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I'm Nora Vellick. I'm a journalist, and I write about people who would rather not be written about: what they want, what they pay for it, and what they hide, including from themselves. If you're new here, this page will help you find the right place to start.
Everything I publish is sold only on noravellick.com, and the first three books are free. If you want to know why I do this work, read Who Is Nora Vellick?
Which book should I start with?
If you want a true story: The Husband Experiment
A woman nobody could find, five men and an experiment that was passed around dinner parties for ten years. Three short records, about fifteen minutes each, all free. Start with Before, then The Trail and Five Rules. The reading order explains why the order matters.
If you want to understand money, men and power: Become My Papi
Two years on one question: if you take away his money, what is left that a woman would still want? Sixty-two chapters with a free bonus guide. Become My Papi is the complete investigation. If you'd rather try it first, the Mini Version holds the first twelve chapters, and the code MINIUPGRADE takes its price off the full book later.
If you're tired in a way your hours don't explain: The Work Nobody Sees
The Work Nobody Sees is about the mental load: who plans the home, who notices, and what it does to rest, money and desire. Every study is cited with its limits.
If you're an adult who wants the practical side
How to Give the Perfect Blowjob is a guide built on consent, communication and attention. 18+ only.
If you're a man reading this
Start with the page for men. Books for men are coming, and the notes there are the ones men tell me they found most useful.
Not sure?
Take the quiz. It is based on the women in The Husband Experiment and shows which role you tend to take when attraction enters the room.
The best notes from The Record, by subject
The Record is where I keep my notes. Some became books. Here's where to begin on each subject.
Money and what it says about a man
- If I Take Away His Money
- Expensive Isn't Generous
- Half the Milk
- The 50/50 Problem
- Quit Your Job, I'll Take Care of You
The mental load
- What Is the Mental Load?
- "Just Tell Me What to Do"
- The Calendar
- "I'm Not Your Mother"
- You Think It's Fair. She Doesn't.
Love, care and control
- Send Me Your Location
- I Don't Like Your Friends
- You Didn't Buy the Woman Inside It
- Protection Without Freedom Isn't Protection
Desire and what kills it
For men
- The Man Who Never Needs Anything
- She Is Not Your Therapist
- How to Take On the Mental Load
- The Dating Recession
Stay in touch
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