Big books, distilled❦
The world's best non-fiction, re-told in our own words — a handful of ideas per book, minutes per idea. Read the summary, then buy the ones that deserve your shelf.
Zen in the Art of WritingRay Bradbury9 ideas · 9 minWhere Good Ideas Come FromSteven Johnson10 ideas · 10 minWhat Painting IsJames Elkins9 ideas · 9 minWhat It IsLynda Barry9 ideas · 9 minWhat Are You Looking At?Will Gompertz9 ideas · 9 minWays of SeeingJohn Berger9 ideas · 9 minWays of CuratingHans Ulrich Obrist10 ideas · 10 minVan Gogh: The LifeSteven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith10 ideas · 10 minUnderstanding Comics: The Invisible ArtScott McCloud10 ideas · 10 minThinking with TypeEllen Lupton9 ideas · 9 minThe Writing LifeAnnie Dillard8 ideas · 8 minThe War of ArtSteven Pressfield8 ideas · 8 minThe Visual Display of Quantitative InformationEdward R. Tufte9 ideas · 9 minThe Vignelli CanonMassimo Vignelli9 ideas · 9 minThe Story of PaintingSister Wendy Beckett10 ideas · 10 minThe Story of MusicHoward Goodall9 ideas · 9 minThe Story of ArtE.H. Gombrich10 ideas · 10 minThe Story of Art Without MenKaty Hessel9 ideas · 9 minThe Shock of the NewRobert Hughes9 ideas · 9 minThe Shape of DesignFrank Chimero8 ideas · 8 minThe Sense of StyleSteven Pinker9 ideas · 9 minThe Sense of BeautyGeorge Santayana8 ideas · 8 minThe Rest Is NoiseAlex Ross9 ideas · 9 minThe Poetics of SpaceGaston Bachelard9 ideas · 9 min