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.

Tattoos on the HeartGregory Boyle9 ideas · 9 min Tao Te ChingLaozi9 ideas · 9 min Talking to StrangersMalcolm Gladwell10 ideas · 10 min Talent Is OverratedGeoff Colvin9 ideas · 9 min SyncSteven Strogatz9 ideas · 9 min SyllabusLynda Barry9 ideas · 9 min SwitchChip Heath, Dan Heath9 ideas · 9 min SwayOri Brafman and Rom Brafman9 ideas · 9 min Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!Richard P. Feynman9 ideas · 9 min SuperintelligenceNick Bostrom10 ideas · 10 min SuperFreakonomicsSteven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner8 ideas · 8 min SuperforecastingPhilip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner10 ideas · 10 min SupercommunicatorsCharles Duhigg8 ideas · 8 min Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your BehaviorLeonard Mlodinow10 ideas · 10 min Stumbling on HappinessDaniel Gilbert9 ideas · 9 min Stuff MattersMark Miodownik8 ideas · 8 min StoryworthyMatthew Dicks10 ideas · 10 min Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of ScreenwritingRobert McKee10 ideas · 10 min Storm in a TeacupHelen Czerski9 ideas · 9 min Stolen FocusJohann Hari10 ideas · 10 min Stillness Is the KeyRyan Holiday9 ideas · 9 min Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversMary Roach10 ideas · 10 min Steve JobsWalter Isaacson9 ideas · 9 min Steering the CraftUrsula K. Le Guin10 ideas · 10 min