Books

Exit West is a novel that tells the story of Saeed and Nadia, who fall in love as their country…

Fooled By Randomness is a book that explores the role of randomness in our lives and how it affects decision-making,…

Guide to National Parks by National Geographic is an informative and comprehensive guidebook that provides expert travel advice, candid tips…

The National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States is a comprehensive guidebook that showcases over 200 state…

Secrets of the National Parks by National Geographic is an authoritative guidebook that provides expert advice from rangers, park managers,…

The Ascent of Money is a book that explains how different historical events led to the development of the current…

World 3.0 challenges the popular notion that the world is flat and fully globalized, arguing that differences and distances are…

Booty Capitalism is a book that examines the relationship between the state and oligarchical families in the banking sector of…

Dark Star Safari is a travel book that takes readers on an epic journey through Africa, from Cairo to Cape…

Deep South is a travel memoir by Paul Theroux, where he recounts his road trips taken in Mississippi, South Carolina,…

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is a travelogue by Paul Theroux, in which he retraces his epic journey of…

The Great Railway Bazaar is a travelogue by American novelist Paul Theroux, first published in 1975. It recounts Theroux’s four-month…

On The Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey is a travel memoir by renowned travel writer Paul Theroux. In this…

Eastern Forests by Peterson Guides is an informative and comprehensive field guide that focuses on the diverse flora and fauna…

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families is a non-fiction book by Philip…

The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel takes on the myths and misunderstandings behind procrastination and motivation. The book shows us…

Northland is a travelogue by Porter Fox, who spent three years exploring the 4,000-mile border between Maine and Washington. He…

Hipster Business Models is a book about the pursuit of ideas and the passionate people behind them. The book tells…

A Year of Biblical Womanhood is a book about exploring what it means to be a woman according to the…

Hiking North Carolina is a comprehensive guidebook that describes more than 500 trails across the state. The book covers every…

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel set in an unspecified American city in the year 2049. The story follows Guy…

The Greatest Show on Earth is a non-fiction book that provides evidence for biological evolution and defends it against creationist…

The Magic of Reality is a science book written by Richard Dawkins, aimed primarily at children and young adults. The…

Ghost Riders is a travelogue by Richard Grant that explores the nomadic impulse and the myths and realities of the…

Nudge is a book that explores the concept of using behavioral sciences in public policy and managerial practices. The authors…

Nixonland is a historical account of how Richard Nixon rose to power and held the presidency of the United States….

The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck is an epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail in a…

Buying In is a book about the role consumers play in modern advertising, or as Walker calls it, the “commercial…

Influence: Science and Practice is a psychology book that examines the key ways people can be influenced by “Compliance Professionals”….

Inside The Kingdom by Robert Lacey is a comprehensive and insightful look at Saudi Arabia. The book explores the paradoxical…

This Land is a comprehensive field guide that introduces readers to all 155 national forests across the United States. The…

Secrets of Power Negotiating is a book that covers every aspect of the negotiating process with practical, proven advice. The…

Grant is a 2017 biography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, written by American historian…

Utopia for Realists is a call to arms for a radical rethinking of life, work, and how society functions. The…

The Daily Stoic is a daily devotional book that presents the ancient philosophy of Stoicism in a practical and actionable…

The Obstacle Is The Way is a book that draws inspiration from stoicism, the ancient Greek philosophy of enduring pain…

Growth Hacker Marketing is a book that outlines the rise of growth hacking and how it has brought success to…

Trust Me I’m Lying is a book that chronicles the experiences of Ryan Holiday, a media strategist who worked for…

Seven Days in the Art World is a book that explores the dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the…

How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big is a memoir by Scott Adams, the creator of the…

Say Everything by Scott Rosenberg is a comprehensive work on the history of blogging. The book chronicles the unplanned rise…

Letters From A Stoic is a collection of moral epistles that the famous Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca sent to his…

Book of Silence is a spiritual memoir by Sarah Maitland, who after a noisy upbringing and adulthood as a vocal…

Chasing The Flame is a biography of Sergio de Mello, the UN’s leading diplomat for the protection of refugees and…

Holy Cow is a memoir by Sarah MacDonald about her spiritual journey across India. The book follows the story of…

Vietnam by Stanley Karnow is a comprehensive and detailed account of the Vietnam War. The book covers the underlying causes…

In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines is a book that details the Philippine-American War (1899–1902) and the subsequent…

The Story of a Soul is an autobiography written by St. Therese of Lisieux out of obedience to her religious…

13 Bankers is a book that charts the rise to immense power of the financial sector and forcefully argues that…

Grounded is a travel memoir written by Seth Stevenson, chronicling his circumnavigation of the earth without using any aircraft. The…

Everybody Lies is a book that explores the true nature of human beings through big data. The author argues that…

Tribes by Seth Godin is a book about the power of social organization and how it can be harnessed to…

Purple Cow is a book about innovation and marketing by Seth Godin. The book argues that in today’s crowded marketplace,…

Poke The Box is a manifesto about producing something that’s scarce, and thus valuable. It demands that you stop waiting…

All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin is a book that explores the world of marketing and how marketers think….

Think by Simon Blackburn is a book that explores the big questions in life, such as knowledge, consciousness, fate, God,…

War For Children’s Minds is a book that examines the legacy of the Enlightenment as it pertains to the education…

Merchant of Death is a book that tells the incredible story of Viktor Bout, a Russian weapons supplier whose global…

Superfreakonomics is a follow-up book to the popular Freakonomics, which takes an economic approach to real-world issues by using statistics…

Soccernomics is a book that applies economic and data analysis to explore the way soccer is played, watched, and run….

The 80-20 Principle, also known as the Pareto Principle, asserts that a minority of causes, inputs, or effort usually lead…

In The Plex is a book that takes readers inside Google headquarters, also known as the Googleplex, to show how…

Quiet is a non-fiction book that argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted…

The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby is a book that explores the phenomenon of anti-intellectualism in America. The…

Freethinkers is a book that explores the history of secularism in America. The author, Susan Jacoby, takes readers on a…

The Well-Educated Mind is a guide to classical education for adult readers who want both enjoyment and self-improvement from their…

No Place of Grace is a book that explores the roots of American antimodernism in the years 1880-1920.

Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach is a book that teaches readers how to overcome habitual feelings of deficiency and better…

Socialism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Newman is a concise and informative book that explores the history of socialism,…

Postcolonialism is a critical academic study of the cultural, political, and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism. In this book,…

Consciousness is a controversial topic and the last great mystery for science. In this book, Susan Blackmore challenges readers to…

Rolling Nowhere is a nonfiction book by journalist and professor Ted Conover. The book documents Conover’s time as a well-educated,…

Routes of Man is a non-fiction book by Ted Conover that explores how roads, especially in rapidly changing countries, are…

Lights Out by Ted Koppel is a book that explores the vulnerability of America’s power grid system to a cyberattack…

Peace Is Every Step is a book about mindfulness and how it can help us find peace and joy in…

Religion in America: Very Short Introduction by Thomas Beal is a brief account of the American paradox of unity in…