Hagarism Review, the Brilliant Wrong Book That Upended Islamic Studies
Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World is the 1977 Cambridge University Press book in which Patricia Crone and Michael … Read more
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The Death of a Prophet Review, 11 Old Sources That Unsettle 632 CE
The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad’s Life and the Beginnings of Islam is Stephen J. Shoemaker’s 2011 … Read more
No God but God Review, a Brilliant Islam History That Argues Too Hard
No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam is Reza Aslan‘s retelling of fourteen centuries of Islamic … Read more
Halal Sex Review: Muslim Women’s Intimate Lives Exposed & Silenced
Halal Sex: The Intimate Lives of Muslim Women in North America by Sheima Benembarek is the book that finally breaks … Read more
Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls Review, Bold Rage, Real Flaws
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is Mona Eltahawy’s 2019 feminist manifesto that tells women to stop apologizing … Read more
End Times Fascism Review, a Chilling Diagnosis With a Hopeful Cure
End Times Fascism is Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s 2026 argument that today’s far right is no longer trying to … Read more
Cicero’s Tongue Review, A Vain Genius Whose Words Saved and Sank Rome
Cicero’s Tongue: The Life of Rome’s Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic is Catharine Edwards’s 2026 biography of … Read more
Never Split the Difference Actually Works, But the Science Wobbles
Never Split the Difference is the first negotiation book that changed how I talk to my own family, and it … Read more
First They Erased Our Name Review, a Stateless Boy’s Unerased Voice
First They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks is a memoir by Habiburahman, written with Sophie Ansel and translated by … Read more
Getting Things Done Summary and Review: David Allen’s GTD Method
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity argues that productivity is not simply about working harder—it is about getting … Read more
Indistractable Book Review: Nir Eyal’s 4-Step Framework to Control Your Attention
Nir Eyal’s Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life flips the script on the distraction conversation. The … Read more
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products – Why This Book Made Me Uncomfortable
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal (with Ryan Hoover) is a practical framework for understanding how technology … Read more
Going Further Summary: Ted Cruz’s Clarence Thomas Biography
Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas by Ted Cruz is a 2026 biography of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Based … Read more
100 Best Psychology Books of All Time You Should Read
If you’re tired of bloated lists and want the best psychology books of all time, start here. This guide separates … Read more
Profits Prophets Coaches and Kings: Why Jared Diamond’s Latest Book Will Frustrate You and Fascinate You at the Same Time
Did you ever wonder whether the person sitting in the Oval Office actually changes your life, or whether you’d be … Read more
The Undercover Economist at 20, Wrong About Amazon, Right About Power
Why does the same sandwich cost more at a train station kiosk than it does four blocks away at the … Read more
The Worldly Philosophers: Why This 70-Year-Old Book Still Makes Economics Feel Like a Thriller
Did you know that the ideas of a few obscure academics have shaped wars, revolutions, and the very structure of … Read more
Naked Economics Book Review: Does This Dismal Science Primer Actually Make Sense of Our Chaotic World?
Do you actually understand why your grocery bill keeps climbing, why your 401(k) sometimes looks like a sad joke, or … Read more
Why Thinking Matters More Than Ever: A Personal Journey Through Hannah Arendt’s The Life of the Mind
Do you ever catch yourself going through the motions of daily life without ever stopping to ask yourself what any … Read more
The Network Society Is Here, And It’s Reshaping Everything You Do
Did you know that in 1995, fewer than 40 million people used the Internet? By 2009, that number had exploded … Read more
The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler: Why Your World Is Falling Apart (And Why That’s Good News)
Do you feel like the ground is shifting beneath your feet, like every institution you once trusted is crumbling, and … Read more