🧠Because truth is often stranger—and funnier—than fiction.
Memoirs, essays, and deep dives into everything from psychology to platypuses. Smart reads for curious minds.
This poignant philosophy about the human capacity for love in the face of tragedy from the New York Times–bestselling author is as relevant today as it was when it was first broadcast. Transcribed from a series of recorded conversations streamed over German public...
From the popular blog, a hilarious and horrifying survey of quotation mark abuse in all its forms.From the sarcastic to the suggestive, here are quotation marks as we love them best, doing horrible damage to the English language. Who wouldn’t have second thoughts...
Winner of the SPSP Book Prize for the Promotion of Social and Personality ScienceWinner of the 2024 APA William James Book AwardWinner of the 2024 Harvard Goldsmith Book PrizeWinner of the 2024 Nautilus Book AwardA Next Big Idea Club Must-Read • A Financial Times Best...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge...
The #1 bestselling trivia collection with bizarre facts to entertain you for hours, from the creator of YouTube’s RealLifeLore.  Where can I move to so that I’m never tempted by McDonald’s again? How far into the Pacific does Trump’s wall stretch? If Plato came back...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American—“in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself” (NPR)....
“A superb inside account of what modern high finance is actually like . . . it is the Barbarians at the Gate of distressed debt.” —Matt Levine, Money Stuff columnist, Bloomberg OpinionHere is the riveting, multi-dimensional poker game between private equity firms and...
“365 gems . . . on such subjects as love, courage, crisis, and creativity. Black Pearls is long overdue.” —EssenceEric V. Copage's Black Pearls is an extraordinary book of inspirational thoughts and practical advice for African-Americans. The 365 quotes that begin...
Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts, a crime that shocked the nation and tore a family in two.A vulnerable and shy girl, Becky Watts was brutally murdered and dismembered by her...
The Peruvian Nobel laureate presents a collection of essays on the decline of intellectual life in the age of media spectacle.In the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a...