We publish books. Carefully.
Guiding Mortals is an independent publisher for nonfiction that earns your time.
We publish books about the things that matter most and are taught least. Each title is built around a single question: what do people urgently need to understand that no existing resource explains well enough?
Our editorial process uses AI as a core tool — not because it's fashionable, but because it makes better books possible. AI accelerates research, stress-tests arguments, and compresses drafting timelines. What it cannot do is decide what a book should say, whether an argument holds, or how a reader should feel on page one. That's the human work. That's what we do.
Every Guiding Mortals title is human-conceived, human-directed, and human-edited. The AI is in the engine room. The human is at the wheel.
The result is nonfiction where every page earns its place. No filler. No repetition. No chapter that exists to pad the spine.
Ari C. Mercer
writes about the human skills that technology cannot replicate. Drawing on behavioral science, Stoic philosophy, and the methods of high performers across fields, his work focuses on the gap between what institutions teach and what life actually demands — a gap that is widening faster in the age of AI than at any point in history. Ari C. Mercer is a pen name. The author behind it is a professional who tests these skills daily, under pressure, with real consequences. He chose a pen name not to hide, but to let the ideas stand on their own.
Cleo A. Solberg
writes about parenting in the digital age. Still in the Room is a practical guide for parents who want to shape their child's relationship with social media intentionally — before the algorithm does it for them.
Ari C. Mercer
The five human competencies that AI cannot replicate — and the manual for building them.
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Cleo A. Solberg
The practical guide for parents who want to shape their child's relationship with social media — before the algorithm does.
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