Nietzsche & Nabokov, philosophy and literature, where the musings of great thinkers meet the artistry of storytelling. Whether you are seeking answers to life’s big questions or simply craving a new perspective, this part of The Soul Index is where you let your mind and imagination roam freely.
Have you ever finished a book and just sat there, staring into space, not sure what to do because something in you feels… broken? Like you’ll never quite look at the world the same way again? Yeah. That’s the territory…
There are seasons when even waking up feels like pulling yourself through fog. You move through the days trying to smile, but inside, you feel uneasy. In those hours of aching quietly, you might find yourself reaching for books to…
With reading, it’s impossible to have read without having tasted tragic literary deaths, or experiencing some of the saddest deaths in fiction novels. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Of all the ways to lose someone, death is the kindest” is acceptable, irrefutably…
You remember what it felt like to fall into a book and not surface for hours. Books to get back into reading bring that feeling back. The kind of stories that draw you in from the first line and make…
You know that moment when you see a book title and think, “Wait, what did I just read?” That’s the magic of books with weird titles; they grab you by surprise and refuse to let go. If you’ve ever scrolled…
If you feel like no one understands you, if you feel like there is no one to look up to, if you’re confused about your career or your relationships, if you feel most vulnerable at certain moments in your life…
We all know that when it comes to the heroes, they can flaunt all their medals and get the orchestra to play for them, but let’s be real. The baddies, or villains as some would call them, are the life…
Let’s be real, books for people who don’t like to read might sound like a contradiction, right? I get it if you’ve always preferred scrolling on your phone or rewatching your favorite series over flipping through a novel. Reading can…
Some books don’t just tell a story. They make people argue, feel disturbed, and think about them long after reading. Lolita is one of those books. It’s controversial not just for what happens but for how Nabokov narrated it –…
Falling in love with fictional book characters is all the rage right now on social media and among bibliophiles. And, sure, there are multiple examples of characters that are, what we call in today’s times, green flags or even a…