Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage by Paul Ekman is the book you reach for when you realise how terrifying it is that you probably … Read more
Most of us listen to people’s words and completely miss the stories their bodies are shouting, and The Definitive Book of Body Language exists to fix exactly that blind spot. … Read more
So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport is the book you reach for when “follow your passion” has quietly stopped working. Everywhere online we’re told that passion is … Read more
Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer’s Guide Through the Sleeping Mind by Michelle Carr starts from a simple, unsettling question: what if your nightmares are quietly damaging your health—but could also … Read more
When I finally admitted my attention span was wrecked, I went hunting for books that help master deep focus instead of yet another “hacky” productivity app. Over the last few … Read more
Most of us sense that our dreams and irrational reactions are trying to tell us something, but Man and His Symbols by C. G. Jung and Joseph L. Henderson shows … Read more
Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe by psychic medium Laura Lynne Jackson steps into the aching space between grief and meaning, offering a framework for understanding the strange “signs” … Read more
Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult by Ellen Huet is the book you reach for when you sense that something is very wrong at … Read more
In a world of information overload and emotional turbulence, The Daily Stoic offers a simple, daily practice for centring the mind and cultivating resilience. Holiday and Hanselman argue that the timeless … Read more
Many of us feel our reasoning skills falter in heated debates, and Madsen Pirie’s How to Win Every Argument promises to demystify logic by exposing the fallacies that often defeat us. The book is a … Read more
Grief leaves you feeling like the world has been unplugged mid-sentence; Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking shows how to plug language back in long enough to keep breathing. … Read more
Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks is a field guide for women who sense that “more” is possible in love—more honesty, more agency, more community, more joy. … Read more
Love is not a luxury for Black life—it’s infrastructure. This review of Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks unpacks the book’s thesis, key chapters, evidence base, and real-world … Read more
We’re living through an epidemic of disconnection, yet most of us were never taught how to love—and bell hooks’ All About Love: New Visions is the practical, ethical playbook we’ve … Read more
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession shows how one man’s passion for beauty can quietly strip museums bare, devastate cultural memory, and still … Read more
Most of us don’t need more thoughts—we need relief from the ones already screaming in our heads. Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen is a short, deceptively simple … Read more
Trauma, addiction, and regret can feel like life sentences, and We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir by Anthony Hopkins is a rare celebrity book that shows how a flawed human … Read more
We’re not drowning in stuff—we’re drowning in delayed decisions that our loved ones will have to make if we don’t. As per Nobody Wants Your Sh*t, decluttering isn’t about tidy … Read more
A justice system that can take your freedom—and sometimes your life—on the strength of a hunch, a coerced “confession,” or a lab report that never should have held up. Framed … Read more
Modern masculinity is being rewritten in real time, and Notes on Being a Man by Scott Galloway is one of the few mainstream books willing to get specific about what … Read more
Most of us feel the pinch of office politics and invisible hierarchies but never learn the rules that actually govern them; The 48 Laws of Power claims to decode those … Read more
I picked up Cheryl Strayed’s Wild for a trail story and found a survival manual for grief and agency. Because beneath the boot leather and blisters is a question I’ve … Read more
If grief, caregiving, and “loving someone who’s not okay” have ever bent your life out of shape, All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation shows you how … Read more
Feeling stuck in a life that looks fine on Instagram but feels hollow in your chest? Eat Pray Love solves the “now what?” that follows heartbreak, burnout, and the quiet … Read more
If change has blindsided you—career pivots, layoffs, industry shocks—Who Moved My Cheese? shows a disarmingly simple way to stop freezing, start moving, and find your “new cheese.” When the world … Read more
Most of us don’t fail for lack of talent or opportunity—we stall because a fogged-up attitude window hides what’s possible. Jeff Keller writes in his Attitude Is Everything “clean your … Read more
If you’ve ever walked out of a room thinking, “I knew what to say five minutes too late,” Read Your Mind: Proven Habits for Success from the World’s Greatest Mentalist … Read more
The book Brain on Fire solves a terrifying problem: when the brain catches fire and medicine mistakes it for madness, how do you find the truth fast enough to survive? … Read more
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk is the modern classic on healing trauma—how PTSD transforms the brain, mind, and body, and why interventions like EMDR, yoga, … Read more
Most of us weren’t taught the emotional “basics” at school; Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? solves that gap with a therapist’s toolkit you can actually use on bad … Read more