Olivia's Book Recommendations

I am often on the prowl for a unique and informative read. If you are too, then this list is for you. (more to come later)

A Room of One's Own

This extended essay written by Virginia Woolf explores women’s rights, social injustices, and women’s lack of free expression. In this book she famously writes, “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”

While it is a short read, it is educating, empowering, and beautifully written.

Confabulations

In this wonderful collection of words, John Berger explores language and how it relates to thought, art, song, storytelling, and political discourse today.

It is intellectual, whimsical, and engaging all at once. A tiny masterpiece for your bookshelf.

The Beauty of Everyday Things

My personal favorite: The Beauty of Everyday Things by Soetsu Yanagi.

In this book, Soetsu explores everyday objects, our relationships to them, and notes how they should be an aesthetic fulfillment of our practical needs.

This book is charming, applicable, and offers a new perspective of the objects we surround ourselves with in our daily lives.