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
I'm Judging You
The Do-Better Manual
Humor
Essays
Feminism
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault
Essays from the Grown-up Years
Humor
Essays
Memoir
Science in the Soul
Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Daddy Issues
Feminism
Essays
Sexuality
Nonconformity
Writing on Writing
Writing
Essays
Susan Sontag
The Complete Rolling Stone Interview
Biography
Philosophy
Essays
What On Earth Have I Done?
Stories, Observations, and Affirmations
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
Everything and Nothing at Once
A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future
Memoir
Essays
Biography Memoir
The Best Advice I Ever Got
Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
Self Help
Inspirational
Biography
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Normal
Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude
Gender
Transgender
Queer
Unreliable Narrator
Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome
Memoir
Humor
Essays
The Poet's Guide to Life
The Wisdom of Rilke
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
Money Changes Everything
Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts, and Other Surprising Turns of Fortune
Essays
Money
Anthologies
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Becoming Dangerous
Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist
Feminism
Witchcraft
Queer
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
Travel
History
Memoir
The Hidden Pleasures of Life
A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future
Philosophy
History
Psychology
All Things Aside
Absolutely Correct Opinions
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
The Art of Subtext
Beyond Plot
Writing
Crafts
Essays
The Stone Reader
Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments
Philosophy
Essays
Anthologies
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
History
Politics
Philosophy
Reading the Silver Screen
A Film Lover's Guide to Decoding the Art Form That Moves
Film
Art
Reference
Tough Titties
On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst
Memoir
Humor
Self Help
The Wisdom of the Heart
Essays
Philosophy
Writing
Skipping Towards Gomorrah
The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America
Humor
Politics
Essays
The New Rulers of the World
Politics
History
Journalism
