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
On Bullshit
Philosophy
Essays
Humor
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Travel
Humor
Memoir
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
Essays
Short Stories
Classics
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Essays and Arguments
Essays
Humor
Short Stories
A Man Without a Country
Essays
Memoir
Humor
How to Live
Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Philosophy
Biography
History
Zen in the Art of Writing
Essays on Creativity
Writing
Essays
Memoir
Bird by Bird
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Writing
Memoir
Self Help
Personality, Character, and Intelligence
Part Three from What the Dog Saw
Psychology
Business
Personal Development
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
Letters
Biography
Memoir
Essays
Big Questions from Little People
And Simple Answers from Great Minds
Science
Philosophy
Childrens
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens
The Conquest of Happiness
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Letters to a Young Scientist
Science
Biology
Nature
The Mind's Eye
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Fire Next Time
Classics
Essays
Race
Occupy
Politics
Philosophy
History
Make Good Art
Inspiration for Creative People
Art
Writing
Essays
The Matrix and Philosophy
Welcome to the Desert of the Real
Philosophy
Film
Pop Culture
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
Badder Living through Chemistry
Philosophy
Pop Culture
Essays
The Architecture of Happiness
Architecture
Philosophy
Art
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
Migrations to Solitude
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
Feminism
Essays
Race
The Consolations of Philosophy
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Humor
Self Help
Philosophy
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
British Literature
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
History
Film
Biography
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult Of Sentimentality
Sociology
Politics
Essays
This Is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Philosophy
Essays
Self Help
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
What Young India Wants
India
Indian Literature
Essays
50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Fourth Edition
What Worked for Them Can Help You Get Into the College of Your Choice
Read For School
Essays
School
About Writing
Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
Writing
Essays
Literature
Colonize This!
Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It
Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
We Should All Be Feminists
Feminism
Essays
Politics
The Writing Life
Writing
Memoir
Essays
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
Tiny Beautiful Things
Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Self Help
Memoir
Essays
The Inner History of Devices
History
Technology
Science
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
Science
Physics
Biography
Two Cheers for Anarchism
Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
Biography
Politics
Essays
Old Age
A Beginner's Guide
Memoir
Essays
Humor
Why Save the Bankers?
And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
Economics
Politics
Essays
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
Economics
Business
Politics
Ethics in the Real World
86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter
Philosophy
Essays
Politics