Austin Kleon reveals that true creativity isn't about innate genius but about embracing your influences, remixing ideas, and bravely sharing your unique voice with the world.
Confined to a 1960s psychiatric hospital, Susanna Kaysen navigates sanity and madness, offering a sharp look into the lives of "interrupted" girls and the blurry lines that define them.
Allie Brosh hilariously recounts her chaotic life, from debilitating depression to the absurdities of dog ownership, with stick-figure drawings that perfectly capture the human experience of being human.
After a failed suicide attempt, Veronika finds a new will to live as she faces society's idea of madness and the beauty of her own existence in a mental institution.
A young journalist's terrifying descent into a mysterious mental illness is chronicled as she and her family fight for a diagnosis and her very identity.
Explore the astonishing minds of patients with neurological disorders, where lost selves, phantom limbs, and sudden artistic genius reveal the strange world of human consciousness.
Jenny Lawson hilariously recounts her bizarre life, from a talking squirrel to sneaking a dead alligator on a plane, proving that our most awkward moments define us.
A mother grapples with her own complicity and chilling dislike for her son, who has committed an unspeakable high school massacre, in a series of searing letters to her estranged husband.
Elizabeth Gilbert guides readers to unlock their inner creativity by embracing curiosity, confronting fear, and discovering their unique talents to live a more inspired and passionate life.
A man recently released from a mental institution thinks his life is a divinely directed movie. He tries to win back his estranged wife while navigating a world that seems to derail his meticulously planned happy ending with an eccentric new friend, a losing football team, and a therapist who suggests he cheat.
Rupi Kaur's collection of poems and illustrations explores the cycle of growth—wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming—celebrating self-discovery, ancestry, and various forms of love.
After her husband's sudden death and her daughter's critical illness, Joan Didion examines the raw, disorienting experience of grief, showing how the mind tries to make sense of the irrational.
Dawkins reframes evolution, saying organisms, including humans, are survival machines built by self-replicating genes and ideas striving for their own spread.
A tormented intellectual battles his dual nature and seeks spiritual freedom in a world of conformity. This new translation faithfully presents Hesse's original German.
A surgeon confronts medicine's greatest triumph and ultimate failure, arguing for a reimagining of care that prioritizes dignity and quality of life over the relentless, often futile, pursuit of longevity at all costs.
Jenny Lawson comically explores the absurdities of severe depression and mental illness, finding deep joy and connection amid the chaos with the help of taxidermied animals.
This is the prosecutor's account of the Charles Manson murders, exposing Manson's psychological control over his followers and the Tate-LaBianca murders.
When a therapist suddenly finds herself on the other side of the couch, she discovers that the universal struggles of her diverse patients mirror her own journey through love, loss, and the messy, humorous business of being human.
