Editor's Choice
Looking for a new book to dive into? Our in-depth reviews cover some of the best new books being released into the world and use those books to gain a better understanding of the world, helping guide where to go—and what to read—next.
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The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Robin Reames has written a powerful guide to parsing political rhetoric that looks at how experiments in self-governance have been ended in the past and offers tools for thinking that can help us preserve our own.
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Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End
Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez
Alua Arthur’s exploration of mortality and stories about the end of life reveal the wonder that it is to be alive, and offer us a reminder to revel in it.
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Puerto Rico: A National History
Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo provides an insightful overview of Puerto Rico's history, highlighting its people's resilience and exploring the possibilities of its future.
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Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez
Sociologist Corey Keyes demonstrates that flourishing doesn’t require an overhaul of our entire life but a steady practice of interpersonal connection and finding joy in the simple things.
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Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Yanis Varoufakis has pronounced capitalism dead. Even if you don’t believe it is worth saving, you’ll probably agree that what has replaced it is even more oppressive. But there may be a means for emancipation in the tools of our current exploitation.
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Chinese Prodigal: A Memoir in Eight Arguments
Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez
In his debut memoir, David Shih weaves his personal narrative with the history of a racially divided nation, shining light on the complexity of Asian American identity.
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The World Behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
By Dylan Schleicher
Furthering our understanding of existential issues like human consciousness and free will is increasingly relevant to decisions we make about the existential problems we face. Erik Hoel's new book is a gift that helps us do just that.
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The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez
Simone Stolzoff reminds us that work is only a single facet of our lives—when we nourish the other identities that reside within us, we are much better for it.
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Laughter in the Dark: Egypt to the Tune of Change
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Yasmine El Rashidi gives us an update on the situation in Egypt through the lens of the country's hip hop scene.
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez
There are many love letters to books out there, but what Satoshi Yagisawa celebrates in this novel is not just books themselves, but how books can transform us.
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