The bookshelf · 1000 books

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.

The Concept of MindGilbert Ryle8 ideas · 8 min The Compound EffectDarren Hardy10 ideas · 10 min The Compass of PleasureDavid J. Linden9 ideas · 9 min The Communist ManifestoKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels9 ideas · 9 min The Comfort CrisisMichael Easter10 ideas · 10 min The Comfort BookMatt Haig9 ideas · 9 min The Code BreakerWalter Isaacson9 ideas · 9 min The Code BookSimon Singh9 ideas · 9 min The Coaching HabitMichael Bungay Stanier10 ideas · 10 min The Circadian CodeSatchin Panda9 ideas · 9 min The ChoiceEdith Eger10 ideas · 10 min The Checklist ManifestoAtul Gawande8 ideas · 8 min The CatalystJonah Berger9 ideas · 9 min The CanonNatalie Angier9 ideas · 9 min The Bullet Journal MethodRyder Carroll9 ideas · 9 min The British Are ComingRick Atkinson8 ideas · 8 min The Brain That Changes ItselfNorman Doidge9 ideas · 9 min The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown10 ideas · 10 min The Boy Who Was Raised as a DogBruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz9 ideas · 9 min The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseCharlie Mackesy8 ideas · 8 min The Book of JoyDalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams8 ideas · 8 min The Book of General IgnoranceJohn Lloyd and John Mitchinson9 ideas · 9 min The Book of Five RingsMiyamoto Musashi8 ideas · 8 min The Book of AwesomeNeil Pasricha9 ideas · 9 min