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The ghost writer by Philip Roth

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams

We insist on setting up an opposition between concepts of success and failure, but this notion is unhelpful and can …

Inventor of the Future by Alec Nevala-Lee

From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary …

Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry

Analog by Robert Hassan

The relation between technology and humans as it turns from material and analogous to electrical and foreign.

The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully …

Book of Delights by Ross Gay

Minima Moralia by Theodor W. Adorno (Radical Thinkers)

Small Is the New Big by Seth Godin

As one of today's most influential business thinkers, Godin helps his army of fans stay focused, stay connected, and stay …

Polaroids from the Dead by Douglas Coupland

"A wide variety of stories and personal 'postcards' about the pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives....a …

Seven brief lessons on physics by Carlo Rovelli

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …