Philosophy & Ideas
Lives of the Stoics
Ryan Holiday
From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of Stoicism's greatest practitioners
The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard
Ollivier Pourriol
The answer to overwork and burnout, the route to fulfilment and success: letting go
Together
Vivek H. Murthy
Barack Obama's former Surgeon General explores the global loneliness epidemic – and how we can overcome it
Natural
Alan Levinovitz
Why arguments based on what is 'natural', in food, medicine, and society at large, are appeals to a false idol – our oldest, most persistent s…
Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong
A fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits by award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong
The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
Ernest Becker tackles our relationship to mortality and searches for alternative ways to live
Bodies
Susie Orbach
'A timely counterblast against our harsh new visual culture, obsessed with the perfection of the physical self.' – The Times
This Life
Martin Hägglund
A serious and original philosopher tackles the meaning of life and returns with a majestic, liberating new answer
Tao: The Watercourse Way
Alan Watts
The last work by Alan Watts, Tao is the culmination of a lifetime's study and thought
The Age of Empathy
Frans de Waal
Empathy is not just a human trait – we can see it across the animal kingdom as a key element of evolutionary success
Chariots of the Gods
Erich von Daniken
A groundbreaking work of speculation into the mysteries of the universe.
You Talkin' To Me?
Sam Leith
A witty, elegant enquiry into the art of persuasion, updated for the witless, inelegant Trump era
Tragedy, the Greeks and Us
Simon Critchley
A provocative and timely exploration into tragedy from the curator of The New York Times philosophy column
Chinese Horoscopes for Your Child
Theodora Lau
Chinese astrology can help anyone become a better parent by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of their child's lunar sign. Discover your…
The Art Of Seduction
Robert Greene
Which sort of seducer could you be: *Siren? *Rake? *Cold Coquette? *Star? *Comedian? *Charismatic? or *Saint? This book will show you which. 'Char…
The Lies That Bind
Kwame Anthony Appiah
From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarized world are r…
The Art of Logic
Eugenia Cheng
A survival guide for our post-truth world using the timeless methods of logic, from a Royal Society Prize shortlisted mathematician
Shapeshifters
Gavin Francis
Stories from the GP's waiting room, brought lyrically to life by the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being