Book Reviews & Recommendations
In The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, Amanda Montell continues her exploration of language, culture, and psychology, this time turning her focus inward to examine how our minds cope with an increasingly chaotic world. Following the success of Cultish […]
In Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Naomi Klein invites readers on a haunting intellectual journey through our fractured cultural moment, one in which truth and illusion blur into each other like reflections in a funhouse mirror. Known for her incisive […]
Set Boundaries, Find Peace promises exactly what the subtitle says: a practical path to reclaiming yourself. Licensed therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab distills years of clinical experience into an approachable blueprint for naming your needs, saying no, and sticking to limits across family, […]
In Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans, Michaeleen Doucleff takes readers on a cross-cultural exploration of parenting. Combining journalism, anthropology, and personal reflection, Doucleff examines how ancient societies raise […]
Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5) Hadley Vlahos’s The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life’s Final Moments is one of those rare books that manages to be heartbreaking, comforting, and profoundly illuminating all at once. As a hospice nurse and passionate advocate for end-of-life care, Vlahos […]
Catherine Gildiner’s Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery is a deeply moving and unforgettable exploration of resilience, trauma, and the transformative power of therapy. With over 60,000 Goodreads ratings and a stunning 4.45 average, this book […]
Lucinda Berry, bestselling author of The Perfect Child and The Secrets of Us, returns with another dark psychological thriller, Under Her Care. Set in a small Alabama town simmering with secrets and suspicion, this story digs deep into the disturbing intersection of […]
Lucinda Berry, a former clinical psychologist and leading researcher in childhood trauma, brings her expertise vividly to life in The Secrets of Us. This gripping psychological thriller dives deep into the fragile bond between two foster sisters whose shared past refuses to […]
If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation thinking you learned a lot of facts but almost nothing about the person, David Brooks wants a word. How to Know a Person is his practical field guide to paying deep attention, asking better […]
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.1/5) Adam Grant’s Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things asks a deceptively simple question: what if progress is less about the gift you were born with and more about the character you build, the scaffolds you use, and […]