Intellectual


An Ishmael of Syria
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Stranger
1984
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Animal Farm
The Secret History
The Alchemist
The Handmaid's Tale
Meditations
Man's Search for Meaning
A Short History of Nearly Everything
To Kill a Mockingbird
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl WigginsStar Trek Revealed by Carole DevineSolar Arc Directions by Carole DevineReconstructing Strategy by Saqib QureshiLines & Lenses by Alex Morritt
Best New Philosophy
25 books — 11 voters

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryWrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl WigginsThe Pendulum has Swung too far by Karl WigginsA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonAnxiety by Danny Winter
Fresh Viewpoints nonfiction only
21 books — 14 voters
Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyLife Revisited by Laurent  GrenierNever Go with Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyTWAS The Year 2020 by Karl Wiggins
In the Post Fact Era
138 books — 55 voters

Christopher Hitchens
“ The usual duty of the “intellectual” is to argue for complexity and to insist that phenomena in the world of ideas should not be sloganized or reduced to easily repeated formulae. ”
― Christopher Hitchens

William S. Burroughs
“ Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. ”
― William S. Burroughs

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