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
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
Productivity
Business
Self Help
Lying
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Myth of Sisyphus
Philosophy
France
Essays
Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It
Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir
Memoir
Travel
Self Help
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
And Other Rules to Live By
Comedy
Humor
Politics
The Truth About Everything
Self Help
Poetry
Philosophy
The Art Spirit
Art
Philosophy
Art History
Strangers to Ourselves
Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
I am Not a Brain
Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
Philosophy
Unfinished
Science
Answers for Aristotle
How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life
Philosophy
Science
Skepticism
Conversations on Love
Self Help
Essays
Love
Gift from the Sea
Memoir
Classics
Essays
Making It in America
The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A.
Economics
Business
Politics
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
The Meaning of Things
Applying Philosophy to Life
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Wisdom of Life
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
On the Suffering of the World
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Somehow
Thoughts on Love
Essays
Memoir
Spirituality
Sick in the Head
Conversations About Life and Comedy
Humor
Comedy
Memoir
Liberty
Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Fallen Leaves
Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God
Philosophy
History
Essays
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
Essays
Memoir
History
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Memoir
Essays
Short Stories
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Essays and Aphorisms
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
Science
Psychology
Biology
Monkeyluv
And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
Science
Psychology
Biology
Yes Means Yes!
Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Feminism
Gender Studies
Sexuality
Cinema Speculation
Film
Media Tie In
History
Death by Black Hole
And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Traveling Mercies
Some Thoughts on Faith
Memoir
Spirituality
Religion
The Lives of a Cell
Notes of a Biology Watcher
Science
Biology
Essays
Gaza in Crisis
Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
Politics
History
War
The Accidental Universe
The World You Thought You Knew
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Importance of Living
Philosophy
China
Self Help
Totality and Infinity
An Essay on Exteriority
Philosophy
Theory
Essays
On the Shortness of Life
Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Future of the Brain
Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
On Human Nature
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Science
Philosophy
Essays
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
Books About Books
Philosophy
Essays
Monopoly Capital
An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order
Economics
Politics
History
How Fiction Works
Writing
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
The Lonely Voice
A Study of the Short Story
Writing
Short Stories
Literary Criticism
Aspects of the Novel
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
Danse Macabre
Horror
Writing
Essays
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Mathematics
Science
Education