16 Best nonfiction books like The Way of the Fearless Writer by Beth Kempton

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The Way of the Fearless Writer

By: Beth Kempton

4.41

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer is a mindful approach to the writing life, based on B…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Way of the Fearless Writer by Beth Kempton , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power by Rebecca Solnit

1. Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

By: Rebecca Solnit

3.99

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a wor… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Solnit's Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We are winning,"

-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

"The moon is profound except when we land on it."

-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

"Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible."

-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

"Waiting until everything looks feasible is too long to wait."

-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

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2. The Lost Words

By: Robert Macfarlane , Jackie Morris

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Acorn to Weasel: a gorgeous, hand-illustrated, large-format spellbook celebrating the magic an… read more

Similar categories in Robert Macfarlane's The Lost Words book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • nonfiction
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3. The Art of Memoir

By: Mary Karr

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's The Liars' Clubspent more than a y… read more

Similar categories in Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • crafts
  • audiobook

4. Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

By: Lisa Cron

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Cron's Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

5. The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More

By: None , None

4.67

Format: 46 pages,

It sounds too good to be true. You can save money and the world, inoculate yourself against many of… read more

Similar categories in None's The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

Cover of Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

6. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

Similar categories in Cal Newport's Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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7. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

By: Katherine May

3.62

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings o… read more

Similar categories in Katherine May's Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • self help
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"Sometimes we are visited by destruction. Other times, it seems, the world flexes its claws and lets us feel its hot breath, just to remind us how small we are, how helpless."

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"I have started to look up the meaning of place names recently. It is perhaps an interest that awakens in you ass you age, this enthusiasm for peering back through time to find lost meaning."

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"Sacred places are no longer given to us, and they are rarely shared between whole communities. They are now containers for our own knowing, our own meanings. They don't translate across minds. It fal…"

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"You do not need to walk in the wilderness to make contact with the wild. If you know your stories--if you understand the mythologies of your land--then you can leap from a sunlit stroll with your dog…"

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

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8. 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

By: Jami Attenberg

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Jami Attenberg’s wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer’s gui… read more

Similar categories in Jami Attenberg's 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • crafts
  • audiobook
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9. Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself

By: Chuck Wendig

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Finally--a book of writing advice that accounts for all of the messy, perverse, practical, and inex… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • crafts
  • self help
Cover of Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer by Julia Cameron

10. Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer

By: Julia Cameron

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A 6-Week Artist’s Way Program Julia Cameron has been teaching the world about creativity since h… read more

Similar categories in Julia Cameron's Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • writing
  • crafts
  • self help
Cover of Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life by Sharon Blackie

11. Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life

By: Sharon Blackie

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated new book by the author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, empowering w… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Blackie's Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • self help
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop by Judson Brewer

12. The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop

By: Judson Brewer

3.90

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling … read more

Similar categories in Judson Brewer's The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Writing on the Intuitive Side of the Brain by Lauren Sapala

13. Writing on the Intuitive Side of the Brain

By: Lauren Sapala

4.66

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

Figuring out the creative process can be a difficult challenge for writers, especially writers with… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Sapala's Writing on the Intuitive Side of the Brain book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of The Business of Being a Writer (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Jane    Friedman

14. The Business of Being a Writer (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

By: Jane Friedman

4.43

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often miss… read more

Similar categories in Jane Friedman's The Business of Being a Writer (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • audiobook
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15. The Astrology House

By: Carinn Jade

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A group of wealthy Manhattanites escapes to an astrology-themed retreat, where simmering resentment… read more

Similar categories in Carinn Jade's The Astrology House book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of The Way of the Fearless Writer by Beth Kempton

16. The Way of the Fearless Writer

By: Beth Kempton

4.41

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer is a mindful approach to the writing life, based on B… read more

Similar categories in Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • buddhism
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • writing
  • contemporary
  • crafts
  • japan
  • self help
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17. Hormone Repair Manual: Every woman's guide to healthy hormones after 40

By: Lara Briden ND

4.38

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

'The book my patients have been waiting for.' Dr Peta Wright, gynaecologist and women's health advo… read more

Similar categories in Lara Briden ND's Hormone Repair Manual: Every woman's guide to healthy hormones after 40 book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • nonfiction
  • self help
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18. Skin & Bones

By: Renée Watson

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Skin & Bones book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories by Steve Almond

19. Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories

By: Steve Almond

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The long-awaited book about the craft of creative writing from Steve Almond, beloved teacher, mento… read more

Similar categories in Steve Almond's Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • crafts
  • self help
"What we're doing as writers is convincing strangers to translate our specks of ink into stories capable of generating rescue."

-Steve Almond, Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories

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20. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit That Lasts by Bec Evans

21. Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit That Lasts

By: Bec Evans

4.22

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Written is a transformative guide that anyone can use to overcome their blocks and build a successf… read more

Similar categories in Bec Evans's Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit That Lasts book and Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • self help

15 Top audiobook books like The Way of the Fearless Writer by Beth Kempton

Transform Your Habits

Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

Rebecca Solnit

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Memoir

Mary Karr

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

Katherine May

3.62

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9 best-selling adult books like 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg

Transform Your Habits

Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

Transform Your Habits

Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

Matt Bell

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed

3.71

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