Essays
Great minds share their sharpest observations and most compelling arguments through the intimate art of the essay, exploring everything from creativity and culture to philosophy and the peculiarities of modern life. Whether wrestling with life's biggest questions or finding profound meaning in everyday moments, these carefully crafted pieces invite readers to see the world through fresh eyes.
Essays Book Summaries
The Cancer Journals
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President
Politics
Psychology
History
Modern Love
True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Romance
Essays
Short Stories
A Philosophy of Loneliness
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
Badder Living through Chemistry
Philosophy
Pop Culture
Essays
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
The Truth About Everything
Self Help
Poetry
Psychology
Conversations on Love
Self Help
Essays
Love
The Art of Happiness
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Diagnosis
Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries
Medicine
Science
Medical
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
Science
Physics
Biography
Batman and Philosophy
The Dark Knight of the Soul
Philosophy
Batman
Pop Culture
The Art of Stillness
Adventures in Going Nowhere
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
The Art of Travel
Travel
Philosophy
Essays
Custodians of Wonder
Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
History
Travel
Sociology
The Age of Magical Overthinking
Notes on Modern Irrationality
Psychology
Self Help
Essays
How Fiction Works
Writing
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
About Writing
Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
Writing
Essays
Crafts
Lying
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
This Is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Philosophy
Essays
Self Help
Aftermath
On Marriage and Separation
Memoir
Essays
Feminism
Talking Zen
Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the Magic of Life
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
Gaza in Crisis
Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
Politics
History
War
The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Letters
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Women & Power
A Manifesto
Feminism
History
Essays
Telling True Stories
A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Writing
Journalism
Essays
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
Philosophy
Art
Essays
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
Science
Biography
Biology
The Doctor and the Saint
The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
India
History
Politics
Self-Knowledge
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Several Short Sentences About Writing
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Letter to My Daughter
Poetry
Memoir
Essays
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
This Will Make You Smarter
New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Feminism
Race
Essays
Twilight and Philosophy
Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality
Philosophy
Vampires
Essays
Missing Out
In Praise of the Unlived Life
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Want
Feminism
Short Stories
Sexuality
My Body
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Zen in the Art of Writing
Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Writing
Essays
Memoir
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Social Justice
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Books About Books
Education
Essays
Who Is Government?
The Untold Story of Public Service
Politics
History
Essays
On the Shortness of Life
Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
