Essays

11 books

Must-Read1800

Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

Must-Read1961

Nobody Knows My Name

James Baldwin

Must-Read1955

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

Must-Read1968

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

Recommended2011

Arguably

Christopher Hitchens

Recommended1971

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

Recommended1967

Hell's Angels

Hunter S. Thompson

Recommended2001

Letters to a Young Contrarian

Christopher Hitchens

Recommended1900

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

Recommended2000

Wanderlust

Rebecca Solnit

Recommended2002

Why Orwell Matters

Christopher Hitchens