Daily Books: 380 books

Creativity Inc.: by Ed Catmull | Conversation Starters Ed Catmull, President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, shares his perspective on creativity and business in his first book, Creativity, Inc. This is the first book to show the inner workings of Pixar Animation as well. In this...

One Hundred Years of Solitude: by Gabriel Garcia Márquez | Conversation Starters One Hundred Years of Solitude was released by author Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1967. One Hundred Years of Solitude is considered to be a work of magical realism that uses symbolism to represent the history and...

Americanah: by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Conversation Starters Americanah, speaking of race issues in the United States, through the eyes of the protagonist, Ifemelu. It also shows some insight into the problems of immigrants and racial issues in the United Kingdom through the eyes of Ifemelu’s...

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harperperennial Modern Classics) by Harper Lee | Conversation Starters Discussing race from the viewpoint of a white family in the Deep South mired in racial politics, To Kill a Mockingbird is a bold novel that swept through the country for decades since release. The...

Being Mortal: by Atul Gawande | Conversation Starters Being Mortal, Atul Gawande's latest medical book, tackles the difficult task of talking about topics of mortality and death. Gawande presents readers with his own experiences observing people in end-of-life care. He shows readers what end-of-life...

What She Left Behind: by Ellen Marie Wiseman | Conversation Starters The history of mental illness is a dreary and shocking one. Even today we have little understanding of many types of mental illnesses, and some of them have yet to be diagnosed, let alone cured. However, the past of mental...

Euphoria: by Lily King | Conversation Starters Euphoria explores the love lives and careers of three anthropologists. Nell Stone and Schuyler Fenwick are married. Andrew Bankson meets them on their journey and helps them explore one of the tribes that he knew from his travels. The three become...

Trail of Broken Wings: by Sejal Badani | Conversation Starters Trail of Broken Wings is the debut novel of Sejal Badani, an American of Indian origin. The novel deals with child abuse and how it affects everyone in the family. Brent, the main character, moves from India to the U.S. to give...

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: by Jan-Philipp Sendker | Conversation Starters Julia is baffled by her father’s mysterious disappearance from his life in New York City—until the day she finds a love letter that he had written to a Burmese woman. Desperate for answers, she puts everything...

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Taleb | Conversation Starters Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life, Nassim Taleb’s newest book, goes against the grain when it comes to beliefs about religion, politics, finance, risks, rewards and personal responsibility....

The Aviator's Wife: by Melanie Benjamin | Conversation Starters The Aviator’s Wife is the fictional biography of Anne Morrow, wife of Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator. Anne’s father was a diplomat stationed in Mexico and had invited Charles to spend Christmas with them to further Mexican...

A Spool of Blue Thread: A Novel by Anne Tyler | Conversation Starters A Spool of Blue Thread features a typical family settled for a couple of generations in a house built by their grandfather. While they appear to be happy and united to outsiders, cracks gradually develop in the unity of the...

The Last Anniversary: by Liane Moriarty | Conversation Starters When Sophie receives a visit from her ex-boyfriend, Thomas, she is rather nervous. But it turns out that she has been left a house in his Aunt Connie’s will. Sophie is thrilled because the house was located on Scribble Gum Island,...

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: by Marie Kondo | Conversation Starters In our materialistic age, decluttering is essential, and Marie Kondo teaches how to do so to perfection. Having researched organizing and tidying homes and offices for years, Kondo today is a consultant who helps...