The Soul of Money
Lynne Twist spent forty years raising money for global causes from the Hunger Project to indigenous-led conservation in the Amazon. The book uses that work to interrogate the stories most of us tell ourselves about money, especially the three Twist names as toxic: there is not enough, more is better, and that's just the way it is. In their place she proposes a practice she calls sufficiency, the recognition that what is already present is, with attention, enough. The chapters move between her travel reporting, intimate fundraising conversations with major donors, and her own family history. The 2017 W. W. Norton reissue carries a Brené Brown endorsement on the back.
What you might want to know about The Soul of Money
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Lynne Twist draws on decades of global fundraising to argue that scarcity thinking distorts our relationship with money and that sufficiency is a more honest frame.
Yes. Brown endorsed the W. W. Norton 2017 reissue, calling it a life-changing read that turns what we think we know about money upside down.
No. It is a values book about our relationship with money, not a guide to budgeting or investing.
The Soul of Money was written by Lynne Twist, published in 2017 by W. W. Norton.
The Soul of Money is 299 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Soul of Money takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
The Soul of Money is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.