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Effective Altruism: How to do good in a world that’s not (at least a lot of the time)

Hosted by emmy_award

Effective altruism (EA) is about doing as much good much as you can. Clarifying how to do this is really difficult, but we’re making progress. And there are many outstanding ways to help. In fact, you can do much more good than you might realiz...

17 prompts | 22 participants | 246 books added

Commi 101, leftist reading from the 1700s to today

Hosted by emmy_award

Classic and modern foundational texts for leftists, communists, and other anti-capitalist scum

14 prompts | 70 participants | 258 books added

Penguin Pocket Philosophy Hardbacks

Hosted by readmedo

"A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithWorld-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Cora...

15 prompts | 20 participants | 19 books added

Memoir Challenge

Hosted by itssky17

Take your time reading all kinds of memoirs from all kinds of people

16 prompts | 54 participants | 319 books added

Books About Death

Hosted by itssky17

Death and how it's handled intrigues me, so I've decided to make this challenge as a way for other people like me (or those just curious) to further their knowledge. From funerals and morticians to medical examiners and autopsies, this list wil...

31 prompts | 28 participants | 31 books added