Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
With repeated exposure to the same or similar pleasure stimulus, the initial deviation to the side of pleasure gets weaker and shorter and the after-response to the side of pain gets stronger and longer, a process scientists call neuroadaptation.
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Learning how to push yourself to take action when you are afraid or full of self-doubt or overwhelmed with excuses is a life skill you can learn. Once you master it, you’ll understand that you can achieve anything through small, consistent moves forward.
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Because the world had decided that to be soft was to be weak, even though in Joan’s experience being soft and flexible was always more durable than being hard and brittle. Admitting you were afraid always took more guts than pretending you weren’t. Being willing to make a mistake got you further than never trying. The world had decided that to be fallible was weak. But we are all fallible. The strong ones are the ones who accept it.
Witches of Dubious Origins by Jenn McKinlay
At the Museum of Literature, Zoe encounters an eccentric staff in the Books of Dubious Origins department and must discover the truth about her powers and heritage.
Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
Why are feelings so brutal? Everyone makes friendship seem like garden parties and sleepovers when really it’s Jurassic Park for emotions.
A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young
That was the way of grief, I was realizing. It was a barrage of pain that was so unbearable that it made you numb. And then out of nowhere, something made you feel again and the cycle started over from the beginning.
Of Boys and Men by Richard V. Reeves
One of the great revelations of feminism may turn out to be that men need women more than women need men. Wives were economically dependent on their husbands, but men were emotionally dependent on their wives.
The Inheritance Games Series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I realized that it didn’t matter how perfect I was. I was never going to be good enough because they didn’t want me to be perfect or extraordinary. They wanted me to be invisible.
Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
My magic, which I had been waiting to feel surge through me as a tide, remained dormant. It lurked like a skeleton, hiding beneath my skin, marrow brimming with untapped power.
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
An absurd thing for the murderous state to plead for, but, as always, the massive violence of the state was “justice,” was “law and order,” and resistance to perpetual violence was an act of terror. It would have been funny if there weren’t so much blood everywhere.
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
People aren’t so bad. They’re just wounded little kids trying to heal.
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
In general, colonial infrastructure was not built to strengthen communities; it was built to deplete them.
11/22/63 by Stephen King
But never underestimate the American bourgeoisie’s capacity to embrace fascism under the name of populism. Or the power of television. Without TV, Kennedy would never have beaten Nixon.
The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk
North America’s total population nearly halved from 1492 to 1776: from approximately 7 or 8 million to 4 million.
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Heck, I’ve lost my temper a few times. Also, I can be a bit too blunt, and excuse it by saying I’m just an honest person, but if I’m truly being honest, sometimes blunt is just mean. Honesty can be an excuse for bullying.
Abundance by Erza Klein and Derek Thompson
Imagine if our negative feelings, or at least lots of them, turned out to be illusions, and we could dispel them by just contemplating them from a particular vantage point.
The Science of Productivity: How to Get More Done in Less Time
What holds us back from being productive? Is there any way to fix it? Yes! Several techniques and tools exist to help you make time for what matters - and discard the rest.
