The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Few books have inspired as many readers worldwide as The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. First published in 1988, this novel ...
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Some writing books feel like technical manuals, others like stern lectures. Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instruction...
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Few novels capture the complexity of human ambition, social class, and personal redemption like Charles Dickens’ Great E...
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Some war novels focus on battles; others focus on the people caught in between. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony D...
Adultery by Paulo Coelho
A Deep Dive into Passion, Monotony, and Self-Discovery...
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
This was such a precious audiobook and so well made. I can still hear the readers voice in my head and listened to this ...
Gertrude Stein’s Essay on Writing Masterpieces: A Revolutionary Perspective
Introduction: The Art of Breaking Literary Conventions...
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The controversy about this book and Mineko Iwasaki the geisha whom the author had interviewed intrigued me to want to re...
Peace in Every Breath by Thich Nhat Hanh
I recently reread this book on a flight during a family trip. It allowed me to see things from a different perspective a...
On Writing by Stephen King
Some books about writing are technical manuals, others are deeply personal. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen...
The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan’s The Dragons of Eden isn’t just another book on human intelligence—it’s an interdisciplinary fusion of scien...
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Albert Camus’ The Stranger (L’Étranger, 1942) is one of the most iconic works of existentialism and absurdist literature...
The Weight of Monday and the Wisdom of Birds: A Stream-of-Consciousness Reflection on Creativity and Control
A handwritten meditation on the nature of Mondays, creativity, and the unseen energies behind action. This stream-of-con...
The Writer’s Sword: On Obsession, Purpose, and the Poetics of Time
This raw, stream-of-consciousness entry explores the intimate process of writing as both compulsion and purpose—grapplin...
