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.
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous IdeaCharles Seife9 ideas · 9 minYour Inner FishNeil Shubin9 ideas · 9 minWonderful LifeStephen Jay Gould9 ideas · 9 minWhy Zebras Don't Get UlcersRobert M. Sapolsky10 ideas · 10 minWhy We SleepMatthew Walker9 ideas · 9 minWhy Fish Don't ExistLulu Miller9 ideas · 9 minWhy Evolution Is TrueJerry A. Coyne9 ideas · 9 minWhat Is Life?Erwin Schrodinger8 ideas · 8 minWeapons of Math DestructionCathy O'Neil10 ideas · 10 minUnder a White SkyElizabeth Kolbert9 ideas · 9 minTransformerNick Lane9 ideas · 9 minThis Is Your Brain on MusicDaniel J. Levitin9 ideas · 9 minThinking in SystemsDonella H. Meadows9 ideas · 9 minThe Vital QuestionNick Lane10 ideas · 10 minThe Uninhabitable EarthDavid Wallace-Wells9 ideas · 9 minThe Trouble with PhysicsLee Smolin8 ideas · 8 minThe Telomere EffectElizabeth Blackburn, Elissa Epel9 ideas · 9 minThe Tangled TreeDavid Quammen8 ideas · 8 minThe Structure of Scientific RevolutionsThomas S. Kuhn9 ideas · 9 minThe Story of the Human BodyDaniel E. Lieberman8 ideas · 8 minThe Soul of an OctopusSy Montgomery9 ideas · 9 minThe Song of the CellSiddhartha Mukherjee9 ideas · 9 minThe Sixth ExtinctionElizabeth Kolbert10 ideas · 10 minThe Signal and the NoiseNate Silver10 ideas · 10 min