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

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The book that sparked a revolution and inspired the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: the original guide to decluttering your home once and for all.

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?

Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list). 

With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house “spark joy” (and which don’t), this international bestseller will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home—and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

Review

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE—CNN

“Ms. Kondo delivers her tidy manifesto like a kind of Zen nanny, both hortatory and animistic.”—The New York Times

“A literal how-to-heave-ho, and I recommend it for anyone who struggles with the material excess of living in a privileged society. (Thanks to Ms. Kondo, I kiss my old socks goodbye.) . . . To show you how serious my respect for Ms. Kondo is: if I ever get a tattoo, it will say, Spark Joy!”—Jamie Lee Curtis, Time

“This book lives up to its title: it will change your life.”—B.J. Novak, People

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; First Edition (October 14, 2014)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1607747308

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1607747307

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 years and up

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.87 x 7.26 inches