No New Things, Ashlee Piper
No New Things, Ashlee Piper
List: $19.99 | Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

No New Things
A Radically Simple 30-Day Guide to Saving Money, the Planet, and Your Sanity

Author: Ashlee Piper

Narrator: Ashlee Piper

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/15/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Written and read by award-winning sustainability expert Ashlee Piper comes this witty, no-nonsense guide to regaining control over your time, consumerist impulses, and financial and mental wellness.

For nearly two years, Ashlee Piper challenged herself to buy nothing new. And in the process, she got out of debt, cut clutter, crushed her goals, and became healthier and happier than ever—all the things she’d always wanted to do but “never had time to” (because she was mindlessly scrolling, shopping, spending, and stressing). After a decade of fine-tuning, No New Things guides readers through the same revolutionarily simple challenge that has helped thousands of global participants find freedom and fulfillment in just thirty days.

The audiobook follows the rise of what Piper calls “conditioned consumerism” and how it sneakily hijacks our time, money, and mental bandwidth, as well as harms the planet. From there, listeners follow customizable daily action items that bring about the ease and richness of a life less bogged down by spending and stuff, without compromising on style, convenience, or fun.

Whether you’re a bona fide shopaholic or someone who just wants to buy less and live more, No New Things is the antidote to modern overwhelm.

A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.

About Ashlee Piper

Ashlee Piper is a sustainability expert, commentator, and speaker whose work has been featured on more than three hundred TV segments, including the Today show, Good Morning America, and CNN, and in Vogue, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Newsweek. Piper’s 2018 book, Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet., has been hailed as a “sustainability bible” by celebrities and reviewers. Piper has spoken at the United Nations and SXSW and has a popular TED talk. She is also the creator of the #NoNewThings Challenge, for which she received a 2022 Silver Stevie Award for Female Innovator of the Year, and a professor of sustainability marketing. She holds a BA from Brown University and a master’s degree from the University of Oxford. She lives in Chicago in a home that’s 98 percent secondhand and can often be found singing Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose” at any not-so-fine karaoke establishment.


Reviews

Goodreads review by crystal on May 06, 2025

LOVEDDDDDD THIS!......more

Goodreads review by Pat on April 16, 2025

Ashlee Piper's nonfiction, self-help book, "No New Things," published by Celadon Books, was one of the most entertaining and instructional books that I've read in a long time! "For a year and a half, Ashlee challenged herself to buy no new things, and in the process she got out off debt, cut clutter......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 02, 2025

Great read! Easy practical challenges all about targeting the root issues. Very achievable, action oriented and well structured with research and examples. I listened to the audiobook (thanks NetGalley!) and am excited to read again and do the challenge over the course of 30 days.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on April 22, 2025

There were parts of the book that were interesting - like the discussion of how marketing and consumption has changed over the years. I enjoyed some of the suggestions on how to buy things secondhand, repairing what you already have, and supporting independent businesses when traveling. However, the......more

Goodreads review by Gayle on April 15, 2025

In No New Things, Ashlee Piper offers a compelling, practical, and refreshingly candid guide to reclaiming control over our consumer-driven lives. Drawing from her personal experience of committing to a year without purchasing new items, Piper presents a 30-day challenge that encourages readers to r......more


Quotes

“As a borderline hoarder, No New Things is just what the doctor ordered. This book is transformational.”
—Katie Couric

“Having left the world of marketing, Piper reveals the addictive consumer loop we can be lost in, while reminding us of our potential for real happiness beyond the materialistic treadmill. No New Things calls on us to examine what drives our unending stream of desires while upholding the happiness we are capable of.”
—Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Change and Real Life