Celebrate Non‑Fiction.
Discover Your Next Great Book.

Paperback Travels is a celebration of non‑fiction books and their power to educate, inspire, and challenge. Come back regularly for concise summaries, in‑depth articles, and interviews with curious readers who love books almost as much as we do.

Latest Book Summaries

The Four Hour Workweek

Tim Ferris

Caffeine

How coffee and tea created the modern world

Michal Pollan

A Random Walk Down Wall Street

The Best Investment Guide That Money Can Buy

Burton G. Malkiel

AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

Chip Huyen

The Intelligent Investor

The Definitive Book on Value Investing

Benjamin Graham

Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

The Toyota Way

14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

Jeffrey Liker

Freakonomics

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven Levitt

The Psychology of Money

Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

Morgan Housel

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Ramit Sethi

Algorithms to Live By

The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

Deep Work

Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

Latest Interview

My Life in Books: Thaisa Fernandes

Check out our interview with Program Manager and podcast host Thaisa Fernandes as she introduces us to some of her favourite nonfiction books.

"Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere." - Mary Schmich

Welcome to Paperback Travels. The world is full of words. This is our attempt to guide you towards some of the best combinations of them.

Latest Article

Five New Books To Read In October 2020

Which books coming out in October 2020 are we particularly excited about? We have compiled a list of the top five new non-fiction books to go on our reading list. Books from David Attenborough, Annie Duke, Deepak Chopra, Pete Buttigieg & Stephen Wertheim.

Celebrate Non‑Fiction. Discover Your Next Great Book.