Personal Development

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles was written after the author abandoned his interest to become a member of parliament and decided that the best reform...

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale teaches that your mind is the ultimate root of success and what you need to...

Children's Books

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Heidi was written by Swiss author Johanna Spyri. The main protagonist of this children's fiction is Heidi, a little girl who becomes an orphan...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a fantastical children’s book which tackles the theme of home as well as compares...

Classic Novels

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee propels the virtues of justice. The author, however, has a preference for moral justice rather than the...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly deals with the theme of perseverance, betrayal, revenge, isolation and alienation, ambition, and responsibility. The novel is about the destructiveness...

Business Classics

The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie’s The Gospel of Wealth contains interesting remarks from one of the wealthiest men in history. In the book, Carnegie asserts that poverty...

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, published in 1937, is the best self-improvement and personal development book you could ever read. Hill interviewed...

Humanities and Social Sciences

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, published in 1951, is the most eye-opening book on what causes totalitarianism and the dangers posed. Easily...

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

Considered as the weaker sex, women often have to prove that they are just as ordinary as their male counterparts. A Vindication of the...

Science & Technology

The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow

The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow provides answers to some of the most difficult questions humanity has ever had. What...

The Mysterious Universe by James Jeans

Life and its origin, the story of the creation of the earth we now live in, remains an enigma. As such, any attempt to...

Biography

Commodore Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement by Arthur D. Howden Smith

Commodore Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement by Arthur D. Howden Smith is a biography that tells the story of poor Vanderbilt, from his...

The truth about Henry Ford by Sarah Terrill Bushnell

The title of this biography is enough to captivate one’s attention. Already the name Ford easily associates with the Ford Car that has become...

Spirituality

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton nears perfection in appreciating Francis’s multifaceted life. Francis of Assisi is one of the greatest saints...

An Autobiography Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi

An Autobiography Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi is an introduction to India’s nationalist and most complex historical figures. The...

Classic Authors

Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker was born on November 8th, 1847 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland. His birth name was Abraham Stoker, and in his early years,...

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt Bluecher was a German-American political thinker and philosopher. She wrote numerous books on the topic of totalitarianism and epistemology, many of which...

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale was a Methodist minister and writer who grew in popularity due to his insistence on the power of positive thinking. Besides...

Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte was born on July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, and became very popular thanks to her novel Wuthering Heights. Emily Bronte...

Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu was a Chinese general popularly known for the book The Art of War. This is one of the most influential military writings...

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin is famous for his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in...

Featured Book Reviews

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one of the publications in English literature that has stood the test of time. As such, it...

Featured Classic Authors

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley was a prolific writer, and her birth name was Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. She was born on August 30th, 1797, in London, England....
Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Golding

William Golding