Explore our collection of philosophy books. Discover key insights and summaries from the best titles in this genre.
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by Walt Whitman
4.1(89,814)
Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' uses free verse to celebrate the divine in nature and the human body, showing how the self, nature, and the cosmos are connected.
by Yuval Noah Harari
4.2(88,101)
Yuval Noah Harari offers 21 urgent lessons to help humanity navigate the present and prepare for an uncertain future marked by AI, fake news, and global upheaval.
by Ursula K. Le Guin
4.2(87,815)
On a barren anarchist moon, a brilliant physicist grapples with the sacrifices of freedom and the allure of a hierarchical, resource-rich homeworld he's forbidden to embrace.
by Jean-Paul Sartre
3.9(86,235)
A historian in a French town faces the crushing absurdity of being, removing all comforting illusions.
by Norman Vincent Peale
4.1(84,905)
Live a fulfilling life by using faith and practical methods to achieve your goals and overcome self-doubt.
by Jack Kerouac
3.9(84,393)
Two young men find spiritual truth through Bohemian life and mountain solitude, mixing Zen with poetry, wine, and American wilderness.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.2(83,748)
A bitter, reclusive former official rages from his 'underground' against utopian ideals and the very notion of human rationality, exposing the tormented, self-contradictory core of modern consciousness.
by Robert Greene
4.2(79,241)
Learn the amoral strategies of history's most cunning figures, from Machiavelli to con men, to acquire and maintain power.
by Dale Carnegie
4.1(78,222)
Learn Dale Carnegie's methods to overcome anxiety, manage business stress, and live a calm, energetic life using practical tips and real-life stories.
by Wassily Kandinsky
3.8(76,684)
Kandinsky's important book says art should be free from material things. It asks artists to start a spiritual change using abstract shapes and color psychology in their paintings.
by David Foster Wallace
4.3(74,301)
In a future America where corporate sponsorship has taken over the calendar and entertainment is a weapon, the fractured lives of a junior tennis prodigy, his absent intellectual father, and a recovering addict converge in a sprawling, tragicomic exploration of addiction, depression, and the relentless pursuit of happiness.
by Paulo Coelho
3.5(70,614)
A mysterious woman's journey unfolds through the eyes of those who loved and misunderstood her, asking us to embrace our true selves even when self-discovery is uncertain.
by Frank Herbert
3.9(67,279)
For 3,500 years, the immortal, part-sandworm God Emperor Leto Atreides II has ruthlessly guided humanity along his 'Golden Path,' manipulating destiny and sacrificing his own humanity to ensure mankind's ultimate survival against an unknowable, existential threat.
by Friedrich Nietzsche
4.0(66,727)
Nietzsche dismantles conventional morality and religious dogma, urging individuals to create their own values and embrace a 'will to power' in a complete re-evaluation of Western thought.
by Jonathan Safran Foer
4.2(66,059)
Jonathan Safran Foer explores the ethical questions of his family's diet, investigating the hidden realities of industrial farming and the reasons for eating animals.
by Ted Chiang
4.2(65,500)
This collection explores how language changes time, mathematical truths fall apart, and biblical events happen literally, making us question reality and what humans can understand.
by Louise L. Hay
4.2(63,604)
Transform your health and life by understanding how your thoughts shape your reality, offering a direct path to self-healing.
by Stephen Hawking
4.0(63,503)
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow challenge our deepest ideas about creation, reality, and the universe's origin, proposing a multiverse born from quantum fluctuations where observation shapes history, and M-theory is the ultimate quest for everything.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.3(63,020)
Robin Wall Kimmerer uses the serviceberry and Indigenous knowledge to show how an economy based on gratitude and reciprocity makes everyone better off, not just those who hoard.
by Paulo Coelho
3.6(60,361)
A mysterious stranger offers a secluded village a difficult choice: kill someone for riches or stay poor, as a young woman tries to guide their moral decisions.
by Umberto Eco
3.9(59,687)
Three jaded editors, playing a dangerous game with occult manuscripts and a supercomputer, accidentally conjure a real-world conspiracy that drags them into a deadly hunt for an ancient secret.
by Thomas More
3.5(59,452)
A seasoned traveler describes the radical, communal, and often unsettling customs of the isolated island of Utopia, making readers question their own 'civilized' world.
by C.S. Lewis
4.2(57,537)
After his wife's death, C.S. Lewis struggles with his faith, questioning God and the nature of love and loss with honesty.
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
4.1(55,183)
During a battle, a divine charioteer reveals cosmic truths about duty, devotion, and self-realization to a conflicted warrior, guiding him from despair to enlightened action.