The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

Marie Kondo

Jan 2015 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

About this audiobook

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles? Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list). With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house "spark joy" (and which don't), this international bestseller featuring Tokyo's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home-and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

Ratings and reviews

I suppose i will never know. I bought the book for my wife, and I wanted to download it and put it on her MP3 player, but I can't find out how to do that, and they sure don't tell you. If you try to get a refund you are lead down a rabbit hole that leads nowhere. No more google play for me.

love this book listened to it twice and really changed my view point on cleaning my house. i have started going through everything and i am noticing i am happier every morning when i open my dresser drawers.

I really enjoyed it. Simply enough, I wanted to understand a new perspective on finding happiness and downsizing and this was the perfect combination. I didn't watch the Netflix series either just this book and have already started feeling inspired and downsizing.

About the author

Marie Kondo runs an acclaimed consulting business in Tokyo, helping clients transform their cluttered homes into spaces of serenity and inspiration. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up is a bestseller and has been turned into a television drama for Japanese TV. Marie has been featured in the Sunday Times, Red magazine, and You magazine.

Emily Woo Zeller's multilingual, multicultural framework led to a natural fit as an audiobook narrator. While she specializes in Asian American narratives, Emily's work spans a broad spectrum, including young adult fiction. She won an AudioFile Earphones Award for her narration of Gulp by Mary Roach.