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The Sovereign Child

The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents

ByAaron Stupple

1 Reader

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

ByAsako Yuzuki,Polly Barton(Translator)

2017 • 196 Readers • 464 pages • 3.6

The Vegetarian

ByHan Kang,Deborah Smith(Translator)

2007 • 749 Readers • 188 pages • 3.5

The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel

The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel

ByOcean Vuong

2025 • 19 Readers • 416 pages

Daughters of Shandong

Daughters of Shandong

ByEve J. Chung

2024 • 10 Readers • 378 pages • 3.5

Surveillance State

Surveillance State

ByJosh Chin,Liza Lin

2022 • 9 Readers • 215 pages • 4

Tinkers

ByPaul Harding

2009 • 99 Readers • 206 pages • 3.6

Autocracy, Inc.

Autocracy, Inc.

ByAnne Applebaum

2024 • 30 Readers • 224 pages • 3.4

Orange, Vol. 1

#1 of 1 in orange

ByIchigo Takano

2012 • 40 Readers • 230 pages • 4.3

The End is Always Near

The End is Always Near

ByDan Carlin

2019 • 69 Readers • 288 pages • 3.5

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

ByChris Miller

2022 • 216 Readers • 352 pages • 4.2

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Consequences of Capitalism

Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance

ByNoam Chomsky,Marv Waterstone

2021 • 10 Readers • 388 pages • 5

Dandadan, Vol. 1

#1 of 18 in Dandadan

Dandadan, Vol. 1

ByYukinobu Tatsu,Kumar Sivasubramanian(Translator)

2021 • 51 Readers • 208 pages • 4

The System of Objects

The System of Objects

ByJean Baudrillard,James Benedict(Translator)

1968 • 21 Readers • 224 pages • 3.7

Simulacra and Simulation

Simulacra and Simulation

ByJean Baudrillard

140 Readers • 4

Electrifying America

Electrifying America

ByDavid E. Nye

1992 • 2 Readers

No One Writes Back

No One Writes Back

ByEun-Jin Jang,Jung Yewon(Translator)

2009 • 27 Readers • 203 pages • 3.8

Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech

Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech

ByGeoffrey Cain

2020 • 13 Readers • 416 pages • 3.4

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

ByRichard H. Thaler

2015 • 147 Readers • 358 pages • 4

Men Without Women

Men Without Women

ByHaruki Murakami,Ted Goossen(Translator),+1 more

2014 • 266 Readers • 241 pages • 3.7

How Democracies Die

How Democracies Die

BySteven Levitsky,Daniel Ziblatt

2018 • 153 Readers • 320 pages • 4.1

Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

ByHaemin Sunim,Deborah Smith(Translator)

2016 • 18 Readers • 272 pages • 3.8

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

ByKenneth O. Stanley,Joel Lehman

2015 • 18 Readers • 4

The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power

The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power

ByDaniel Yergin

1991 • 32 Readers • 885 pages • 4.8

Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices

Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices

ByTravis Rieder

2024 • 3 Readers • 337 pages • 4

I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir

I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir

ByYoungmi Mayer

2024 • 5 Readers

The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline

The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline

ByYasheng Huang

2023 • 1 Reader • 437 pages

Becoming Trader Joe

Becoming Trader Joe

ByJoe Coulombe

2021 • 16 Readers • 288 pages • 3.6

Trade Wars Are Class Wars

Trade Wars are Class Wars

ByMatthew C. Klein,Michael Pettis

2020 • 17 Readers • 292 pages • 3.7

Stubborn Attachments

Stubborn Attachments

ByTyler Cowen

2018 • 28 Readers • 158 pages • 3.7

I Hate Running and You Can Too

I Hate Running and You Can Too

ByBrendan Leonard

2021 • 15 Readers • 160 pages • 4.8

The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America

The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America

BySarah E. Igo

2018 • 2 Readers • 592 pages

Martyr! A Novel

ByKaveh Akbar

2024 • 299 Readers • 353 pages • 4.1

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

ByJung Chang

1991 • 165 Readers • 724 pages • 4.4

Likewar

ByPeter Warren Singer,Emerson T. Brooking

2018 • 12 Readers • 421 pages • 4.8

The Right to Oblivion: Privacy and the Good Life

The Right to Oblivion: Privacy and the Good Life

ByLowry Pressly

2024 • 1 Reader • 241 pages

The Coddling of the American Mind

The Coddling of the American Mind

ByJonathan Haidt,Greg Lukianoff

2018 • 192 Readers • 4

Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition

Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition

ByPaul Millerd

2024 • 7 Readers • 4

Intermezzo

BySally Rooney

2024 • 384 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

ByErnst F. Schumacher

1973 • 52 Readers • 350 pages • 3.8

Magic Pill

ByJohann Hari

19 Readers • 3.8

Penance

ByKanae Minato

2009 • 83 Readers • 240 pages • 3.8

Confessions

ByKanae Minato,Andry Setiawan(Translator),+1 more

2008 • 338 Readers • 4

The Great Passage

The Great Passage

ByShion Miura,Juliet Winters Carpenter(Translator)

2011 • 66 Readers • 224 pages • 3.7

The world beyond your head

The world beyond your head

ByMatthew B. Crawford

2015 • 33 Readers • 320 pages • 3.3

Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World

Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World

ByKamo no Chōmei,Βασίλης Λαλιώτης(translator)

1212 • 14 Readers • 98 pages • 4.2

The origins and history of consciousness.

The Origins and History of Consciousness

ByErich Neumann,R.F.C. Hull(translator)

1949 • 17 Readers • 520 pages

A return tolove

A Return to Love

ByMarianne Williamson

1992 • 16 Readers • 294 pages • 3.3

The Stand

ByStephen King

1978 • 1,615 Readers • 1,553 pages • 4.2

The 2-Hour Cocktail Party

The 2-Hour Cocktail Party

ByNick Gray

2022 • 12 Readers • 234 pages • 4

The Tyranny of the Meritocracy

The Tyranny of the Meritocracy: Democratizing Higher Education in America

ByLani Guinier

2016 • 3 Readers • 176 pages

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

ByMichael J. Sandel

2007 • 80 Readers • 308 pages • 4.4

Life Between Buildings

Life Between Buildings

ByJan Gehl

1971 • 6 Readers • 200 pages • 3

This Is How You Lose the Time War

This Is How You Lose the Time War

ByAmal El-Mohtar,Max Gladstone

2019 • 2,413 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9

A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

ByMax Solomon Bennett

2023 • 12 Readers • 595 pages

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A Statin-Free Life

A Statin-Free Life: A revolutionary life plan for tackling heart disease – without the use of statins

ByAseem Malhotra

1 Reader • 5

The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class

The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class

ByElizabeth Currid-Halkett

2017 • 15 Readers • 272 pages

Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World

Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World

ByHa-Joon Chang

2022 • 4 Readers

Art of Doing Science and Engineering

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

ByRichard R. Hamming

2003 • 96 Readers • 376 pages • 4.4

Far from the Tree

Far from the Tree

ByAndrew Solomon

2017 • 95 Readers • 464 pages • 4.3

Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World

Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World

ByBrett Christophers

2023 • 9 Readers • 321 pages

Drawdown

ByPaul Hawken(Editor)

2017 • 34 Readers • 256 pages • 4.5

Merchants of Doubt

Merchants of Doubt

ByNaomi Oreskes,Erik M. Conway

2010 • 111 Readers • 362 pages • 4

The Gene

The Gene: An Intimate History

BySiddhartha Mukherjee

2016 • 347 Readers • 742 pages • 4.2

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

ByAmanda Ripley

2013 • 30 Readers • 306 pages • 4

Be Here Now

ByRam Dass

1971 • 71 Readers • 116 pages • 4.5

Stop Fixing Yourself: Wake Up, All Is Well

Stop Fixing Yourself: Wake Up, All Is Well

ByAnthony de Mello

2021 • 3 Readers • 4.5

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

ByGavin de Becker

1996 • 207 Readers • 352 pages • 4.2

Chinese Characters across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese

Chinese Characters across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese

ByZev J. Handel

2025 • 1 Reader

With Each and Every Breath

With Each and Every Breath

ByThanissaro Bhikkhu

2013 • 4 Readers • 124 pages

Apprentice to Genius: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty

Apprentice to Genius: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty

ByRobert Kanigel

3 Readers

New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever

New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever

ByMatthias Hollwich,Bruce Mau Design

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

ByJonathan Haidt

2024 • 202 Readers • 401 pages • 4.4

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

ByKen Liu

2001 • 481 Readers • 437 pages • 4.4

Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It

Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It

ByDaniel Knowles

2023 • 13 Readers • 313 pages • 4

Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Killed by a Traffic Engineer

ByWes Marshall

2024 • 21 Readers • 3.3

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

ByRobert D. Putnam

2015 • 12 Readers • 386 pages • 4.3

Bowling Alone

ByRobert D. Putnam

2000 • 84 Readers • 544 pages • 4

The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

ByRhaina Cohen

42 Readers • 4.3

Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society

Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society

ByEric A. Posner,E. Glen Weyl

2018 • 11 Readers • 368 pages • 3

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 2,690 Readers • 635 pages • 4

Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

Stoic Virtue Series

Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

ByRyan Holiday

2024 • 14 Readers • 369 pages • 4

All Fours

ByMiranda July

2024 • 214 Readers • 337 pages • 3.9

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

ByRobin Wall Kimmerer

2003 • 140 Readers • 7h 47m • 4.6

The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook: 350 Essential Recipes for Inspired Everyday Eating

The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook: 350 Essential Recipes for Inspired Everyday Eating

ByJack Bishop

1997 • 1 Reader • 578 pages

The Seven Ages of Death

The Seven Ages of Death

ByRichard Shepherd

2021 • 10 Readers • 400 pages • 3.8

Vegetarian Indian Cooking with Your Instant Pot: 75 Traditional Recipes That Are Easier, Quicker and Healthier

Vegetarian Indian Cooking with Your Instant Pot: 75 Traditional Recipes That Are Easier, Quicker and Healthier

ByManali Singh

2018 • 1 Reader • 437 pages

Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis

Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis

ByCharles L. Marohn Jr.

2023 • 4 Readers • 247 pages

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

ByRick Rubin

2023 • 412 Readers • 5h 45m • 3.8

Vagabond, Volume 1

#1 of 36 in バガボンド [Vagabond]

Vagabond, Volume 1

ByTakehiko Inoue,Eiji Yoshikawa,+1 more

1999 • 91 Readers • 248 pages • 4.4

Monsters in America

Monsters in America

ByW. Scott Poole

2011 • 4 Readers • 277 pages

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Atlas of Human Anatomy

Atlas of Human Anatomy

ByFrank H. Netter

3 Readers • 5

Eat Well, Age Better

Eat Well, Age Better

ByAileen Burford-Mason,Judy Stoffman

2012 • 1 Reader • 300 pages

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict into Connection

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict into Connection

ByJulie Schwartz Gottman,John M. Gottman

2024 • 15 Readers • 352 pages • 5

Impro

ByKeith Johnstone

1979 • 45 Readers • 208 pages • 4.2

Nijigahara Holograph

Nijigahara Holograph

ByInio Asano,Rachel Balzora Thorn(Translator)

2006 • 22 Readers • 200 pages • 3.7

Cryptonomicon

ByNeal Stephenson

1999 • 726 Readers • 1,152 pages • 4.2

The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind

The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind

ByMelissa S. Kearney

2023 • 2 Readers

Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius

Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius

BySeneca

64 • 9 Readers • 604 pages

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Graphic Anatomy - Atelier Bow Wow

Graphic Anatomy - Atelier Bow Wow

ByAtelier Bow-Wow