All About Love: New VisionsAll About Love: New Visions
Score Modern
What it's about
bell hooks asks what love really is, and argues that our culture has lost the idea. Drawing on her own life and on thinkers from M. Scott Peck to Thich Nhat Hanh, she defines love as a choice and a practice, made of care, commitment, trust, respect and honesty, and looks at how it applies to families, romance, friendship and community.
Why it's worth reading
It has found a new generation of readers and spent months on the New York Times lists more than twenty years after it was published. It's warm and clear, and many readers say it changed how they love.
You'll love it if you liked
A Grief Observed
Gift From the Sea
ThickGood to know
It's short and written for general readers. It's the first of a trilogy about love.
By the numbers
- Readers41 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller68 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz68 out of 100 · counts 10%
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #61 of the 119 science and ideas books we rank
- #518 of the 1,573 modern books we rank
- #995 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Reads as
Thought-provoking
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Is All About Love: New Visions worth reading?
Yes. It has found a new generation of readers and spent months on the New York Times lists more than twenty years after it was published. It ranks #995 of the 2,816 books in our ranking, with a Must-Read Score of 73.1 (the best book we found scores 99).
What is All About Love: New Visions about?
bell hooks asks what love really is, and argues that our culture has lost the idea. Drawing on her own life and on thinkers from M. Scott Peck to Thich Nhat Hanh, she defines love as a choice and a practice, made of care, commitment, trust, respect and honesty, and looks at how it applies to families, romance, friendship and community.
How long does it take to read All About Love: New Visions?
About 6 hours (248 pages), or about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day.
What should I read after All About Love: New Visions?
If you liked it, try A Grief Observed by CS Lewis, Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh or Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom.