If youโve ever wondered why love sometimes feels like worship, why longing can feel โnoble,โ or why romance stories still teach us how to desire, The Allegory of Love by … Read more
Ever wonder why you feel a strange, almost painful longing when you look up at the night skyโa feeling thatโs part wonder, part sorrow? C.S. Lewisโs The Space Trilogy didnโt … Read more
Ever wonder why you feel a deep, unshakeable longing for something this world can never quite satisfyโa beauty that slips through your fingers, a joy that feels just out of … Read more
Ever wonder why you feel so alone in your grief, even when surrounded by people who love you? What if I told you that one of the 20th centuryโs most … Read more
Ever wonder why you feel like youโre losing yourself even when everything looks perfect on paper? What if the “drift” is a path weโve all walked, and the only way … Read more
What if the restlessness of modern life isnโt accidental? What if our frustrations, compromises, and inner conflicts are pointing toward something largerโsomething eternal? The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis presses … Read more
Did you ever feel that love was a simple, warm feeling, only to be confused by its ability to cause profound joy and deep pain?, then C.S. Lewisโs The Four … Read more
If youโve ever lain awake at night, staring at the ceiling and wondering how a loving God could allow so much suffering in the world, youโre not alone. C.S. Lewisโs … Read more
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis is one of those rare Christian apologetics books that doesnโt just argueโit steadies you. Iโm writing this as someone whoโs read plenty of religion books … Read more
If you’ve ever felt like modern society is losing its grip on what makes us truly human, The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis is the book that will make … Read more
How to Think About God by Mortimer J. Adler is the rare philosophy of religion book that treats a modern skeptic like an adult instead of a target. This is … Read more
Like me, if youโve ever scrolled through your own angry thoughts at 3 a.m., or felt a perverse pride in your own misery, or argued with an imaginary audience in … Read more
If youโve ever felt lonely in a crowded city, or cherished a fleeting connection that illuminated your life, White Nights will feel like a mirror to your soul. This isnโt … Read more
The Paideia Proposal by Mortimer J. Adler exists for the moment you look at modern schooling and think: โHow did we end up here, and what would a sane, democratic … Read more
My struggled with the same modern problemโlots of โhot takes,โ not much thinking about great ideas was realโand How to Think about the Great Ideas is basically a practical cure … Read more
In a world where moral confusion and ethical dilemmas plague everyday decisions, Six Great Ideas by Mortimer J. Adler solves the problem of understanding core philosophical concepts like truth, goodness, … Read more
I picked up Ten Philosophical Mistakes by Mortimer J. Adler because I was tired of watching smart conversations collapse into โitโs just opinionโ or โscience says so, end of story.โ … Read more
If youโve ever felt overwhelmed by โArctic climate changeโ headlines, Frostlines turns the abstract crisis into specific, unforgettable human-and-animal stories. Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a … Read more
Canticle tackles a timeless problem: what happens when a young womanโs hunger for God collides with a system that wants her obedient, silent, and useful. Itโs also about the peril … Read more
I used to โfinishโ books and still feel weirdly emptyโlike Iโd walked through a museum without actually seeing anything. That feeling is not just personal drama: in the United States, … Read more
If life feels like a maelstrom and you keep โprevent[ing] me from sinking into the abyss,โ Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books is trying to … Read more
When empires fracture and headlines howl, The City of God by Saint Augustine still solves the same old problem: how to make sense of human history, suffering, and politics without … Read more
Ever wondered why society glosses over female sexual predators while obsessing over male ones? “Tampa” by Alissa Nutting shatters that silence, forcing readers to grapple with uncomfortable truths about desire, … Read more
Butter is the kind of novel that answers a question most of us never ask out loud: who benefits when women are trained to stay hungry? It turns a sensational … Read more
No Longer Human puts language to the private panic of โIโm here, Iโm smiling, but I donโt belong anywhere.โ A man survives by performing happiness, but the mask eats him … Read more
If you’re searching for a timeless Japanese novel that delves into the depths of human emotion, Kokoro by Natsume Sลseki stands as an enduring masterpiece. Often hailed as one of … Read more
Historical fiction is one of the best ways to feel historyโthrough characters you care about, stakes you canโt ignore, and eras that come alive in vivid detail. This curated list … Read more
I Did Tell, I Did: The True Story of a Little Girl Betrayed by Those Who Should Have Loved Her is Cassie Harteโs memoir, first published in Great Britain in … Read more
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn is a Pearl Harbor spy story that helps you make sense of a family past that was never meant to be spoken aloud. Family … Read more
In “The Shock Doctrine,” investigative journalist Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global triumph of free-market capitalism was a peaceful, democratic victory. Instead, she presents a chilling alternative history: … Read more