Book Reviews & Recommendations
Quick verdict: A focused, story-driven primer on Stoic temperance that will motivate many readers to tighten their routines and protect their attention. It also leans hard on leaders, athletes, and war rooms, which some will find distant from everyday life. What the […]
In The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life, Sahil Bloom challenges one of society’s biggest misconceptions: that wealth is only about money. With clarity, humility, and depth, Bloom invites readers to redefine success through a more […]
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 We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions, Glennon Doyle joins forces with her wife Abby Wambach and her sister Amanda Doyle to create what they call “a guidebook for being alive.” The book is built on the foundation […]
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 […]
In Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life, self-development coach Roxie Nafousi, often hailed as the “Queen of Manifesting,” lays out a simple yet ambitious guide to transforming one’s mindset and achieving success. The book, now a staple across influencer circles, […]
In Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language, linguist and influencer Adam Aleksic, better known as @etymologynerd, examines how social media algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate. From emoji hieroglyphics and viral slang to influencer “-core” aesthetics, Aleksic […]
In Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, Cal Newport takes aim at one of the defining ailments of our era: the cult of busyness. Known for his bestselling books Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, Newport has built a career […]
In The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self, journalist Michael Easter makes a bold argument: our modern comfort is killing us slowly. With our climate-controlled homes, instant food delivery, and digital conveniences, we have eliminated nearly every […]
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 […]