Enlightenment Now Review, Pinker’s Data Wins and His History Stumbles
Enlightenment Now is Steven Pinker’s 2018 argument that the world has become dramatically better since the 18th century, and that … Read more
Non-Fiction
The Histories by Herodotus Review, the Father of Lies Who Got It Right
The Histories by Herodotus is the oldest surviving work of history in the Western world, and it is also the … Read more
Cults in Our Midst: The Hidden Menace That Refuses to Die
Cults in Our Midst: The Hidden Menace in Our Everyday Lives by Margaret Thaler Singer and Janja Lalich is a … Read more
Artificial Intimacy Review, Turkle’s Brilliant Warning on Fake Empathy
Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines by Sherry Turkle is the most unsettling book I have … Read more
The Untouchables by B. R. Ambedkar: Summary & Analysis
The Untouchables by B. R. Ambedkar asks one of the most difficult questions in the history of Indian society: who … Read more
Democracy in Chains: Master Plan for Oligarchy or Flawed Fiction?
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean is a polarizing … Read more
How to Eat an Elephant: A Brutally Honest Book Review (2026)
How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time is not a book about elephants. It is Sarah Longwell’s … Read more
Why I Killed the Mahatma: Godse’s Defence
Koenraad Elst’s Why I Killed the Mahatma: Uncovering Godse’s Defence forces you to confront a truth that mainstream Indian history … Read more
Some Slow Pacing but Historic Triumphs in Glory 1989 Movie Review
Do you know why the American Civil War still dictates our social debates today? The Glory 1989 film tells the … Read more
The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict by Priya Parker , My Deep Review
Priya Parker’s The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict makes a deceptively simple but radically uncomfortable argument: your … Read more
The Serviceberry Review: Why Gift Economies Beat Capitalism
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s The Serviceberry argues that nature’s gift economies offer a powerful alternative to market capitalism. Read this deep … Read more
Feed Them Well Book Review: A Dietitian’s Guide to Raising Confident Eaters (2026)
Feed Them Well: A Guide to Raising Healthy, Confident Eaters for Life by Jennifer Anderson offers a refreshing answer to … Read more
A History of God: A Difficult, Essential Read for Our Fractured Times
A History of God by Karen Armstrong is not a book that comforts you. It does not hand you a … Read more
American Scoundrel Review, Roy Cohn’s Ugly Life Makes Gripping Reading
I finished American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump by Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark … Read more
The God Equation: Michio Kaku’s Brilliant Flawed Quest for Everything
The God Equation is Michio Kaku’s 2021 book chronicling humanity’s 2,000-year quest to unify all the forces of nature into … Read more
Physics and Philosophy (1958) by Werner Heisenberg: A Book That Still Shakes Science
I expected Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science by Werner Heisenberg to be a dry academic treatise. What … Read more
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea review: Emily Wilson’s new collection is far more than a book about translating ancient Greek and … Read more
The Crowd by Gustave Le Bon: Why You’re Smarter Alone
I read Gustave Le Bon’s The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind expecting to be a dusty Victorian relic. … Read more
Propaganda Book by Edward Bernays Review: 5 Ways He Predicted Social Media in 1928
Propaganda book by Edward Bernays is one of the most influential and unsettling books ever written about public opinion, mass … Read more
The Wound Is Where the Light Enters Review: Chris Young’s Powerful Memoir
The Wound Is Where the Light Enters review: Can a person rebuild his life after being sentenced to life in … Read more
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Review, the Ugly Truth That Heals
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) is the book that finally answers a question most of us ask about … Read more