Modern Wisdom

A gripping psychological thriller about a woman who takes a job as a live-in housemaid for a wealthy...

A shocking psychological thriller about a famous painter who shoots her husband five times in the fa...

A novel by Alain de Botton that explores the complexities of a long-term relationship, from the init...

A forthcoming fiction book by Peter Zeihan, described as 'The end of the world fiction.' While speci...

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It is on...

A gothic novel by Daphne du Maurier, "Rebecca" tells the story of a young, unnamed woman who marries...

Written by Daphne du Maurier, "Jamaica Inn" is a dark and suspenseful gothic novel set in 19th-centu...

Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding, which chronicles a year in the life of Brid...

Albert Camus's novel 'The Plague' is an allegorical work set in the Algerian city of Oran, where a d...

Albert Camus's 'The Stranger' (also known as 'The Outsider') is a classic existentialist novel that ...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Notes from Underground' is a pioneering work of existentialist literature. It p...

The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is a beloved fantasy saga comprising seven books t...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella is a foundational work of existentialist literature. It presents the fra...

A novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in 1864. It is considered one of the first existenti...

The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is a globally acclaimed fantasy book series that c...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic American novel, 'The Scarlet Letter,' published in 1850, is a powerful...

A classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, which tells the tragic s...

A philosophical novel by Alain de Botton that explores the complexities of a modern romantic relatio...

"The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho is a novel that tells the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd ...

"Catch-22" is a satirical war novel that is brought up in the podcast to exemplify the notion of 'ha...