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Book-a-Month Reading List

Updated: Jun 5, 2022

Take a moment to update your reading list. There are so many incredible, knowledgable, and inspiring gurus out there. Here are some books that inspired me. Consider reading one a month for the next year. If not these books, then make your own list of books, one per month for the next year on any topic.

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A Year of Reading

  • January: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

  • February: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

  • March: Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O'Donohue

  • April: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephen Nachmanovitch

  • May: Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations by Richard Wagamese

  • June: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Amy Wallace and Edwin Catmull

  • July: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Stephen Pressfield

  • August: Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression by Michele Cassou and Stewart Cubley

  • September: Morning Glory on the Vine: Early Songs and Drawings by Joni Mitchell

  • October: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Marie Rilke

  • November: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

  • December: Out of Our Minds: The Power of Being Creative by Sir Ken Robinson
     

Happy Reading! Feel free to add other titles you love in the comments.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings