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 & Civil Disobedience
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Walden & Civil Disobedience
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Letters to a Young Mathematician
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
Politics
Philosophy
History
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life
Collected Talks 1960-1969
Philosophy
Spirituality
Buddhism
Role Models
Memoir
Essays
Humor
Why Vegan?
Philosophy
Vegan
Environment
Glitch Feminism
A Manifesto
Feminism
Theory
Philosophy
When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Urban Planning
Cities
Urbanism
On Confidence
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The 52 Week Project
How I Fixed My Life by Trying a New Thing Every Week for a Year
Memoir
Self Help
Inspirational
Self-Knowledge
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Thick
And Other Essays
Essays
Feminism
Race
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Essays
Feminism
Race
The Art of Happiness
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
Eloge du risque
Philosophy
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Everything in Its Place
First Loves and Last Tales
Science
Essays
Memoir
We've Been Too Patient
Voices from Radical Mental Health — Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model
Psychology
Mental Health
Disability
How to Reform Capitalism
Economics
Philosophy
Money
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
Philosophy
Essays
Sociology
I Don't Want to Die Poor
Essays
Essays
Memoir
LGBT
Context
Further Selected Essays on Productivity, Creativity, Parenting, and Politics in the 21st Century
Essays
Technology
Politics
All About Love
New Visions
Feminism
Philosophy
Self Help
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone
Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
India
Politics
History
Self-Reliance
An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Bird by Bird
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
Refuse to Be Done
How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
Writing
Crafts
Reference
Love That Story
Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life
Memoir
LGBT
Essays
On Animals
Animals
Essays
Nature
Talking Zen
Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the Magic of Life
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Pause, Rest, Be
Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change
Self Help
Spirituality
Health
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old
Humor
Self Help
Memoir
A Life in Light
Meditations on Impermanence
Memoir
Essays
Spirituality
Letters to a Young Poet
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Interventions 2020
Essays
Politics
France
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
Adventures in Anxiety
Memoir
Mental Health
Humor
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Parenting
Disability
Mobile Home
A Memoir in Essays
Essays
Memoir
Travel
Power Shift
The Longest Revolution
Feminism
Canada
Womens
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Memoir
Race
Essays
Walking in Wonder
Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
