This is a list of works I find compelling, categorized by BISAC category.
Fiction
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
- Works by 夏目漱石 Natsume Sōseki
- 「坊っちゃん」 Bocchan
- 「吾輩は猫である」 I Am a Cat
- 「コンビニ人間」 Convenience Store Woman by 村田沙耶香 Sayata Murata
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Philosophy
- Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
- I am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
- Difference and Repetition by Gilles Deleuze
- The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
Language Arts & Disciplines
- Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch by Constance Hale
- Grammar for a Full Life by Lawrence Weinstein
- Artful Sentences by Virginia Tufte
Self-Help
- Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
- Peak by Anders Pool and Karl Ericsson
- Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
- Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Cooking
- Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
Design
- A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
History
- How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
Political Science
- Abundance by Ezra Klein