The shelves
Books we
believe in.
Browse our curated collections — each shelf is built around a sensibility, not a genre. Expect crossings.
Shelves
Our Books
Pick a shelf and browse. Up to 24 staff-chosen titles per collection.
The Examined Life
1989
Ways of Seeing
1972
Meditations
180 CE
The Human Condition
1958
Fear and Trembling
1843
The Story of Art
1950
Pictures and Tears
2001
Art & Fear
1993
On Photography
1977
Seeing Like an Artist
2011
The Fire Next Time
1963
This Bridge Called My Back
1981
Braiding Sweetgrass
2013
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
1968
Sister Outsider
1984
Housekeeping
1980
Remainder
2005
The Buried Giant
2015
Flights
2007
Giovanni's Room
1956
Ariel
1965
Native Guard
2006
Citizen
2014
The Collected Poems
1971