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![Aspen Ideas Festival 2024 Reading List](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7115956d-ac29-461a-a190-0d1f9cf4c53b/2024AIFReadingList.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=967%2C0%2C2813%2C2813&w=290)
The Aspen Ideas Festival team is proud to showcase the diverse writing of our speakers. Their books will be highlighted in talks at the Festival and available at the campus bookstore. See the list below for recent releases by Festival presenters.
![2024 Aspen Ideas Festival Program Overview](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f6d0017d-f57c-4b01-b202-179cb949684c/190621_aih_campus_0591.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
On the 20th year of the Aspen Ideas Festival, you will hear the conversations that matter from the people who inspire.
![Rewriting the Rules of Work](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/31925013-8267-4574-93ef-5bc28ac6207d/AIFStockHeroImages2.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1076%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=290)
No matter what your job is, work is still...work. And amidst post-pandemic changes, shifting cultural norms, and skyrocketing cost of living, navigating a career feels like it's gotten harder.
![(Re)Discovering Your Five Senses with Gretchen Rubin](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e5a7e5b9-1c88-496a-b424-7cda083b1eaf/Rubin.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=5064%2C0%2C6752%2C6750&w=290)
Are you truly tuned in to the sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and textures that surround you every day? Ahead of her book talk at Aspen Ideas: Health, best-selling author Gretchen Rubin shares how she reconnected to the world around her through her five senses – and how you can too!
![How We Build the Aspen Ideas Festival](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f66c82d8-2acc-4e91-aa39-1795f9c0232b/ScreenShot2023-04-17at11.11.35PM.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=288%2C0%2C773%2C772&w=290)
Have you ever wondered how we put together the programming for the Aspen Ideas Festival?
![2022 Staff Picks](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/2d3fd631-4c26-4bc6-9299-9c11aaa9d97f/2022StaffPicks1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1398%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=290)
A look back at what we've read, watched, and listened to this year.
![Two happiness gurus on why suffering is sacred](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c32a760c-fbdf-449d-8116-6bfcf8a6d5ef/2022BLOG-AIFSpeakerGuestBlogs5.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2518%2C0%2C3242%2C3240&w=290)
Plus — why Shakespeare is still relevant and year-end reads from Festival speakers
![Books From Our 2022 Festival Speakers](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/578b0ee8-4c7f-4f3e-89f8-28413874bf8a/2022-Books.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=338%2C0%2C844%2C844&w=290)
The Aspen Ideas Festival team is proud to showcase the diverse writing of our speakers. Their books will be highlighted in talks at the Festival and available at the campus bookstore. See the list below for recent releases by Festival presenters. The books are arranged by Festival track.
![Aspen Ideas 2021 Sunday, June 27](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/5741a452-5013-44cc-b68d-003cc11c6409/calendar2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=233%2C0%2C1241%2C1242&w=290)
Find direct links to Sunday's evening plenary below.
![Show Up: Resources to Get Engaged](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null3d498f50-8e80-47ee-a494-f0de0fe58433/ShowUp-GetEngaged.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1987%2C0%2C2119%2C2121&w=290)
Show Up speakers shared new ideas, initiatives, books, even songs. Inspired by their work, we’ve compiled these resources for you to continue exploring, and start doing.
![Four Mental Health Tips for the Socially Distanced](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null3ef85ee0-6860-4767-98b8-06728b7894b0/AdobeStock_206420225.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2667%2C0%2C3703%2C3701&w=290)
With offices (sensibly) closing to stymie the spread of COVID-19, the privilege of working from home might seem sublime at first. But for people unaccustomed, the isolation, disrupted routines, and unfamiliar work style may take their toll. Check out four tips for mental self-care to employ should you find yourself working from a virtual office, cancelling plans, and pract...
![A Linguist's Case Against Socialism](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc36f47b9-d662-4ef5-86f1-489e3b34e955/AdobeStock_105431393.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=651%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
History has made the term "socialism" vague and unproductive, according to linguistics professor John McWhorter. Should it be retired?
![The Infrastructure of Joy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null78491f1d-8809-438b-91e5-dfb458080e19/AdobeStock_61718675.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1624%2C0%2C3618%2C3618&w=290)
Happiness, says designer Ingrid Fetell Lee, is a broad evaluation of how we feel about our lives over time.
![A Rational Case for Following Your Emotions](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc24417d4-7a62-488f-906c-1b5c90484b20/AdobeStock_171820542.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1236%2C0%2C3301%2C3301&w=290)
While all emotions are valid, their usefulness might ultimately come down to how well a person is able to interpret the signals that their feelings provide.
![Joy is a Form of Resilience](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d11e24ce-004c-46b4-b904-7eb6f55e3714/AdobeStock_172903374.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=984%2C0%2C3333%2C3333&w=290)
Small moments of joy are often the first to go when we're stressed or in a crisis. But they're actually a tool to restore our emotional well-being, says designer Ingrid Fetell Lee.
![Nobody is Immune from Suffering](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ab876572-c806-4dbb-ab82-e3d5d8363a5f/AdobeStock_164302946.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=596%2C0%2C3717%2C3717&w=290)
![Lessons on Innovation, Economic Prosperity, and Cultivating Joy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3d486aff-c3c9-43ba-a1ae-68b8fc0a9cdd/AdobeStock_175466970.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=140%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=290)
![Using Science to Improve Well-Being](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/b92249be-0c23-4acf-96b4-2d6a62a520e9/AdobeStock_59492280.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=706%2C0%2C2710%2C2709&w=290)
![Finding Purpose In Sport and In Life](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3ee80389-3fad-4b24-b4b4-3a2ede23fd6a/AdobeStock_65551354.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3840%2C3840&w=290)
![Books From Our 2018 Speakers](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null15c64e63-080d-4c66-808a-b1b2ed97eb34/2018-AI_ReadThis-Social.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C788%2C788&w=290)
The Aspen Ideas Festival team is proud to showcase the diverse writing of our speakers. Their books will be highlighted in talks at the Festival and available at the campus bookstore.