Five Books: Stephen King’s Inspiration, Classic French Literature, Powerful Philosophy, and More!

Thousands of people trust me to bring them the absolute best book recommendations I can each week, but there’s only so much that I can fit into one email without overwhelming people!

So, what I’ve been doing is publishing the “long” version of those emails here, and sending the short version to my email subscribers, same as always.

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Today we’re taking a look at:

1 — Slouching Toward Bethlehem, by Joan Didion

2 — I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson

3 — Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert

4 — Think Like a Monk, by Jay Shetty

5 — Beyond the Outsider, by Colin Wilson

A short summary of each book is below, along with some of the best notes that I’ve personally taken from them.

And as always, the rest of my notes and summaries for the 1,000+ books that I’ve…