Curated lists
Serious introductory and professional libraries for fields whose practitioners build judgment through sustained reading.
10 published lists in this category.
A broad professional library spanning clinical psychology, cognitive science, development, trauma, relationships, personality, therapy, and the history of psychological ideas.
A wide professional canon covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, institutions, development, trade, money, labor, inequality, and the history of economic ideas.
A diverse historical canon across eras, regions, methods, biography, war, society, technology, economics, and the craft of interpreting the past.
A broad philosophical canon across ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, metaphysics, logic, existentialism, ancient philosophy, and modern thought.
A professional library on institutions, class, race, gender, networks, culture, cities, work, inequality, and the social forces shaping individual lives.
A professional canon on states, institutions, democracy, authoritarianism, parties, public opinion, political economy, and international relations.
A professional library on strategy, command, military history, logistics, intelligence, leadership, technology, and the political purpose of force.
A professional curriculum on diplomacy, negotiation, international relations, regional knowledge, foreign policy, history, and working across cultures.
A professional library on archaeological method, fieldwork, ancient sites, material culture, human origins, heritage, and the interpretation of physical evidence.
A professional canon across cultural anthropology, ethnography, human evolution, kinship, ritual, material culture, fieldwork, and debates about interpreting other societies.