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
The Good Immigrant
26 Writers Reflect on America
Essays
Race
Immigration
Listen, Little Man!
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Feminism for the 99%
A Manifesto
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
Essays
Politics
Philosophy
How to Be Alone
If You Want To, and Even If You Don't
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
Dear Dolly
Self Help
Memoir
Essays
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Essays
Feminism
Race
The Disappearance of Rituals
A Topology of the Present
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
The Greatest
The Quest for Sporting Perfection
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
Essays
Classics
Short Stories
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
Humor
Parenting
Memoir
Ursula K. Le Guin
Conversations on Writing
Writing
Essays
Books About Books
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
Short Stories
Classics
Poetry
The Lonely Voice
A Study of the Short Story
Writing
Short Stories
Literary Criticism
You Are Your Best Thing
Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Race
Essays
Social Justice
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
What We Believe But Cannot Prove
Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Silence
In the Age of Noise
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Dangerous Games
The Uses and Abuses of History
History
Politics
Philosophy
Gift from the Sea
Memoir
Classics
Book Club
A Man Without a Country
Essays
Memoir
Humor
Make Good Art
Art
Writing
Essays
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Importance of Living
Philosophy
China
Self Help
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
History
Politics
Social Justice
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
On the Brink of Everything
Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
Real Estate
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Ethics in the Real World
86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Humor
Self Help
Philosophy
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
Essays
Memoir
Feminism
Good Video Games and Good Learning
Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy
Education
Teaching
Games
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
from The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single)
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The Mind’s I
Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Stories of Life, Love and Learning
Short Stories
Self Help
Inspirational
The Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Books About Books
Russia
Memoir
Somehow
Thoughts on Love
Essays
Memoir
Spirituality
Preface to Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Classics
Literary Criticism
Why Not Me?
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Politics
Feminism
Race
What If This Were Enough?
Essays
Essays
Self Help
Memoir
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Social Justice
Novelist as a Vocation
Writing
Memoir
Essays
Draft No. 4
On the Writing Process
Writing
Essays
Memoir
On Drinking
Poetry
Short Stories
Classics
Letters to a Young Scientist
Science
Biology
Nature
