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.
OrientalismEdward W. Said9 ideas · 9 minOn the Shortness of LifeSeneca8 ideas · 8 minOn the Genealogy of MoralsFriedrich Nietzsche9 ideas · 9 minOn LibertyJohn Stuart Mill9 ideas · 9 minOn BullshitHarry G. Frankfurt10 ideas · 10 minNicomachean EthicsAristotle9 ideas · 9 minMortal QuestionsThomas Nagel9 ideas · 9 minMeditationsMarcus Aurelius10 ideas · 10 minMeditations on First PhilosophyRené Descartes9 ideas · 9 minMan's Search for MeaningViktor E. Frankl9 ideas · 9 minLives of the StoicsRyan Holiday9 ideas · 9 minLeviathanThomas Hobbes9 ideas · 9 minLetters from a StoicSeneca9 ideas · 9 minLanguage, Truth and LogicA. J. Ayer9 ideas · 9 minJustice: What's the Right Thing to Do?Michael J. Sandel10 ideas · 10 minI and ThouMartin Buber9 ideas · 9 minHow to Think Like a Roman EmperorDonald Robertson9 ideas · 9 minHow to LiveSarah Bakewell9 ideas · 9 minHow to Be a StoicMassimo Pigliucci9 ideas · 9 minGroundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant9 ideas · 9 minGod Is Not GreatChristopher Hitchens9 ideas · 9 minGender TroubleJudith Butler9 ideas · 9 minFree WillSam Harris8 ideas · 8 minFear and TremblingSøren Kierkegaard10 ideas · 10 min