What to Read After How to Be Idle
Readers who loved How to Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where How to Be Idle is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after How to Be Idle
The Hedonism Handbook
Choosing simplicity
The joy of not working
How to Live Off-Grid
The Freedom Manifesto
In Praise of Slowness
Lin Yutang
In Praise of Slowness
Brave Old World
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
Dancing in the Streets
The art of non-conformity
How does it feel to be a problem?
The English
The sane society
The Cat Inside
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
The British Museum is falling down
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
French Women for All Seasons
Are you experienced?
Straw Dogs
The Aspern Papers
The 5 elements of effective thinking