Books
The One and the Ninety-Nine: Coercion, Conformity, and the Courage for Truth (2026)
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life, St. Martin's Press (June 2021)
Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person, Emmaus Road Publishing (May 2018)
Essays
The Luke Burgis Newsletter on Substack
The Three City Problem of Modern Life, WIRED Magazine
Why We Want What Other People Have, Medium
The Joy of Hate Watching, Church Life Journal
Why Every Stock is a “Meme” Stock, Medium
Why We Love ‘The Chosen’ So Much, Christianity Today
‘Trust the experts’ is the new ‘obey the priest.’ But it is not getting us closer to the truth., America Magazine
The Wonder of Collaboration: Finding a New Spark of Creativity with Liana Finck, Literary Hub
How to know what you really want, Psyche
Atomic Habits of Desire, Medium
The Rise of Hot Capital, Quillette
Longing After the Fleshpots, First Things
Why Everyone Wants the Same Things, The Free Press
Culture War as Imitation Game, The New Atlantis
The Promise of Entrepreneurial Education, City Journal