Welcome to MyndStories
A MyndStories Experience
A quarterly reading companionship
Four times a year, Smitha, our co-founder, chooses a book for a feeling. It arrives at your door with a letter, a poem, and a community reading alongside you.
I have always been drawn to the power of books. Reading has always been a balm everytime my soul felt chaotic. Stories can change our world. They certainly changed mine.
That's why I choose these books. Each one is a companion for something you might be going through. I pair it with a letter, a poem, and a community of people reading alongside you. I hope these find you at the right time.
Smitha Murthy, co-founder
How It Works
Monthly to try it. Quarterly for the full experience. Annual for the whole year.
A book chosen for a feeling, Smitha’s letter, a poem, and everything you need for a season of reading.
Join the WhatsApp group. Show up to the live Zoom. Write. Reflect. You’re reading in company now.
The Four Quarters
We announce the feeling on social media or our website two weeks before the box ships. You can tag your friends: "This is so you right now."
January to March
For the person who can't quite name what they're looking for. Who lies awake, wanting something they can't describe. This quarter holds space for that beautiful, uncomfortable feeling of being in motion.
Book
A memoir or novel about longing, seeking, or beginning.
Poem
A poem about restlessness as a form of aliveness.
Affirmation
Being unsettled is not the same as being lost.
Writing Prompt
Write about something you keep almost doing but haven't yet.
What You Get
Every box is built around a single feeling. The book sits at the center. Around it: Smitha's letter, a poem, an affirmation, a reading guide with prompts and a podcast episode, and a bookmark from a MyndStories writer.
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Chosen by Smitha for the quarter’s feeling. Literary memoir, essay collections, fiction at the intersection of mental health and beautiful writing.
02
Written once per quarter. Printed on 300gsm card. Why this book. What it does. What Smitha hopes it gives you. Her voice, in your hands.
03
One poem chosen to sit alongside the book’s feeling. Printed on 300gsm. Perhaps, a little note or two to aid the feeling. Keep these as reminders that art keeps us alive.
04
One true thing, printed on 300gsm. Connected to the quarter’s feeling. Quarterly and annual plans.
05
Four rotating designs, printed annually. Each carries a line from a MyndStories writer. One comes with every box.
06
A folded insert: three questions to sit with while reading, one MyndStories story, one podcast episode. Prompts for three months of reading.
One group per quarter. Smitha posts a prompt each week for four weeks. The group closes at quarter end. Quarterly and annual plans.
45 minutes. Once per quarter. Smitha reads a passage, talks about the book, opens the floor. Quarterly and annual plans.
The writing prompt in the reading guide connects to MyndStories Writing School. For subscribers who want to go deeper.
Pricing
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A quarterly box built around a feeling makes the kind of gift people remember. Birthdays. Diwali. Or just because someone came to mind. Add ₹199 for gift wrapping and a handwritten message card.
Quarterly Gift
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Annual Gift
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Gift Wrapping
+₹199
All prices inclusive of GST.
From Our Readers
Every time I receive a book box from MyndStories, there's an instant, almost inexplicable sense of warmth. A kind of calm. A quiet feeling of home.
Nikitha
MyndReaders Subscriber
A group that bonds strangers making them friends virtually. My blessings Smitha and Swati for endowing me with this heart touching gift.
Sanjana
MyndReaders Subscriber
When words are crafted with love and care you know you have earned a friend, a reader for a lifetime.
Denise
MyndReaders Subscriber
When I first saw the concept, my immediate thought was, what a cool initiative! The curation is so thoughtful and deeply personal.
Aditi
MyndReaders Subscriber
The MyndReaders Book Club is home for people who find comfort, courage, and connection through books. 140+ readers. Every Friday at 7 PM. Completely free.
Questions
Start with a single quarter and see what happens when you read one book, in season, with company.