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
Aspects of the Novel
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
How Fiction Works
Writing
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President
Politics
Psychology
History
The Art of Stillness
Adventures in Going Nowhere
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
Science
Physics
Biography
A Philosophy of Loneliness
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Want
Feminism
Short Stories
Sexuality
A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit
Self Help
Inspirational
Short Stories
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
Badder Living through Chemistry
Philosophy
Pop Culture
Essays
Modern Love
True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Romance
Essays
Short Stories
The Art of Travel
Travel
Philosophy
Essays
Conversations on Love
Self Help
Essays
Love
The Age of Magical Overthinking
Notes on Modern Irrationality
Psychology
Self Help
Essays
Batman and Philosophy
The Dark Knight of the Soul
Philosophy
Batman
Pop Culture
Women & Power
A Manifesto
Feminism
History
Essays
The Art of Happiness
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Truth About Everything
Self Help
Poetry
Psychology
Diagnosis
Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries
Medicine
Science
Medical
Lying
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
This Is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Philosophy
Essays
Self Help
What Is Existentialism?
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
Philosophy
Art
Essays
The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Gaza in Crisis
Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
Politics
History
War
Talking Zen
Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the Magic of Life
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
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
Aftermath
On Marriage and Separation
Memoir
Essays
Feminism
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
About Writing
Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
Writing
Essays
Crafts
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Social Justice
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Letter to My Daughter
Poetry
Memoir
Essays
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
Feminism
Essays
Race
On the Shortness of Life
Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Telling True Stories
A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Writing
Journalism
Essays
Letters
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Think
A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy
Academic
Psychology
Who Is Government?
The Untold Story of Public Service
Politics
History
Essays
Self-Knowledge
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Missing Out
In Praise of the Unlived Life
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
My Body
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Feminism
Race
Essays
How to Live
A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Philosophy
Biography
History
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Twilight and Philosophy
Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality
Philosophy
Vampires
Essays
Cinema Speculation
Film
Media Tie In
Memoir
