Reading List
A Reading List for Stillness
Six books to read when the world is too loud.
Chaptered Days · 30 April 2026
Some books lower your heart rate. Here are six we return to when the noise gets to be too much.
The list
- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard
- Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
- A Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit
- Silence, by Shusaku Endo
- The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson
Read one a month. Let it be the slowest thing in your week.
Read · Reflect · Reconnect
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