to do their part?
This book's gentle rhymes and humorous illustrations full of signs of

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Information My Family Needs to Know Organizer

New Seasons

4.0