Romzanul Islam 
In plain English, AI 2041 argues that ten very plausible AI scenarios — spanning jobs, health, security, and privacy — are coming fast and that our choices, not the code … Read more
I walked out of Weapons 2025 with my pulse low and my mind racing. Zach Cregger’s follow-up to Barbarian takes the bones of a missing-children mystery and builds a hushed, … Read more
If the brain is the most complex object in the known universe, the problem The Future of the Mind solves is simple: how close we are—practically and ethically—to reading, healing, … Read more
We keep asking the same anxious question: what happens to us if Earth suffers a catastrophe we can’t dodge? The Future of Humanity tackles that fear head-on, turning existential dread … Read more
Most crime novels lunge for spectacle and skip the grind where justice is actually made—chain-of-custody, tiny clues, and the pressure of local power. The Color of Death solves that by … Read more
We argue about climate, growth, food, and energy using slogans. In his How the World Really Works, Smil replaces slogans with literacy: what energy is, where your food comes from, … Read more
Extreme heat, heat waves, and wet-bulb temperature are not abstractions anymore; they’re the daily grammar of climate change, and Jeff Goodell’s The Heat Will Kill You First is the most … Read more
In our hyper-connected world, we take for granted the magic inside our smartphones, computers, and cars. Yet, the tiny silicon chips that power our reality are at the center of … Read more
What happens when history, journalism, and memory collide in a single human voice? The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates confronts a problem many of us face in our fractured world—the problem … Read more
Here’s the hard truth: The Birth of a Nation (1915) is both the movie that turbocharged modern cinematic storytelling and a work of racist propaganda that helped popularize the Ku … Read more
We’re pulled by emotions, confused by conflicting beliefs, and uncertain about freedom. Ethics by Baruch Spinoza asks: What would life look like if we understood our place in nature clearly, … Read more
Franz 2025 is a daring, often playful Franz Kafka biopic from director Agnieszka Holland that swaps the usual cradle-to-grave formula for a kaleidoscopic, time-hopping portrait. It’s anchored by Idan Weiss … Read more
We’re drowning in busyness, hacks, and “10X plans,” yet feel more brittle by the day. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu answers a brutal modern question: how do you move … Read more
If you’ve ever wondered whether consciousness ends with the brain—or begins beyond it—The Secret of Secrets throws you into that debate with a runaway thriller set in a haunted, scholarly … Read more
Are you reading ancient wisdom through a modern, Western lens without even realizing it? This book solves that problem by revealing how the very structure of our language shapes our … Read more
If you’ve ever felt like you were performing a version of yourself—at work, in love, even alone—Being and Nothingness explains why. Sartre’s book tackles the problem of self-deception (“bad faith”), … Read more
Why do humans believe what they believe? Can morality be grounded in reason, or is it shaped by sentiment and habit? These timeless questions have haunted philosophy for centuries, and … Read more
We keep tripping over words—meaning, mind, rule, game—as if they were crystal-clear. They aren’t. Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein shows, patiently and often playfully, how philosophical confusion arises when language … Read more
Are we saying anything at all when we argue about God, the soul, or “the Good”? A.J. Ayer’s Language Truth and Logic tries to solve that problem by drawing a … Read more
Being and Time by Martin Heidegger is one of the most argued-about books in twentieth-century philosophy. If you’ve ever wondered why life can feel thrown, busy, distracted, or strangely inauthentic, … Read more
We all use reason to reach beyond experience: “What is time? What causes what? Is the world finite? Does freedom exist?” Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason solves the age-old conflict … Read more
A 19-year-old scrolls through explicit videos on a smartphone in the privacy of their bedroom. Across the globe, similar scenes play out daily. In an era when 79% of young … Read more
If everything you trust—your senses, your memories, even mathematics—could be wrong, what could you still know for sure? Meditations on First Philosophy tackles that nightmare directly: by doubting everything, Descartes … Read more
If you’ve ever felt a gnawing restlessness, a confusion about your past, or a fractured sense of self in time—Confessions by Augustine of Hippo tackles that inner turbulence head-on. It … Read more
Have you ever felt adrift, unsure of what constitutes a “good life”? Aristotle’s The Nicomachean Ethics isn’t just a dusty relic from antiquity; it’s a timeless navigation system for solving … Read more
Feeling spiritually starved in a noisy, speed-driven world? Gitanjali offers a quiet, time-tested antidote—short, luminous prayers that teach you how to belong to yourself, to others, and to something higher. … Read more
What if the most profound moments of our lives don’t happen in grand epics, but in the quiet space between a purchase of flowers and the chime of a clock? … Read more
Every society struggles to balance passion with principle, and Jane Eyre gives us a heroine who proves that integrity and independence can coexist with love. The problem it solves? Showing … Read more
If society looks through you, Invisible Man shows how to see yourself anyway. It’s a survival manual for being misread, mislabeled, and made invisible. Invisible Man argues that identity isn’t … Read more
E.M. Forster’s 1924 novel, A Passage to India, stands as a landmark of 20th-century English literature, a work that delves into the intricate and often painful dynamics between colonial rulers … Read more