Skip to footer

'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up' stays strong on bestseller lists

'Tidying Up,' which gives readers a one-time solution to de-cluttering their home, has been a mainstay on bestseller lists since its publication.

'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up' is by Marie Kondo.
  • By Molly Driscoll Staff Writer

A lot of people apparently need to clean up their spaces.

Marie Kondo’s “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” which is an English-language version of her Japanese book and tells readers how to de-clutter once so it lasts, was originally published in October but has been a stalwart on bestseller lists ever since. 

“Tidying Up” is ranked at number two on the IndieBound bestseller list for the week of Feb. 26 and has been a stalwart on the list since its publication, debuting in the top 15 of the Hardcover Nonfiction list the week after its publication.

In addition, it is currently at number four on Amazon’s list of bestsellers. 

Barnes & Noble recommended the title, with a “messy editor” calling it an “artful tidying plan,” while Amazon selected it as one of the best books of 2014 in the crafts, home, and garden category. 

You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.
Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
What is the Monitor difference? Tackling the tough headlines – with humanity. Listening to sources – with respect. Seeing the story that others are missing by reporting what so often gets overlooked: the values that connect us. That’s Monitor reporting – news that changes how you see the world.
editor@csmonitor.com
Subscribe
Mark Sappenfield
Editor

Dear Reader,

About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”:

“Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.”

If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.

But you know what? We change lives. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in.

The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. We’re run by a church, but we’re not only for church members and we’re not about converting people. We’re known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspaper’s founding in 1908.

We have a mission beyond circulation, we want to bridge divides. We’re about kicking down the door of thought everywhere and saying, “You are bigger and more capable than you realize. And we can prove it.”

If you’re looking for bran muffin journalism, you can subscribe to the Monitor for $15. You’ll get the Monitor Weekly magazine, the Monitor Daily email, and unlimited access to CSMonitor.com.

Subscribe to insightful journalism

QR Code to 'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up' stays strong on bestseller lists
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2015/0225/The-Life-Changing-Magic-of-Tidying-Up-stays-strong-on-bestseller-lists
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe