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.
Existentialism Is a HumanismJean-Paul Sartre10 ideas · 10 minEthicsBaruch Spinoza9 ideas · 9 minEssaysMichel de Montaigne8 ideas · 8 minEither/OrSøren Kierkegaard9 ideas · 9 minEgo Is the EnemyRyan Holiday9 ideas · 9 minDoing Good BetterWilliam MacAskill9 ideas · 9 minDiscipline Is DestinyRyan Holiday10 ideas · 10 minDiscipline and PunishMichel Foucault9 ideas · 9 minDemocracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville9 ideas · 9 minCritique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant9 ideas · 9 minConjectures and RefutationsKarl Popper9 ideas · 9 minBlack Skin, White MasksFrantz Fanon9 ideas · 9 minBeyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche8 ideas · 8 minBeing and TimeMartin Heidegger10 ideas · 10 minBeing and NothingnessJean-Paul Sartre9 ideas · 9 minAt the Existentialist CaféSarah Bakewell9 ideas · 9 minAs a Man ThinkethJames Allen10 ideas · 10 minAntifragileNassim Nicholas Taleb10 ideas · 10 minAnimal LiberationPeter Singer9 ideas · 9 minAnarchy, State, and UtopiaRobert Nozick9 ideas · 9 minAn Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid Hume9 ideas · 9 minAmusing Ourselves to DeathNeil Postman10 ideas · 10 minAfter VirtueAlasdair MacIntyre10 ideas · 10 minA Theory of JusticeJohn Rawls8 ideas · 8 min