Philosophy & Ideas
In our Philosophy & Ideas list, multimillion-selling author Ryan Holiday (The Daily Stoic) makes Stoic philosophy accessible and actionable, while Robert Greene distils ancient wisdom into life lessons in The Law of the Sublime and the Venerable Bokyeong Sunim explores Zen wisdom in One Day a Cat Came to Me. Essential reading for anyone interested in Stoicism, ethics, existentialism and life’s big questions.
The Truth Detective
Alex O'Brien
I was gripped from the outset by The Truth Detective. No doubt because, as a competitive poker player, Alex O'Brien has skin in the game, she has…
Is Maths Real?
Eugenia Cheng
One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths – focusing on questions, not answers
The Daily Dad
Ryan Holiday
A daily devotional full of inspiring quotes and advice for parents – from the bestselling author of The Daily Stoic
A Terribly Serious Adventure
Nikhil Krishnan
An absorbing group biography of the Oxford thinkers who transformed philosophical thought in twentieth-century Britain
Discipline Is Destiny
Ryan Holiday
A New York Times bestseller from the unstoppable Stoic sensation Ryan Holiday
Speaking and Being
Kübra Gümüsay
What happens when our language is no longer fit for purpose, and how we can change the discourse
How To Live With Each Other
Farhan Samanani
An anthropologist looks at our modern world – and shows how we can build a better, more connected one
The Daily Laws
Robert Greene
A year's worth of daily wisdom and guidance from the master of self-development
Courage Is Calling
Ryan Holiday
The latest New York Times Bestseller from Stoic sensation Ryan Holiday – now in paperback
How to Deal With Idiots
Maxime Rovere
The international bestseller that offers an alternative to chucking your most irksome idiot out of a window
Something Out of Place
Eimear McBride
A blistering, galvanising essay from Eimear McBride, award-winning author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
The Web of Meaning
Jeremy Lent
A compelling foundation for a new story of interconnectedness, showing how, as our civilization unravels, another world is possible.
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
'Essential reading' (Atul Gawande) from Obama's Surgeon General on 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…
Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong
A fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits by award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong
Bodies
Susie Orbach
We may be the last generation to inhabit bodies not routinely reconstructed by surgical enhancements. Over the last decades, our body has become an in…
This Life
Martin Hägglund
A serious and original philosopher tackles the meaning of life and returns with a majestic, liberating new answer