Uncompromisingly personal, with an occasional dollop of gossip, and a whole lot of confessions, a well-written memoir can range from being a spicy beach read to a thought-provoking story that speaks of hardships, emotional highs and lows, love, and joy. A celebrity autobiography is typically a coming-of-age tale that is both intriguing and enlightening. It is a window into the lives of the rich and the famous, that allows readers to catch a glimpse of the “real” person who often hides behind bright lights and a public facade.

During our recent AMA with award winning hard science-fiction novelist and marine biologist Peter Watts, we talked about a range of topics from free-will to the future of language & artificial intelligence. We also took the opportunity to talk about Consciousness and asked Dr.Watts for some book recommendations on the subject. These are four titles that are his personal favorites, as well as books he recommends to gain a deeper understanding of consciousness — one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in biology and evolution.

Stories of determination, hard work, breaking societal norms, and attaining greatness, sports memoirs are not just about accomplishments in individual games. Instead, they are inspirational works that showcase a more intimate side of athletes, their dreams, aspirations, and personal dilemmas through which they have risen to make a name for themselves globally. Here are four popular sports memoirs that give us an insight, beyond performances in competitions, into the lives and minds of extraordinary sportsmen and women.

Sports have a unique characteristic about them that brings people of different faiths, social status, and personalities together to cheer passionately for a common purpose. The intensity associated with playing various games is infectious, unlike any other recreational or professional activity taken up by humans. In a world where life and, consequently, sports have come to an abrupt halt, reading about influential sporting moments and the people associated with them can prove to be a refreshing exercise. Thus, here are four excellent books on sports that highlight the drama, joys, setbacks, and emotions associated with popular games from around the globe.

Out of this world stories, situations that seem implausible, and characters so vivid and brilliant that they simply could not be real, life, as they say, is often “stranger than fiction.” From college students making thousands of dollars in Vegas to the intricacies of a troubled mind, here are four unmissable books based on real-life events you have got to read.

History helps us develop a better understanding of the events that have shaped the world around us and make sense of the present. As a subject that enables us to gain insight into the rise and fall of civilizations and to learn how society, technology, religion, literature, and science have evolved over the centuries, reading history is indispensable. Whether it's a keen interest in a particular epoch or event or a general love for the past, all of us like to dabble in a little history reading from time to time; for this precise reason, we've put together a list of five books to quench the thirst of the history buff inside you.

With mounting responsibilities at work and home, working women around the globe struggle with a different kind of challenge as they advance in their career, a challenge only other career women can fully understand. As of 2019, 29% of senior management roles were held by women globally and 33 of the Fortune 500 CEOs were women, meager numbers, but still the highest ever on record. We've made great strides, but women lag substantially behind men in terms of pay and their representation in leadership and management positions. Keeping this in view, here is a list of five career advice books written by driven, successful women, books that empower women and teach them to balance their professional dreams and personal goals, inspiring them to transform their career and live a fuller life.

Throughout history, there have been those who have set the bar a bit too high for the rest of us. We look at these people and their incredible feats in awe and can't help but wonder how they accomplished so much. Many of these extraordinary people have chronicled the most important events in their life, events that describe their hardships and struggles, revealing how they achieved greatness. These memoirs inspire and amaze us and give us the much-needed optimism to realize the greatness that lies within us all. So, without further ado, here's a collection of 5 truly illuminating autobiographies to give you a little inspiration for 2020.

Marketing and Selling is an art that demands charisma, persuasion, and natural intuition, but in a world where marketers continue to compete aggressively for people's attention and money, sometimes even those qualities aren't enough to close a sale. Fortunately, many of the world's greatest marketers and thought-leaders have written some incredible books to share their mistakes and experiences, in order to teach us tactics and strategies that work vis-à-vis those that don't. Here are some of the best marketing books you can read to crush your marketing strategy and gain an edge over your competition in 2020. 

In the past fifty years, scientists have made extraordinary leaps in the field of medical science, helping us understand the complex inner workings of our bodies. However, the mind still remains an unsolved mystery, baffling and confusing us to this day. While scientists are still working on definitive answers to questions such as why we dream, what is consciousness, and how intelligence can be defined, a lot of amazing books have been written on the human mind, books that reveal many of its previously hidden secrets. To help you in this quest for answers, we've curated a list of 7 great psychology books that will help you understand this marvel of evolution a little better.