Morgan Reid

Morgan Reid writes practical books for people who'd rather learn by doing.

His catalog covers a wide range of hands-on topics, from vintage audio repair and metalworking to backyard beekeeping, frugal living, AI tools, and activity books for kids. The thread running through all of it is the same: take a subject that usually gets buried in jargon or scattered across the internet, and turn it into something a reader can actually use by the weekend.

Morgan writes the kind of book he likes to read. Clear instructions, no filler, no romanticizing the work. Whether the project is recapping a tube amp, starting a hive, or saving a few hundred dollars on next month's grocery bill, the goal is the same: hand the reader a path that works and get out of the way.

When he's not writing, Morgan is usually deep in a new topic he's decided to learn from scratch, which is where most of his books start.