The best living essayist writing in English

The Martin Amis of British psychoanalysis . . . brilliantly amusing and often highly unsettling

One of those writers whom it is a pleasure simply to hear think

Reading Phillips, you may be amused, vexed, dazzled. But the one thing you will never be is bored

Adam Phillips is that rarest of phenomena, a trained clinician who is also a sublime writer

Playfully digressive style... He is the finest living decipherer of affective life [and] the Bob Dylan of psychoanalysis

A harrowing insight into the psyche of everyday German citizens ... Huber's book is extremely well researched ... By drawing on the thoughts, movements and mental state of the diarists, he is able to provide a compelling insight into the minds of everyday Nazi citizens.

A grimly compelling study of the psychology of fanaticism ... The book hints at a deep truth about war at its dirtiest.

Bleak, arresting ... A sobering study of a dark period of Europe's history.

This book perfectly walks the reader through the past, present, and future of trust as we know it. Rachel Botsman's expertise on this topic is unmatched. It's an absolute must-read for business leaders and everyday consumers alike

Botsman rightly challenges us in this new era to ask the compelling questions about who, why and how we trust. Highly recommended

In Rachel Botsman's capable hands, the concept of 'trust' - and its changing shape over the ages - becomes clear and accessible. Utterly compelling

Sharp, penetrating, and obsessively researched, this book will open your eyes to a phenomenon that is as important as it is impossible to ignore.

An absorbing, story-filled narrative that will leave readers with a new understanding of the phenomenon that drives life in our digital age

A sharp, thoughtful, sometimes-surprising account of how we build trust with strangers now.

In a time when people are doubting experts, suspicious of the media, and losing faith in government and business, Rachel Botsman is here with a lucid analysis of what it takes to build and rebuild trust. Trust me: this is a book you need to read

Rachel Botsman's eye-opening, timely book delves into the unfolding crisis of trust spreading throughout the world. She brilliantly describes how the established trust framework is undergoing a radical transformation as digital technologies take root in every facet of our lives. Read this book and you'll be ready for a revolution in trust that rewrites the rules of human interaction

Book of the Month

This is a book that every adult reader should pick up to gain some perspective on how reliant we have become on technology, and how we can afford to approach it with more skepticism

Botsman has found a rich theme here and a fascinating way of interpreting the technological change

Top 10 Business Bestseller

Top 5 Tech Book of the Year

In her witty new book technology author and TED celebrity Rachel Botsman tells us why it did not work. Who Can You Trust? reveals some deep truths

Botsman guides the reader on an enjoyable accessible, but cautiously skeptical, tour through this hugely transformative, but barely recognized, shift in our sometimes-irrational approach to trust

As Botsman drives deeper and darker, she sheds more and more light, her book [is] rapidly becoming brilliant