1. Story
2. Story and Thinking
3. The Origin of Story
4. Why Our Schools Teach Logic, Not Story
5. The Limits of Logic-or Why We Still Need Storythinking
6. The Brain Machinery of Storythinking
7. Improving Storythinking
8. Storythinking for Personal Growth
9. Storythinking for Social Growth
10. Story's Answer to the Meaning of Life
Coda: Conversations with a Storythinker
Notes
Index

Angus Fletcher is professor of story science at Ohio State University's Project Narrative. His most recent book is Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature (2021). His research has been published in journals such as Harvard Business Review and Annals of the New York Academy of Science.