🏨 Luxury Retreat

Books centered on exclusive getaways — wellness retreats, private islands, secluded estates — where escape from the world invites unexpected confrontation with the self.

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty • 2018

Locked inside a remote spa, nine strangers learn the guru's cure is worse than their problems.

3.56

484k+

🧘 Wellness Retreat 👥 Ensemble Cast 💔 Processing Grief

Nine Perfect Strangers 87%

Locked inside a remote spa, nine strangers learn the guru's cure is worse than their problems.

by Liane Moriarty 2018

3.56

484k+ ratings

🧘 Wellness Retreat 👥 Ensemble Cast 💔 Processing Grief

The New Gold Standard

by Joseph A. Michelli • 2008

Trust your frontline with $2,000 per guest to fix anything: the Ritz-Carlton service method.

3.92

1k+

🏨 Luxury Hospitality ⭐ Service Excellence 💪 Employee Empowerment

The New Gold Standard 86%

Trust your frontline with $2,000 per guest to fix anything: the Ritz-Carlton service method.

by Joseph A. Michelli 2008

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏨 Luxury Hospitality ⭐ Service Excellence 💪 Employee Empowerment

Reckless Girls

by Rachel Hawkins • 2022

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

3.55

159k+

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery

Reckless Girls 86%

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

by Rachel Hawkins 2022

3.55

159k+ ratings

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery

I Don't Want To Grow Up

by Scott Stillman • 2021

The default script is a trap. Here is the escape: simplify, follow instinct, and let adventure lead.

4.08

2k+

🏗️ Lifestyle Design 🏡 Simple Living 🌟 Childlike Wonder

I Don't Want To Grow Up 86%

The default script is a trap. Here is the escape: simplify, follow instinct, and let adventure lead.

by Scott Stillman 2021

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Lifestyle Design 🏡 Simple Living 🌟 Childlike Wonder

The Maid's Secret

by Nita Prose • 2025

A hotel maid's TV appraisal reveals a Fabergé egg; fame attracts a thief who steals it.

3.86

53k+

🧹 Maid Protagonist 🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 💰 Inheritance Mystery

The Maid's Secret 86%

A hotel maid's TV appraisal reveals a Fabergé egg; fame attracts a thief who steals it.

by Nita Prose 2025

3.86

53k+ ratings

🧹 Maid Protagonist 🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 💰 Inheritance Mystery

Vagabonding

by Rolf Potts • 2002

Travel the world for months by spending less. The real preparation is mental.

3.95

28k+

🧳 Long-Term Travel 🐢 Slow Travel 📖 Travel Philosophy

Vagabonding 86%

Travel the world for months by spending less. The real preparation is mental.

by Rolf Potts 2002

3.95

28k+ ratings

🧳 Long-Term Travel 🐢 Slow Travel 📖 Travel Philosophy

The Hotel Nantucket

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2022

She takes over a haunted Nantucket hotel. The ghost isn't the hardest guest to please.

4.05

315k+

🏖️ Nantucket Island 🏨 Historic Hotel 🎭 Ensemble Cast

The Hotel Nantucket 86%

She takes over a haunted Nantucket hotel. The ghost isn't the hardest guest to please.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2022

4.05

315k+ ratings

🏖️ Nantucket Island 🏨 Historic Hotel 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Invitation to Retreat

by Ruth Haley Barton • 2018

The spiritual detox your soul actually needs: less phone, more silence, and permission to sleep.

4.44

981

🏞️ Spiritual Retreat 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 😴 Burnout And Rest

Invitation to Retreat 86%

The spiritual detox your soul actually needs: less phone, more silence, and permission to sleep.

by Ruth Haley Barton 2018

4.44

981 ratings

🏞️ Spiritual Retreat 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 😴 Burnout And Rest

The Art of Stillness

by Pico Iyer • 2014

Phone calls cost 25 minutes and happen every 11. The cure: staying still.

3.73

9k+

🧘 Contemplative Living 📵 Digital Disconnection 🧠 Attention Restoration

The Art of Stillness 86%

Phone calls cost 25 minutes and happen every 11. The cure: staying still.

by Pico Iyer 2014

3.73

9k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Living 📵 Digital Disconnection 🧠 Attention Restoration

Pause, Rest, Be

by Octavia F Raheem • 2022

Rest is not laziness; it's how you build the courage for endings, limbo, and starting again.

4.37

458

🧘 Restorative Yoga 🧎 Stillness Practices 🚪 Liminal Spaces

Pause, Rest, Be 86%

Rest is not laziness; it's how you build the courage for endings, limbo, and starting again.

by Octavia F Raheem 2022

4.37

458 ratings

🧘 Restorative Yoga 🧎 Stillness Practices 🚪 Liminal Spaces

Quicklet on The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

by David Lowe • 2011

A quick guide to Ferriss's method: cut your workhours, automate your business, and take months off.

3.85

🌴 Lifestyle Design 🏡 Remote Work 🏝️ Digital Nomadism

Quicklet on The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Summary

Quicklet on The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss 86%

A quick guide to Ferriss's method: cut your workhours, automate your business, and take months off.

by David Lowe 2011

3.85

13 ratings

🌴 Lifestyle Design 🏡 Remote Work 🏝️ Digital Nomadism

L'art de la Simplicité

by Dominique Loreau • 2008

Why owning less is the real luxury, and how French and Japanese simplicity teach it.

3.51

6k+

🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Zen Buddhism

L'art de la Simplicité 86%

Why owning less is the real luxury, and how French and Japanese simplicity teach it.

by Dominique Loreau 2008

3.51

6k+ ratings

🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Zen Buddhism

The Lion's Den

by Katherine St. John • 2020

An old friend's yacht invitation turns Belle's dream vacation into a locked-room nightmare at sea.

3.88

25k+

🛥️ Vacation Thriller 💔 Toxic Friendship 💰 Corrupt Billionaire

The Lion's Den 86%

An old friend's yacht invitation turns Belle's dream vacation into a locked-room nightmare at sea.

by Katherine St. John 2020

3.88

25k+ ratings

🛥️ Vacation Thriller 💔 Toxic Friendship 💰 Corrupt Billionaire

Hotel Babylon

by Anonymous • 2004

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

3.62

3k+

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work

Hotel Babylon 86%

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

by Anonymous 2004

3.62

3k+ ratings

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work

Heads in Beds

by Jacob Tomsky • 2012

Twenty dollars at check-in buys what a loyalty card cannot. A hotel veteran spills the rest.

3.58

23k+

🏨 Hotel Industry 🛎️ Service Industry 📋 Workplace Memoir

Heads in Beds 86%

Twenty dollars at check-in buys what a loyalty card cannot. A hotel veteran spills the rest.

by Jacob Tomsky 2012

3.58

23k+ ratings

🏨 Hotel Industry 🛎️ Service Industry 📋 Workplace Memoir

The Book of Hygge

by Louisa Thomsen Brits • 2016

The Danish art of cozy: a practice of warmth, shelter, and unpretentious belonging.

3.26

4k+

🧣 Scandinavian Lifestyle 🐌 Slow Living ☕️ Cozy Living

The Book of Hygge 85%

The Danish art of cozy: a practice of warmth, shelter, and unpretentious belonging.

by Louisa Thomsen Brits 2016

3.26

4k+ ratings

🧣 Scandinavian Lifestyle 🐌 Slow Living ☕️ Cozy Living

The 4-Hour Workweek

by Timothy Ferriss • 2007

Retire in one-month chunks. The system for automating income and escaping the cubicle.

3.91

340k+

🏝️ Lifestyle Design 💻 Remote Work 🤝 Smart Delegation

The 4-Hour Workweek 85%

Retire in one-month chunks. The system for automating income and escaping the cubicle.

by Timothy Ferriss 2007

3.91

340k+ ratings

🏝️ Lifestyle Design 💻 Remote Work 🤝 Smart Delegation

You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap)

by Tammy Strobel • 2012

128 square feet, zero debt, no car. The counterintuitive math of buying happiness for cheap.

3.67

3k+

🏡 Voluntary Simplicity 💸 Debt Freedom 🏠 Tiny House Living

You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap) Summary

You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap) 85%

128 square feet, zero debt, no car. The counterintuitive math of buying happiness for cheap.

by Tammy Strobel 2012

3.67

3k+ ratings

🏡 Voluntary Simplicity 💸 Debt Freedom 🏠 Tiny House Living

Packing Light

by Allison Vesterfelt • 2013

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

3.68

1k+

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity

Packing Light 85%

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

by Allison Vesterfelt 2013

3.68

1k+ ratings

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity

Slow

by Brooke McAlary • 2018

Your frantic life isn't a scheduling issue. The solution starts with one drawer and one funeral.

3.87

5k+

🐢 Slow Living 🏡 Simple Living 📵 Digital Minimalism

Slow 85%

Your frantic life isn't a scheduling issue. The solution starts with one drawer and one funeral.

by Brooke McAlary 2018

3.87

5k+ ratings

🐢 Slow Living 🏡 Simple Living 📵 Digital Minimalism

A Book of Silence

by Sara Maitland • 2008

A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.

3.76

1k+

🧘 Contemplative Solitude 🌿 Nature Mysticism 👁️ Sensory Perception

A Book of Silence 85%

A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.

by Sara Maitland 2008

3.76

1k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Solitude 🌿 Nature Mysticism 👁️ Sensory Perception

Silence

by Erling Kagge • 2016

The rarest resource in a hyperconnected world is the one sound we keep drowning out.

3.76

14k+

🧘 Contemplative Living 🤫 Inner Silence 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Silence 85%

The rarest resource in a hyperconnected world is the one sound we keep drowning out.

by Erling Kagge 2016

3.76

14k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Living 🤫 Inner Silence 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Joy of Doing Nothing

by Rachel Jonat • 2017

Idleness as a tool: how to reduce stress, sharpen focus, and create a simpler, more joyful life.

2.80

367

🐢 Slow Living 🌱 Simple Living 🔋 Burnout Recovery

The Joy of Doing Nothing 85%

Idleness as a tool: how to reduce stress, sharpen focus, and create a simpler, more joyful life.

by Rachel Jonat 2017

2.80

367 ratings

🐢 Slow Living 🌱 Simple Living 🔋 Burnout Recovery

The Guilt Trip

by Sandie Jones • 2021

She suspects her husband is sleeping with the bride. By the wedding night, someone is dead.

3.41

37k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 💒 Destination Wedding

The Guilt Trip 85%

She suspects her husband is sleeping with the bride. By the wedding night, someone is dead.

by Sandie Jones 2021

3.41

37k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 💒 Destination Wedding

The 5 Types of Wealth

by Sahil Bloom • 2025

Redefine what you measure. Five dimensions of wealth beyond money, and the systems that grow them.

4.13

12k+

🧭 Intentional Living 🌐 Holistic Wealth 🎨 Life Design

The 5 Types of Wealth 85%

Redefine what you measure. Five dimensions of wealth beyond money, and the systems that grow them.

by Sahil Bloom 2025

4.13

12k+ ratings

🧭 Intentional Living 🌐 Holistic Wealth 🎨 Life Design

She Started It

by Sian Gilbert • 2023

Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.

3.57

58k+

🔒 Locked Room Thriller 🏝️ Remote Island 🎭 Fake Identity

She Started It 85%

Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.

by Sian Gilbert 2023

3.57

58k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Thriller 🏝️ Remote Island 🎭 Fake Identity

The Woman in Suite 11

by Ruth Ware • 2025

A journalist's Swiss hotel reunion turns deadly when every guest survived the same cruise nightmare.

3.54

75k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Frenemy Bonds

The Woman in Suite 11 85%

A journalist's Swiss hotel reunion turns deadly when every guest survived the same cruise nightmare.

by Ruth Ware 2025

3.54

75k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Frenemy Bonds

The Art of Non-Conformity

by Chris Guillebeau • 2014

The default path is optional: design a career, travel freely, and build a legacy without permission.

3.81

11k+

🛠️ Lifestyle Design 💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🌍 Location Independence

The Art of Non-Conformity 85%

The default path is optional: design a career, travel freely, and build a legacy without permission.

by Chris Guillebeau 2014

3.81

11k+ ratings

🛠️ Lifestyle Design 💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🌍 Location Independence

Confessions of an Event Planner

by Judy Allen • 2009

Behind the elegant table settings: what an event planner really does when the guests run wild.

3.27

🎪 Event Planning 🏨 Hospitality Industry ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas

Confessions of an Event Planner 85%

Behind the elegant table settings: what an event planner really does when the guests run wild.

by Judy Allen 2009

3.27

33 ratings

🎪 Event Planning 🏨 Hospitality Industry ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas

Bangkok Days

by Lawrence Osborne • 2009

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

3.41

1k+

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Bangkok Days 85%

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

by Lawrence Osborne 2009

3.41

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

The Art of Pilgrimage

by Phil Cousineau • 2000

Every trip can be a pilgrimage. The secret is in how you leave, walk, and return.

4.11

1k+

🛐 Sacred Travel 🌌 Spiritual Journeys 🧘 Mindful Travel

The Art of Pilgrimage 85%

Every trip can be a pilgrimage. The secret is in how you leave, walk, and return.

by Phil Cousineau 2000

4.11

1k+ ratings

🛐 Sacred Travel 🌌 Spiritual Journeys 🧘 Mindful Travel

Unreasonable Hospitality

by Will Guidara • 2022

Extraordinary service: how one restaurant made every guest feel like the only guest.

4.41

38k+

🍽️ Restaurant Management 🛎️ Service Industry ✨ Guest Experience

Unreasonable Hospitality 85%

Extraordinary service: how one restaurant made every guest feel like the only guest.

by Will Guidara 2022

4.41

38k+ ratings

🍽️ Restaurant Management 🛎️ Service Industry ✨ Guest Experience

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth

by Avery Carl • 2021

Vacation rentals that triple long-term cash, managed from anywhere in thirty minutes a week.

4.50

882

🏠 Real Estate Investing 🏖️ Vacation Rentals 🛠️ Property Management

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth Summary

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth 85%

Vacation rentals that triple long-term cash, managed from anywhere in thirty minutes a week.

by Avery Carl 2021

4.50

882 ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 🏖️ Vacation Rentals 🛠️ Property Management

The Club

by Ellery Lloyd • 2022

A celebrity island club opens with blackmail. Before the weekend ends, the host vanishes.

3.28

128k+

🏝️ Locked Island ⭐ Celebrity Elite 📦 Blackmail Scheme

The Club 85%

A celebrity island club opens with blackmail. Before the weekend ends, the host vanishes.

by Ellery Lloyd 2022

3.28

128k+ ratings

🏝️ Locked Island ⭐ Celebrity Elite 📦 Blackmail Scheme

The Cottage Fairy Companion

by Paola Merrill • 2022

You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.

4.29

1k+

🐌 Slow Living 🍄 Cottagecore ✨ Finding Wonder

The Cottage Fairy Companion 85%

You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.

by Paola Merrill 2022

4.29

1k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Living 🍄 Cottagecore ✨ Finding Wonder

Sunburned

by Katherine Wood • 2025

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

3.72

2k+

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back

Sunburned 85%

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

by Katherine Wood 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back

Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2016

One memoir, a million life reinventions. The readers who followed its map tell what they discovered.

3.53

3k+

🌍 Transformative Travel ✍️ Personal Essays 🔄 Life Reinvention

Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It 85%

One memoir, a million life reinventions. The readers who followed its map tell what they discovered.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2016

3.53

3k+ ratings

🌍 Transformative Travel ✍️ Personal Essays 🔄 Life Reinvention

Murder on Lake Garda

by Tom Hindle • 2024

When a bride is stabbed at her Lake Garda wedding, her guests are stranded with the killer.

3.45

11k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🏖️ Destination Thriller 🔍 Outsider Sleuth

Murder on Lake Garda 85%

When a bride is stabbed at her Lake Garda wedding, her guests are stranded with the killer.

by Tom Hindle 2024

3.45

11k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🏖️ Destination Thriller 🔍 Outsider Sleuth

Aflame

by Pico Iyer • 2025

Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.

3.79

1k+

🏔️ Monastic Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude 🔥 Impermanence

Aflame 85%

Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.

by Pico Iyer 2025

3.79

1k+ ratings

🏔️ Monastic Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude 🔥 Impermanence

Holy Hygge

by Jamie Erickson • 2022

Seven Danish practices for a home that does more than feel cozy: it points people to Christ.

4.10

6k+

🇩🇰 Modern Hygge 🏡 Christian Hospitality ✝️ Home As Ministry

Holy Hygge 85%

Seven Danish practices for a home that does more than feel cozy: it points people to Christ.

by Jamie Erickson 2022

4.10

6k+ ratings

🇩🇰 Modern Hygge 🏡 Christian Hospitality ✝️ Home As Ministry

Overbooked

by Elizabeth Becker • 2013

The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.

3.80

858

🏨 Tourism Industry 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👥 Mass Tourism

Overbooked 85%

The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.

by Elizabeth Becker 2013

3.80

858 ratings

🏨 Tourism Industry 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👥 Mass Tourism

The Art of Frugal Hedonism

by Annie Raser-Rowland • 2017

Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.

3.62

7k+

🧮 Frugal Living 🌿 Simple Living 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

The Art of Frugal Hedonism 85%

Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.

by Annie Raser-Rowland 2017

3.62

7k+ ratings

🧮 Frugal Living 🌿 Simple Living 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

Summers at the Saint

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2024

At a Georgia beach resort, a niece's murder forces the owner to suspect her own family.

4.05

60k+

🏖️ Coastal Resort Mystery 💰 Class Divide 🔍 Family Secrets

Summers at the Saint 85%

At a Georgia beach resort, a niece's murder forces the owner to suspect her own family.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2024

4.05

60k+ ratings

🏖️ Coastal Resort Mystery 💰 Class Divide 🔍 Family Secrets

The Sweetness of Doing Nothing

by Sophie Minchilli • 2021

The Italian cure for burnout: long meals, aimless strolls, and doing nothing with conviction.

4.11

616

🧘 Slow Living 🇮🇹 Italian Culture 🍝 Food Culture

The Sweetness of Doing Nothing 85%

The Italian cure for burnout: long meals, aimless strolls, and doing nothing with conviction.

by Sophie Minchilli 2021

4.11

616 ratings

🧘 Slow Living 🇮🇹 Italian Culture 🍝 Food Culture

The 2 AM Principle

by Jon Levy • 2016

Adventure is not for adrenaline junkies. It is a learnable skill, and here is the curriculum.

3.29

330

🎨 Experience Design 🌍 Everyday Adventure 🧗 Comfort Zone Expansion

The 2 AM Principle 85%

Adventure is not for adrenaline junkies. It is a learnable skill, and here is the curriculum.

by Jon Levy 2016

3.29

330 ratings

🎨 Experience Design 🌍 Everyday Adventure 🧗 Comfort Zone Expansion

The Art of Travel

by Alain de Botton • 2002

A change of scenery cannot cure what you carry inside. Travel is an art of attention.

3.82

26k+

🌍 Travel Philosophy 🧳 Psychology Of Travel 🎨 Art Appreciation

The Art of Travel 85%

A change of scenery cannot cure what you carry inside. Travel is an art of attention.

by Alain de Botton 2002

3.82

26k+ ratings

🌍 Travel Philosophy 🧳 Psychology Of Travel 🎨 Art Appreciation

How to Travel the World on $50 a Day

by Matt Kepnes • 2013

A $50 daily budget, rewards card, hostel kitchen: the math that buys life on the road.

3.79

2k+

💰 Budget Travel 💳 Travel Hacking 🐢 Slow Travel

How to Travel the World on $50 a Day Summary

How to Travel the World on $50 a Day 85%

A $50 daily budget, rewards card, hostel kitchen: the math that buys life on the road.

by Matt Kepnes 2013

3.79

2k+ ratings

💰 Budget Travel 💳 Travel Hacking 🐢 Slow Travel

Meet the Frugalwoods

by Elizabeth Willard Thames • 2018

An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.

3.74

7k+

🏦 Financial Independence 💰 Frugal Living 🔥 Fire Movement

Meet the Frugalwoods 85%

An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.

by Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018

3.74

7k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Independence 💰 Frugal Living 🔥 Fire Movement

The Monks and Me

by Mary Paterson • 2012

Forty days at Plum Village: breathing, walking, and the slow work of getting out of your own way.

3.75

492

🪷 Zen Buddhism ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Monks and Me 85%

Forty days at Plum Village: breathing, walking, and the slow work of getting out of your own way.

by Mary Paterson 2012

3.75

492 ratings

🪷 Zen Buddhism ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Asylum Hotel

by Juliet Blackwell • 2025

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

3.56

2k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Asylum Hotel 85%

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

by Juliet Blackwell 2025

3.56

2k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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