In our weekly look at books, we focus on Waterstones\u2019 Non-Fiction of the Month for May 2025\u2026<\/p>\n
Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman takes readers on a liberating journey towards a more meaningful life \u2013 one that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence, but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves.<\/p>\n
Designed as a four-week retreat of the mind, it offers daily wisdom, solace and inspiration to aid a saner, freer, and more enchantment-filled way of living.<\/p>\n
Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman<\/p>\n
Addressing fundamental questions about how to live, Burkeman proposes a powerful new guiding philosophy of imperfectionism.<\/p>\n
How can we embrace our limitations? Or make good decisions when there\u2019s always too much to do?<\/p>\n
What if being truly productive means letting things happen, not making them happen?<\/p>\n
Reflecting on philosophy, literature, psychology, religion and self-help, Burkeman explores practical tools and shifts in perspective.<\/p>\n
The result is a profound yet entertaining crash course in living more fully.<\/p>\n
Top Ten Chart with Waterstones of Norfolk Street, in Lynn:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. James III \u2013 Percival Everett<\/p>\n 2. The Bastwick Testament \u2013 David Blake<\/p>\n 3. A Case of Mice and Murder \u2013 Sally Smith<\/p>\n 4. Precipice \u2013 Robert Harris<\/p>\n 5. Meditations for Mortals \u2013 Oliver Burkeman<\/p>\n 6. We Solve Murders – Richard Osman<\/p>\n 7. There Are Rivers In The Sky \u2013 Elif Shafak<\/p>\n 8. The Glassmaker \u2013 Tracy Chevalier<\/p>\n 9. Butter \u2013 Asako Yuzuki<\/p>\n 10. Richard Flanagan \u2013 Question 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In our weekly look at books, we focus on Waterstones\u2019 Non-Fiction of the Month for May 2025\u2026 Meditations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[3444,77,609,7388,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-148718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-human-interest","11":"tag-kings-lynn","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114606566436861850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}