I’m always reading about the work and idea os John Stuart Mill in various books on philosophy and politics, but I knew little to nothing about him. As I was browsing new releases the other day, I came across this one and decided to check it out. This book lives up to the title and gives a fantastic introduction to the work of John Stuart Mill. I always worry that books like this are going to be a bunch of confusing quotes from 150 years ago, but the author did a fantastic job explaining Mill’s ideas, what was going on at the time, and how his ideas were received. And throughout the book, there was a bit about Mill’s life as well, which was pretty cool.

I definitely recommend this book if you’re interested in learning morea bout Mill. But, I must say, as an audio listener, the narrator made this book extremely difficult to listen to. He had a strange cadence to his voice that drove me nuts and made it difficult to focus on the content. Other than that, fantastic book. So, if you read physical copies, you don’t have to worry about that.