The co-op bookstore for avid readers

Alex & Books 📚 Book Recommendations

User avatar

📖 I'll help you find amazing books & develop a reading habit. 🎙 Host of "The Reader's Journey" podcast. 📧 Get a new book summary every week (link in bio):

326 books in list
Book Cover for: The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way, Héctor García

The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way

Héctor García
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

8/ The Book of Ichigo Ichie by Héctor García & Francesc Miralles https://t.co/AppuPBwnUi

Hardcover, 2019

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help, Amanda Palmer

The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

Amanda Palmer
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

12/ "The Art of Asking" by Amanda Palmer "I was so inspired by the book that I put it down to start asking people around me for all of the help that I'd been too ashamed or embarrassed to ask for." –Tim Ferriss https://t.co/9K3iagj9WQ

Paperback, 2015

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Michael Pollan

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Michael Pollan
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

Cooked Watch acclaimed food writer Michael Pollan explore how cooking transforms food and shapes our world. Each episode focuses on a different natural element and its relationship to both ancient and modern cooking methods. Trailer: https://t.co/NEzJciEqC7

Paperback, 2014

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

14/ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley https://t.co/DChO8JOH9U

Paperback, 2006

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Love: Gepunktetes A5 Notizbuch oder Heft für Schüler, Studenten und Erwachsene, Pm Books

Love: Gepunktetes A5 Notizbuch oder Heft für Schüler, Studenten und Erwachsene

Pm Books
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

The best reading tips in 1 tweet: -Read 2-3 books at a time -Read for application not memorization -Best time to read is early AM or late PM -Read what you love until you love to read -Never force yourself to finish a boring book -Leave your phone in another room before reading

Out of stock

Book Cover for: The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Bill Bryson

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Bill Bryson
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

4/ The Body by Bill Bryson https://t.co/kIY4JLC8YA

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

12/ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald https://t.co/RbIeZMFaL3

Paperback, 2004

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

"When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi Paul was a star neurosurgeon at Stanford who one day discovers he has terminal cancer. He shares his story from doctor to patient and reflects on the meaning of life and death. An emotional book that will make you appreciate life.

Hardcover, 2016

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

"The Emperor's Handbook" by Marcus Aurelius 160 pages https://t.co/HldetlVAci

Paperback, 2023

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, Eric Ries

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries
Alex & Books 📚Alex & Books 📚

10/ "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries "A must read for every serious entrepreneur—and every manager interested in innovation." –Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) https://t.co/GTwmoMj1O1

Hardcover, 2011

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book