Banned Books Club
The Banned Books Club is a Substack community dedicated to reading, discussing, and celebrating books that have been banned or restricted, fostering intellectual freedom and resistance to censorship.
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7 Books Everyone Quotes And Almost Nobody Has Read
The books behind the expressions, ideas, and cultural references we all use, whether we’ve actually read them or not.
I have a confession: I spent an embarrassingly long time thinking a “Faustian bargain” was just a very bad business deal....
Why Are Intelligent People So Easily Seduced by Bad Ideas?
On the strange relationship between intelligence, intellectual arrogance, and our ability to convince ourselves of almost anything.
I have a theory that some of the smartest people in the world are also the easiest to fool. Before anyone t...
This Week In The Margins: We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Chapters 1-5
Your weekly reading companion through the books they tried to silence.
We’ve reached the end of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and I have a feeling I’m not alone in feeling that Shirley Jackson has left us with considerably more quest...
A Reading List For People Who Prefer Psychological Dread To Cheap Thrills
For readers who prefer their spooky season with a little psychological complexity, literary brilliance, and something to think about long after the lights go out.
I love a good spooky book, but I’ve always been more interested in the kind...
Why Being Wrong Feels Like A Personal Attack To Some People
Why some people would rather ruin a perfectly good conversation than admit they might be wrong, and what our obsession with being correct reveals about the human ego.
I have a theory that you can learn almost everything you need to know ab...
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