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
Disaster Preparedness
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Humor
First Comes Love
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Essays
These Precious Days
Essays
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
History
Essays
Self Help
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
Essays
Japan
Callings
The Purpose and Passion of Work
Short Stories
Memoir
Essays
Superman is an Arab
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
On Confidence
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”
And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
Health
Social Justice
Feminism
Pass with Care
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Enchantment
Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
Memoir
Self Help
Nature
What Is Existentialism?
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Best Strangers in the World
Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Monsters
A Fan's Dilemma
Essays
Art
Feminism
Twilight and Philosophy
Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality
Philosophy
Vampires
Essays
Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
Memoir
Writing
Essays
Called to Community
The Life Jesus Wants for His People
Theology
Faith
Christian
Aftermath
On Marriage and Separation
Memoir
Essays
Feminism
Storyteller
Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
Writing
Memoir
Reference
The Faraway Nearby
Essays
Memoir
Biography
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
Science
Biography
Biology
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Essays
Philosophy
Humor
Small Wonder
Essays
Nature
Memoir
The Book of (More) Delights
Essays
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
Somewhere Towards the End
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
Essays
Science
Technology
Status Anxiety
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
Essays
India
Politics
Free and Equal
What Would a Fair Society Look Like?
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
One in a Millennial
On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
Memoir
Essays
Pop Culture
The Age of Magical Overthinking
Notes on Modern Irrationality
Psychology
Self Help
Essays
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
The Simpsons and Philosophy
The D'oh! of Homer
Philosophy
Humor
Pop Culture
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
Politics
Humor
Comedy
Six Easy Pieces
Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Science
Physics
Popular Science
The Rebel
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Art of Travel
Travel
Philosophy
Essays
Walden
Philosophy
Nature
Memoir
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Philosophy
Classics
Art
The Problems of Philosophy
Philosophy
Classics
History
Want
Feminism
Short Stories
Sexuality
The Greatest
The Quest for Sporting Perfection
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Silence
In the Age of Noise
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Brave New World Revisited
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
The Burnout Society
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology