I felt Affluenza would be a really good book for someone just becoming interested in voluntary simplicity. It gives a good overview of what’s wrong with our current system, but since I’d read several other books, I’d heard that part before. What’d be great for a newbie is that it fires you up and gives you some good resources in the “treatment” portion of the book. Highly recommend it!

READTHISBOOK. It’s really eye-opening, likening our society’s rampant consumerism to a deadly disease. It really did change the way I think about certain things, and I think it’s an important and interesting book. Seriously, read this book.