Last Updated on November 30, 2016 by Kate Darktea
As we approach the end of December, it is time to think about journalling for the new years it time to start a journal or to start a new type of journal. Plus, there is the opportunity to add some journal writing books or notebooks to your Christmas wish list. I know I will be adding a mix of journalling and personal development books to my list, the difficult bit is choosing the ones to add.
So here are my book suggestions for journal writers (and a few notebooks because I couldn’t resist)*. If you are also interested in personal development books I have a list I’m interested in reading (and you can even help me choose which one to read next by responding to the poll).
Books on Journalling and Writing
- Start where you are: a journal for self-exploration
- The Artist’s Way: a spiritual path to higher creativity
- The Secret Me: A Questionnaire Journal
- Writing Down Your Soul: How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within
- Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth
- The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice
- At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability
- Awaken The Writer Within 3rd Edition: A Sourcebook for Releasing Your Creativity and Finding Your True Writer’s Voice
- 365 Ways To Get You Writing: Daily Inspiration and Advice for Creative Writers
- 49 Ways to Write Yourself Well: The Science and Wisdom of Writing and Journaling
- Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
Diaries and notebooks
What books are you wishing for? What journal are you planning to keep next year? I’m hoping to get a Leuctturm for my bullet journal and Castelli for my daily diary.. Are you planning on working through any programmes or workbooks such as The Artists Way?

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