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A quiet, introspective journal exploring the delicate balance between the fear of isolation and the profound peace of solitude. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The house by the sea.
- peaceful
- solitary
- restorative
- still
- 01
Journal of a Solitude
May Sarton
A raw, quiet retreat into the mind of an artist wrestling with her own shadows to find the light of self-discovery.
- 02
Gift from the sea
Anne Morrow Lindbergh · 1955
A quiet, sea-breeze-swept meditation on finding stillness and selfhood amidst the endless demands of daily life.
- 03
The outermost house
Henry Beston
A quiet, windswept meditation on a solitary year lived at the edge of the North Atlantic.
- 04
Henry and June
Anais Nin · 1986
An uncensored, deeply intimate plunge into a year of bohemian passion, sexual awakening, and tangled desires.
- 05
Journal
Henry David Thoreau
A quiet, deeply observant walk through the woods with a mind that sees the universe in a single leaf.
- 06
The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume Seven, 1966-1974
Anaïs Nin · 1969
A sun-warmed, intimate glimpse into the quiet moments of a writer's life.
- 07
Incest
Nin, Anais · 1992
An unsparing, uncensored plunge into the raw psychological depths and transgressive desires of a woman seeking salvation through her own words.
- 08
The solace of open spaces
Gretel Ehrlich
A quiet, expansive collection of essays that invites the reader to find peace and intellectual clarity in the remote American West.
- 09
The bridge across forever
Richard Bach
A deeply earnest, philosophical memoir that explores the metaphysical dimensions of finding your soulmate.
- 10
The journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962
Sylvia Plath · 2000
A raw, feverish descent into the brilliant, turbulent mind of a poet hungry for life yet haunted by her own shadows.
- 11
The chronology of water
Lidia Yuknavitch
A raw, untraditional plunge into grief, fluid sexuality, and the fierce current of survival.
- 12
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout · 2007
A masterclass in the quiet, devastating beauty of ordinary lives and the prickly, profound ways we love and fail each other.
