What to Listen for in Music

Daniel J. LevitinThis Is Your Brain on Music

This Is Your Brain on Music

Daniel J. Levitin

Alex RossThe rest is noise

The rest is noise

Alex Ross

Joan DidionLet Me Tell You What I Mean

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Joan Didion

Susan SontagAgainst Interpretation

Against Interpretation

Susan Sontag

Kazuo IshiguroNocturnes

Nocturnes

Kazuo Ishiguro

Mark FisherGhosts of My Life

Ghosts of My Life

Mark Fisher

Friedrich NietzscheThe Birth of Tragedy

The Birth of Tragedy

Friedrich Nietzsche

Ted GioiaHistory of Jazz

History of Jazz

Ted Gioia

Comedy of Errors (Wordsworth Classics)

Comedy of Errors (Wordsworth Classics)

David AbramThe Spell of the Sensuous

The Spell of the Sensuous

David Abram

Toni MorrisonThe Source of Self-Regard

The Source of Self-Regard

Toni Morrison

Erich FrommThe Art of Loving

The Art of Loving

Erich Fromm

E. E. Cummings100 Selected Poems

100 Selected Poems

E. E. Cummings

Shiv KheraYou Can Win

You Can Win

Shiv Khera

Daniel C. DennettFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back

From Bacteria to Bach and Back

Daniel C. Dennett

Eric R. KandelThe age of insight

The age of insight

Eric R. Kandel

Rebecca GoldsteinPlato at the Googleplex

Plato at the Googleplex

Rebecca Goldstein

Ann PatchettThis is the story of a happy marriage

This is the story of a happy marriage

Ann Patchett

William B. IrvineStoic Challenge

Stoic Challenge

William B. Irvine

Ken ForkishFlour Water Salt Yeast

Flour Water Salt Yeast

Ken Forkish

Daniel ColemanFocus

Focus

Daniel Coleman

Murray SteinJung's map of the soul

Jung's map of the soul

Murray Stein

James GleickGenius

Genius

James Gleick

Kate MurphyYou're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters

You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters

Kate Murphy

Bill KonigsbergThe Music of What Happens

The Music of What Happens

Bill Konigsberg

Walter BenjaminIlluminations

Illuminations

Walter Benjamin

Walter BenjaminThe Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media

The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media

Walter Benjamin

Søren KierkegaardEither/Or

Either/Or

Søren Kierkegaard

David ByrneHow Music Works

How Music Works

David Byrne