😰 Fear And Resistance

How fear manifests as creative blocks, procrastination, and self-sabotage — the invisible force that keeps us from doing the work that matters most.

On Fascism

by Matthew C. Macwilliams • 2020

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

3.96

738

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

On Fascism 88%

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

by Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020

3.96

738 ratings

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

Listen, Little Man!

by Wilhelm Reich • 1946

Tyranny keeps winning because ordinary people fear real life more than a dictator.

3.96

9k+

🏛️ Mass Psychology 🔗 Freudo-Marxism 🐦 Fear Of Freedom 🧠 Authoritarian Personality 💔 Emotional Repression

Listen, Little Man! 87%

Tyranny keeps winning because ordinary people fear real life more than a dictator.

by Wilhelm Reich 1946

3.96

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Mass Psychology 🔗 Freudo-Marxism 🐦 Fear Of Freedom 🧠 Authoritarian Personality 💔 Emotional Repression

The Anxious Truth

by Drew Linsalata • 2020

Anxiety feeds on resistance. The plan that reverses it: surrender and do the opposite.

4.50

306

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🏠 Agoraphobia 🪜 Exposure Therapy 🔄 Fear Of Fear 🚫 Avoidance Behaviors

The Anxious Truth 87%

Anxiety feeds on resistance. The plan that reverses it: surrender and do the opposite.

by Drew Linsalata 2020

4.50

306 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🏠 Agoraphobia 🪜 Exposure Therapy 🔄 Fear Of Fear 🚫 Avoidance Behaviors

Nerve

by Taylor Clark • 2011

Choking isn't weakness. It's overthinking. The science of fear and peak performance.

3.97

713

😨 Fear And Anxiety 🎯 Performance Psychology 🧠 Fear Neuroscience 🚨 Crisis Response ⚽ Sports Psychology

Nerve 87%

Choking isn't weakness. It's overthinking. The science of fear and peak performance.

by Taylor Clark 2011

3.97

713 ratings

😨 Fear And Anxiety 🎯 Performance Psychology 🧠 Fear Neuroscience 🚨 Crisis Response ⚽ Sports Psychology

The Culture of Fear

by Barry Glassner • 1999

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

3.70

4k+

🗞️ Media Sensationalism 😱 Moral Panics 🏛️ Politics Of Fear 📊 Statistical Literacy ⚠️ Risk Perception

The Culture of Fear 87%

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

by Barry Glassner 1999

3.70

4k+ ratings

🗞️ Media Sensationalism 😱 Moral Panics 🏛️ Politics Of Fear 📊 Statistical Literacy ⚠️ Risk Perception

Basics of Resistance

by Claire Wolfe • 2018

The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.

4.04

🪧 Civil Resistance ✊ Direct Action 🕵️ Tradecraft 🔐 Security Mindset 🕸️ Clandestine Networks

Basics of Resistance 87%

The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.

by Claire Wolfe 2018

4.04

67 ratings

🪧 Civil Resistance ✊ Direct Action 🕵️ Tradecraft 🔐 Security Mindset 🕸️ Clandestine Networks

Manufacturing Delusion

by Buck Sexton • 2026

Eight tactics produce mass delusion. A CIA analyst traces them from Stalin's trials to modern media.

4.37

417

🧠 Mass Psychology 🏴 Totalitarianism 🗳️ Political Psychology 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🎭 Mind Control

Manufacturing Delusion 87%

Eight tactics produce mass delusion. A CIA analyst traces them from Stalin's trials to modern media.

by Buck Sexton 2026

4.37

417 ratings

🧠 Mass Psychology 🏴 Totalitarianism 🗳️ Political Psychology 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🎭 Mind Control

A State of Fear

by Laura Dodsworth • 2021

The UK government orchestrated fear to secure pandemic compliance. How it worked, and what it broke.

4.31

793

🦠 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Government Overreach 😨 Fear And Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 📰 Media Manipulation

A State of Fear 87%

The UK government orchestrated fear to secure pandemic compliance. How it worked, and what it broke.

by Laura Dodsworth 2021

4.31

793 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Government Overreach 😨 Fear And Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 📰 Media Manipulation

Intercepts

by T.J. Payne • 2019

His secret prisoners are senseless, psychic, and screaming. His teenage daughter can hear them now.

4.09

40k+

🏛️ Government Horror 👻 Psychic Haunting 🩸 Body Horror 🛡️ Parental Sacrifice ⛏️ Underground Facility

Intercepts 87%

His secret prisoners are senseless, psychic, and screaming. His teenage daughter can hear them now.

by T.J. Payne 2019

4.09

40k+ ratings

🏛️ Government Horror 👻 Psychic Haunting 🩸 Body Horror 🛡️ Parental Sacrifice ⛏️ Underground Facility

On Tyranny

by Timothy Snyder • 2017

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

4.29

112k+

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance 📢 Media Manipulation 🤝 Civic Engagement

On Tyranny 87%

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

by Timothy Snyder 2017

4.29

112k+ ratings

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance 📢 Media Manipulation 🤝 Civic Engagement

The Reformatory

by Tananarive Due • 2023

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

4.43

79k+

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

The Reformatory 87%

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

by Tananarive Due 2023

4.43

79k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

The Science of Fear

by Daniel Gardner • 2008

Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.

3.96

6k+

🎯 Risk Perception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 😱 Psychology Of Fear 💰 Behavioral Economics 👥 Social Influence

The Science of Fear 87%

Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.

by Daniel Gardner 2008

3.96

6k+ ratings

🎯 Risk Perception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 😱 Psychology Of Fear 💰 Behavioral Economics 👥 Social Influence

The Rape of the Mind

by Joost A.M. Meerloo • 1956

Brainwashing follows a precise script, and its gentler forms shape your thoughts every day.

4.18

1k+

🧠 Thought Control 🗳️ Political Psychology 📢 Propaganda Studies ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🏴 Totalitarianism

The Rape of the Mind 87%

Brainwashing follows a precise script, and its gentler forms shape your thoughts every day.

by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956

4.18

1k+ ratings

🧠 Thought Control 🗳️ Political Psychology 📢 Propaganda Studies ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🏴 Totalitarianism

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman • 2014

One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.

4.05

213k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🙈 Sensory Deprivation 🖤 Maternal Sacrifice 🏠 Safe House Siege 🛶 River Journey

Bird Box 87%

One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.

by Josh Malerman 2014

4.05

213k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🙈 Sensory Deprivation 🖤 Maternal Sacrifice 🏠 Safe House Siege 🛶 River Journey

This Is an Uprising

by Mark Engler • 2016

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

4.20

1k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

This Is an Uprising 87%

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

by Mark Engler 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

When the Wolf Comes Home

by Nat Cassidy • 2025

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

4.06

37k+

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

When the Wolf Comes Home 86%

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

by Nat Cassidy 2025

4.06

37k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

Copaganda

by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

4.49

582

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Copaganda 86%

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

by Alec Karakatsanis 2025

4.49

582 ratings

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

How Not to Diet

by Michael Greger • 2019

Most of what terrifies you is homemade, and anything you built, you can unbuild.

4.42

9k+

🦁 Overcoming Fear 🧠 Anxiety Management 🔓 Self-Limiting Beliefs 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🪜 Exposure Therapy

How Not to Diet 86%

Most of what terrifies you is homemade, and anything you built, you can unbuild.

by Michael Greger 2019

4.42

9k+ ratings

🦁 Overcoming Fear 🧠 Anxiety Management 🔓 Self-Limiting Beliefs 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🪜 Exposure Therapy

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

3.89

57k+

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 86%

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

by Harlan Ellison 1967

3.89

57k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

Brave Genius

by Sean B. Carroll • 2013

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

4.28

727

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology 🎭 Existentialism ✍️ Dissident Intellectuals

Brave Genius 86%

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

by Sean B. Carroll 2013

4.28

727 ratings

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology 🎭 Existentialism ✍️ Dissident Intellectuals

The Power of the Powerless

by Václav Havel • 1978

Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.

4.22

4k+

🏛️ Totalitarianism 🇪🇺 Cold War Europe 🎭 Social Conformity ✊ Everyday Resistance 🔍 Ideology Critique

The Power of the Powerless 86%

Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.

by Václav Havel 1978

4.22

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Totalitarianism 🇪🇺 Cold War Europe 🎭 Social Conformity ✊ Everyday Resistance 🔍 Ideology Critique

The Tower

by Colin Wilson • 1987

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

4.02

509

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

The Tower 86%

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

by Colin Wilson 1987

4.02

509 ratings

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

Malorie

by Josh Malerman • 2020

Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.

3.79

28k+

🦻 Sensory Horror 🦯 Blind Survival 🛡️ Overprotective Mother 🌱 Apocalypse Youth 🧬 Immunity Secret

Malorie 86%

Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.

by Josh Malerman 2020

3.79

28k+ ratings

🦻 Sensory Horror 🦯 Blind Survival 🛡️ Overprotective Mother 🌱 Apocalypse Youth 🧬 Immunity Secret

Nightwatching

by Tracy Sierra • 2024

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

3.79

48k+

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room 👹 Nightmare Made Real 👮‍♀️ Police Doubt

Nightwatching 86%

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

by Tracy Sierra 2024

3.79

48k+ ratings

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room 👹 Nightmare Made Real 👮‍♀️ Police Doubt

Reliquary

by Douglas Preston • 1997

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

4.04

51k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Reliquary 86%

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

by Douglas Preston 1997

4.04

51k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Hope and Help for Your Nerves

by Claire Weekes • 1969

Your symptoms aren't the problem. The fear of them is, and that fear can be unlearned.

4.24

3k+

😰 Anxiety Self-Help ⚡ Stress Management 🦁 Facing Fear 🌊 Acceptance-Based Coping 💓 Somatic Symptoms

Hope and Help for Your Nerves 86%

Your symptoms aren't the problem. The fear of them is, and that fear can be unlearned.

by Claire Weekes 1969

4.24

3k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Self-Help ⚡ Stress Management 🦁 Facing Fear 🌊 Acceptance-Based Coping 💓 Somatic Symptoms

The Third Parent

by Elias Witherow • 2017

When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.

3.88

1k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Captivity Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Bleak Horror

The Third Parent 86%

When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.

by Elias Witherow 2017

3.88

1k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Captivity Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Bleak Horror

Near the Bone

by Christina Henry • 2021

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

3.69

22k+

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

Near the Bone 86%

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

by Christina Henry 2021

3.69

22k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

Sheep No More

by Jonathan T. Gilliam • 2017

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

3.93

389

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment 📝 Defensive Planning 🏃 Escape And Evasion

Sheep No More 86%

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

by Jonathan T. Gilliam 2017

3.93

389 ratings

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment 📝 Defensive Planning 🏃 Escape And Evasion

Inspection

by Josh Malerman • 2019

Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.

3.48

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔬 Dystopian Experiment 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🏫 Childhood Indoctrination 🔒 Cult-Like Control

Inspection 86%

Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.

by Josh Malerman 2019

3.48

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔬 Dystopian Experiment 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🏫 Childhood Indoctrination 🔒 Cult-Like Control

Unwind

by Neal Shusterman • 2007

Three teens flee a world that harvests adolescents for parts, chasing a hidden sanctuary.

4.17

251k+

🫁 Dystopian Body Horror 🏃 Teens On The Run 👥 Found Family ⛪ Crisis Of Faith ✊ Body Autonomy

Unwind 86%

Three teens flee a world that harvests adolescents for parts, chasing a hidden sanctuary.

by Neal Shusterman 2007

4.17

251k+ ratings

🫁 Dystopian Body Horror 🏃 Teens On The Run 👥 Found Family ⛪ Crisis Of Faith ✊ Body Autonomy

The Anomaly

by Michael Rutger • 2018

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

3.77

13k+

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror 🕳️ Cave Survival 🧬 Body Horror

The Anomaly 86%

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

by Michael Rutger 2018

3.77

13k+ ratings

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror 🕳️ Cave Survival 🧬 Body Horror

When Darkness Loves Us

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

2k+

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

When Darkness Loves Us 86%

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985

4.01

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

The Starving Saints

by Caitlin Starling • 2025

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

3.58

23k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🏚️ Besieged Castle

The Starving Saints 86%

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

by Caitlin Starling 2025

3.58

23k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🏚️ Besieged Castle

Change They Can't Believe In

by Christopher S. Parker • 2013

The Tea Party is not just conservative; it's a reactionary movement driven by Obama-era anxiety.

3.69

🏛️ Reactionary Politics 🌐 Right-Wing Populism 🕵️ Political Paranoia 😟 Racial Anxiety 🚷 Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Change They Can't Believe In 86%

The Tea Party is not just conservative; it's a reactionary movement driven by Obama-era anxiety.

by Christopher S. Parker 2013

3.69

86 ratings

🏛️ Reactionary Politics 🌐 Right-Wing Populism 🕵️ Political Paranoia 😟 Racial Anxiety 🚷 Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Revolutionary Suicide

by Huey P. Newton • 1973

Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.

4.49

7k+

✍️ Radical Memoir ✊ Black Power Movement 🔫 Armed Self-Defense 🚔 Police Brutality 📚 Self-Education

Revolutionary Suicide 86%

Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.

by Huey P. Newton 1973

4.49

7k+ ratings

✍️ Radical Memoir ✊ Black Power Movement 🔫 Armed Self-Defense 🚔 Police Brutality 📚 Self-Education

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

This Book Is Full of Spiders 86%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

How Fascism Works

by Jason F. Stanley • 2018

A philosopher isolates ten political tactics that turn democratic citizens into hostile tribes.

4.25

17k+

🏛️ Authoritarian Politics ⚔️ Us Vs Them 📢 Propaganda Techniques 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🎓 Anti-Intellectualism

How Fascism Works 86%

A philosopher isolates ten political tactics that turn democratic citizens into hostile tribes.

by Jason F. Stanley 2018

4.25

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Authoritarian Politics ⚔️ Us Vs Them 📢 Propaganda Techniques 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🎓 Anti-Intellectualism

Red War

by Kyle Mills • 2018

A dying dictator's war plans force his CIA nemesis and former assassin into an uneasy alliance.

4.24

22k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🤝 Uneasy Allies 👑 Paranoid Dictator 🎯 Hunted Assassin

Red War 86%

A dying dictator's war plans force his CIA nemesis and former assassin into an uneasy alliance.

by Kyle Mills 2018

4.24

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🤝 Uneasy Allies 👑 Paranoid Dictator 🎯 Hunted Assassin

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Sick Bastards 86%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Darwin's Children

by Greg Bear • 2004

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

3.66

6k+

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children 🏃 Family On The Run 🏕️ Internment Camps

Darwin's Children 86%

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

by Greg Bear 2004

3.66

6k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children 🏃 Family On The Run 🏕️ Internment Camps

Night Lords

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden • 2014

A doomed Night Lord seer fights to unite his traitor legion, hunted by aliens who foretold his rise.

4.67

2k+

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 👿 Villain Protagonists 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 👻 Gothic Space Horror ☠️ Traitor Legion

Night Lords 86%

A doomed Night Lord seer fights to unite his traitor legion, hunted by aliens who foretold his rise.

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2014

4.67

2k+ ratings

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 👿 Villain Protagonists 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 👻 Gothic Space Horror ☠️ Traitor Legion

Hunger

by Michael Grant • 2009

Hunger, mutant worms, and a demagogue push a community of trapped children toward civil war.

4.02

92k+

🖤 Trapped In A Dome 🧬 Superpowered Kids 🐙 Cosmic Horror 🍞 Resource War 😔 Reluctant Leader

Hunger 86%

Hunger, mutant worms, and a demagogue push a community of trapped children toward civil war.

by Michael Grant 2009

4.02

92k+ ratings

🖤 Trapped In A Dome 🧬 Superpowered Kids 🐙 Cosmic Horror 🍞 Resource War 😔 Reluctant Leader

A Force More Powerful

by Peter Ackerman • 2000

A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.

4.11

300

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Civil Disobedience 📢 Social Movements 🧠 Political Strategy 🔬 Pragmatic Nonviolence

A Force More Powerful 86%

A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.

by Peter Ackerman 2000

4.11

300 ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Civil Disobedience 📢 Social Movements 🧠 Political Strategy 🔬 Pragmatic Nonviolence

Unhumans

by Jack Posobiec • 2024

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

3.99

1k+

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Unhumans 86%

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

by Jack Posobiec 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Hello, Fears

by Michelle Poler • 2020

Seven universal fears keep you small. A 100-day challenge teaches you to act despite them.

4.27

2k+

😨 Fear Management 🏋️ Comfort Zone Growth 🪜 Exposure Therapy ⚙️ Behavioral Activation 🤗 Self-Acceptance

Hello, Fears 86%

Seven universal fears keep you small. A 100-day challenge teaches you to act despite them.

by Michelle Poler 2020

4.27

2k+ ratings

😨 Fear Management 🏋️ Comfort Zone Growth 🪜 Exposure Therapy ⚙️ Behavioral Activation 🤗 Self-Acceptance

Nothing Scares Me

by Scott Allan • 2017

Confidence doesn't come first. Action does. A guide to moving before you feel ready.

4.12

258

🦁 Fear And Courage 🧱 Confidence Building 🏃 Action-First Mindset 🔄 Habit Change 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Nothing Scares Me 86%

Confidence doesn't come first. Action does. A guide to moving before you feel ready.

by Scott Allan 2017

4.12

258 ratings

🦁 Fear And Courage 🧱 Confidence Building 🏃 Action-First Mindset 🔄 Habit Change 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Nous

by Christelle Dabos • 2024

Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.

4.02

2k+

🏙️ Dystopian Society 🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🌑 Existential Dread

Nous 86%

Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.

by Christelle Dabos 2024

4.02

2k+ ratings

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Knife 86%

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

by Salman Rushdie 2024

3.98

29k+ ratings

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Killer butterflies attack, an anxious teen barricades her home against winged predators and infected

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Swarm 86%

Killer butterflies attack, an anxious teen barricades her home against winged predators and infected

by Jennifer D. Lyle 2023

3.65

2k+ ratings

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