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
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
Ursula K. Le Guin
Conversations on Writing
Writing
Essays
Books About Books
Monkeyluv
And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
Science
Psychology
Biology
Steering the Craft
Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Writing
Crafts
Reference
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Philosophy
Psychology
Humor
Listen, Little Man!
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
The Uses and Abuses of History
History
Politics
Philosophy
The American Spirit
Who We Are and What We Stand For
History
Politics
American History
The Undocumented Americans
Memoir
Politics
Social Justice
Dialogues and Essays
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Greatest
The Quest for Sporting Perfection
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
Politics
History
Social Justice
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
Short Stories
Poetry
Classics
Death by Black Hole
And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Science
Physics
Astronomy
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
Essays
Memoir
Feminism
Gift from the Sea
Memoir
Classics
Book Club
What We Believe But Cannot Prove
Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
Science
Philosophy
Essays
What If This Were Enough?
Essays
Essays
Self Help
Memoir
A Man Without a Country
Essays
Memoir
Humor
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
Music
Art
Unfinished
The Lonely Voice
A Study of the Short Story
Writing
Short Stories
Literary Criticism
On the Brink of Everything
Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Memoir
Race
Essays
You Are Your Best Thing
Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Race
Essays
Psychology
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
Letters to a Young Scientist
Science
Biology
Nature
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
Humor
Parenting
Memoir
On Bullshit
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Why Not Me?
Memoir
Humor
Biography
On Confidence
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
from The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single)
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Dear Dolly
Self Help
Memoir
Essays
Silence
In the Age of Noise
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Social Justice
Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Humor
Self Help
Philosophy
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
Politics
Philosophy
History
Ethics in the Real World
86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Make Good Art
Art
Writing
Essays
Real Estate
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
The Writing Life
Writing
Memoir
Essays
Letters to a Young Mathematician
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
The Importance of Living
Philosophy
China
Self Help
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
Essays
Science
Technology
The Accidental Universe
The World You Thought You Knew
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The True Life
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
Music
Biography
Books About Books
