Best Jane Austen Books, Ranked.
Best Jane Austen Books, Ranked. Jane Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, which makes "ranked" a much more manageable question than it is for most authors — but...
Which Franz Kafka Book Should You Read First?
Which Franz Kafka Book Should You Read First? Kafka's name became an adjective for a reason — "Kafkaesque" describes a very specific feeling of absurd, faceless bureaucratic dread that his...
Best Nietzsche Books to Start With: A Beginner's Guide
Best Nietzsche Books to Start With: A Complete Beginner's Guide. Nietzsche has a reputation for being difficult, and honestly, some of that reputation is earned — but the problem for...
Best Memoirs About Overcoming Adversity.
Best Memoirs About Overcoming Adversity. Some of the most powerful nonfiction ever written comes from people who lived through something they were never supposed to survive — poverty, war, illness,...
Best Biographies of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs.
Best Biographies of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs. The best business biographies do more than recount a rise to the top — they show the specific decisions, obsessions, and often serious...
Best Memoirs by African Authors.
Best Memoirs by African Authors. Beyond our earlier roundup of essential African memoirs, here are eight more — from a Nobel laureate's childhood in colonial Nigeria to a homegrown Kenyan...