Freud, Nietzsche, Paglia, Fanon: our expert guide to the books of "The White Lotus"

Freud and Nietzsche may not be what you have in mind when thinking of pool-side reads, but they are among the books flipped through in "The White Lotus" — the tense, new TV drama about the lives of the rich and privileged as they overlap at a Hawaiian resort. —Isabelle Hesse, Lecturer in English "Sexual Personae," by Camille Paglia Camille Paglia's "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson" is a provocative survey of Western canonical art and culture. Paglia's "Sexual Personae" is both electrifying and divisive; still one of the most important texts in 1990s sexual politics. Walter Kaufmann's translations in "The Portable Nietzsche" showcase much of the power and beauty of one of the finest minds in Western culture. —Jamie Parr, Lecturer in Philosophy "Blink," by Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Galdwell's Blink opens with an anecdote about a kouros: an ancient Greek statue bought by the Getty Museum in 1985 for just under $10 million.