Best Philosophy Books
Philosophy asks the questions that every other discipline tries to avoid. These are the best-rated philosophy books — from Plato's dialogues to Nietzsche's provocations — ranked by readers who found them genuinely thought-changing.
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Jordan B. Peterson
(85,000 reviews)Wie erfülltes, freies Leben gelingen kann? Erst einmal Ordnung schaffen im eigenen Haus, empfiehlt der kanadische Psychologieprofessor und Bestsellerautor Wie …
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Marcus Aurelius
(75,000 reviews)The "Meditations" of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius are a readable exposition of the system of metaphysics known as stoicism. Stoics maintained that by putting a…
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Eckhart Tolle
(70,000 reviews)Celebrating 25 Years as a New York Times Bestseller — Over 16 Million Copies Sold It’s no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies world…
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Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
(65,000 reviews)From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an invitation to reflect on wha…
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Lee Strobel, Zondervan
(22,000 reviews)Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Strobel uses his experience as a reporter for the Chicago Times to inte…
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Plato
(22,000 reviews)The classic translation of the cornerstone work of western philosophy Plato's Republic is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential works in the histor…
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Friedrich Nietzsche
(18,000 reviews)What if you could unlock your full potential, embrace freedom, and rise above limitations to live life on your own terms? Originally written as a philosophical …
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Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers
(14,000 reviews)NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and…
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DK
(14,000 reviews)Get to grips with the concepts that shaped the way we think about ethics, politics, and our place in the universe. Explaining the big ideas and groundbreaking t…
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
(12,000 reviews)The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History Now includes an excerpt from Siddhartha Mukherjee’s…
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Albert Camus
(12,000 reviews)The Myth of Sisyphus is a 1942 philosophical essay by Albert Camus. The work offers a sustained, searching examination of a question Camus considered central to…
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Joseph Campbell
(10,500 reviews)Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell…
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Donald Robertson
(8,000 reviews)The stoics lived a long time ago, but they had some startling insights into the human condition - insights which endure to this day. The philosophical tradition…
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Lawrence M. Krauss
(7,500 reviews)Bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how everything that exists came to be in the first place. “Where…
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