Book Reviews & Recommendations
Amanda Montell’s Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism promises a linguistic x-ray of how words recruit, bind, and radicalize. What you actually get is a brisk, darkly witty tour through classic high-control groups like Jonestown, Heaven’s Gate, and Scientology alongside modern phenomena that […]
Malcolm Gladwell has always been a master of finding hidden patterns in the chaos of human behavior, and in Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering, he revisits the concept that made him a household name […]
Dr. Anna Lembke’s Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence attempts to dissect one of the defining struggles of modern life: our endless pursuit of pleasure in a world overflowing with temptation. From the instant gratification of social media to […]
James Nestor’s Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art aims to reclaim something so fundamental, so instinctive, that it almost feels absurd to question it: the way we breathe. The premise is bold and intriguing our health, vitality, and even longevity, […]
Brianna Wiest’s The Mountain Is You has become a modern favorite in the self-development space, championed across TikTok and Instagram as a life-changing manual for overcoming self-sabotage. The book promises to help readers recognize destructive patterns, understand why they repeat them, and […]
Rick Rubin has spent decades behind some of the most transformative music in modern history, helping artists from Adele to Johnny Cash rediscover their voice. In The Creative Act: A Way of Being, he steps out from the studio and into the […]
Joseph Nguyen’s slim manifesto tackles a giant problem: the way unexamined thinking fuels anxiety, self doubt, and the endless habit of sabotaging our own progress. In a little over a hundred pages, he argues that thoughts are not facts, mental chatter is […]
Mel Robbins wants to give you two words to lighten your mental load: let them. In her latest self help juggernaut, she argues that much of our stress comes from trying to control people and outcomes we simply cannot. The prescription is […]
Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money is a rare personal finance book that cares less about spreadsheets and more about the messy human brain using them. Instead of prescribing a single perfect plan, Housel offers 19 crisp stories that show how habits, […]
Amy Griffin’s The Tell: A Memoir is a haunting and heartfelt exploration of trauma, memory, and self-discovery. It begins with a simple observation from her daughter: “You’re here, but you’re not here.” That single moment sparks Griffin’s journey into the deepest corners […]