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
Travels with Epicurus
A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
Philosophy
Travel
Greece
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
Productivity
Business
Self Help
One in a Millennial
On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
Memoir
Essays
Book Club
Is There Still Sex in the City?
Chick Lit
Memoir
Humor
The New Vichy Syndrome
Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
Politics
History
Essays
Love That Story
Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life
Memoir
LGBT
Essays
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
Essays
India
Politics
Pass with Care
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Essays
Philosophy
Humor
Cassandra Speaks
When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
Feminism
History
Essays
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Essays
Memoir
Classics
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life
Collected Talks 1960-1969
Philosophy
Spirituality
Buddhism
Wild Comfort
The Solace of Nature
Nature
Memoir
Essays
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
Science
Psychology
Essays
A Life in Light
Meditations on Impermanence
Memoir
Essays
Spirituality
Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
Philosophy
Psychology
Education
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Interventions 2020
Essays
Politics
France
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
Economics
Business
Politics
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
Books v. Cigarettes
Essays
Classics
Philosophy
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Philosophy Bites
Philosophy
Essays
Anthologies
The Book of (More) Delights
Essays
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
Disaster Preparedness
A Memoir
Memoir
Humor
Biography Memoir
First Comes Love
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Essays
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
Design
Science
Engineering
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
Philosophy
Horror
Psychology
Storyteller
Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
Writing
Memoir
Reference
Yes Means Yes!
Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Feminism
Gender Studies
Sexuality
Migrations to Solitude
The Quest for Privacy in a Crowded World
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
I am Not a Brain
Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
Philosophy
Unfinished
Science
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Lives of the Artists
Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art
Art
Biography
Essays
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
On Animals
Animals
Essays
Nature
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Mathematics
Science
Journalism
The Anatomy of Influence
Literature as a Way of Life
Literary Criticism
Literature
Poetry
The School of Life
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Can We All Be Feminists?
New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism
Feminism
Essays
Politics
I Used to Be Charming
The Rest of Eve Babitz
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
Sidecountry
Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports
Sports
Adventure
Essays
The Future of the Brain
Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Urban Planning
Cities
Urbanism
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Science Fiction
Classics
Literature
Eloge du risque
Philosophy
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
Memoir
Writing
Essays
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
