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
The True Life
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning
Short Stories
Self Help
Inspirational
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
Music
Biography
Books About Books
Somehow
Thoughts on Love
Essays
Memoir
Spirituality
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
Draft No. 4
On the Writing Process
Writing
Essays
Memoir
Novelist as a Vocation
Writing
Japan
Memoir
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Philosophy
History
Politics
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
Memoir
Self Help
Christian
The Eyes of the Skin
Architecture and the Senses
Architecture
Art
Design
Nobody Knows My Name
Essays
Race
Classics
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
Politics
Philosophy
History
Essays and Aphorisms
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Grace (Eventually)
Thoughts on Faith
Memoir
Spirituality
Religion
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
History
Essays
Self Help
Preface to Shakespeare
Classics
Literary Criticism
Essays
Traveling Mercies
Some Thoughts on Faith
Memoir
Spirituality
Religion
On Kindness
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Inciting Joy
Essays
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
I Can't Date Jesus
Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Science Fiction
Classics
Literature
The Walking Dead and Philosophy
Zombie Apocalypse Now
Philosophy
Zombies
Pop Culture
Trust Kids!
Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy
Parenting
Politics
Psychology
Men Explain Things to Me
Feminism
Essays
Politics
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
The Creative Writing Coursebook
Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry
Writing
Reference
Essays
On Drinking
Poetry
Short Stories
Essays
The Fire Next Time
Classics
Essays
Race
The School of Life
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Essays and Arguments
Essays
Humor
Short Stories
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Politics
Feminism
Race
These Precious Days
Essays
Essays
Memoir
Book Club
Strangers to Ourselves
Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
We're Going to Need More Wine
Memoir
Biography
Essays
Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps
Crafting a Winning Personal Statement
Education
Self Help
Essays
The Unsettling of America
Culture and Agriculture
Agriculture
Food
Nature
SCUM Manifesto
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius
Part One from What the Dog Saw
Psychology
Business
Self Help
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
Essays
Memoir
Humor
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone
Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
India
Politics
History
Big Questions from Little People
And Simple Answers from Great Minds
Science
Philosophy
Childrens
Called to Community
The Life Jesus Wants for His People
Theology
Faith
Christian
Walking in Wonder
Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
Fallen Leaves
Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God
Philosophy
History
Essays
Walden & Civil Disobedience
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
Books About Books
Philosophy
Essays
Free and Equal
A Manifesto for a Just Society
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Very Good Lives
The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
Self Help
Essays
Inspirational
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Politics
Environment
Science
