- New York Times bestseller, Elite (Social sciences), Man-woman relationships, Social status
With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual curiosity and emotional wisdom that make his columns among the most read in the nation, Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Contemporary, earnest, spare and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- David Brooks
- First published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Random House
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812979374
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 2 have read it and 4 want to.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
The Black Flamingo 201978% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, grave.
How to Change Your Mind 201878% alikeBoth contemporary, spare, earnest.
The View from Saturday 199676% alikeBoth earnest, contemporary, spare.
Cooked 201375% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, spare.
Lab Girl 201675% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, grave.
Walk Two Moons 199475% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, spare.
My Ishmael 199774% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, grave.
Both contemporary.
Mirai 201875% alikeFilm · Both contemporary, earnest, grave.
Ping Pong the Animation 201474% alikeTelevision · Both contemporary, earnest, spare.