Why Read?

8 best books like Why Read? (Mark Edmundson): Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life, I and Thou, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver, The Gay Science, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century, Beneath the Wheel, The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Author	Emily Nagoski
ISBN	1476762090

An essential exploration of why and how women’s sexuality works—based on groundbreaking research and brain science—that will radically transform your sex life into one filled with confidence and joy.

Researchers have spent the last decade trying to develop a “pink pill” for...

I and Thou

Author	Martin Buber
ISBN	0684717255

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Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born after World War II considers...

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

Author	Robert D. Putnam
ISBN	1476769893

A groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.

It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is...

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Author	Mary Oliver
ISBN	0399563245

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted...

The Gay Science

Author	Friedrich Nietzsche
ISBN	0394719859

If you read Nietzsche while not in the midst of some variety of emo existential crisis, Nietzsche is hilarious and insightful. If, however, you choose to read Nietzsche in high school in order to be counter-culture, odds are good Nietzsche will temporarily turn you into a horrible, pompous ass. Nietzsche...

The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

Author	Steven Pinker
ISBN	0670025852

A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker
Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should...

Beneath the Wheel

Author

Hermann Hesse

In Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel or The Prodigy, Hans Giebenrath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows...

The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization

Author

Martin Puchner

In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the powerful role stories and literature have played in creating the world we have today. Puchner introduces us to numerous visionaries as he explores sixteen foundational texts...