- The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
- The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
- First We Read, Then We Write by Robert D. Richardson
- Emerson: The Mind on Fire by Robert D. Richardson
- The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
- The Philosophical Baby
- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
- Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Art
- Bruno Munari
- Roses in the Salad
- Drawing a Tree
- Drawing The Sun
- The Tactile Workshops
- A Flower with Love
- Original Xerographies
- Mind management, not time management
Thinking
- Scout mindset
- The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
Walking
- A Calm Fire by Philippe Jaccottet
- Dr. John Moore’s four-volume account of his Grand Tour