Books like A Room of One’s Own
12 books with a reading profile close to A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf. Deep; a moderate read.
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C.S. Lewis as philosopher
by David Baggett, Gary R. Habermas
Also deep · philosophy, academic
While C.S.
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Imaginary Homelands
Also deep · philosophy, academic
Salman Rushdie’s collection of essays centers on the fragmented perspective of the expatriate writer.
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
by Audre Lorde
Also deep · philosophy, academic
In this collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Audre Lorde establishes a framework for intersectional feminism by addressing how racism, sexism, ageism, and homophobia function as interlocking systems of oppression.
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
by Jenny Odell
Also deep · philosophy, theoretical
Jenny Odell argues that commercial platforms hijack human curiosity to monetize every waking second.
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The road to Middle-Earth
by Tom Shippey
Also deep · academic, theoretical
Tom Shippey argues that J.R.R.
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Leonardo's Notebooks
Also deep · philosophy, academic
Leonardo’s Notebooks serve as a massive repository of raw data and observations spanning anatomy, optics, and hydraulics.
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Essays of three decades
by Thomas Mann
Also deep · philosophy, academic
This collection brings together sixteen of Mann’s non-fiction pieces written between 1911 and 1937, focusing on the intellectual heritage of Europe.
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The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon
Also deep · philosophy, academic
Frantz Fanon analyzes the psychiatric and sociological effects of colonization on both the occupier and the occupied.
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Discourse on Method
Also deep · philosophy, academic
René Descartes outlines a four-part system intended to establish certainty in the sciences by rejecting any premise subject to the slightest doubt.
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On Liberty
Also deep · philosophy, academic
John Stuart Mill establishes the Harm Principle, asserting that the only justification for interfering with an individual's freedom is to prevent harm to others.
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