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Aaron T. Beck

Adam Silvera

Since bursting onto the YA scene in 2015 with *More Happy Than Not*, **#1 New York Times bestselling author** Adam Silvera has become one of young adult literature's most emotionally resonant voices.

Adam Smith

Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment.

Adele Faber

Adele Faber was an American author.

Admiral William H. McRaven

During thirty-seven distinguished years as a Navy SEAL, Admiral William H. McRaven commanded at every level of special operations, culminating a military career that took him from the most dangerous missions around the globe to the highest echelons of national security leadership.

Adrian Holt

Aeon J. Skoble

Aisling Rawle

The Compound is a 2025 dystopian novel by Irish author Aisling Rawle.

Al Pacino

Al Pacino is the author of *Sonny Boy* (2024), a memoir whose title draws from the Al Jolson song that gave him his nickname. The book opens in 1943, when Pacino was three years old and his mother Rose, a factory worker, began sneaking him into local picture houses. It chronicles a postwar South Bronx childhood and his lifelong relationship with acting.

Alain De Botton

Albert Podell

Albert Podell was an American magazine editor and writer, advertising executive, trial attorney, and documentary film producer and director.

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher.

Alex Haley

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

Alex Michaelides

Alex Michaelides is a bestselling British Cypriot author and screenwriter.

Alex North

Alex North was born in Leeds, England, where he continues to live with his wife and son. He is an award-winning and best-selling crime fiction author, known for works such as *The Whisper Man*.

Alex Strathdee

Alex Strathdee is the founder of Shelf Life (formerly Advanced Amazon Ads), a company he started at age 22, growing it into a million-dollar business with 17 employees and a 90% employee retention rate. Based in the San Diego area and educated at Virginia Tech, he hosts the *Before the Bestseller* podcast and authored *Before the Bestseller*, a guide to book sales and audience building.

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Constitution, and founder of the nation's financial system. He co-wrote the 85 Federalist Papers essays (under the pseudonym "Publius") with James Madison and John Jay between October 1787 and May 1788, and published early political writings including *A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress* and *The Farmer Refuted*.

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino

Alexandra Stein

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright..

Alexis de Tocqueville

French aristocrat and political thinker Alexis Charles Henri de Tocqueville transformed how the world understood democracy through his keen observations of 19th-century America.

Alice Duer Miller

Alice Duer Miller was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion.

Alice Feeney

Alice Feeney is a British novelist and former journalist, writing in the mystery and thriller genres..

Alice Steinbach

Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist.

Allegra Goodman

Allegra Goodman is an American writer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts..

Allen Levi

Allen Levi is an American writer.

Allyson J. Weseley Ed. D.

Alwyn Cosgrove

Alwyn Cosgrove is the co-author of the New Rules of Lifting book series, including The New Rules of Lifting for Women, co-written with Lou Schuler and Cassandra Forsythe. He co-owns one of the most successful training gyms in America, coaches fitness business owners, serves as a Nike consultant, and is a top presenter for Perform Better.

Amber V. Nicole

Amelia Hart

Amelia Hart is a book author whose works include *The Let Me Theory: Unlocking the Courage to Live Life on Your Terms*, *Whispers of Kindness: 7 Short Stories of Compassion, Courage, and Connection*, *The Seduction of Suzanne*, *The Virgin's Auction*, and *Effective Parenting of Children*.

America's Test Kitchen

America's Test Kitchen is a multimedia culinary brand encompassing television shows, magazines, and cookbooks. It was co-founded by Christopher Kimball, who served as its editor, publisher, and television host from its inception through 2016. The brand publishes comprehensive cookbooks, such as *The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook*, and produces the public television show of the same name, as well as *Cook's Country*.

American Psychological Association

Ancius Boethius

Andrew J. Schiff

Andrew J. Schiff is an author best known for co-writing *How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes* (2010) with Peter D. Schiff, on which he also served as a narrator for the audiobook edition. He is additionally the author of *The Father of Baseball: A Biography of Henry Chadwick*.

Andrew Lenti

Andrew Lenti is the author of The Intrapreneur's Playbook (independently published, 254 pages), a step-by-step guide for professionals looking to drive change from within their organizations. He brings more than 20 years of experience optimizing organizations and is Co-Founder and CEO of TOPP Tactical Intelligence. In 2015, he left a 15-year career in financial services across six European countries and the U.S. to pursue his passion for continuous improvement.

Andy Murray

Andy Murray (born 1987) is a British tennis player and author best known for winning Wimbledon on 7 July 2013, becoming the first British man to lift the trophy in 77 years. He co-authored *Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory* with award-winning journalist Mark Hodgkinson, offering a personal journey through his career and historic victory.

Andy Weir

Andy Weir is an American novelist.

Angelin Borsics

Angelin Borsics is a New York-based editor and co-author of *Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves* (Potter Style, 2015) with Emily Henderson. She has held roles at Penguin Random House, West Elm, and Potter Style/Crown Publishing Group, and was promoted to Senior Editor at Clarkson Potter in 2019.

Angie Thomas

Born and raised in Mississippi before making Atlanta her home, **Angie Thomas** burst onto the literary scene with her groundbreaking debut *The Hate U Give* in 2017.

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian.

Anthony Wright

Arden Moore

Ariel Lawhon

Arthur Conan Doyle

Born in Edinburgh in 1859, **Sir Arthur Conan Doyle** transformed from a struggling physician into one of literature's most celebrated storytellers.

Ashley Elston

Ashley Elston holds a liberal arts degree from Louisiana State University in Shreveport and worked for many years as a wedding photographer before turning to writing. She lives in Louisiana with her husband and three sons. The author of six young adult novels, her adult debut, First Lie Wins, is a Reese's Book Club pick and a New York Times bestseller.

Atlas Britton

August Nemo

Captain Nemo is a character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905).

Barbara Heidenreich

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman was an American historian, journalist and author.

Barry Hoffner

Barry Hoffner is the author of Belonging to the World, a memoir chronicling his journey to every country on Earth. After earning his MBA from Columbia University, he worked in investment banking globally before a midcareer sabbatical transformed his path. He is also the founder and executive director of Caravan to Class, a nonprofit that builds schools in Mali, Africa, and is the father of two sons.

Becky Albertalli

Rebecca Albertalli is an American author of young adult fiction and former psychologist.

Bella May

Belle Burden

Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich is an American author. He has written well-known non-fiction books, including The Accidental Billionaires and The Antisocial Network, which have been turned into the films The Social Network and Dumb Money, respectively.

Benjamin Graham

Benjamin Graham was an English-American financial analyst, economist, accountant, investor and professor.

Bertrand Russell

Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk is a Boston-based Dutch-American psychiatrist, author, researcher and educator.

Better Homes

Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker is not a real person but a fictional character created in 1921 by the Washburn-Crosby Company, a flour milling business that later became General Mills. Developed as part of an advertising campaign, the name became one of the most recognized brands in America. The Betty Crocker Cookbook was first published on September 8, 1950, with an initial print run of 950,000 copies.

Bill Bryson

William McGuire Bryson is an American journalist and author who was naturalized as a British citizen in 2014.

Blake Crouch

Born in North Carolina in 1978, **bestselling novelist and screenwriter** Blake Crouch has become one of contemporary fiction's most compelling voices in speculative thriller territory.

Bob Spitz

Bob Spitz is an American journalist and author best known for biographies of major cultural figures, including Reagan: An American Journey, the New York Times bestsellers The Beatles: The Biography and Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, as well as books about Bob Dylan and the Woodstock festival..

Bob Woodward

Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist.

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Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Winn Sanderson is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books.

Brant Huddleston

Brant Huddleston is an author focused on helping people thrive in the second half of life. His varied background includes stints as a rock & roll guitarist, classic car restoration mechanic, tropical fish tank cleaner, and sales professional. He is the founder of Danbra LLC and co-authored the travel memoir *Far and Wild* with Fabiana Capuano.

Brenda Davies

Brenda Ethel Davies was an Australian actress and stage manager.

Brené Brown

Casandra Brené Brown is an American academic and podcaster who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business in the University of Texas at Austin..

Brianna Wiest

Brianna Wiest is an internationally bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies and regularly appear on global bestseller lists. Her titles include 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, The Mountain Is You, The Pivot Year, When You're Ready This Is How You Heal, Salt Water, Ceremony, and more. She has over one million followers on Instagram.

Buck Levin

Burton G. Malkiel

Burton Gordon Malkiel is an American economist, financial executive, and writer most noted for his classic finance book A Random Walk Down Wall Street..

C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.

Calley Means

Calley Means (born September 28, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and author. A prominent figure in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, he co-authored the 2024 book *Good Energy* alongside his sister, Dr. Casey Means, which explores the connection between metabolism and health. Since 2025, he has served as a senior advisor for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Captivating History

The sources provide very little verifiable biographical detail about "Captivating History" as an author. The Waterstones page confirms the name is associated with history-focused books (e.g., on Charlemagne and the Romanovs), and the Captivating History website lists Matt Clayton as an associated author, but no further biographical details are supported by the retrieved sources.

Carl Bernstein

Carl Milton Bernstein is an American investigative journalist and author.

Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, and science communicator born in Brooklyn, New York. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, he later moved to Cornell, where he held the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy position. He authored works including *The Demon-Haunted World* (1995), aiming to explain the scientific method to general audiences.

Carl Trueman

Carl R. Trueman holds an MA from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen. He formerly served on faculty at the Universities of Nottingham and Aberdeen and Westminster Theological Seminary (PA), and is a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. His books include The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, The Creedal Imperative, and The Desecration of Man.

Carol S. Dweck

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is an American psychologist and author best known for her research on mindset, motivation, and success. She coined the term "growth mindset" and brought it mainstream with her 2006 book *Mindset: The New Psychology of Success*. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities, has lectured worldwide, and is married to David Goldman, a national theatre director and founder of the National Center for New Plays at Stanford.

Caroline Chambers

Caroline Chambers is a New York Times bestselling cookbook author, recipe developer, and culinary expert based in Carmel Valley, California. She grew up cooking in her mother's kitchen in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began her professional food career in her early twenties as a chef and caterer. She is also a popular Substack recipe developer and author of titles including *Just Married: A Cookbook for Newlyweds* (Chronicle, 2018).

Casey Means MD

Paula Casey Means, known as Casey Means, is an American wellness influencer, author, and former physician..

Cassandra Aarssen

Cassandra Aarssen is a professional organizer, author, and television personality best known as the founder of ClutterBug, a home-organizing business and YouTube channel reaching over 500,000 families worldwide. She is also recognized as the host of HGTV's *Hot Mess House* and has authored books including *The Declutter Challenge* and *Real Life Organizing*.

Cassandra Forsythe

Catherine Steadman

Catherine Steadman is a British actress and author..

Cecil Murphey

Cecil "Cec" Murphey is an American writer, whose books are in categories such as nonfiction, biography, caregiving, memoir, fiction, and inspirational.

Charles Burck

Charles Burck is a writer and editor who collaborated with Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan on *Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done*, published by Crown Business.

Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg is an American journalist and non-fiction author.

Charles Yu

Charles Chowkai Yu is an American writer and lawyer.

Chelsea Monroe-Cassel

Chelsea Monroe-Cassel is an author specializing in fantasy and pop-culture cookbooks. She is the coauthor of A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook and the author of titles including World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook, Hearthstone: Innkeeper's Tavern Cookbook, The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook, and The Star Trek Cookbook, among others.

Cheryl Strayed

Chris Colfer

Christopher Paul Colfer is an American actor, singer, and author.

Chris Woods

Christina Spangler

Christine Assouad

Christine Assouad is a serial entrepreneur with 28 years of experience across food, beverage, retail, investment, and leadership. She is the founder of Dunkin' Lebanon and Semsom, head of The Catalyst of Growth, a judge on Shark Tank Lebanon, and a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO). Her published book, *The Power to Say Yes*, draws on her mentorship of over 3,700 women across the Middle East and beyond.

Christopher Buehlman

Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, Christopher Buehlman has carved out a distinctive niche as a master of literary horror who brings an uncommon depth to the genre.

Christopher McDougall

Christopher McDougall is an American author and journalist.

Christy Lefteri

Christy George Lefteri is an English novelist and lecturer at Brunel University London.

Claire Lombardo

From the suburbs of Oak Park, Illinois, **New York Times bestselling author** Claire Lombardo burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut *The Most Fun We Ever Had* in 2019.

Clayton M. Christensen

Clayton M. Christensen (1952–2020) was a Harvard Business School professor and one of the most influential thinkers in business and innovation. He authored the bestselling *The Innovator's Dilemma* and co-founded multiple ventures, including Rose Park Advisors, Innosight, and CPS Technologies. He was also a founder of the Jobs to Be Done development methodology.

Clea Shearer

Clea Shearer (born February 1, 1982) is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of The Home Edit, a home organization and lifestyle brand. She is the co-host of the Netflix series *Get Organized with The Home Edit* and ABC's revival of *Extreme Makeover: Home Edition*. Shearer attended the Parsons School of Design and has co-authored books on home organization with partner Joanna Teplin.

Coco Mellors

Coco Mellors is a British writer known for her work in fiction and various writing roles, including copywriting, journalism, and scriptwriting.

Coloring Zone Press House

Coloring Zone Press House is the publisher and author behind "Christmas Coloring And Activity Book For Kids: 50 Christmas Coloring Pages for Kids," a children's activity book designed to engage young readers with festive illustrations and interactive cont

D S Getson

D. K. Publishing

D. M. Christensen

D. S. Marsh

Dalai Lama

Dan Abnett

Dan Buettner

Dan Buettner is an American writer, cookbook author, longevity researcher and public speaker, best known for his research on the Blue Zones.

Dan Gold

Dan Gold is an author based in Connecticut who writes to celebrate the spirit of sports and the athletes who embody its best values. His book *Game Changers: Inspirational Sports Stories* shares the stories of extraordinary athletes who defied the odds and broke barriers, offering teens inspiring lessons and practical tools to overcome doubt and persevere.

Daniel Gilbert

Daniel Todd Gilbert is an American social psychologist and writer.

Daniel J. Siegel

Daniel J. Siegel is an author known for his work in interpersonal neurobiology. He authored *The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are* (2012) and co-authored *The Whole-Brain Child* with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., offering twelve strategies to foster healthy brain development in children. He is also the Founder and Director of Education of the Mindsight Institute.

Daniel J. Siegel M. D.

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman (March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment, decision-making, and behavioral economics. Born in Tel Aviv, he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics and authored the bestselling popular science book *Thinking, Fast and Slow* (2011), which explores two distinct systems that drive human thought.

Danielle Steel

Born in New York City in 1947, Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel has become a literary phenomenon whose romance novels have captured hearts across the globe.

Daron Acemoglu

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian descent who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993, where he is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, and was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019.

Dav Pilkey

David Murray "Dav" Pilkey Jr.

David A. Clark

David Almond

David John Almond was born May 15, 1951 and is a British author who has written many novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim..

David D. Burns

David Deida

David Deida is an American author who writes about the sexual and spiritual growth of men and women.

David E. Boruchowitz

David Graeber

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia is a book by David Graeber, published posthumously in 2023..

David Hampson

David Macaulay

David Macaulay is a British-born American illustrator and writer.

David McCullough

Born in 1933 and educated at Yale, **David McCullough** transformed American popular history by bringing the past to vivid life through masterful storytelling.

Delia Owens

Delia Owens is an American author, zoologist, and conservationist.

Devney Perry

Shield of Sparrows is a romantic fantasy novel by American author Devney Perry.

Dina Roth Port

DK

Dom Milner

Don Miguel Ruiz

Miguel Ángel Ruiz Macías, better known as Don Miguel Ruiz, is a Mexican author of Toltec spiritual and personal development texts..

Donella H. Meadows

Donella Hager "Dana" Meadows was an American environmental scientist, educator, and writer.

Donna Balon

Donna Balon is a former certified public accountant and tax attorney based in Las Vegas who turned to fiction writing. She is the author of *Sam Time* (Desert Day Press LLC, September 2023), a historical fiction novel about a history professor who befriends Ulysses S. Grant. Inspired during a trip to Colorado's old mining towns, she immersed herself in researching Grant and Victorian customs to bring the story to life.

Donna Tartt

Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and educated at Bennington College, **Pulitzer Prize winner** Donna Tartt has established herself as one of America's most celebrated contemporary novelists.

Dr. David Brunner

Dr. Elena Resilience

Dr. Jason Fung

Peter Daou is a Lebanese-American political activist, musician, and author.

Dr. Marty Becker

Temple is a thriller novel written by Australian author Matthew Reilly and first published in 1999.

Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist.

Dr. Stuart Farrimond

Stuart John George Farrimond was a British science communicator, food scientist for BBC's Inside the Factory, best-selling science author, and brain tumour researcher..

E. B. White

Born Elwyn Brooks White in 1899, this masterful American writer carved out a unique literary legacy that bridged the sophisticated world of *The New Yorker* magazine and the enchanting realm of children's literature.

E. Lockhart

Emily Jenkins, who sometimes uses the pen name E. Lockhart, is an American writer of children's picture books, young adult novels, and adult fiction.

Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle is a German “spiritual teacher” and self-help author.

Ed Yong

Edmund Soon-Weng Yong is a British-American science journalist and author.

Eddie Jaku

Edward Jaku was a survivor of several German concentration camps during World War II who wrote of his wartime experiences after emigrating to Australia.

Edna Lewis

Edward S. Herman

Edward Samuel Herman was an American economist, media scholar and social critic.

Elaine Mazlish

Elaine Mazlish was an American author, parent educator who wrote about helping parents and teachers to communicate better with children..

Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg is an American novelist and former registered nurse.

Elizabeth George Speare

Elizabeth George Speare was an American writer of children's historical fiction, including two Newbery Medal winners, recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".

Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author.

Elle Gray

Elle Gray is a fiction author whose work spans mystery and thriller genres. She is known for the Pax Arrington Mystery series, beginning with *I See You*, which follows private investigator Paxton Arrington. Gray aims to keep readers around the country and the world engaged with her stories.

Ellen Barone

Shari Shattuck is an American actress and author..

Elliot Crane

Elliot Crane is a writer described as a "gentle nonconformist spirit made of pure poetry" who has channeled that creativity into rock music in the USA. By age 27, his life had included time in jail, drug addiction, causing his sister's disability, and estrangement from his father.

Elson M. Haas

Elyse Kopecky

Elyse Kopecky is a nutrition coach, marathoner and the co-author with Shalane Flanagan of three running cookbooks which introduced superhero muffins..

Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë was an English writer best known for her 1847 novel Wuthering Heights.

Emily Gunnis

Emily Henderson

Emily Henderson is the author of *Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves*, co-written with Angelin Borsics, with photography by David Tsay. The book presents her ten steps to styling any space. Henderson is also a winner of HGTV's Design Star, a Target Home spokesperson, and was named to Forbes' 2017 Top Influencers – Home list.

Emily St. John Mandel

Eric Carle

Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books.

Eric Jorgenson

Eric Ries

Eric Ries is an American entrepreneur, blogger, and author of The Lean Startup, a book on the lean startup movement.

Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist.

Ernest Hemingway

Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, **Ernest Hemingway** became one of America's most celebrated and influential writers, transforming both literature and the public's perception of what it meant to be an author.

Evie Woods

Evie Gaughan, who now writes under the pen-name Evie Woods, is an Irish novelist best known for The Lost Bookshop..

F. A. Hayek

This is the chronological list of books by the Austrian school economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek.

Fabiana Capuano

Fabiana Capuano is the author of *Far and Wild: A Travel Memoir* (co-credited with Brant Huddleston). At the age of 27, she left her comfortable small-town life in Italy to embark on a journey of exploration, experiences that form the basis of her memoir.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright.

Francine Rivers

Francine Sandra Rivers is an American author of fiction with Christian themes, including inspirational romance novels.

Francis Fukuyama

Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama is an American political scientist, political economist, and international relations scholar.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career.

Fumitake Koga

Gabor Maté M. D.

Gad Saad

Gad Saad (born 13 October 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Canadian marketing professor at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University. He has argued for applying evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour. He is the bestselling author of *The Parasitic Mind* and *Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind*, and is also known as a writer and producer.

Gail Honeyman

Gail Honeyman is a Scottish writer whose debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, won the 2017 Costa First Novel Award..

Gale Straub

Gale Straub is a podcaster, photographer, and writer who founded and hosts the She Explores podcast, which launched in June 2016 and has released 200+ episodes. She is also a published author, with her book She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Straub got her start in the outdoor and travel space.

Gardens

Gary A. Gallerstein

Gary Gerlacher

Gary KellerJay Papasan

Jay Papasan is an American writer and business executive.

Gene Stone

Gene Stone is an American writer and editor known for his books on animal rights and plant-based food..

George R. R. Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin, also known by the initials GRRM, is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer.

Georgia Hunter

Georgia Hunter is the author of the New York Times best-selling novel We Were the Lucky Ones (2017) and a producer of its Hulu series adaptation. At fifteen, she discovered she came from a family of Holocaust survivors, which inspired years of intensive research to unearth and record her Polish family's remarkable story. She is also a public speaker.

Gerald Durrell

Gerald Malcolm Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter.

Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks is an Australian-American journalist and novelist.

Glen Cordoza

Glennon Doyle

Glennon Doyle is an American author and queer activist known for her books Untamed, Love Warrior, We Can Do Hard Things and Carry On, Warrior.

Graham McNeill

Graham McNeill is a Scottish novelist and video game writer.

Greg Blair

Greg Blair is an author born and raised in Southeastern Ohio, where he has spent most of his life. Writing and storytelling have been passions since childhood, and his work focuses on mixed genres of contemporary science fiction and fantasy for young adults. He is the author of *The Lost Crystals*, Book 1 of the ongoing Dino-Raiders series, and describes himself as a writer, artist, gamer, and fan of all things nerdy.

Gregory Scott

Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Craft Rubin is an American author, blogger and speaker..

H. W. Brands

Born in 1953, **H. W.

HD Ronay

Heather Choate

Heather Choate was born in Littleton, Colorado, and now lives on a farm in a small town in Southern Colorado with her husband and five children. She is currently writing the Way of the Xaltan series, an epic dystopian saga. In her spare time, she chases chickens, tends her garden, and enjoys people-watching.

Henry Hazlitt

Henry Stuart Hazlitt was an American journalist, economist, and philosopher known for his advocacy of free markets and classical liberal principles.

Hernan Diaz

Hernan Diaz is an Argentine and American writer.

HOM CHANTHY

Howard Zinn

Emma is a play by historian and playwright Howard Zinn (1922–2010).

Ichiro Kishimi

Immanuel Kant

Critique of Pure Reason is a book by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in which the author seeks to determine the limits and scope of metaphysics.

Ina Garten

From the halls of the White House Office of Management and Budget to becoming America's most beloved culinary teacher, Ina Garten has built an empire on the simple philosophy that good food brings people together.

India Hayford

Inga Aksamit

Isabel Gillies

Isabel Boyer Gillies is an American author and actress.

Ivi Green

Ivi Green is an author focused on social-emotional learning for teens and tweens. She is known for books including *Life Skills 101: All You Need, But Won't Learn in School*, aimed at sharing overlooked life skills with children and parents, and *Personal Development: 50 Bestsellers in Infographics*, an independently published visual self-help title released in 2022.

Ixta Belfrage

Sydney Henning Belfrage was an English physician and writer.

J. B. Priestley

J. B. West

J. D. Salinger

Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.

J. Gaarder

Gaarder is a Norwegian surname.

J. Kenji López-Alt

James Kenji López-Alt is an American chef and food writer.

J. L. Collins

J. R. R. Tolkien

Jackson Galaxy

Ninth House is a dark fantasy horror novel written by author Leigh Bardugo, published by Flatiron Books in October 2019.

Jackson Ridge

Jacqueline Wilson

Born in 1945, **Dame Jacqueline Wilson** has become one of Britain's most beloved children's authors, fearlessly tackling the real challenges young people face in their daily lives.

James A. Robinson

James Dale Robinson is a British writer of American comic books and screenplays best known for co-creating the character of Starman with Tony Harris and reviving the Justice Society of America in the late 1990s.

James Clear

Born in 1986 and raised in Hamilton, Ohio, **James Clear** has transformed from a college baseball team captain at Denison University into one of America's most influential voices on personal development.

James Gleick

James Gleick is an American author and historian of science whose work has chronicled the cultural impact of modern technology.

James Joyce

James Madison

Charles Aronstein, who wrote under the pen name James Madison, was an American theatre manager, writer and publisher, responsible for writing and publishing the periodical Madison's Budget..

James McBride

James McBride is an American writer and musician.

James Nestor

James Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Outside, Scientific American, Dwell, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Men's Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, and others.

James Sinclair

James Wood Davidson

James Wood Davidson was a United States author..

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century..

Jane Jensen

Jane Jensen is an American video game designer and author.

Janel Laban

Janet Bond Brill

Jared Diamond

Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author.

Jay Abraham

Jay Abraham is an American business executive, conference speaker, and author.

Jay Asher

Jay Asher is an American writer and novelist.

Jean-Philippe Soulé

Jeanna Miller

Jeff Carson

Jeff Fletcher

**Award-winning sports writer and adventurous storyteller** Jeff Fletcher brings a unique dual perspective to the literary world, seamlessly weaving together his passion for baseball and motorcycle travel.

Jeff Kinney

Born in Fort Washington, Maryland in 1971, **#1 New York Times bestselling author** Jeff Kinney transformed children's literature when he brought middle-schooler Greg Heffley to life in his wildly popular *Diary of a Wimpy Kid* series.

Jennette McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy is an American writer and former actress.

Jennie Allen

Jennifer Baggett

Jennifer Baggett is a co-author of *The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World.* She previously held editorial positions at *Self* and *Woman's Day* magazines before serving as a project manager at the Food Network. She collaborated with co-authors Holly C. Corbett and Amanda Pressner on a second book.

Jennifer Grey

Jennifer Grey is best known for her iconic portrayal of Baby in the classic film *Dirty Dancing*, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She also starred in the acclaimed series *Red Oaks* and won season eleven of *Dancing with the Stars*. At 62, she authored *Out of the Corner*, a memoir described as a powerful coming-of-age story about personal evolution.

Jerry Cole

Jessica Irena Smith

Jessica Irena Smith is a County Durham-based novelist with a BA and MA in Glass. Her debut novel, *The Summer She Vanished*, was inspired by her time at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland. She is also the author of the thriller *The Night of the Crash*.

Jessica Lahey

Self-authorship is a stage of adult development where the individual has extended beyond the need to be socialized among their community and has developed their own identity, ideologies, and beliefs which they hold fast to.

Jessica Thompson

Jhumpa Lahiri

Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian..

Jim Clifton

Jim Clifton is the chairman of Gallup, a global analytics and advice firm.

Jim Collins

Jim Harter

Jimmy Carter

Books about and authored by Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States (1977–1981)..

Jimmy Moore

Joanna Gaines

Joanna Lee Stevens Gaines is an American interior designer, television personality, and author.

Joanna Teplin

Joanna Teplin is an American entrepreneur, co-founder of the home organization company The Home Edit, co-host of the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home Edit and co-host of ABC's upcoming revival of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Joe Dominguez

Joe Dominguez (1938–1997) was a Wall Street financial analyst who retired at age 31 by following a nine-step program of his own devising. A pioneering figure in the Voluntary Simplicity movement, he urged Americans to save money and reduce consumption. He co-wrote the influential book Your Money or Your Life with his partner Vicki Robin, and died of cancer in January 1997.

John Boyne

John Boyne is an Irish novelist and writer.

John Bradshaw

John Elliot Bradshaw was an American educator, counselor, motivational speaker, and author who hosted a number of PBS television programs on topics such as addiction, recovery, codependency, and spirituality.

John Fante

John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.

John Green

John Michael Green is an American author and YouTuber.

John Jay

John Jay (1745–1829) was a co-author of *The Federalist Papers* alongside Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, contributing five of the collection's eighty-five essays written under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote ratification of the U.S. Constitution. A proponent of strong, centralized government, he worked to ratify the Constitution in New York in 1788 and was recognized for his courage, zeal, and abilities as a writer.

John Milton

John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant.

John Seidensticker

The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature said to have been written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century.

John Teasdale

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn (born June 5, 1944) is an American professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, scientist, writer, and meditation teacher. He is the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). His books include *Full Catastrophe Living* (1990) and *Wherever You Go, There You Are*, among others.

Jonathan Balcombe

Jonathan Balcombe is an ethologist and author.

Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan David Haidt is an American social psychologist and author.

Jonathan Rosen

Jonathan Rosen is an American author and editor..

Jorge Gaviria

Jorge Gaviria is the founder and CEO of Masienda, a company dedicated to sourcing heirloom corn from small Mexican farms. He is the James Beard Award-winning and bestselling author of *Masa*, a cookbook exploring the history, science, and techniques behind masa. Based in Los Angeles, he studied at New York University and has been recognized by Forbes as a food entrepreneur.

Joseph Murphy

Joseph Denis Murphy was an Irish writer and New Thought minister, ordained in Divine Science and Religious Science.

Josh Kaufman

Josh Kaufman is a bestselling author of books on business, entrepreneurship, skill acquisition, applied psychology, and practical wisdom. He has authored two international bestsellers — The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business and The First 20 Hours — with over 1.5 million copies sold worldwide. Amazon.com has ranked him the #1 bestselling author in Business & Money.

Joshua Becker

Joshua Becker is an American author, writer, and philanthropist..

Josiah Brooks

Josiah Brooks is an Australian illustrator, YouTuber, and entrepreneur known online as "Draw With Jazza." He is the author of *Draw With Jazza – Creating Characters: Fun and Easy Guide to Drawing Cartoons and Comics*, in which he breaks down an easy-to-follow method for inventing and drawing original characters across genres such as sci-fi, steampunk, and comics.

Josie Grand

Lady Killer is a 2015-2016 comic book series written by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S.

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Juggernaut

Julia Barnard

Julia Barnard is an author whose works include *New Decorator* (DK Living) and *La décoration aujourd'hui : confort et bien-être dans la maison*. She has also contributed writing to UNC Research Stories, the online magazine of research and creative activity published by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Julia Cameron

Julia Child

Julia Carolyn Child was an American chef, author, and television personality.

Julia Donaldson

Julia Catherine Donaldson is an English writer and playwright, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate.

Julius Spes

K. L. Walther

Born and raised in the rolling hills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, K. L.

Karen Mordechai

Karl Wiedermann

Katariina Rosenblatt PhD

Kate Benjamin

Kate Benjamin is the founder of the popular cat style blog Hauspanther.com, where she specializes in helping people live stylishly with cats by providing product information and interior design tips. She is the co-author, alongside Jackson Galaxy, of the New York Times bestselling book Catification, published by Penguin Random House, which guides readers in designing cat-friendly homes.

Kate Fletcher

Katerina Schneider

Katherine Paterson

Katherine Paterson is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia (1977), which won the Newbery Medal in 1978.

Katherine Poindexter

Katherine Poindexter is the author of a children's adaptation of Disney's Mulan, bringing the animated film's story to young readers. Her retelling captures the tale of the determined young woman who disguises herself as a soldier to take her father's pla

Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is an English author and academic.

Kathleen Glasgow

Kathleen Glasgow is an American New York Times-bestselling author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling novel Girl in Pieces..

Kazuo Ishiguro

Born in Nagasaki and raised in Britain from the age of five, **Sir Kazuo Ishiguro** has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.

Kelly Starrett

Kelly Starrett is a physical therapist, author, speaker and CrossFit trainer.

Kerri Maniscalco

Kerri Maniscalco is the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author born and raised in the Hudson Valley of New York, who grew up in a semi-haunted house outside NYC. She is known for the gothic thriller Stalking Jack the Ripper quartet, the Kingdom of the Wicked fantasy romance trilogy, and her adult fantasy romance Prince of Sin series. She was raised to love reading by parents who took her to libraries and bookstores every weekend.

Kevin Cover

Kevin Fedarko

Kevin Fedarko is an author and journalist who has spent the past twenty years writing about conservation, exploration, and the Grand Canyon. He studied at Columbia University and Oxford, and has worked as a staff writer at Time (primarily on the foreign affairs desk) and a senior editor at Outside. He has also written for Esquire, National Geographic, and The New York Times, and is the author of The Emerald Mile and A Walk in the Park.

Kevin Shawen

Kevin St. Clergy

Kim Schilling

Kim Scott

Kim Scott is an Australian novelist of Aboriginal Australian ancestry.

Kip Thorne

Kristin Hannah

Born in 1960, **Kristin Hannah** has become one of America's most beloved contemporary novelists, captivating millions of readers with her emotionally powerful storytelling.

Kristin Neff

Kristina McMorris

Kristina McMorris is an American author of several New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling books and a former actress.

Kunitsa Co

Kylie Sakaida

Kylie Sakaida is a registered dietitian, content creator, and New York Times bestselling author of *So Easy So Good*, an instant bestseller featured on the Today Show. She shares nutrition tips, tricks, and advice through her popular TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube accounts under the handle @NutritionbyKylie.

Larry Bossidy

Lawrence Arthur Bossidy was an American businessman and author.

Larry Carbone

Laura Dave

Laura Dave is an American novelist.

Laura Griffin

Laura Griffin is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling American author of romantic suspense.

Laura Kamoie

Laura Croghan Kamoie is an American historian and author.

Laura Lynne Jackson

Laura Lynne Jackson is an international speaker, teacher, and psychic medium certified with the Windbridge Research Center and the Forever Family Foundation. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe and The Light Between Us. She lives on Long Island with her husband and their three children.

Laura Nowlin

Laura Nowlin is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel If He Had Been with Me, as well as If Only I Had Told Her and This Song Is (Not) for You. She holds a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Missouri State University and lives in St. Louis.

Laura Russom

Poetry is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Born in 1961, **Laurie Halse Anderson** has become one of the most influential voices in young adult literature, fearlessly addressing the difficult realities that teenagers face.

Laurie Woolever

Laurie Woolever is a writer, editor, public speaker, and former cook. A graduate of Cornell University and the French Culinary Institute, she spent nearly a decade as assistant to Anthony Bourdain, with whom she co-authored the cookbooks Appetites and World Travel. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography and the memoir Care and Feeding, and has written for the New York Times, GQ, Food & Wine, Vogue, and Rolling Stone.

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Lenny Flank Jr.

Lenny Flank Jr. is the author of at least five books on reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates, including *Turtle: Your Happy Healthy Pet* and a guide to tarantula care. He has kept more than 100 different species of reptiles over twenty-five years and has written articles for *Reptiles Magazine* and related publications.

Leo Weston

Leo Weston is the author of *Finding Him, Finding Me*, a memoir exploring love, self-acceptance, and survival set against London's gay pub scene during the height of HIV stigma. The book captures themes of chosen family, laughter, and personal transformation. Weston's writing has been described as authentic, relatable, and uplifting.

Libby Gelman-Waxner

Libby Page

Libby Page is an internationally bestselling author of six novels, with work published in over 20 territories worldwide. She graduated from the London College of Fashion with a BA in fashion journalism and went on to work as a journalist at The Guardian. Her latest novel, This Book Made Me Think of You, was an instant USA Today bestseller. Her second passion, after writing, is outdoor swimming.

Lillian Jacobs

Lillian Jacobs is the author of *Trivia Ultimate Video Game Trivia Challenge*, a self-published paperback series featuring multiple-choice questions on classic and modern games, RPGs, music, and characters.

Lily King

Linda I. Meyers

Linda I. Meyers is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst based in New York City and Princeton, NJ, who trained at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. She has published in professional journals and academic books. *The Tell* is her first published memoir, with two chapters appearing in literary journals in 2016, including "The Flowers," a top-five finalist in the Alligator Juniper contest.

Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr.

Lisa Barrett

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Steele

Lisa Unger

Lisa Unger is an American author of contemporary fiction, primarily psychological thrillers..

Lisa Wingate

Lisa Wingate is an American writer..

Lisa-Marie Presley

Lisa Marie Presley was an American singer-songwriter.

Liz Elting

Liz Elting is a New York-based entrepreneur, philanthropist, and bestselling author. She is the co-founder and co-CEO of TransPerfect, a language and business services company with over $400 million in revenues, and Founder and CEO of The Elizabeth Elting Foundation. She is the author of *Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business*, a Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Liz Marie Galvan

Liz Moore

Liz Moore is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer.

Liz Palika

Liz Palika is an author and dog trainer based in Oceanside, California. An avid reader, she began writing in early childhood and has since written more than 80 books, most of them nonfiction works about dogs and other pets. She is also the founder of Love on a Leash, a nationwide therapy pet certification organization, and has over 25 years of experience teaching dogs and their owners at Kindred Spirits Canine Education Center.

Lo Patrick

Lo Patrick is a former lawyer and current novelist living in the suburbs of Atlanta. Her debut novel, *The Floating Girls*, earned a starred review from *Publishers Weekly*, was a finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, and received a *Reader's Digest* distinction. She is also the author of *Fast Boys and Pretty Girls*.

Lon Chenowith

Lon Chenowith is the author of *Five Million Steps: Faith Adventures along the Appalachian Trail*, a book rooted in a lifelong dream to trek the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. He has served in Christian ministry across four states as a church planter, pastor, and missionary. He and his wife have two sons, a daughter, three grandsons, and a granddaughter, and his family enjoys the outdoors, travel, and international mission work.

Lori Gottlieb

Lori Gottlieb is an American writer and psychotherapist.

Lou Schuler

**Award-winning fitness journalist** Lou Schuler has spent over three decades transforming how people think about strength training and exercise.

Louise Penny

Louise Penny, is a Canadian crime-fiction author, best known for her Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series set in Quebec.

Louisette Bertholle

Louisette Bertholle was a French cooking teacher and writer, best known as one of the three authors of the bestselling cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking..

Love Food

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder, also known as Seneca the Rhetorician, was a Roman writer, born of a wealthy equestrian family of Corduba, Hispania.

Lynn Painter

Lynn Painter is an American contemporary romance author.

Lysa TerKeurst

Lysa TerKeurst is an American speaker and author of Christian non-fiction.

Mai Corland

Mai Corland is a Korean American attorney and writer, born in Seoul and adopted into New York. She studied in Florida at Rollins College and the University of Miami. She is the author of the epic fantasy trilogy beginning with Five Broken Blades, followed by Four Ruined Realms, and the romantasy Verity Guild.

Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X is an autobiography written by Muslim American minister and activist Malcolm X in collaboration with American journalist Alex Haley.

Manjul Tewari

Marah Stets

Marc Cianciolo

Marco Elisei

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius (April 26, 121 CE – March 17, 180 CE) was a Roman Emperor (161–180 CE) born into a wealthy patrician family in Rome. Raised by his mother and paternal grandfather after his father's death, he is best known for his *Meditations*, a series of private writings on Stoic philosophy that remain a key source for understanding ancient Stoicism.

Marcus Pfister

Marcus Pfister is a Swiss author and illustrator of children's picture books..

Margaret H. Bonham

Margaret Bonham (1913–1991) was a British short-story writer born in London.

Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942), both illustrated by Clement Hurd.

Maria Montessori

Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator born in Chiaravalle, Italy, and died in Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Best known for developing the Montessori educational method and her writing on scientific pedagogy, she authored works including *The Montessori Method*, a prolific output that spread her ideas globally across generations of teachers and parents.

Marie Benedict

Heather Benedict Terrell is an American novelist and lawyer who writes some of her novels under the pen name Marie Benedict..

Marie Bostwick

Marie Kondō

Marie Kondo , also known as Konmari (こんまり), is a Japanese organizing consultant, author, and TV presenter..

Marjan Kamali

Marjan Kamali is an Iranian-American novelist and author.

Mark Karlen

Mark Manson

Mark Manson is an American self-help author and blogger..

Mark Rippetoe

Mark Rippetoe is an American strength training coach, author, former powerlifter, and gym owner.

Mark Roberge

Mark Roberge is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he has been a member of the teaching faculty for over a decade, designing and leading courses on sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship. He is also a co-founder and managing director at Stage 2 Capital. Roberge is the author of the bestselling books The Sales Acceleration Formula and The Science of Scaling.

Mark Singleton

Mark Singleton is a scholar and practitioner of yoga.

Mark Stevenson

Mark Stevenson is a London-based British writer, businessman, public speaker and 'reluctant' futurologist, as well as a semi-professional musician and former comedian.

Mark T. Conard

Mark Williams

Clifton Mark Williams is a New Zealand poet, writer, academic, critic, editor of contemporary New Zealand literature.

Mark Windschitl

Markus Zusak

Born in Sydney to German immigrant parents, **Markus Zusak** has become one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices, captivating readers worldwide with his distinctive storytelling.

Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer, and television producer whose career spans seven decades.

Martin Gilbert

**Sir Martin Gilbert** carved out an extraordinary legacy as one of Britain's most prolific and respected historians, authoring an astounding 88 books during his remarkable career.

Mary Alice Monroe

Mary Alice Monroe is an American author known for fiction that explores the parallels between nature and human nature.

Mary Beard

Mary Beard is an English classicist and prolific broadcaster and writer, widely regarded as possibly the most famous classicist alive. Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist." She is the author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (2015), published by Profile Books in the UK and Liveright & Company elsewhere, which appeared on the New York Times hardcover non-fiction bestseller list.

Mary Gorman

Mary Gorman is the author of *The Cockatiel Handbook* (B.E.S. Pet Handbooks), published in 2010. She is also a passionate activist and writer dedicated to raising awareness and protection of Canada's seas and shores.

Mary Kubica

Mary Kubica is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of suspense novels, including The Good Girl, The Other Mrs., and Local Woman Missing. A former high school history teacher, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and American Literature from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over five million copies worldwide. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and two children.

Mary Lynn Kotz

Mary Nhin

Maryanne Vollers

Maryanne Vollers is an American author, journalist and ghostwriter.

Massimo Pigliucci

Matt Haig

Matt Haig is an English author and journalist.

Matt Parker

Matthew Thomas Parker is an Australian recreational mathematician, author, comedian, YouTube personality and science communicator based in the United Kingdom.

Matt Tenney

From prisoner to monk to social entrepreneur, Matt Tenney has traveled an extraordinary path that gives him unique insights into human potential and transformation.

Matthew Bounds

Matthew Brenden Wood

Matthew Brenden Wood is an instructional designer and author of several science books for young readers. A former math and science educator, he is a passionate advocate of STEAM education and outreach. His works include *The Universe: The Big Bang, Black Holes, and Blue Whales*, aimed at readers ages 12 to 15, and he is available for speaking engagements and classroom visits.

Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry was an American-Canadian actor and author. On November 1, 2022, he published *Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing*, a memoir released by Macmillan Publishers (Headline in the UK) with a foreword by Lisa Kudrow, in which he details his struggles with alcoholism and painkiller dependency. Perry passed away on October 28, 2023, a year after the memoir's release.

Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker is a British author, scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley..

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Maureen Callahan

**New York Times bestselling author** Maureen Callahan has built a formidable reputation as one of America's most versatile and incisive voices in contemporary journalism and true crime writing.

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books.

Maurice Walsh

Maurice Walsh was an Irish novelist, now best known for his short story "The Quiet Man", later made into the Oscar-winning film The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.

Maxwell Ryan

**Founder and visionary behind Apartment Therapy**, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan has revolutionized how people think about their living spaces.

Megan Lally

Megan Lally is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of dark and twisty young adult novels, including That's Not My Name. When not writing, she can be found barefoot at the ocean, drinking lavender lattes, or arguing — details she shares in her own author bio.

Mel Lindauer

Mel Robbins

Melanie Lee Robbins is an American author, podcast host, and lawyer..

Melissa Braaten

Melissa Clark

Melissa Clark is an American food writer, cookbook author, and New York Times columnist.

Melissa L. Cook

Dick Weldon Simpson is an American professor, author, politician, activist, political consultant, and filmmaker who formerly served as a Chicago alderman from 1971 through 1979.

Melissa Michaels

Meredith Baird

Michael C. Connolly

Michael Greger

Michael Herschel Greger is an American physician, author, and speaker on public health issues best known for his advocacy of a whole-food, plant-based diet, and his opposition to animal-derived food products.

Michael Greger M. D. FACLM

Michael LeBoeuf

Michael LeBoeuf is an American business author and former management professor at the University of New Orleans..

Michael Lewis

Michael Monroe Lewis is an American author and financial journalist.

Michael Matthews

Michael Moss

Michael Moss is an American journalist, author, and public speaker.

Michael Neiman

Michael Pollan

Michael Kevin Pollan is an American journalist, specializing in food, who is a professor and the first Lewis K.

Mieshelle Nagelschneider

Mieshelle Nagelschneider is an American cat behaviorist, author of the eponymously titled book The Cat Whisperer and founder of The Cat Behavior Clinic in Portland, Oregon..

Mike Weinberg

Carrie is the debut horror novel by American author Stephen King, released in 1974.

Mitch Sebourn

Mo Gawdat

Mohammad Gawdat is an Egyptian author and former technology executive.

Molly Baz

Molly Baz is an American cook, recipe developer, and food writer.

Monks of New Skete

New Skete is the collective term for two Orthodox Christian monastic communities in Cambridge, New York :The Monks of New Skete, a men's monastery founded in 1966, and the Nuns of New Skete, a women's monastery founded in 1969..

Morgan Housel

Myquillyn Smith

Myquillyn Smith, known as "The Nester," is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Welcome Home, Cozy Minimalist Home, and The Nesting Place. A writer, homebody, and self-described "contentment evangelist," she has spent over 15 years encouraging women to embrace their spaces — imperfections and all. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and three sons.

Napoleon Hill

Oliver Napoleon Hill was an American self-help author and con man who is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Born in Lebanon and raised between cultures, **Nassim Nicholas Taleb** brings a uniquely global perspective to his groundbreaking work on uncertainty and risk.

Natalie D. Richards

National Geographic

National Geographic is a globally recognized media and publishing entity operating under the National Geographic Society, founded in 1888. It publishes books spanning a wide range of topics — including science, exploration, and culture — such as *The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works*, which encapsulates centuries of scientific thought across subjects from the universe to mathematics.

Navessa Allen

From aeronautical engineer to romance sensation, Navessa Allen proves that the most captivating journeys often take unexpected turns.

Nelson Mandela

From anti-apartheid revolutionary to **Nobel Peace Prize winner** and South Africa's first Black president, Nelson Mandela transformed from political prisoner to global icon of reconciliation and human dignity.

Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance.

Nick Cutter

Craig Davidson is a Canadian author of short stories and novels, who has published work under both his name and the pen names Patrick Lestewka and Nick Cutter..

Nick DiGiovanni

Nick DiGiovanni is a chef, entrepreneur, and content creator with over 50 million followers across his online platforms. In 2023, he released his debut cookbook, *Knife Drop: Creative Recipes Anyone Can Cook*, which became an instant 6x New York Times Bestseller. He is also the founder of his own pantry ingredient essentials company and has been described as the youngest-ever MasterChef finalist and a Harvard graduate.

Nick Trenton

Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and describes himself as "a farm boy." He earned a BS in Economics before going on to become a prolific author, with titles such as Stop Overthinking and works focused on anxiety, self-regulation, and emotional well-being. He has authored over 30 books, emerging as a writer in the early 2020s.

Nicole Marie

Nicole Marie is the author of After Intelligence: The Hidden Sequence, her debut novel. When not reading or writing, she enjoys exploring new places and taking long hikes with her husband, which often inspire her best ideas.

Nikki Erlick

Noam Chomsky

This is a list of writings published by the American writer Noam Chomsky..

Norrie Gilliland

With a keen eye for uncovering hidden stories, Norrie Gilliland has established himself as a distinctive voice in Scottish historical writing and local history.

Olga Tokarczuk

Original Thinkers Institute

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright.

Pam Johnson-Bennett

Pamdiana Jones

Pamdiana Jones is a California-based comedy travel adventure author best known for her memoir *When in ROAM*. She accidentally traveled solo around the world for three years, journeying through South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond — fumbling into hilariously dangerous escapades such as being chased by wild elephants, bungee jumping, scuba diving with sharks, and hiking an active volcano.

Patricia B. McConnell

Patricia Bean McConnell, Ph.D, CAAB Emeritus is an ethologist who consulted with pet dog and cat owners for over thirty years regarding serious behavioral problems, has given seminars on companion animal behavior both domestically and internationally, and has written several books on training and behavior relating to their dogs..

Patricia Bartlett

Patricia Maureen Bartlett OBE (17 March 1928 – 8 November 2000) was a New Zealand conservative Catholic activist prominent in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Napier to Bertrand and Ivy Bartlett, she attended Sacred Heart school in Napier. She founded the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards and led pro-censorship campaigns, though these contributed to a backlash against social conservatism in New Zealand.

Patrick King

Patrick King is an internationally bestselling self-published author, having published more than 25 books in just over a year, reaching the top of numerous categories on Amazon. His works cover topics such as reading people, body language, emotional intelligence, and effective communication, with titles including *Read People Like a Book* and *How to Speak Effectively*.

Patrick M. Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni is an American author of books on business management, particularly in relation to team management.

Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor is a retired medical researcher, professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia, and best-selling novelist..

Paul Kleinman

Paul Kleinman was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in White Plains, New York. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2009 with degrees in Art and Communication Arts: Radio, Television and Film. He is the author of works including *Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought*.

Pauline Nestor

Pauline Nestor is an Associate Professor in English at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She has edited works including Emily Brontë's *Wuthering Heights* and has written on George Eliot in *George Eliot: Critical Issues*.

Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist.

Percival Everett

Pete Sumner

Peter Attia MD

Peter Attia is a Canadian-American author and former researcher known for his work in longevity medicine.

Peter D. Schiff

**Wall Street prognosticator** Peter D. Schiff has built his reputation as one of the few financial commentators to accurately predict major economic downturns before they happen.

Peter Frankopan

Peter Frankopan is a British historian, writer, and hotelier.

Peter Hollins

Peter Wohlleben

Peter Wohlleben is a German forester and author who writes on ecological themes in popular language and has controversially argued for plant sentience.

Philippa Pearce

Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL was an English author of children's books.

Philippe de Vosjoli

Plato

Born in ancient Athens around 428 BC, **Plato stands as one of history's most influential philosophers**, a student of Socrates whose ideas would shape Western thought for millennia.

Publications International Ltd.

Quinn Quest

R. J. Palacio

Raquel Jaramillo Palacio is an American author and graphic designer.

Rachel Carson

Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement..

Rachel Gillig

Rachel Gillig is an American gothic romantic fantasy author.

Rachel Hochhauser

Born in Santa Barbara and educated at New York University before earning her master's in fiction from the University of Southern California, Rachel Hochhauser has established herself as both a compelling storyteller and successful entrepreneur.

Rachel Ignotofsky

Rachel Ignotofsky is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator based in California. Known for creating illustrated books that highlight women throughout history and explore science and technology, she has described herself as an illustrator and designer. Her works include *The History of the Computer*, inspired in part by her own early experience with computers at age seven.

Rachel Lithgow

RALPH BOURNE

Ram Charan

Ram Charan is an Indian-American business consultant, speaker, and writer resident in Dallas, Texas..

Raman Keane

Raman Keane is an author focused on personal finance, best known for his debut book Financial Literacy for Young Adults Simplified, which earned praise for its relatable, practical approach. He has since authored several additional books, simplifying complex financial concepts into accessible strategies designed to help readers build wealth, avoid debt, and make confident financial decisions.

Ramit Sethi

Born to Indian immigrant parents in 1982, Ramit Sethi has transformed from a Stanford-educated tech entrepreneur into one of America's most trusted voices on personal finance.

Randall Wood

Randall Wood is the bestselling author of the Jack Randall series of thrillers — including Closure, Pestilence, and Scarcity — and the Half a World Post-Apocalyptic series. He is also the founder and CEO of ScribeCount. In prior lives, he has been a paratrooper, combat medic, bartender, student, and teacher.

Ransom Riggs

Ransom Riggs is an American writer and filmmaker best known for the book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children..

Raymond Carver

Raymond Clevie Carver Jr.

Ree Drummond

Anne Marie "Ree" Drummond is an American blogger, author, food writer, and television personality.

René Descartes

Rex Langley

Rex Langley has spent over 20 years writing for some of America's most adventurous publications. A lifelong history buff, he is passionate about getting readers hooked on the past—especially its stranger aspects.

Richard Osman

Richard Thomas Osman is an English television presenter, producer, and novelist.

Rick Rubin

Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. He is a nine-time GRAMMY-winning producer and author of The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Penguin Random House, 432 pages). He lives part time with his family in Tuscany, Italy.

Riley Keough

Riley Keough is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award–nominated actress and co-director of War Pony (2022), which won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. She is the co-author of From Here to the Great Unknown (2024), a memoir begun by her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, and faithfully completed by Keough after Presley's death. The book became a #1 national bestseller and an Oprah's Book Club selection.

Riley Sager

Todd Ritter, also known under the noms de plume of Riley Sager and Alan Finn, is an American author of thriller novels..

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace.

Robert A. Caro

Robert Allan Caro is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson..

Robert Brooks

Robert Greene

Robert Greene is an American author of books on strategy, power, and seduction.

Robert Mailloux

Robert McEntarffer Ph. D.

Robert Pantano

Robert T. Kiyosaki

Robert Toru Kiyosaki is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and author, known for the Rich Dad Poor Dad series of personal finance books.

Roger Glenwood

Roger J. Klingenberg

Roger Klingenberg

Ron Chernow

Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, and biographer.

Rosie Walsh

Ross Meador

Ross Meador is the author of *Carried Away: A Memoir of Rescue and Survival Among the Orphans of the Viet Nam War*. Profoundly moved by the suffering of Vietnamese war orphans while growing up during the Vietnam War, he traveled to South Vietnam at just 19 years old with the Friends of Children of Viet Nam (FCVN), helping deliver supplies to orphanages, finding families for hundreds of children, and playing a key role in Operation Babylift before being evacuated from the U.S. Embassy rooftop in

Roxana Rotaru

Rupert Sheldrake

Alfred Rupert Sheldrake is an English author and parapsychology researcher.

Russell Bertrand

The 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought." He is the third philosopher to become a recipient of the prize after the German philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken in 1908 and the French analytic-continental philosopher Henri Bergson in 1927, and the fifth British author to be awarded..

Ryan Benz

Ryan Benz is a New Jersey-based author, speaker, and mindfulness teacher. After hiking more than 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail, he channeled that experience into *Wander: A Memoir of Letting Go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life*. He uses adventure storytelling to teach mindfulness for schools, organizations, and through mentorship.

Ryan Holiday

Born in 1987, **Ryan Holiday** transformed from a college dropout into one of America's most influential voices on ancient philosophy for modern living.

S. E. Hinton

Susan Eloise Hinton is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels (YA) set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders (1967), which she wrote during high school.

Sable Sorensen

Sable Sorensen is the pen name for Eliza and Annie, two fantasy fangirls and co-writers who grew up on a steady diet of wizards, magical creatures, and sweeping love stories. Together, they debuted with Dire Bound, a romantasy novel described as "Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games," followed by a sequel, The Wolves of Ruin.

Sam Goldstein

Sam Inzerillo

Sam Inzerillo was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised on Long Island. He currently resides in Nashua, New Hampshire, with his wife and three children. He is the author of The Colors of Malent, co-written with Tim Adams.

SAM JOE

Sam Milner

Sam Silverstein

Sam Stall

Taylor Jenkins Reid is an American author best known for her novels The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & the Six, One True Loves, Malibu Rising, Carrie Soto Is Back, and Atmosphere.

Samin Nosrat

Born to Iranian parents in 1979, **Samin Nosrat** has transformed how home cooks understand the fundamentals of great cooking.

Sandi Mann

Dr Sandi Mann is a Senior Psychology Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and an experienced workplace consultant with her own private clinic. She has authored over twenty psychology books published in the UK and internationally, including Psychology: A Complete Introduction and The Psychology Bible: The Definitive Guide to the Science of the Mind.

Sarah Loudin Thomas

Sarah Loudin Thomas grew up on a 100-acre farm in French Creek, West Virginia, as the seventh generation to live there. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from Coastal Carolina University. Her historical fiction, often set in West Virginia, celebrates the people, land, and heritage of Appalachia. Her novels include the Selah Book of the Year winner The Right Kind of Fool and the Inspy Award-winning Miracle in a Dry Season.

Sarah Susanka

Sarah Susanka is an English-born American-based architect, an author of nine best-selling books, and a public speaker.

Scott Ellsworth

Scott Allen Ellsworth is an American writer and historian.

Sean Carroll

Sean Michael Carroll is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in quantum mechanics, cosmology, and the philosophy of science.

Shaina Loerzel

Shalane Flanagan

Shalane Flanagan is an Olympic silver medalist, four-time Olympian, winner of the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon, and multiple American record holder. She is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling cookbook Run Fast. Eat Slow., created alongside chef Elyse Kopecky, as well as its follow-up, Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow. — both focused on nourishing, whole-foods recipes for athletes.

Shaler Red

Shanora Williams

Shanora Williams is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author known for her versatile voice, diverse characters, and high-stakes stories. Her books span a range of genres — from reality-grounded narratives and magical worlds to suspense-driven thrillers — and include titles such as The Perfect Ruin and The Wife Before, a twist-filled psychological thriller.

Sharon Vanderlip D. V. M.

Shel Silverstein

Sheldon Allan Silverstein was an American writer, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician.

Shelby Van Pelt

Shelby Van Pelt is the author of *Remarkably Bright Creatures*, a women's fiction novel that follows a widow navigating life after loss while uncovering secrets about her late husband. The book blends humor, heart, and mystery as its protagonist discovers

Shira Gill

Shira Gill is a world-renowned organizing expert and bestselling author of three books: Minimalista, Organized Living, and LifeStyled. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is the founder of Shira Gill LLC and publishes the newsletter The Life Edit, which reaches readers in all 50 U.S. states and 150 countries. She also offers business strategy and mentorship to female founders globally.

Simon Blackburn

Simon Singh

Simon Lehna Singh, is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist.

Simone Beck

Simone "Simca" Beck was a French cookbook writer and cooking teacher who, along with colleagues Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle, played a significant role in the introduction of French cooking technique and recipes into American kitchens..

Siobhan Curham

Siqi Ai

Li Shengxuan, better known by his pen name Ai Siqi, was a Chinese Marxist philosopher and author of Persian descent.

Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, songwriter, and actor.

Sonia Purnell

Sonia Purnell is a British writer and journalist who has worked at The Economist, The Daily Telegraph, and The Sunday Times.

Sophie Gilbert

Sophie Gilbert is a British-born writer and journalist who works at The Atlantic in Washington, D.C., United States..

Stacey Lee

Stacey Heather Lee is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for Under a Painted Sky and Outrun the Moon.

Stan Shubel

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci Jr.

Stanton Samenow

Stephanie Dray

Stephanie Dray is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of historical women's fiction. Her award-winning work has been translated into many languages and tops lists for the most anticipated reads of the year. She collaborates with co-author Laura Kamoie, together writing historical novels including works centered on figures from the American founding era, such as Abigail Adams.

Stephanie Garber

Stephanie Garber is an American author of young adult fiction known for the Caraval and Once Upon a Broken Heart which were interconnected trilogies..

Stephen Chbosky

Stephen Chbosky is an American film director, screenwriter, and author.

Stephen Hanselman

Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.

Stephen J. Dubner

Stephen Joseph Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host.

Stephen R. Covey

Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker.

Stephen W. Hiemstra

Steve Sarner

Steve Sarner has over 20 years of experience in digital media and marketing. He leads the Goodreads revenue team, serving advertisers with an emphasis on the book industry, including publishers, authors, and agents. He joined Goodreads in 2016 and has written a book for authors who want to think and act like entrepreneurs, publishing books that create real opportunity and lasting impact.

Steven D. Levitt

Steven David Levitt is an American economist and co-author of the best-selling book Freakonomics and its sequels.

Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period.

SuperSummary

Tom Rath is an American author and a consultant on employee engagement, strengths, and well-being.

Susan Donoghue

Susan Lumpkin

Suzanne LaVenture

Suzy Karadsheh

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author.

T. Colin Campbell

T. Colin Campbell (born 1934) studied pre-veterinary medicine at Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1956) before attending the University of Georgia's veterinary school. He coined the term "plant-based diet" in 1980 to present his research at the National Institutes of Health and has authored over 300 research papers and four books, including *The China Study*, co-written with his son Thomas M. Campbell II.

Taha Maarouf

Taha Maarouf is the author of *The End of Thinking: How to Stop Letting Everything Affect You*, a book focused on breaking free from overthinking, emotional chaos, and self-sabotage, and letting go of anxiety. It is available as a Kindle eBook on Amazon.

Tahir Shah

Tahir Shah is a British author, journalist and documentary maker of Afghan-Indian descent..

Tamara Ireland Stone

Anat Shenker-Osorio is an American political strategist and messaging consultant.

Tara Westover

Tara Westover is an American memoirist, essayist and historian.

Tara Wigley

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid is an American author best known for her novels The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & the Six, One True Loves, Malibu Rising, Carrie Soto Is Back, and Atmosphere.

Taylor Larimore

Tejas Hiremani

Tenpa Yeshe

Tenpa Yeshe, born in 1971, is a Buddhist practitioner, meditation teacher, and storyteller from Tibet. He is the author of works including *The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower*, a collection of 52 stories aimed at relieving stress and cultivating happiness, and *Everything Will Be Okay: A Parable*.

Terry Pratchett

Beloved British fantasy author of the Discworld series, known for his satirical wit and having sold over 85 million books worldwide.

Tess Han

Tess Han is an independently published author. Their book *Healing Patches To All The Inner Holes*, a 54-page paperback, was published on 7 February 2025 under ISBN 9798309218554.

The Philosophy School

The School of Life

The School of Life is a British multinational publishing and education company founded in 2008 by British author and public speaker Alain de Botton.

Thibaut Meurisse

Thomas E. Kida

Thomas E. Kida is a professor in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He specializes in critical thinking and decision-making, and has authored many articles on the subject. He is best known for his book *Don't Believe Everything You Think*, which examines six fundamental mistakes people make in thinking and advocates for skepticism and scientific reasoning.

Thomas J. Stanley

Thomas M. Campbell

Thomas Campbell (1733–1795) was an Irish Protestant clergyman, best known as a travel writer and for his accounts of the circle of Samuel Johnson..

Thomas McNamee

Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Centennial Professor of Economics in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE)..

Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell is an American economist, economic historian, and social theorist.

Thomas Tryon

Thomas Lester Tryon was an American actor and novelist.

Thought Catalog

Thought Catalog is a website and publishing imprint founded in 2010 by American entrepreneur and media strategist Chris Lavergne, owned by The Thought & Expression Company. Its content — including listicles, essays, and think pieces — is noted for its "millennial" voice. As a publisher, it has released works by authors such as Bianca Sparacino and Brianna Wiest.

Three Initiates

William Walker Atkinson was an American attorney, publisher, author, and pioneer of the New Thought movement.

Thurston Clarke

Thurston Clarke is an American historian, author and journalist..

Tieghan Gerard

Tieghan Gerard is an American recipe developer, food photographer, food stylist, and NYT bestselling author, born in Cleveland and based in Colorado. She is the founder of the Half Baked Harvest food blog, launched in 2012, and grew up in the Colorado mountains as one of seven children. She is the author of the *Half Baked Harvest Cookbook*, among other titles.

Tilar J. Mazzeo

Tim Adams

Tim Adams is Lead Feature Writer at The Observer, where he was formerly Editor of the books pages and Review section. He has written cover stories for the New York Times Magazine, Granta, and Bloomberg Businessweek, and also contributes as a writer and critic for The Observer.

Tim O'Brien

Born in Austin, Minnesota in 1946, **Tim O'Brien** transformed his experience as a soldier in the Vietnam War into some of America's most celebrated contemporary fiction.

Timothy Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, and lifestyle guru.

Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder is a historian of 20th-century Europe who holds the inaugural Temerty Chair in Modern European History at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. His books include Bloodlands, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning (2015), and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), a New York Times bestseller.

Tina Payne Bryson

Tom Piazza

Tom Piazza is celebrated as a novelist and a writer on American music. His twelve books include the novels The Auburn Conference, A Free State, and City of Refuge, the short-story collection Blues and Trouble, the post-Katrina manifesto Why New Orleans Matters, and the essay collection Devil Sent the Rain. In 2018, he rode with singer-songwriter John Prine to write a piece for the Oxford American.

Toni Hammersley

Tracy Disabato-Aust

Travis Marlette

true george

True George is an author whose published works include short fiction and dark, supernatural stories. Titles include "The Plot," featuring a restless spirit in an abandoned mansion; "Torture Chamber," a dark tale of a torturer who falls for a captive; "Damned," centered on a succubus vampire; and "The Warning," involving the spirit of a night watch.

Tui T. Sutherland

Tui Tamara Sutherland is an American children's book author who has written more than 60 books under her own name and under several pen names.

Tyler Mitchell

Urvashi Pitre

Urvashi Pitre is a best-selling cookbook author and recipe creator best known for her work on keto and air fryer cooking. She is the founder of Twosleevers.com and Wouldibuythis.com, as well as a data-driven marketing agency. Her books include the popular *Air Fryer Revolution: 100 Crispy, Healthy, Fast & Fresh Recipes*.

V. E. Schwab

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Vicki Robin

Vicki Robin is an American writer and speaker.

VICTOR HUGO

Viktor E. Frankl

Viktor E. Frankl (March 26, 1905 – September 2, 1997) was an Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist born in Vienna, Austria. He developed logotherapy, known as the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy," a psychological approach centered on the importance of meaning in life. He is best known as the author of *Man's Search for Meaning*, a first-hand account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps.

Villy Abraham

Dr. Villy Abraham holds a DBA in International Marketing and Consumer Behavior from Manchester Business School (2012) and serves as Department Chairperson of the Technology Marketing Department at Sapir Academic College. He is a co-author with Jay Abraham, notably on *PREEMINENCE: How to Become the Only Choice Your Market Can Trust*, and is an Ambassador for an Entrepreneur's Network of 140,000+ founders and CEOs.

Walker Deibel

Walker Deibel is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game. An entrepreneur and investor, he has co-founded three startups, acquired seven companies outright, and consulted or participated in over 100 business transactions. Following the book's success, he launched an elite accelerator focused on acquisition entrepreneurship.

Wallace Stegner

Walter Isaacson

Walter Seff Isaacson is an American journalist who has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Jennifer Doudna, and Elon Musk.

Walton

Whitney Leigh Morris

Will Durant

William James Durant was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his eleven-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations.

Will Gater

Will Gater is an astronomer, writer, astrophotographer, and science presenter with a passion for bringing to life the wonders of the Universe. His journalistic news reporting and feature writing has appeared in publications including New Scientist, BBC Sky at Night Magazine, Physics World, Focus, and Astronomy Now. He is also the author of space books for children, including The Mysteries of the Universe.

Will Patrick

William D. Danko

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy (ISBN 0-671-01520-6) is a 1996 book by Thomas J.

William Irwin

William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and is best known for originating the "philosophy and popular culture" book genre with Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing in 1999 and The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer in 2001..

William Kent Krueger

William Kent Krueger is an American novelist and crime writer, best known for his series of novels featuring Cork O'Connor, which are set mainly in Minnesota.

William L. Shirer

Wim Hof

Known worldwide as **"The Iceman,"** Wim Hof is a Dutch extreme athlete and multiple Guinness World Record holder who has revolutionized our understanding of human potential through his extraordinary ability to withstand freezing temperatures.

Yeonmi Park

Yeonmi Park is an American conservative activist and author.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi is an Israeli-born British chef, restaurateur, and food writer.

Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer.

Zak George

Zindel Segal

Zindel V. Segal (born 1956 in Lutsk, Ukraine) is a cognitive psychologist, specialist on depression, and one of the founders of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). A professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, he co-authored works including *The Mindful Way Through Depression* (with Mark Williams, John Teasdale, and Jon Kabat-Zinn) and *Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome*.

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