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Esquire
Lord of the Rings Book In Order - A Guide to J.R.R. Tolkein's Middle-earth Works
Esquire
3 min read · Sep 25th · With 'Rings of Power' coming up, it's time to do your homework. · Shared by 42
The Paris Review
Has Henry James Put Me in This Mood?
The Paris Review
20+ min read · Sep 20th · “He called this morning and asked me to send him some money. (I wish I could understand how a man could love two women!)” · Shared by 69
Slate
Time to Bring Back the Bathroom Book
Slate
5 min read · Sep 24th · Dust off your decorative baskets! We’re doing this. · Shared by 23
The New Yorker
A Search for the Soul of Naples
The New Yorker
7 min read · Sep 22nd · Marius Kociejowski’s offbeat paean to the city emphasizes the resilience of its inhabitants in the face of blows dealt by fate. · Shared by 65
Los Angeles Review of Books
A Fierce, Fragile Utopia: A Conversation with Ajit A. George
Los Angeles Review of Books
~14 min read · Sep 24th · David M. Higgins talks with Ajit George about “Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel,” the first Dungeons & Dragons book of its kind written entirely by authors of color.... · Shared by 64
Guardian Books
Top 10 novels that interrupt time
Guardian Books
5 min read · Sep 7th · Most stories adhere to linear plots, but a select few – by authors from Martin Amis to Muriel Spark and Toni Morrison – respin the cogs to unforgettable effect · Shared by 18
Literary Hub
The Art of the Hand-Sell: Booksellers Recommend Translations
Literary Hub
9 min read · Sep 16th · Where would we be without translators, that linguistic bridge between countries and cultures? To celebrate National Translation Month, we’ve asked a indie booksellers from A Room of One’… · Shared by 11, including Tin House
poetryfoundation.org
What Do I Say Next? Fast. by Jordan Davis
poetryfoundation.org
~12 min read · Sep 24th · On Ted Berrigan’s exuberant and idiosyncratic prose. · Shared by 61
WIRED UK
After 'Andor,' Read These 5 Comics
WIRED UK
3 min read · Sep 22nd · These books were looking at the origins of the war between the Rebels and the Empire long before the new Disney+ show. · Shared by 23
BBC News (World)
The 'dangerous' books too powerful to read
BBC News (World)
10 min read · Sep 22nd · Forty years on from the launch of Banned Books Week, censorship is once again on the rise. John Self considers the long and ignoble global history of book-banning. · Shared by 25
Undark Magazine
Book Review: Exploring the Root of What Ails Us
Undark Magazine
6 min read · Sep 16th · In “The Myth of Normal,” physician Gabor Maté argues that we’ve created a world that’s fundamentally unhealthy. · Shared by 77
christianheilmann.com
The sum of all knowledge
christianheilmann.com
4 min read · Aug 29th · Last week my mother died. After we put her urn into the ground next to my father’s we went back to their flat to talk about next steps and dividing up their belongings amongst us three children. One… · Shared by 21, including Chris Heilmann
The Atlantic
How to Keep Your Book Club From Becoming a Wine Club
The Atlantic
6 min read · Sep 13th · Librarians, professors, and literary professionals offer their best advice on how to run a successful group. · Shared by 57, including Felix M
michaelpollan.com
In Defense of Food
michaelpollan.com
2 min read · Sep 11th · Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because most of what we're consuming today is not food, and how we're consuming it — in the car, in front of the TV, and increasingly alone — is not really eating. Instead of food, we're consuming "edible foodlike substances" — no longer the products of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we seem to become. · Shared by 61
The New York Times
These Romantics Celebrated the Self, to a Fault
The New York Times
5 min read · Sep 14th · “Magnificent Rebels,” by Andrea Wulf, paints a vivid portrait of the 18th-century German Romantics: brilliant intellectuals and poets who could also be petty, thin-skinned and self-involved. · Shared by 65
Bookforum Magazine
The Lust Hurrah
Bookforum Magazine
6 min read · Sep 14th · Nona Willis Aronowitz’s new book asks questions about pro-sex feminism and pleasure – Julia Case-Levine · Shared by 68
Los Angeles Review of Books
Postcritique; or, The Cultural Logic of Capitalist Realism
Los Angeles Review of Books
10 min read · Sep 14th · Robert Scott reviews Robert T. Tally Jr.’s “For a Ruthless Critique of All That Exists: Literature in an Age of Capitalist Realism.”... · Shared by 67
The New Yorker
My Literary Education with Elizabeth Hardwick
The New Yorker
6 min read · Sep 13th · She didn’t consider herself a teacher. But, through warm, sometimes ruthless attention, she made people writers. · Shared by 69, including Austin Kleon
haleynahman.substack.com
#113: The new quantified self
haleynahman.substack.com
6 min read · Sep 12th · Read 200 books, expand your consciousness 200x! · Shared by 144, including Ines Bieler
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Big Think
Why is it so hard to escape short-term thinking? Biology and technology
Big Think
6 min read · Aug 17th · Short-term thinking is both rooted in our most primal instincts and encouraged by runaway technological development. How can we fight it? · Shared by 553, including Peter Herger
Literary Hub
Why Smarter People Might Be More Prone to Irrational Biases
Literary Hub
7 min read · Sep 15th · Are some people less susceptible to bias? How about those who are typically considered smart? We might like to think that people who are more intelligent can discern what is right or wrong and appl… · Shared by 233
hedgehogreview.com
To the Depths and Back
hedgehogreview.com
7 min read · Sep 8th · Dostoevsky is an author who takes risks, makes us both laugh and wince. · Shared by 177
Bustle
This Excerpt From Stacey Abrams' New Novel Will Make Your Heart Race
Bustle
3 min read · Aug 28th · In this exclusive excerpt from the highly-anticipated novel, two undercover agents are forced to confront their feelings for one another. · Shared by 170
Aeon+Psyche
How to nurture a personal library
Aeon+Psyche
~19 min read · Sep 14th · An escape, a sanctuary, a place of pleasure, a memoir. Take these steps to ensure your library is just what you want it to be · Shared by 153, including Esther Schindler, Pascal
haleynahman.substack.com
#113: The new quantified self
haleynahman.substack.com
6 min read · Sep 12th · Read 200 books, expand your consciousness 200x! · Shared by 144, including Ines Bieler
The New Yorker
The Enduring Allure of Choose Your Own Adventure Books
The New Yorker
4 min read · Sep 12th · How a best-selling series gave young readers a new sense of agency. · Shared by 139, including David Wallace-Wells, Esther Schindler, Hilary Mason
n+1
On Barbara Ehrenreich
n+1
~19 min read · Sep 9th · Ehrenreich’s work has always acknowledged that power operates at the intimate level, and that this is part of what makes it difficult to resist. To engage in political struggle is not just… · Shared by 135, including Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Gregg Gonsalves
The Conversation
Five myths about Shakespeare’s contribution to the English language
The Conversation
4 min read · Sep 5th · He is certainly important to English but he isn’t responsible for as much of it as you might think. · Shared by 123, including Jason Zweig
sydneyreviewofbooks.com
Identity, Alphabetically
sydneyreviewofbooks.com
~20 min read · Sep 6th · For the writer from the periphery, stick to the surface and you risk glossing over. Dive into detail and you risk having to gloss. · Shared by 117
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TED Talks
6 strategies that will make you a better reader — and person
TED Talks
4 min read · Jul 4th · Simple advice to help you get more out of the books you read, from author Ryan Holiday. · Shared by 4037, including Arturo Rebolledo, Anita Leirfall, Daniel Pink
jackclose.com
Reading Changes your Brain, let me explain.
jackclose.com
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,… · Shared by 2597, including Ines Bieler
Scott Young
Maximize Your Learning Time with These Seven Habits
Scott Young
5 min read · Jul 12th · How do you learn more in a busy life? Follow these seven habits to increase the amount of learning, without overwhelming your schedule. · Shared by 1649, including Katja Evertz, Mike Taylor, Matt Heinz
Dan Shipper 📧
Surgical Reading: How to Read 12 Books at Once
Dan Shipper 📧
~13 min read · From 2020 · How to efficiently get what you need out of reading, multiple books at a time · Shared by 1583, 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
Big Think
People who read live longer than those who don’t, Yale researchers say
Big Think
2 min read · Jul 22nd · A study by Yale researchers finds that reading books in particular returns cognitive gains that increase longevity. · Shared by 1263, including Ines Bieler, Mike Taylor, Stephanie A Kowalski, Ward Plunet
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. · Shared by 1181, including Stephan Spencer, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Jason Lauritsen, Tauno, Scott Monty, Stephanie A Kowalski, David Papandrew, Galen King, Víctor González Pacheco, Teresa Torres, Vikram Dutt, flawn
Farnam Street
The Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are The Most Important -
Farnam Street
2 min read · Jun 5th · The antidote to overconfidence is our relationship with knowledge. The antilibrary is the solution according to Nassim Taleb. · Shared by 1075, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Josep M. Ganyet, Stefan Diepolder, Ines Bieler, Matthew Turland
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 · Shared by 955
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 · Shared by 932, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Esther Schindler, Katja Evertz, Miguel Angel Escotet
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