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Ayodeji Awosika
8 Self-Help Books That Will Actually Change Your Life
Ayodeji Awosika
1 min read · May 25th · These ones stand out among the millions of low-quality titles
Guardian Books
Tedcore: the self-help books that have changed the way we live, speak and think
Guardian Books
9 min read · May 18th · Bestsellers like Atlas of the Heart and Atomic Habits use feel-good philosophy to turn our anxieties into our identity
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Charles Mingus discusses his book "Beneath The Underdog"
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20+ min read · May 23rd · Studs Terkel speaks with Charles Mingus about his life and work in the context of his autobiography "Beneath The Underdog".
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25 Great Books To Read On A Beach Vacation.
thestripe.com
~17 min read · May 23rd · Here's a list of great books to read on a beach vacation. All of these books are page turners FOR SURE, but none of them are scary.
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The Book of My Enemy has been Remaindered
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1 min read · May 22nd · Home >> Poetry >> Poetry Collections >> Other Passports >>Recent Verse>>The Book of My Enemy has been Remaindered
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The Atlantic
Chasing Joan Didion
The Atlantic
20+ min read · May 16th · I visited the writer’s California homes, from Berkeley to Malibu. What was I looking for?
Longreads
Cabin Fever: A Reading List for the Perpetually Isolated
Longreads
8 min read · May 18th · How the pandemic made us confront what it means to be alone.
The Paris Review
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The Paris Review
5 min read · May 17th · “When I think of this picture in Assisi, to which I was drawn almost every afternoon during those strange weeks, my impulse is to lie down as if I, too, had been left for dead.”
Guardian Books
Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso review
Guardian Books
3 min read · May 13th · This unnerving debut novel about emotional scars being inflicted down the generations reads like witness testimony
Literary Hub
Hernan Diaz: “I Wouldn’t Be the Person I am Without Borges.”
Literary Hub
9 min read · May 3rd · When his first novel, In the Distance, was published, Hernán Diaz described the sense of “foreignness” he gained from his formative years. He was born in Argentina; his family moved to Stockholm wh…
BBC News (World)
How to survive the 'post-book blues'
BBC News (World)
6 min read · May 9th · Empathy and imagination help us to engage when we enjoy a book or an audiobook – but why do we feel so sad when we come to the end? Howard Timberlake survives the post-book blues.
The New Yorker
How Fame Fed on Edna St. Vincent Millay
The New Yorker
6 min read · May 10th · Millay was born poor in Maine, and she achieved unprecedented renown as a poet. But it came with a cost.
Guardian Books
Bittersweet by Susan Cain review – a mawkish manifesto for the happy-sad
Guardian Books
3 min read · May 9th · The author of Quiet again bangs the drum for the world’s sensitive souls, but her unflagging earnestness is depressingly short of nuance and humour
The New York Times
John Waters’s First Novel Is Manic, Hyperbolic and Deviant. Surprised?
The New York Times
4 min read · May 3rd · “Liarmouth” is about three generations of women in one family who plan to confront or kill one another. It also has a trampoline fun park.
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Reading Changes your Brain, let me explain.
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4 min read · May 14th · I don't read enough. I prioritise finishing the latest Netflix series—currently Top Boy—over reading my newest paperback. If you're anything like me, you'd like to read more. To aid in our endeavour,…
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Ayodeji Awosika
8 Self-Help Books That Will Actually Change Your Life
Ayodeji Awosika
1 min read · May 25th · These ones stand out among the millions of low-quality titles
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How to survive the 'post-book blues'
BBC News (World)
6 min read · May 9th · Empathy and imagination help us to engage when we enjoy a book or an audiobook – but why do we feel so sad when we come to the end? Howard Timberlake survives the post-book blues.
Ryan Holiday
13 Strategies That Will Make You A Better Reader (And Person)
Ryan Holiday
10 min read · May 11th · Reading is a good thing. A good thing too many people don’t do enough of (or any of it all…) So obviously doing lots of it is good, right? This is why people try to figure out how to speed read (a…
Brain Pickings
200 Years of Great Writers and Artists on the Creative and Spiritual Rewards of Gardening
Brain Pickings
20+ min read · May 8th · Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Oliver Sacks, Rebecca Solnit, Bronson Alcott, Michael Pollan, Jamaica Kincaid, and more.
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25 Great Books To Read On A Beach Vacation.
thestripe.com
~17 min read · May 23rd · Here's a list of great books to read on a beach vacation. All of these books are page turners FOR SURE, but none of them are scary.
Reader View · Shared by 145, including Katja Evertz
The Paris Review
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The Paris Review
5 min read · May 17th · “When I think of this picture in Assisi, to which I was drawn almost every afternoon during those strange weeks, my impulse is to lie down as if I, too, had been left for dead.”
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How to read like an artist
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3 min read · May 3rd · 10 tips for a better life with books
The Paris Review
On Liberated Women Looking for Love
The Paris Review
3 min read · May 6th · We recommend Eleanor Bergstein’s Advancing Paul Newman, the novels of Lena Andersson, and the 1945 film Brief Encounter.
The Nation
Jennifer Egan’s World Wide Web
The Nation
8 min read · May 3rd · Her latest novel tackles a favorite topic of her fiction—the excesses of the Internet and modern technologies.
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Dan Shipper
Surgical Reading: How to Read 12 Books at Once
Dan Shipper
~13 min read · 2020-06-23 · How to efficiently get what you need out of reading, multiple books at a time
Reader View · Shared by 1433, including Matthias Kahr, Evan (he/him), Pouya, Niklaus Gerber, Esther Schindler, Neil Hart 💙, Matthias Wiencke, Ed Sim, Carl Morris, Phillip Murphy, Jonathan Kogan, Philipp Laurim, Josep M. Ganyet, Tarik ESSAADI, Michael Carroll, Dennis Schvejda, Stephanie A Kowalski, Umar Tedman, Jacob Jarnvall
Farnam Street
How to Remember What You Read
Farnam Street
~15 min read · 2021-08-16 · The benefits of reading are negated if you forget remember what you read. This article discusses a tested system to increase retention. Learn how to use active reading to remember more from books.
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Aeon+Psyche
How to gain more from your reading
Aeon+Psyche
~17 min read · 2021-07-07 · There’s more to words than meets the eye. Deepen your appreciation of literature through the art of slow, attentive reading
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Scott Young
Seven Easy Habits to Read More Books Next Year
Scott Young
~15 min read · From 2020 · Reading books is one of the best habits you can create for yourself. Here are seven easy habits you can implement to finish more books next year.
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Reading Changes your Brain, let me explain.
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4 min read · May 14th · I don't read enough. I prioritise finishing the latest Netflix series—currently Top Boy—over reading my newest paperback. If you're anything like me, you'd like to read more. To aid in our endeavour,…
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Guardian Books
Thirty books to help us understand the world in 2020
Guardian Books
20+ min read · 2020-10-18 · The climate crisis, gender, populism, big tech, pandemics, race… our experts recommend titles to illuminate the issues of the day
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The 100 best books of the 21st century
Guardian Books
20+ min read · From 2019 · Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000
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Ness Labs
Building an antilibrary: the power of unread books
Ness Labs
7 min read · 2020-10-29 · Unread books can be as powerful as the ones we have read, if we choose to consider them in the right light.
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Guardian Books
Can ‘smart thinking’ books really give you the edge?
Guardian Books
10 min read · 2021-08-21 · Trust your gut, boost your memory, de-bias your decision making… can we train our brains to perform better?
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