100 Best Journals Books of All Time

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The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

5.0
Preview Summary
In Everyman’s Library for the first time—one of the most moving and eloquent accounts of the Holocaust, read by tens of millions of people around the world since its publication in 1947.

The Diary of a Young Girl is the record of two years in the life of a remarkable Jewish girl whose triumphant humanity in the face of unfathomable deprivation and fear has made the book one of the most enduring doc
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Alice Little

I remember being a fourth grader and trying to check out this book and being told it was grossly inappropriate and going so far as to have my parents take it to the school board and petition for me to be allowed to read this book. [source]

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Catalina Penciu

I'm a huge fan of personal stories and biographies like this one. [source]

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Tim Fargo

@Quixoticnance Good point, Nancy. The museum is a powerful experience, esp. when you've read her book. [source]

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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

4.7
Preview Summary
One measure, perhaps, of a book's worth, is its intergenerational pliancy: do new readers acquire it and interpret it afresh down through the ages? The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated and introduced by Gregory Hays, by that standard, is very worthwhile, indeed. Hays suggests that its most recent incarnation--as a self-help book--is not only valid, but may be close to the author's intent
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Arianna Huffington

Founder/The Huffington Post

I find this book so inspirational and instructive, it lives on my nightstand. [source]

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Chip Conley

I have given this book away to a number of people. [source]

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Marvin Liao

Partner/500 Startups

My list would be (besides the ones I mentioned in answer to the previous question) both business & Fiction/Sci-Fi and ones I personally found helpful to myself. The business books explain just exactly how business, work & investing are in reality & how to think properly & differentiate yourself. On the non-business side, a mix of History & classic fiction to understand people, philosophy to make sense of life and Science fiction to picture what the future could be like (not always utopian). [source]

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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

4.6
First U.S. Publication

A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time.

Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. S
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Walden

Henry David Thoreau

4.5
Preview Summary
At Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau reflected on simpler living in the natural world. By removing himself from the distractions of materialism, Thoreau hoped to not only improve his spiritual life but also gain a better understanding of society through solitary introspection.

In Walden, Thoreau condenses his two-year, two-month, two-day stay into a single year, using the four seasons to symbolize h
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Donna Dickenson

He discusses how the original ideals that America was founded on were being compromised, and how massive industrial interests were starting to dominate. [source]

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Emily Thomas

The beginning is hard going. Once you get past that, then suddenly you’re into these beautiful and inspiring descriptions of nature. [source]

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Joan Boixados

In case you were deceived and expected me to name Walden by Henry David Thoreau, you should read it too if you haven’t, it obviously is the inspiration to Walden Two. :) [source]

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Wreck This Journal (Red) Expanded Ed.

Keri Smith

4.4
For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destru
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Journals

Kurt Cobain

4.3
The lyrics notebook and personal journals of Kurt Cobain, iconic singer of the band Nirvana.

Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. His journals reveal an artist who loved music, who knew the history of rock, and who was determined to
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Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration

Meera Lee Patel

4.3
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Dracula

Bram Stoker

4.3
“Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.”
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Andrei Codrescu

Vampirism is a growth industry. Dracula is bigger than Jesus now. [source]

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Becky Cloonan

@Noise_Raptor Oh, thank you so much! This book was such a delight, and such a challenge! Dracula is one of my favorites- funny enough I'd jump at the chance to do this again XD [source]

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Claire Jarvis

Dracula is very explicit. That’s what’s so surprising about it. [source]

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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait

Frida Kahlo

4.3
Published here in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life. This passionate, often surprising, intimate record, kept under lock and key for some forty years in Mexico, reveals many new dimensions in the complex persona of this remarkable Mexican artist.

Covering the years 1944-45, the 170-page journal contains Frida's thoughts, poems
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The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

Ryder Carroll

4.3
Preview Summary
The long-awaited first book by the founder of the enormously popular Bullet Journal® organizational system.

For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind worked. Out of sheer necessity, he developed a method called the Bullet Journal that helped him become consistently focused and effective. When he started sharing his system with
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Q&A a Day: 5-Year Journal

Potter Gift

4.3
This perfect book is the best way to track the ups and downs of life, day by day. The 365 daily entries appear five times on each page, allowing users to revisit previous thoughts and memories over five years as they return to each page to record the current day's events. The Q&A a Day Journal shows you what was going through your head each day-for five years of your life. Simply turn to today's d
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The Odyssey

Homer

4.3

After enduring the Trojan War, Odysseus begins the treacherous journey home to Ithaca. On the way, he faces ravenous monsters and vengeful gods. But the real battle awaits, as his kingdom is under siege by unruly suitors vying for his wife’s hand—and his son’s head. To reclaim his throne and save his family, Odysseus must rely on his wits…and help from the unpredictable gods.

Homer’s The Odyssey wa

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Ted Turner

Founder/CNN

When I got to college, I was a classics major, and that was mainly the study of Greek - and to a lesser extent Roman - history and culture, and that fascinated me: the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid by Virgil. [source]

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Charlotte Higgins

It’s a very easy read, and a completely different world from The Iliad. Whereas The Iliad depicts a militaristic and war-wrecked world, The Odyssey is like a fairytale and it’s fascinatingly complex. It’s told in flashbacks, it has time that’s extended and time that’s compressed, and it’s told from different viewpoints. [source]

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Janine di Giovanni

The thing I loved about Ulysses was that he’s so in love with adventure and with love. [source]

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As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

Susan Sontag

4.3
This, the second of three volumes of Susan Sontag's journals and notebooks, begins where the first volume left off, in the middle of the 1960s. It traces and documents Sontag's evolution from fledgling participant in the artistic and intellectual world of New York City to world-renowned critic and dominant force in the world of ideas with the publication of the groundbreaking Against Interpretatio
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Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963

Susan Sontag

4.3
"I intend to do everything...to have one way of evaluating experience—does it cause me pleasure or pain, and I shall be very cautious about rejecting the painful—I shall anticipate pleasure everywhere and find it too, for it is everywhere! I shall involve myself wholly...everything matters!"

So wrote Susan Sontag in May 1949 at the age of sixteen. This, the first of three volumes of her journals an
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A Writer's Diary

Virginia Woolf

4.2
An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn by her husband from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years. Included are entries that refer to her own writing, others that are clearly writing exercises; accounts of people and scenes relevant to the raw material of her work; and comments on books she was reading. Edited and with a Preface by Leonard Woolf;
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Zen as F*ck: A Journal for Practicing the Mindful Art of Not Giving a Sh*t

Monica Sweeney

4.2
A beautiful, uplifting guided journal for when you just don't give a f*ck...

The road to serenity is ahead, and it’s paved with a f*ck-ton of profanity. When quiet meditation and peaceful mantras aren’t enough to cut through the bullsh*t and brighten your day—hold close the pages of Zen as F*ck. On each and every page, you can give the good around you a warm f*cking hug and kick the bad on its ass.
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642 Things to Write About

San Francisco Writers' Grotto

4.2
This collection of 642 outrageous and witty writing prompts will get the creative juices flowing in no time. From crafting your own obituary to penning an ode to an onion, each page of this playful journal invites inspiration and provides plenty of space to write. Brimming with entertaining exercises from the literary minds of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, this is the ultimate gift for scribe
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Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists

Lisa Nola, Nathaniel Russell

4.2
List-makers rejoice! This quirky and imaginative guided journal is the ultimate tool for creating a unique autobiography entirely in list form. Some lists are obvious (greatest accomplishments, best friends, favorite food), others obscure (guiltiest pleasures, greatest acts of kindness, personal fashion trends), and each list is accompanied by hilarious illustrations.Listography is perfect for get
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Mess: The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes

Keri Smith

4.2
Your whole life you've been taught to avoid making a mess: Try to keep everything under control, color inside the lines, make it perfect, and at all costs, avoid contact with things that stain.

This book asks you to do the opposite of what you have been taught. Think of it as your own personal rumpus room. A place to let loose, to trash, to spew, to do the things you are not allowed to do in the
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Music Listography Journal: (Gift for Music-Lovers, Journal for Teens, Book about Music)

Lisa Nola

4.2
The newest addition to the smash-hit Listography series will have list-makers singing for joy! Loaded with a lovin' spoonful of music-inspired list topics ranging from traditional (top 20 favorite albums) to eclectic (favorite danceparty playlist) to downright experimental (concerts you wish you could time travel back to), this journal gives music lovers a backstage pass to hours of list-making fu
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

Anais Nin

4.2
This celebrated volume begins when Nin is about to publish her first book and ends when she leaves Paris for New York. Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann
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Finish This Book

Keri Smith

4.2
From the author of Wreck This Journal, a collaborative creative journey where you complete the book

Dear Reader,One dark and stormy night, author Keri Smith found some strange scattered pages abandoned in a park. She collected and assembled them, trying to solve the mystery of this unexpected discovery, and now she's passing the task on to you, her readers.

Your mission is to become the new author o
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My Future Listography: All I Hope to Do in Lists

Lisa Nola

4.2
Now fans of our Listography journals (over a quarter of a million copies sold) can list all their hopes and dreams with My Future Listography. Encouraging users to envision future goals and aspirations, this journal includes over 70 all-new thought-provoking list topics that range from the practical (places to visit, habits to break, good deeds to perform) to the more whimsical (animals to adopt,
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Literary Listography: My Reading Life in Lists

Lisa Nola, Holly Exley

4.2
Now fans of the bestselling Listography journal series can keep track of their literary life—past, present, and future. With over 70 entertaining and thought-provoking list topics ranging from the quintessential (favorite books by genre, authors to explore) to the lovably idiosyncratic (favorite reading spots, books to skip), this illustrated journal will serve as a unique autobiography and readin
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Journal of a Solitude

May Sarton

4.2
"I am here alone for the first time in weeks," May Sarton begins this book, "to take up my 'real' life again at last. That is what is strange—that friends, even passionate love,are not my real life, unless there is time alone in which to explore what is happening or what has happened." In this journal, she says, "I hope to break through into the rough, rocky depths,to the matrix itself. There is v
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How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum

Keri Smith

4.2
From the author of Wreck This Journal, an interactive guide for exploring and documenting the art and science of everyday life.

Artists and scientists analyze the world around them in surprisingly similar ways, by observing, collecting, documenting, analyzing, and comparing. In this captivating guided journal, readers are encouraged to explore their world as both artists and scientists.

The mission
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The Book of Mormon Journal Edition Red Floral--No Index

Deseret Book

4.2
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NRSV, Catholic Bible, Journal Edition, Cloth over Board, Blue, Comfort Print: Holy Bible

Catholic Bible Press

4.1
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Travel Listography: Exploring the World in Lists (Trave Diary, Travel Journal, Travel Diary Journal)

Lisa Nola, Kelly Abeln

4.1
Now fans of the smash-hit Listography journal series can list all of their travel adventures, near and far, past trips and future destinations. With over 70 thought-provoking topics ranging from the quintessential (cities and countries visited/hope to visit, world cuisines to try) to the idiosyncratic (memorable people met, where to time travel to), this illustrated journal will serve as a unique
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The 52 Lists Project: A Year of Weekly Journaling Inspiration

Moorea Seal

4.1
Create 52 lists, one for every week of the year, that will help you discover the beauty, joy, creativity, and power you already have! The 52 Lists Project is a gorgeous journal for list lovers, based on the popular blog series by Moorea Seal. This beautiful undated journal of weekly lists will help nurture self-expression and self-development. Each seasonal section includes list prompts, with plen
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Burn After Writing

Sharon Jones

4.1
How honest can you be when no one is watching?

Tumblr, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, texting, Snapchat, YouTube…the world has become one giant confessional. In a reversal of this trend, Burn After Writing encourages you to share nothing. With its incisive questions and thought experiments, this private journal challenges you to play a game of Truth or Dare with yourself.

Push your limits
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Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

4.1
This unusual fictional memoir - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-outs of two great cities. The Parisian episode is fascinating for its expose of the kitchens of posh French restaurants, where the narrator works at the bottom of the culinary echelon as dishwasher, or plongeur. In London, w
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D J Taylor

The fascination of Down and Out in Paris and London is that it’s his first book. In it, you can see Orwell stumbling, moving towards the kind of writer he wants to be, choosing the sort of subject matter he thinks will be appropriate. He spent time in Paris, working humbly in hotels and restaurants as what the French called a plongeur, someone who basically does the washing up. Then, he came back to England and went on what he called his ‘tramping adventures,’ masquerading as a down and out. [source]

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David Downie

That is a book I read when I was young – in my teens – and it really marked me. [source]

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David Kramaley

I really enjoyed Down and Out in Paris and London. I think it’s meant to be a semi-autobiographical novel by George Orwell. I liked it because it was one of those books that had a big influence on the way I perceive and think about the world. Highly recommended. [source]

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Chakras Activity Book & Journal: Get Grounded, Feel Good, Free Your Chi & Lots of Other Cool Magical Stuff

Suzi Barrett and Laurène Boglio

4.1
Whether you're a total newbie to the mystical world of energy-healing or already skilled in chakra meditation know-how, you'll enjoy this smorgasbord of activities to help open, clear, and enhance each of the seven main chakras. By aligning your chakras, energy centers in our bodies, you'll flush the bad vibes and channel the good ones.

Through non-stuffy exercises (like vice busters, gratitude gen
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Diaries, 1910-1923

Franz Kafka

4.1

These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka’s death at the age of forty. They provide a penetrating look into life in Prague and into Kafka’s accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped, and the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt, and his feelings of being an outcast. They offer an account of a life of almost unbearable intensi

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Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932

Anais Nin

4.1
Taken from the original, uncensored journals of Anaïs Nin, Henry and June spans a single year in Nin's life when she discovers love and torment in one insatiable couple. From late 1931 to the end of 1932, Nin falls in love with Henry Miller's writing and his wife June's striking beauty. When June leaves Paris for New York, Henry and Anaïs begin a fiery affair that liberates her sexually and morall
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The Journals of Lewis and Clark

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1814)

4.1
The Journals of Lewis and Clark are "the first report on the West, on the United States over the hill and beyond the sunset, on the province of the American future" (Bernard DeVoto).

In 1803, the great expanse of the Louisiana Purchase was an empty canvas. Keenly aware that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward—and that a "Voyage of Discovery" would be necessary to determine the nature of
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ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: New Testament Set

ESV Bibles by Crossway

4.1
Lightly dotted blank pages and 130+ elegant hand-lettered gold ink illustrations throughout the full New Testament text invite you to creatively engage with God's Word alongside specific passages.

Illustrations by Dana Tanamachi, whose work has been featured by Google, The Wall Street Journal, Random House, USPS, and Target.

ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of
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The Journal, 1837-1861

Henry David Thoreau, Damion Searls, John R. Stilgoe

4.1
Henry David Thoreau’s Journal was his life’s work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right—one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment, the revolving seasons, and the changing self. It is a treasure trove of some of the finest prose in English and, for those
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The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Vol. 1: 1889-1910

L. M. Montgomery

4.1
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874- 1942)-whose Anne of Green Gables and many other novels are loved by readers around the world-kept extensive journals for most of her life, beginning them in 1889 when she was fourteen and continuing them until shortly before her death. Spontaneous and frank, they are unusual for their narrative interest: Montgomery's gifts as a storyteller are as much evidence here as i
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Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954

Jack Kerouac, Douglas G. Brinkley

4.1
Jack Kerouac is best known through the image he put forth in his autobiographical novels. Yet it is only his private journals, in which he set down the raw material of his life and thinking, that reveal to us the real Kerouac. In Windblown World, distinguished Americanist Douglas Brinkley has gathered a selection of journal entries from the most pivotal period of Kerouac’s life, 1947 to 1954. Here
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1 Page at a Time: A Daily Creative Companion

Adam J. Kurtz

4.1
Things are what you make of them

Every day is a chance to create something new for yourself. Put down your phone and pick up a pencil. Give yourself some space. The Internet will still be there. Start with one page at a time, and you'll be surprised at just how much you can create.

Each of the 365 prompts in 1 Page at a Time will encourage you to draw, write, list, reflect, and share. This book is y
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Prayer Journal for Women: 52 Week Scripture, Devotional & Guided Prayer Journal

Shannon Roberts

4.1
Study of the Book of Psalms in the New Living Translation Bible format
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Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002

David Sedaris

4.1
David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making.

For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and through them he has honed his cunning, surprising s
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These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

Nancy Turner

4.1
“Belongs on your must-read list. This novel is a gem.” –Omaha World-Herald

The classic adventure of one courageous woman’s life and struggles in the Arizona Territories in the late nineteenth century

A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a
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A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals #1)

Madeleine LEngle

4.1
This journal shares fruitful reflections on life and career prompted by the author's visit to her personal place of retreat near her country home.
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The Andy Warhol Diaries

Andy Warhol

4.1
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We assume that Andy knew that they might be published, and he may have wanted them to be published – and so would have controlled and manipulated their content. He didn’t scribble these entries down in a notebook, for his own eyes only. So you never know if he’s speaking to posterity in order to falsify the record – or at least to construct a record – or whether the Diaries are actually giving you a genuine insight into the man himself, not only into his psyche but also into his actions and behaviours. There are incidents mentioned in the Diaries that his friends say are absolutely and simply untrue. [source]

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Craig Brown

Warhol’s diaries came out shortly after he died, and at the time I couldn’t see the point of them at all. They were just a litany of names, all social gossip, very close to being boring. But reading them 20 years on, I find them fascinating. My edition is about 800 pages long. There aren’t many diaries you could read from start to finish, but this one is luminous. [source]

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She Believed She Could So She Did

Rogena Mitchell-Jones

4.1
2016 Brand NEW Interior Design-More Lines Per Page and a Crisp New Design.
"This is how I felt about becoming an editor as my career choice. After over 25 years in the newspaper industry, I Believed I Could So I Did. Maybe YOU should believe in yourself, too." -Rogena
Everyone loves a journal. Keep one with you always for when your characters begin to talk to you.
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The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume One: 1915-1919

Virginia Woolf

4.1
“Nothing yet published about her so totally contradicts the legend of Virginia Woolf.... [This] is a first chance to meet the writer in her own unguarded words and to observe the root impulses of her art without the distractions of a commentary” (New York Times). Edited and with a Preface by Anne Olivier Bell; Introduction by Quentin Bell; Index.
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A Grief Observed

C.S.Lewis

4.1
A classic work on grief, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’s honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. Written after his wife’s tragic death as a way of surviving the “mad midnight moments,” A Grief Observed an unflinchingly truthful account of how loss can lead even a stalwart believer to lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and the inspiration
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52 Lists for Calm: Journaling Inspiration for Soothing Anxiety and Creating a Peaceful Life

Moorea Seal

4.1
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Film Listography: Your Life in Movie Lists

Lisa Nola

4.1
Now fans of the smash-hit Listography journal series (over a quarter of a million copies sold!) can list all their favorite movie picks. Featuring the colorful illustrations of artist Jon Stich throughout, Film Listography boasts over 70 list topics ranging from the classic (favorite films of all time, favorite actors, directors, and soundtracks) to the lovably idiosyncratic (top so-bad-it's-good
Fuck It: A Guided Self-Love and Gratitude Journal for Women to Unfuck Your Life, Exhale the Bullshit, and Love Who You Are (Cute Self Care & Self Help Books) book cover52

Fuck It: A Guided Self-Love and Gratitude Journal for Women to Unfuck Your Life, Exhale the Bullshit, and Love Who You Are (Cute Self Care & Self Help Books)

Gentle Root Co

4.1
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Wreck This Journal: Now in Color

Keri Smith

4.1
"Not gonna lie, this is probably the coolest journal you'll ever see. . . . Wreck This Journal is here to inspire you." --Buzzfeed

A spectacular coloring and painting edition of the incredible journal that started it all, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the 10-million-copy international bestseller

Perhaps you're a seasoned Wreck-er, having made your way through one or more copies of Wrec
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I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays

Bassey Ikpi

4.0
A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi’s experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life.

Bassey Ikpi was born in Nigeria in 1976. Four years later, she and her mother joined her father in Stillwater, Oklahoma —a move that would be anxiety ridden for any child, but especially for Bassey. Her early years in America would
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Andrew Jenks

@Basseyworld An amazing book. [source]

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Tarana Burke

I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying is a richness of layers, rewarding the reader no matter which particular thread got you here: the experience of being African-born and raised in America, the coming up of a gifted writer and performer, tracing the lineage of mental illness through several generations, or the fleshing out of the literal highs and lows of bipolar II. Like kudzu, symptoms blossom and lace themselves through Ikpi’s accomplishments and griefs, strangulating her from life’s sustenance (food, friends, sleep). Her vivid, heart-racing chapters on the living, breathing moments of bipolar, particularly ‘This is What Happens,’ will be assigned in coursework for years to come. Bassey Ikpi’s writing is a revelation, a thrill, devastating and uproarious, lively in its accurate depiction of the lack of boundaries between the terrible and the hilarious. I’m Telling the Truth is a feat, and will soon be the favorite book of many. It is already one of mine. [source]

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Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

Anne Truitt

4.0
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An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943; and Letters from Westerbork

Etty Hillesum

4.0
For the first time, Etty Hillesum's diary and letters appear together to give us the fullest possible portrait of this extraordinary woman. In the darkest years of Nazi occupation and genocide, Etty Hillesum remained a celebrant of life whose lucid intelligence, sympathy, and almost impossible gallantry were themselves a form of inner resistance. The adult counterpart to Anne Frank, Hillesum testi
NIV, Journal the Word Bible for Women, Cloth over Board, Navy, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: 500+ Prompts to Encourage Journaling and Reflection book cover57

NIV, Journal the Word Bible for Women, Cloth over Board, Navy, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: 500+ Prompts to Encourage Journaling and Reflection

Zondervan

4.0
Take a reflective journey through the Bible

Do you seek stillness and inspiration in your quiet time? The NIV Journal the Word™ Bible for Women guides you through God’s precious Word with reflections and thought-provoking questions placed beside Scripture. Explore God’s Word for you and express your heart in the wide margins of this journaling Bible with room for responses, journaling, and artistic
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Create This Book 2

Moriah Elizabeth

4.0
With all the same fun and inspiration power as the original, Create This Book 2 includes a fresh set of 100 unique prompts designed to get your creativity flowing. Each prompt will get you thinking outside the box and making something amazing! Great for all ages and anyone who likes to get creative. Join the Create This Book online community. Check out Author, Moriah Elizabeth, on Youtube for idea
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Diary (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

Witold Gombrowicz

4.0

Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953, still living as an expatriate in Argentina, he began his Diary with one of literature's most memorable openings:
"Monday
Me.
Tuesday
Me.
Wednesday
Me.
Thursday
Me."

Gombrowicz's Diary grew to become a vast collection of essays, short notes, polemics, and confessions on myriad s

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Canvas One Line a Day: A Five-Year Memory Book (Yearly Memory Journal and Diary, Natural Canvas Cover)

Chronicle Books

4.0

The bestselling One Line a Day journal series has sold over 3 million copies! This handsome edition of the classic memory-keeper features a rich oatmeal-colored canvas cover and striking metallic page edges.More than a daily diary: For those daunted by the idea of keeping a journal or diary, the simple commitment of just One Line a Day is manageable for everyone. Each page includes an entry for fi

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The Steal Like an Artist Journal: A Notebook for Creative Kleptomaniacs

Austin Kleon

4.0
From the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! comes an interactive journal and all-in-one logbook to get your creative juices flowing, and keep a record of your ideas and discoveries.

The Steal Like an Artist Journal is the next step in your artistic journey. It combines Austin Kleon’s unique and compelling ideas with the physical quality that makes journals
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The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks Albums Made Simply Beautiful

Gwen Diehn

4.0
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Tell Me Your Life Story, Mom: A Mother’s Guided Journal and Memory Keepsake Book (Tell Me Your Life Story® Series Books)

Questions About Me

4.0
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The Mausoleum of Lovers: Journals 1976-1991

Hervé Guibert

4.0
The Mausoleum of Lovers comprises Guibert's journals, kept from 1976-1991. Functioning as an atelier, it forecasts the writing of a novel, which does not materialize as such; the journal itself -- a mausoleum of lovers -- comes to take its place. The sensual exigencies and untempered forms of address in this epistolary work, often compared to Barthes' A Lover's Discourse, use the letter and the ph
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume 2 1934-1939

Anais Nin and Gunther Stuhlmann

4.0
Beginning with Nin's arrival in New York, this volume is filled with the stories of her analytical patients. There is a shift in emphasis also as Nin becomes aware of the inevitable choice facing the artist in the modern world. "Sensitive and frank...[Nin's] diary is a dialogue between flesh and spirit" (Newsweek). Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann; Index.
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Our Bucket List Adventures: A Journal for Couples

Ashley Kusi

4.0
Our Bucket List Adventures: A Journal for Couples

Our Bucket List Adventures is the perfect bucket list journal for couples. With this couples journal, you'll be able to:

1. Create 50 unique bucket list goals you want to accomplish together. More specifically, there is an activity section for couples to brainstorm before choosing their bucket list items together.

2. Journal your bucket list adventure
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The Quran Journal:: 365 Verses to Learn, Reflect Upon, and Apply

The Dua Journal

4.0
The Quran is the foundation of our faith and the source of our guidance as Muslims, but many of us struggle to create or maintain a relationship with the words of Allah in our daily lives. Quran journaling is a great way to cultivate that relationship - it gives you flexibility to connect with the Quran on your terms and the ability to see how verses apply specifically to you and your individual c
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Let That Sh*t Go: A Journal for Leaving Your Bullsh*t Behind and Creating a Happy Life

Monica Sweeney

4.0
Journal your way to a better f*cking day.

Harboring grudges and plotting revenge take a lot of energy. While the wait for one true moment of schadenfreude sounds oh so sweet, true bliss can be found in simply notgiving a f*ck. With Let That Sh*t Go, you’ll find moments of profanity-laced catharsis and joy through journaling activities and inspirations that are positive as f*ck. Within these truly c
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Read Harder (A Reading Log): Track Books, Chart Progress

Book Riot and Mr. Piet Aukeman

4.0
Created by Book Riot, an online destination devoted to people who live to read, this smartly designed reading log consists of entry pages to record stats, impressions, and reviews of each book you read. Evenly interspersed among these entry pages are 12 challenges inspired by Book Riot’s annual Read Harder initiative, which began in 2015 to encourage readers to pick up passed-over books, try out n
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Create This Book

Moriah Elizabeth

4.0
Create This Book is fresher than ever! This revised version has a new look with all the same inspiring prompts PLUS a bonus "Tips and Tricks" page add-on.This is the ultimate outlet for creativity. Includes 235 pages of unique and inspiring prompts to get you in the creative zone! Whether you are trying to get past an artist's block, wanting to become more creative, or just looking to have some fu
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

Edith Holden

4.0
Holden, Edith s The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, and The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady have been a marketing sensation in Europe persisting throughout the years as a perennial bestseller in the gift and book markets in the form of stationery, address books, craft books, and calendars. We are very pleased to be the first U.S. publisher to offer Ediths timeless watercolors.
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Pages from the Goncourt Journals

Edmond de Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt, Robert Baldick, Geoff Dyer

4.0
No evocation of Parisian life in the second half of the nineteenth century can match that found in the journals of the brothers Goncourt

The journal of the brothers Edmond and Jules de Goncourt is one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century French literature, a work that in its richness of color, variety, and seemingly casual perfection bears comparison with the great paintings of their friends a
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Journals, 1889-1949

André Gide

4.0
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The Journals Of Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Shealy, Joel Myerson

4.0
A companion volume to The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott, the journals are here published in their original, unabridged version for the first time. Entries which have previously been censored or altered are reinstated and corrected, providing a wealth of new material.
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All about Us

Philipp Keel

4.0
All About Us
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The Book of Mormon, Journal Edition

Deseret Book

4.0
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A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)

David Sedaris

4.0

There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, David Sedaris's observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch

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The First-Time Mom's Pregnancy Journal: Monthly Checklists, Activities & Journal Prompts

Aubrey Grossen

4.0
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The Happy Book: A Journal to Celebrate What Makes You Happy

Rachel Kempster

4.0
The Happy Book shows how to practice and celebrate happiness so you can find it when you really need it. Packed with creative prompts, wacky ideas, and hip activities, this is the ultimate pick-me-up. Packaged to encourage doodling and drawing, The Happy Book has space to scribble thoughts, make lists, fill in the blanks, and paste pictures. This book is about creating a record of what makes you g
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Journal 29: Revelation (Journal 29, #2)

Dimitris Chassapakis

4.0
Journal 29 Revelation is a unique book game where you can solve puzzles and submit your answers online to get the keys and move forward in the story. To solve the puzzles, you need to think out of the box. You can write, draw, search, fold pages, combine different methods and try to get those puzzles right. Journal 29 Revelation is a 152 pages physical book with over 52 puzzles to solve.

The story
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Journal 29 (Journal 29, #1)

Dimitris Chassapakis

4.0
Journal 29: Interactive Book Game

Journal 29 is a unique book game where you can solve riddles and puzzles and submit your answers online to get the keys and move forward.
To solve the riddles, you need to think out of the box.

You can write, draw, search, fold pages, combine different methods and try to get those riddles right.
Journal 29 is a 148 pages book providing over 63 riddles you can solve
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The Selected Journals Of L.M. Montgomery, Vol. 3: 1921-1929

L. M. Montgomery, Mary Rubio, Elizabeth Waterston

4.0
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), the author of the classic novel for children, Anne of Green Gables, kept extensive journals for most of her life, beginning them in 1889 when she was fourteen and continuing them until shortly before her death. An instant bestseller in Canada, the first volume of The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery covers the years up to 1910 and culminates in the publication
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The Positivity Kit: Instant Happiness on Every Page

Lisa Currie

4.0
Brimming with engaging prompts that focus on the good things in life, this interactive book is guaranteed to cheer up even the grumpiest person on the rainiest day.

Prompts include:

Draw your dream home.
Make a grateful list.
Compile the perfect playlist.
Draw yourself a tattoo (on paper!).
List 30 great ways to spend a free hour.
Write a thank you note to a stranger.

On the heels of Me, You, Us a
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Go Ask Alice

Anonymous

4.0
It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth -- and ultimately her life.

Read her diary.

Enter her world.

You will never forget her.

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100 Days of Joy & Strength

Candace Cameron Bure

4.0
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The Pillow Book

Sei Shonagon

4.0
The classic portrayal of court life in tenth-century Japan

Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a d
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Let's Make Some Great Art

Marion Deuchars

4.0
In this interactive coloring and activity book, Marion Deuchars takes the broad canvas of art and fills it with drawings and activities that engage with what art can be, how it can be made, what it can mean for you and what it has meant for people through the ages. Aimed at children aged eight and older, the emphasis is on fun and making the creation of art an integral part of the way you express
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The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics

Jim Morrison

4.0

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings with rare photographs and numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished and published poetry and lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks.You can also hear Jim Morrison’s final poetry recording, now available for the first time, on the CD or digital audio edition of this book, at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles

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Reading Log: Gifts for Book Lovers (A reading journal with 100 spacious record pages and more in a large soft covered notebook from our Rustic range)

smART bookx

4.0
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Pick Me Up: A Pep Talk for Now and Later

Adam J. Kurtz

4.0
A quirky, creative companion that offers a pick-me-up on every page

On the heels of his internationally successful first book, 1 Page at a Time, graphic designer and illustrator Adam J. Kurtz delivers another intimate and engaging journal for anyone who loves to explore ideas, record thoughts and feelings, and capture those fleeting but amazing moments of everyday life.

Unlike a linear journal, th
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.0
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Spirit Listography: My Inner Self in Lists

Lisa Nola, Becca Stadtlander

4.0
The latest in our bestselling Listography series, this charmingly illustrated journal focuses on the mind, body, and spirit and encourages users to think about living a well-balanced and intentional life. With over 75 thought-provoking prompts ranging from the quintessential (things I'm grateful for, caring for the planet) to the whimsical (favorite things to smell, things to unlearn), Spirit List
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One Question a Day: A Five-Year Journal

Aimee Chase

4.0
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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

Anne Lamott

4.0
The most honest, wildly enjoyable book written about motherhood is surely Anne Lamott's account of her son Sam's first year. A gifted writer and teacher, Lamott (Crooked Little Heart) is a single mother and ex-alcoholic with a pleasingly warped social circle and a remarkably tolerant religion to lean on. She responds to the changes, exhaustion, and love Sam brings with aplomb or outright insanity.
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The Other Blue Sky: Surviving the Holocaust

Shari J. Ryan

4.0
A standalone spinoff from the #1 Bestselling Book, Last Words.

Very few people can say they were born inside a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Disease, starvation, and much worse, prevented most prisoners from surviving. For infants, it was nearly impossible.

I became an anomaly. I shouldn’t be alive.

As a child, I didn’t know my life was different from that of others. I had nothing to comp
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365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!

Noah Scalin

4.0
The concept of Noah Scalin’s "365 method" is simple but inspired: Choose a theme or medium, then make something every day for a year. Noah made 365 skull-themed projects . . . now he invites you to choose your obsession and get creative! The book offers 365 project prompts to kick start your creativity, plus plenty of room for journaling, sketching, and jotting down ideas. Learn how to choose your
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The Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude

Sarah Ban Breathnach

4.0
This revised guided journal from the creator of Simple Abundance will inspire comfort and calm reflection in times of crisis with updated quotes, beautifully designed pages, and a new introduction.

"Gratitude is the most passionate, transformative force in the Cosmos."

This beautiful companion journal to the national bestseller Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, the mega-bestselling gu
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Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

4.0
Born in 1875, the great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898 and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young, would-be poe
Estella Ng portraitTodd Henry portrait Recommended by Estella Ng and Todd Henry.
Estella Ng portrait
Estella Ng

Letters to a Young Poet - it is everything. … This line in Letters to a Young Poet “If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches" is an important one to me. I constantly go back to this to evaluate if I have been living a full life. [source]

Todd Henry portrait
Todd Henry

A book of mentorship for young artists. [source]

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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

Simone de Beauvoir

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The journey is the destination: the journals of Dan Eldon

Dan Eldon, Kathy Eldon

4.0
This sensitive celebration of the remarkable life of Reuters' youngest photographer is filled with 17 journals, replicated collages of writings, drawings and photographs.