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Reading List

Short Reads

95 books under 20,000 words. Perfect for a single sitting — each takes under an hour and a half to read.

How to Get Out of Your Own Way

Self-Help & Growth

15,144 words · ~2 hr read

The Portrait Painter's Guide

Arts & Creativity

15,173 words · ~2 hr read

The Art of Letting Your Children Fail

Parenting & Family

15,209 words · ~2 hr read

How to Talk to Your Children

Parenting & Family

15,229 words · ~2 hr read

The American Experiment

History & Civilization

15,244 words · ~2 hr read

What Nobody Warned Me About Adulthood

Essays & Reflections

15,268 words · ~2 hr read

The Breakfast Revolution

Food & Kitchen

15,287 words · ~2 hr read

A Life in Books

Biography & Memoir

15,305 words · ~2 hr read

The Inner Critic

Psychology & Mind

15,320 words · ~2 hr read

The Secret Life of Cells

Science & Nature

15,388 words · ~2 hr read

Scale or Fail

Business & Money

15,395 words · ~2 hr read

How to Build Something from Nothing

Business & Money

15,443 words · ~2 hr read

The Open Source Manifesto

Technology & Innovation

15,560 words · ~2 hr read

On Identity and Illusion

Philosophy & Ethics

15,637 words · ~2 hr read

Fear and Other Teachers

Psychology & Mind

15,700 words · ~2 hr read

The ROI of Kindness

Business & Money

15,746 words · ~2 hr read

Goa After the Party

Travel & Places

15,849 words · ~2 hr read

Debugging Your Career in Tech

Technology & Innovation

15,883 words · ~2 hr read

The Media's Blind Spot

Politics & Society

15,884 words · ~2 hr read

What My Father Built

Biography & Memoir

15,967 words · ~2 hr read

The Partition Diaries

History & Civilization

16,012 words · ~2 hr read

How to Think About Time

Philosophy & Ethics

16,085 words · ~2 hr read

The History of Writing

History & Civilization

16,086 words · ~2 hr read

On the Other Side of Fear

Essays & Reflections

16,256 words · ~2 hr read

The Art of Surrender

Spirituality & Faith

16,423 words · ~2 hr read

From the Diary of a Ten-Year-Old Writer

Biography & Memoir

16,550 words · ~2 hr read

How Loneliness Changes the Brain

Psychology & Mind

16,688 words · ~2 hr read

Value Investing for the Rest of Us

Business & Money

16,705 words · ~2 hr read

The Philosophy of Forgiveness

Philosophy & Ethics

16,715 words · ~2 hr read

How to Write a Script That Sells

Film & Visual Media

16,726 words · ~2 hr read

The Art of Slow Making

Arts & Creativity

16,728 words · ~2 hr read

The Fasting Handbook

Health & Wellness

16,770 words · ~2 hr read

How to Fire Your Boss

Business & Money

16,781 words · ~2 hr read

The Revenue Blueprint

Business & Money

16,808 words · ~2 hr read

Triggers

Psychology & Mind

16,826 words · ~2 hr read

Monsoon Road Trip

Travel & Places

16,826 words · ~2 hr read

How to Design a Room

Arts & Creativity

16,837 words · ~2 hr read

Salads That Don't Suck

Food & Kitchen

16,898 words · ~2 hr read

How to Eat Clean on a Budget

Health & Wellness

16,986 words · ~2 hr read

How to Develop Your Artistic Voice

Arts & Creativity

17,050 words · ~2 hr read

The Attention Diet

Psychology & Mind

17,065 words · ~2 hr read

The Mughal Legacy

History & Civilization

17,249 words · ~2 hr read

How to Live Out of a Backpack

Travel & Places

17,250 words · ~2 hr read

What the Evidence Shows

True Crime

17,321 words · ~2 hr read

The Rajasthan Road

Travel & Places

17,362 words · ~2 hr read

What I Learned from Writing 1500 Books

Writing & Craft

17,371 words · ~2 hr read

What Climate Change Looks Like from Here

Environment & Earth

17,492 words · ~2 hr read

How to Reduce Your Footprint

Environment & Earth

17,500 words · ~2 hr read

Stop Waiting for Permission

Self-Help & Growth

17,520 words · ~2 hr read

Night Trains to Nowhere

Travel & Places

17,538 words · ~2 hr read

A Brief History of Doubt

Philosophy & Ethics

17,560 words · ~2 hr read

How to Appreciate Modern Art

Arts & Creativity

17,627 words · ~2 hr read

The Art of the Side Hustle

Business & Money

17,708 words · ~2 hr read

On Growing Up Late

Essays & Reflections

17,717 words · ~2 hr read

The Raga's Secret

Music & Sound

17,837 words · ~2 hr read

The Practice of Being Present

Self-Help & Growth

17,849 words · ~2 hr read

Spice and Smoke

Food & Kitchen

17,884 words · ~2 hr read

The Ecology of Cities

Science & Nature

17,933 words · ~2 hr read

How to Be an Indian Abroad Without Embarrassing Yourself

Humor & Wit

18,144 words · ~2 hr read

When Grief Becomes Wallpaper

Essays & Reflections

18,365 words · ~2 hr read

Rewired

Psychology & Mind

18,488 words · ~2 hr read

The Road to Leh

Travel & Places

18,523 words · ~2 hr read

The Anxiety Equation

Psychology & Mind

18,565 words · ~2 hr read

How to Love Someone Without Losing Yourself

Relationships & Love

18,586 words · ~2 hr read

How to Watch a Film

Film & Visual Media

18,633 words · ~2 hr read

The Architecture of Temples

Arts & Creativity

18,654 words · ~2 hr read

How to Produce Music from Your Bedroom

Music & Sound

18,775 words · ~2 hr read

The Ferry to Andaman

Travel & Places

18,830 words · ~2 hr read

My Year of Writing Dangerously

Biography & Memoir

18,831 words · ~2 hr read

What Your Blood Tests Really Mean

Health & Wellness

18,885 words · ~2 hr read

The Crime That Shocked India

True Crime

18,971 words · ~2 hr read

The Procrastinator's Playbook

Self-Help & Growth

19,022 words · ~2 hr read

The Attention Merchants

Psychology & Mind

19,048 words · ~2 hr read

Blood and Silence

True Crime

19,068 words · ~2 hr read

The Automation Playbook

Technology & Innovation

19,076 words · ~2 hr read

The Micro-Business Revolution

Business & Money

19,157 words · ~2 hr read

What Ancient India Exported to the World

History & Civilization

19,270 words · ~2 hr read

Unsolicited Advice from a Twenty-Something

Essays & Reflections

19,278 words · ~2 hr read

The Art of Public Speaking

Language & Words

19,348 words · ~2 hr read

The Anti-Hustle Manifesto

Self-Help & Growth

19,491 words · ~2 hr read

What Your Teenager Wants You to Know

Parenting & Family

19,533 words · ~2 hr read

What History Forgot

History & Civilization

19,548 words · ~2 hr read

What the Constitution Promises

Politics & Society

19,610 words · ~2 hr read

How to Let Go of What Isn't Yours

Self-Help & Growth

19,638 words · ~2 hr read

The Astronomer's Lament

Science & Nature

19,641 words · ~2 hr read

How Sleep Rebuilds the Mind

Psychology & Mind

19,691 words · ~2 hr read

Embrace the Suck

Self-Help & Growth

19,712 words · ~2 hr read

What Modernism Meant

Arts & Creativity

19,725 words · ~2 hr read

How to Carry What You Can't Put Down

Essays & Reflections

19,767 words · ~2 hr read

My Stare: A Collection

Essays & Reflections

19,809 words · ~2 hr read

AI and the Future of Art

Technology & Innovation

19,847 words · ~2 hr read

How to Live Sustainably (For Real)

Environment & Earth

19,959 words · ~2 hr read

The Unconscious Negotiator

Psychology & Mind

19,972 words · ~2 hr read

The Art of the Equation

Mathematics & Logic

19,973 words · ~2 hr read

The Ethics of Ambition

Philosophy & Ethics

19,982 words · ~2 hr read