The Small Stuff

A manifesto for tuning into the tiny opportunities for gratification being human offers… from the first few pages I feel instinctively that tapping into these tiny enchantments could be life-enhancing… But it also felt quite profound to recognise my simple bodily existence has so much to offer, if I let it – Emma Beddington * Guardian *
A delightful paean to the pleasures of small things – Kathryn Hughes * Sunday Times *
A clarion call to rediscover the quiet joys woven into everyday routines. … This wonderful book reminds us that happiness isn’t out of reach. Rather, it’s right under our fingertips – Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of Supercommunicators and The Power of Habit
I loved this profound, witty, and quietly revolutionary book. Ian Bogost makes the liberating case that the material world is teeming with unexpected opportunities for life-enhancing sensory pleasure – and that all we need to do is to allow ourselves to experience them – Oliver Burkeman
The world tells us that the path to happiness is to go bigger in everything: experiences, success, consumption—all of it. In The Small Stuff, Ian Bogost shows us why this is the wrong approach to the good life—that the true secret lies in discovering life’s little delights – Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard Professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Strength to Strength

Ian Bogost is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He is the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is also a professor of computer science and engineering, film and media studies, and art and design. Bogost is the author of ten books, including Play Anything. Bogost is also an award-winning game designer whose work has been played by millions of people and has been held in collections internationally, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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