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
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
Law
Politics
Technology
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Walden Or, Life in the Woods and 'on the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
Politics
Philosophy
History
Why Vegan?
Eating Ethically
Philosophy
Vegan
Environment
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
On Confidence (Essay Books)
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Self-Knowledge (Essay Books)
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
How to Be a Friend
An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
Philosophy
Classics
History
Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Essays
Feminism
Race
The Art of Happiness (Penguin Classics)
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
Feminism
Sexuality
Essays
How To Stay Sane In An Age Of Division
Essays
Politics
Philosophy
Mythologies
Philosophy
Essays
Theory
We've Been Too Patient
Voices from Radical Mental Health — Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model
Mental Health
Psychology
Disability
How to Reform Capitalism (Essay Books)
Philosophy
Economics
Essays
All About Love
New Visions (Love Song to the Nation)
Feminism
Philosophy
Self Help
The Elephant, The Tiger, And the Cell Phone
Reflections on India - the Emerging 21st-Century Power
India
History
Politics
Self-Reliance (Annotated)
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Bird by Bird
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Writing
Memoir
Self Help
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Memoir
History
Essays
Talking Zen
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
Pause, Rest, Be
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Letters to a Young Poet
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Interventions 2020
Essays
France
Politics
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child
What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Parenting
Disability
Decolonial Daughter
Memoir
Essays
Race
Walking in Wonder
Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
Grace (Eventually)
Thoughts on Faith
Memoir
Spirituality
Religion
Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals (Dover Books on Biology, Psychology, and Medicine)
Philosophy
Psychology
Education
Disaster Preparedness
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
These Precious Days
Essays
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
Essays
History
Humor
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
Memoir
Self Help
Christian
Novelist as a Vocation
Writing
Japan
Essays
Twenty-Two
Letters to a Young Woman Searching for Meaning
Self Help
Christian
Memoir
Superman is an Arab
On God, marriage, macho men and other disastrous inventions
Feminism
Lebanon
Essays
101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Self Help
Psychology
Essays
Trust Kids!
Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy
Parenting
Politics
Psychology
Inciting Joy
Essays
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”
And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
Health
Social Justice
Feminism
What Is Existentialism? (Penguin Great Ideas)
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Monsters
A Fan's Dilemma
Essays
Art
Feminism
The Wayward Writer
Memoir
Writing
Essays
How To Live
27 Conflicting Answers And One Weird Conclusion
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Aftermath
Memoir
Essays
Feminism
Storyteller
Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
Writing
Memoir
Reference
The Faraway Nearby (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
Essays
Memoir
Biography
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think: Reflections by Scientists, Writers, and Philosophers
Science
Biography
Biology