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.

Design as ArtBruno Munari9 ideas · 9 min Descartes' ErrorAntonio Damasio9 ideas · 9 min Democracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville9 ideas · 9 min Deep WorkCal Newport9 ideas · 9 min DecisiveChip Heath and Dan Heath9 ideas · 9 min Death by Black HoleNeil deGrasse Tyson9 ideas · 9 min Dead WakeErik Larson8 ideas · 8 min David and GoliathMalcolm Gladwell8 ideas · 8 min Darwin's Dangerous IdeaDaniel C. Dennett10 ideas · 10 min Daring GreatlyBrené Brown9 ideas · 9 min Dare to LeadBrené Brown9 ideas · 9 min Daily RitualsMason Currey9 ideas · 9 min D-DayAntony Beevor9 ideas · 9 min Crucial ConversationsKerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler10 ideas · 10 min Crossing the ChasmGeoffrey A. Moore9 ideas · 9 min Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant9 ideas · 9 min CreativityMihaly Csikszentmihalyi9 ideas · 9 min Creativity, Inc.Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace10 ideas · 10 min Courage Is CallingRyan Holiday8 ideas · 8 min CosmosCarl Sagan10 ideas · 10 min CookedMichael Pollan9 ideas · 9 min ContagiousJonah Berger9 ideas · 9 min Consider the ForkBee Wilson8 ideas · 8 min Consciousness ExplainedDaniel C. Dennett9 ideas · 9 min