This article would be a lot better without a photo of a book by the out homophobe Orson Scott Card right at the top.

Also, it would be better if some of these books had value beyond being cheap self-help books. Some of these writers, like Tim Ferris, are actively repugnant individuals.

Few of the books have any social conscience — they glorify capitalism and the affluent.

Actually, this article would be better if it had not been written.