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
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Sex and Lies
Feminism
Essays
Morocco
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Feminism
Essays
Womens
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Doctor and the Saint
The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
India
History
Politics
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
Politics
History
Social Justice
Gaza in Crisis
Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
Politics
History
War
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Parenting
Disability
What If This Were Enough?
Essays
Essays
Self Help
Memoir
On the Shortness of Life
Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
What We Believe But Cannot Prove
Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Liquid Life
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Callings
The Purpose and Passion of Work
Short Stories
Memoir
Essays
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
A Low Culture Manifesto
Essays
Humor
Pop Culture
On Bullshit
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Letters to a Young Poet
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Cinema Speculation
Film
Media Tie In
Memoir
A Man Without a Country
Essays
Memoir
Humor
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Social Justice
What Young India Wants
India
Indian Literature
Essays
A Simpler Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Philosophy
Psychology
Humor
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
Feminism
Essays
Race
Feminism for the 99%
A Manifesto
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
Essays
Memoir
Feminism
My Body
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
On Human Nature
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
Letter to My Daughter
Poetry
Memoir
Essays
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
Essays
Short Stories
Classics
How to Tell When We Will Die
On Pain, Disability, and Doom
Disability
Essays
Memoir
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
Science
Psychology
Biology
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Memoir
Race
Essays
Four Hundred Souls
A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
History
Race
Social Justice
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Listen, Little Man!
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
Music
Art
Unfinished
Dialogues and Essays
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
Feminism
Sexuality
Essays
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
Short Stories
Poetry
Classics
Custodians of Wonder
Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
History
Travel
Sociology
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Social Justice
The Greatest
The Quest for Sporting Perfection
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
The Good Immigrant
26 Writers Reflect on America
Essays
Race
Short Stories
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
Politics
Philosophy
History
On the Brink of Everything
Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
The Creative Writing Coursebook
Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry
Writing
Reference
Essays
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
from The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single)
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Imaginary Homelands
Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
Essays
India
Politics
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
Music
Biography
Books About Books
