Márquez on Writing: Only Greatness Prevents Starvation
“If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones… After all, there are better ways to starve to death.” Gabriel García Márquez, who returned his borrowed stardust 12 years ago today, on his improbable beginnings as a writer https://t.co/5WJ6nRgnre
Essential Reads on Power: My Recommendations
Someone asked me to recommend books about power, so here’a few. Let me know what other books you want to see.
Dark Romance as Cathartic Revenge Against Real-Life Men
Bink, why do you write graphic, dark romances where men get viciously murdered? Uh. Because I can’t do it for real, Jackie… Or I’d go to Prison. This is my cathartic outlet where I get to be a judge, jury,...
Best‑selling Book Praised by Steve Kerr, Now 23% Off
Over 25,000 readers in less than three months. Steve Kerr called it “an absolutely beautiful book.” Hundreds of five star reviews. And currently 23% off for a start of Spring promotion. If you’ve been on the edge, today is a...
First Responder Memoir: From Badge to Vineyard
memoir of a first responder FROM THE BADGE TO THE VINE free download through Bicycle Day (Sunday) https://t.co/rm2cTA5MRz
Maria Semple Discusses Writing Success in New Interview
Great interview with Maria Semple, bestselling author of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," up on my YouTube page https://t.co/T0SitBBlRv
7 Proven Strategies to Boost Memory and Learning
This is the #1 bestselling book on memory. It's helped 1.5M+ people learn better, remember more, and study more effectively. Here are 7 key lessons from "Make It Stick": https://t.co/LGJM6EutQQ
C.S. Lewis Reveals Our Deepest Existential Desire
The Thing Itself – C.S. Lewis on what we long for in our existential longing https://t.co/JjBeAFJJek
Witherspoon's AI Push Undermines Her Feminist Book Club
When you're a celebrity whose book club has championed and profited from the voices of women authors for years, touting the usage of generative AI does not come off as a feminist act. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-04-16/reese-witherspoon-authors-book-club-learn-ai-chatgpt
Top 12 Books
12 books to master 3 skills: If you're into books about quant finance, algorithmic trading, and market data analysis, here are 46 of the best:
Writing a Book Means Exposing Your Emotional Self
Can we normalize talking about how emotionally vulnerable writing a book is? It's something I've been thinking about a ton as I count down the months until my book comes out. I can't wait for people to finally read it, but...the...
Orcas Reveal Love, Loss, and Consciousness Lessons
Orcas and the price of consciousness – lessons in love and loss from Earth's most successful and creative predator https://t.co/XAAZ3Fe3iK
Stewart Brand's New Book Questions Maintenance Priorities, Offers No Answers
A new book by Stewart Brand, an architect of modern tech culture, asks: How do we prioritize maintenance? And why? But it doesn’t quite have the answers.
Discipline Unlocks Creative Freedom: 10 Essential Writing Tips
“Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.” 10 tips on writing (which apply to most of life) from one of our civilization's greatest living writers https://t.co/3jrGv2wAs4
Exploring Economic Forces in Planet Money’s New Book
NEW ODD LOTS - THE PLANET MONEY/ODD LOTS CROSSOVER EPISODE @TheStalwart & I speak with @planetmoney's @mdc and contributor Alex Mayassi about their new book "Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life" https://t.co/no4aqQgefa
Gabriel García Márquez's 24 Books That Shaped His Vision
“Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.” Remembering Gabriel García Márquez, who left us 12 years ago today, with the formative reading list of 24 books that shaped...
Celebrating Science: Discussing #ScienceUnderSiege with Neil Tyson
After so many dark months of countering RFK Jr and the ACIP/HHS/Children’s Health Offense pseudoscience disinformation campaign it was a real joy to spend an evening with @neiltyson discuss our book #ScienceUnderSiege @MichaelEMann @PeterHotez https://t.co/49e3hC7bSz
Turn Harsh Reviews Into Growth Opportunities
Author colleagues, let’s talk negative reviews. No matter where you are in your author journey, you will or have already gotten horrible reviews. Not just ones that rip your book to shreds but also you as a person - I’ve...
Folio Society Announces Southern Reach Novel Editions
Thrilled to tell you that there will be Folio Society editions of the Southern Reach novels.
Following the Heart Created an Endless Netgalley Queue
Ooopsies I requested with my heart and not my head and now my Netgalley list feels infinite.
Predicting the Future: My Book Foretold the Age of Context
I wrote a book called “The Age of Context” long ago. https://t.co/dZ8MrwtXZb Glad to see I was so far ahead of the times.
Essential Guide to Teen Health and Wellness
Looking for some springtime reading? This book will help Teens and Families learn the basics of healthy living, including stress resilience, physical activity, nutrition, sleep, social connections+avoidance of risky substances. https://t.co/jy8QN5MoLT #Health #lifestylemedicine https://t.co/xYrXlnqibA
Magazines Are Dying, My Elegy in “Magazine”
Condé deflates. Magazines, like mass media, continue to shrink into oblivion. I wrote my ellegy to the form in my book, Magazine. https://t.co/nj7CYBv3sJ https://t.co/21DANhsSp2
Famous Writers Began As
Every author you love was once an unpublished writer who had no idea if their story was good enough. They faced the same self-doubt, the same fear of rejection, the same moments of wanting to give up. Here are 5 stories from...
Culture, Not Features, Is the New Competitive Edge
This #book is strategic, practical, outcome-driven. It's for #leaders who know that the next competitive battleground isn’t product features or channels; it’s the #culture that enables consistent, differentiated #customerexperience. BUILT TO WIN https://t.co/B6gAp2EDZ3 https://t.co/hGBtGpwDUO
8 Simple Ways to Amplify This Climate Book
Want to help this climate solutions book find the humans who need it? Want to help it make all the good ripples it can make? Swipe for 8 ways you can help this book flourish. 💫
Seeking Bookstore & Event Spaces for Summer Tour
My publisher and I have started mapping out my summer book tour and I would love to connect with you if you manage a bookstore, yoga studio or other event space. I'm also open to a beautiful park, botanical garden...
Independent Bookstores Surge 70% Since 2020
Amazing News: The number of independent bookstores in the U.S. has grown by 70% since 2020. In 2025 alone, 422 new bookstores opened, according to the American Booksellers Association. The world is healing. https://t.co/i86javiKVk
First Book Signing Marks Hard Work Paying Off
Stoked to be signing my new book for the first time in the field. All my hard work is finally paying off. Thanks to @andystumpf212 for his small contribution in writing the afterward… DROWNPROOF. Get it now.
Spring Sale: 40% Off Signed Books Now
Spring sale. 🌼🌷Doing a 40% off sale of my signed books, so if you've been waiting for that now's the time. https://www.ebay.ca/str/lunamorena
Grandmothers Hunt for Dictatorship‑Stolen Grandchildren
When Haley Cohen Gilliland first learned about Argentina’s abuelas, she was stunned—grandmothers searching for grandchildren stolen during a dictatorship 😳 She tells their story in this episode and her new book A Flower Traveled in My Blood 📖https://bit.ly/haleygrandmothers
Adult Reading Rates Slip, Audiobooks Slightly Offset Decline
What is the state of reading? Here are 7 stats that may surprise you: 1) Roughly 60% of all adults reported reading a book in 1982. Now that number is down to around 49%. 2) When audiobooks are included in the definition of...
New Book Targets Fresh Business Hunters, Cuts Fluff
The Anti-Fluff Manual: Why My New Book is Only for New Business Hunters by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/aRvIFwO3qi @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Marketing #Leadership #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess https://t.co/g4c4Chkxvp
Start Money Talks with One Sketch and the Question Why
It’s been about six months since my latest book, Your Money, came out. https://t.co/nY9xV2TQUr I’ve been thinking about what success looks like. For me, it’s not sales or rankings. 💥 It’s conversations. I’ve heard from readers using the book in ways I...
Finish Your Memoir Even When You Want to Quit
"Reliving my dark, dramatic coming of age story all over again—in a kind of high-speed time-lapse—got my scoliosis spine all flared up. ... So, for the sake of my health, I shelved it." That's when Anne Pellicciotto's writers group asked her,...
Walzer
Michael Walzer's book "Just and Unjust Wars" is a great walk-through of the concept. Read it at my Catholic school in a course taught by a pries, fwiw
Certain Books Reshape You Into a Single Trait
Some books need to come with a "This is going to be your only personality trait when you finish it" warning.
15‑Year Digital Friendship Turns Real Over Coffee
Over 15 years in the making Today was a special one. I finally sat down for a coffee in London with the wonderful Pernille Korzon Dünweber Pernille and I have known each other since before I published my very first book, yet...
Free 1,500‑page Quantum Tech Bible, Updated Daily
Ok I have a new update for which book to read if you want to really understand quantum technology. CON: it's 1,524 pages and updated like, daily? PRO: it's free. No email required. No paywall. Just download the PDF. Olivier Ezratty...
Do Published Authors Regret Writing Their Books?
This a question for my published author friends. I’m trying to answer a big philosophical question. Now that you’ve published the book & it’s out in the world, do you ever regret having written it? If you can, answer in...
Collaborating on SafalNiveshak’s New Book: Learning From Investors
Great new book from @safalniveshak I enjoyed contributing to it and also learning from the investors in the book. https://t.co/j4dPOBFluj
Exploring “The Photographer’s Eye” And Essential Photo Concepts
A New Episode of Beyond the Lens is now LIVE ⚡️ 114. Books that Matter: John Szarcowski and ‘The Photographer’s Eye’ — The Thing Itself, The Detail, The Frame, Time, and Vantage Point Listen on Apple...
AI Paranoia Exposes Publishing’s Quantity‑Over‑Quality Culture
I wrote about how AI in book publishing is a labor issue. "AI paranoia is a symptom of a larger problem: a corporate culture that values quantity over quality, quick output over the very human labor of poring over a...
Kids Carrying Books Signal a Seismic Literacy Shift
cant find words for the number of kids i see walking with a book in there hand. its not world according to garp but a seismic turn
AI Floods Book Market, Threatening Human Authorship
AI is starting to reshape the book market at scale. Thousands of AI-written or AI-polished books are now being sold, raising concerns about quality, originality and the erosion of human authorship. It feels familiar. What was once a dystopian idea is quietly...
Masa: Overrated Investor, Underrated Operator, Relentless Comeback
Just finished the Masa Son biography, Gambling Man, by Lionel Barber. Worth the read for some of the details: the sections on Wework and the vision fund, in particular, are absolutely insane. Hard to know what to make of Masa...
Why Great Memoirs Click—And Two Buzzers Miss
I read a lot of memoirs. This is an excellent discussion on what makes memoirs work, and why two of the buzzier ones at the moment haven’t quite clicked.
Finding What to Want Is Life’s Greatest Challenge
The hardest thing in life isn't getting what you want but knowing what to want. Fantastic read on the challenge of it and the courage to change your mind: https://t.co/rS0x9ZvPSA
Big Names Trump Diverse Voices in Reader Engagement
Back when I was reviewing for the Washington Post my co-writer and I coined what we called the Stephen King Random Moment. We could see that whenever we didn't mention a famous writer (like Stephen King) and we focused...
Excited for Nick Harkaway’s Karla’s Choice Sequel
I received “Karla’s Choice,” which is an irresistible treat for fans of John le Carré, it’s said to begin right after my beloved novel “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.” Thank you very much. The one who carried...