You're Probably Reading Too Fast (Sorry!)
When did finishing more books become more important than remembering them?
Banned Books Club
The Banned Books Club is a Substack community dedicated to reading, discussing, and celebrating books that have been banned or restricted, fostering intellectual freedom and resistance to censorship.
Latest episodes
Your Bookshelf Knows Who You Want to Become
The books we haven’t read yet might reveal more about us than the ones we have.
The Lost Art of Having an Opinion You Didn’t Get From the Internet
When did forming an opinion become something we outsourced to everyone else?
The People Who Read Fiction Understand Something the Rest of Us Don’t
Spending hundreds of hours inside imaginary lives may teach us more about real people than we realize.
The Books That Make You Unmistakably Well Read: History Edition
Six books that will change the way you understand how we got here.
The Books That Taught Me to Change My Mind
The most valuable books aren’t always the ones we agree with.
How I Always Know What to Read Next
The method I return to whenever I'm standing in front of a bookshelf without knowing where to begin.
This Week in the Margins: Kindred, “The Storm”
Your weekly reading companion through the books they tried to silence.
Reading Is One of the Last Forms of Solitude
In a world that profits from our attention, uninterrupted reading has become an act of quiet rebellion.
The Case for Reading Without a Purpose
Reading doesn't always have to make you more productive. Sometimes it just makes you more human.
Every Book Changes You Twice
The best books don't stop shaping us when we reach the final page.
Why Adults Should Read Children's Literature
I think we've mistaken simplicity for shallowness.
This Week in the Margins: Kindred, "The Fight"
Your weekly reading companion through the books they tried to silence.
The Loneliest Feeling Is Finishing a Great Book
Why saying goodbye to a great book feels so strange.
The Books That Make You Unmistakably Well Read: Part II
A reading list for people who care more about changing their minds than impressing their friends.
The World Is Different at 4:00 a.m.
What a fever, a cup of tea, and a few famous writers taught me about the value of uninterrupted attention.
Your Bookshelf Is a Time Capsule
If you want to understand who you were five years ago, don't open your camera roll.
The Books That Make You Unmistakably Well Read
A reading list for people who care more about changing their minds than impressing their friends.
This Week in the Margins: Kindred, Prologue-The River
Your weekly reading companion through the books they tried to silence.
Why We Romanticize Being Well Read
And why that's actually a good thing.