Books

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…

Desire of The Everlasting Hills is a historical narrative that explores the life and times of Jesus Christ, the central…

The Gifts of the Jews is a book that explores the critical change that made western civilization possible. The book…

How The Irish Saved Civilization is a non-fiction historical book that tells the story of how an isolated island, too…

Sailing The Wine Dark Sea is the fourth volume of Thomas Cahill’s Hinges of History series. The book explores the…

Stiff is a nonfiction book that explores the history of human cadavers and their use in research and experimentation. Mary…

The Tyranny of Dead Ideas is a book that challenges the conventional wisdoms of our society. The author, Matt Miller,…

Legend of the Black Mecca by Maurice Hobson is a book that explores the history of Atlanta and its association…

The Little Book of Hygge is a charmingly beautiful manual that delves into the Danish sensibility where much of their…

The Joy of Forest Bathing is a comprehensive introduction to the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, which involves connecting with nature…

13 Things That Don’t Make Sense is a book that explores 13 scientific mysteries that science has not been able…

Tools of Titans is a self-help book by Timothy Ferriss, an American writer, educational activist, and entrepreneur. The book features…

Hot, Flat, and Crowded is a book that addresses the global environmental crisis and America’s loss of focus and national…

I Want That: How We Became Shoppers is a book that explores the culture of consumption from various perspectives such…

Art For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to the art world, written by the former director of the Metropolitan Museum…

Free Will: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Pink is an accessible and stimulating investigation of one of the most…

Mr. China is a memoir by Tim Clissold, an American businessman who invested the first wave of Wall Street money…

The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss is a comprehensive guide on how to live a no holds barred life. It…

The 4-Hour Work Week is a self-help book that teaches readers how to escape the traditional 9-5 work schedule, live…

The Logic of Life is a book that challenges the standard assumption of rationality in economics. Harford examines a diverse…

We Learn Nothing is a collection of autobiographical essays that explore the human condition through the lens of personal triumphs…

Mao by Jung Chang is a biography of the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. The book covers Mao’s early life,…

The Battle for God is a book that examines the rise of fundamentalism in the three major monotheistic faiths: Judaism,…

Buddha by Karen Armstrong is a biography of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. The book explores the life of…

The Case for God is a 2009 book by Karen Armstrong that covers the history of religion from the Paleolithic…

The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong is a historical survey of the period known as the “Axial Age,” which occurred…

A History of God is a book that explores the history of the three major monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and…