Alan Jacobs

Alan Jacobs

Alan Jacobs has written at least 16 books. Their most popular book is The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction with 52 saves with an average rating of 4.13⭐.

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

2011 • 52 Readers • 162 pages • 4.1

How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

2017 • 50 Readers • 157 pages • 3.9

Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind

2020 • 32 Readers • 192 pages • 4.1

The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis

2018 • 7 Readers • 4

The Gnostic Gospels: Including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene

2016 • 2 Readers • 256 pages

Reverting to Type: a Reader's Story

2012 • 2 Readers

A Theology Of Reading: The Hermeneutics Of Love

2001 • 2 Readers • 176 pages

Wayfaring: Essays Pleasant and Unpleasant

2010 • 1 Reader

The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography

2013 • 1 Reader • 5

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2005 • 1 Reader • 5

A Visit to Vanity Fair: Moral Essays on the Present Age

2001 • 1 Reader • 173 pages • 3

Charitable Writing

Charitable Writing
ByRichard Hughes Gibson,James Edward Beitler

2020 • 1 Reader • 248 pages

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2008

Peace of mind

Peace of mind
ByAlan Jacobs

The Book of Common Prayer : a biography

1 Lives of Great Religious Books

2013 • 256 pages

How To Think: A Guide for the Perplexed

2017