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
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
Music
Art
Unfinished
A Man Without a Country
Essays
Memoir
Humor
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Philosophy
Psychology
Humor
The Greatest
The Quest for Sporting Perfection
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Monkeyluv
And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
Science
Psychology
Biology
On Boxing
Sports
Essays
Martial Arts
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
On Bullshit
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
The American Spirit
Who We Are and What We Stand For
History
Politics
American History
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Memoir
Essays
Short Stories
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Social Justice
The Uses and Abuses of History
History
Politics
Philosophy
Thick
And Other Essays
Essays
Feminism
Race
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten
100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Why Not Me?
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Lonely Voice
A Study of the Short Story
Writing
Short Stories
Literary Criticism
Gift from the Sea
Memoir
Classics
Book Club
Death by Black Hole
And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
from The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single)
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
Dialogues and Essays
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Memoir
Race
Essays
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
On the Brink of Everything
Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
The Writing Life
Writing
Memoir
Essays
Letters to a Young Scientist
Science
Biology
Nature
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
Music
Biography
Books About Books
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
Memoir
Self Help
Christian
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
Politics
Philosophy
History
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Humor
Self Help
Philosophy
The Creative Writing Coursebook
Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry
Writing
Reference
Essays
Real Estate
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Make Good Art
Art
Writing
Essays
On Confidence
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning
Short Stories
Self Help
Inspirational
Letters to a Young Mathematician
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
The True Life
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
Philosophy
Horror
Psychology
Somehow
Thoughts on Love
Essays
Memoir
Spirituality
Silence
In the Age of Noise
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
Humor
Parenting
Memoir
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
History
Essays
Self Help
Ethics in the Real World
86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
The Outsider
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
I Can't Date Jesus
Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
You Are Your Best Thing
Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Race
Essays
Psychology
Essays and Aphorisms
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Nobody Knows My Name
Essays
Race
Classics
The Importance of Living
Philosophy
China
Self Help
