Nonfiction

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…