Essays

11 books

Must-Read 1800

Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

Must-Read 1961

Nobody Knows My Name

James Baldwin

Must-Read 1955

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

Must-Read 1968

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

Recommended 2011

Arguably

Christopher Hitchens

Recommended 1971

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

Recommended 1967

Hell's Angels

Hunter S. Thompson

Recommended 2001

Letters to a Young Contrarian

Christopher Hitchens

Recommended 1900

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

Recommended 2000

Wanderlust

Rebecca Solnit

Recommended 2002

Why Orwell Matters

Christopher Hitchens