The Currency of Desire: Libidinal Economy, Psychoanalysis, and Sexual Revolution - David Bennett
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Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World- Slavoj Zizek
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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? - Mark Fisher
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Theology, Comedy, and Politics- Marcus Pound
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The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity - Slavoj Zizek
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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts - Ruth Goodman
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God in Pain: Inversions of Apocalypse- Slavoj Zizek and Boris Gunjevic
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Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I - Charles Spencer
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How to Read Lacan- Slavoj Zizek
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The Whole Thing: The Story of the Bible Through Six Images- Jason English
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The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? - Slavoj Zizek and John Milbank
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts - Christopher de Hamel
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Radical Sacrifice- Terry Eagleton
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At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails- Sarah Bakewell
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Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers- Matt Kaplan
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The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World- Edward Dolnick
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The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom- Evgeny Morozov
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic- and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World- Steven Johnson
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The Existentialist’s Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age- Gordon Marino
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Violence - Slavoj Žižek