Most Recommended Philosophy Books

Explore a curated collection of philosophy books handpicked by the most influential specialists.

Digital Minimalism Book Cover — Recommendations
Eating Animals Book Cover — Recommendations
Plutarch’s Lives Book Cover — Recommendations
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Book Cover — Recommendations
The Power of Myth Book Cover — Recommendations
The Social Contract Book Cover — Recommendations
The Stranger Book Cover — Recommendations
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Book Cover — Recommendations
The Way of the Superior Man Book Cover — Recommendations
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Book Cover — Recommendations
A Guide to the Good Life Book Cover — Recommendations
Autobiography of a Yogi Book Cover — Recommendations
Gödel, Escher, Bach Book Cover — Recommendations
On the Shortness of Life Book Cover — Recommendations
The Book of Five Rings Book Cover — Recommendations
The Denial of Death Book Cover — Recommendations
What We Owe the Future Book Cover — Recommendations
Seeking Wisdom Book Cover — Recommendations
Stumbling on Happiness Book Cover — Recommendations
The Power of Now Book Cover — Recommendations
The True Believer Book Cover — Recommendations
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Book Cover — Recommendations
The Sovereign Individual Book Cover — Recommendations
The Coddling of the American Mind Book Cover — Recommendations
Digital Minimalism Book Cover — Recommendations
Eating Animals Book Cover — Recommendations
Plutarch’s Lives Book Cover — Recommendations
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Book Cover — Recommendations
The Power of Myth Book Cover — Recommendations
The Social Contract Book Cover — Recommendations
The Stranger Book Cover — Recommendations
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Book Cover — Recommendations
The Way of the Superior Man Book Cover — Recommendations
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Book Cover — Recommendations
A Guide to the Good Life Book Cover — Recommendations
Autobiography of a Yogi Book Cover — Recommendations
Gödel, Escher, Bach Book Cover — Recommendations
On the Shortness of Life Book Cover — Recommendations
The Book of Five Rings Book Cover — Recommendations
The Denial of Death Book Cover — Recommendations
What We Owe the Future Book Cover — Recommendations
Seeking Wisdom Book Cover — Recommendations
Stumbling on Happiness Book Cover — Recommendations
The Power of Now Book Cover — Recommendations
The True Believer Book Cover — Recommendations
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Book Cover — Recommendations
The Sovereign Individual Book Cover — Recommendations
The Coddling of the American Mind Book Cover — Recommendations

All Most Recommended Philosophy Books by Specialists

The Captive Mind Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Captive Mind

Czeslaw Milosz

philosophy
Christopher Hitchens - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Marc Andreessen - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Complete Essays Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Complete Essays

Michel de Montaigne

philosophy
Alain de Botton - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Shane Parrish - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Courage to be Happy Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Courage to be Happy

Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

philosophy
Derek Sivers - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Ryan Hoover - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Critique of Practical Reason Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Critique of Practical Reason

Immanuel Kant

philosophy
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Albert Einstein - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Critique of Pure Reason Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant

philosophy
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Karl Marx - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Culture of Narcissism Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Culture of Narcissism

Christopher Lasch

psychology
Anna Khachiyan - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Antonio García Martínez - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Dictator's Handbook Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Dictator's Handbook

Alastair Smith & Bruce de Mesquita

economics & politics
Mark Manson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Andrew Chen - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Discoverers Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Discoverers

Daniel J. Boorstin

philosophy
Stewart Brand - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Lloyd Blankfein - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

Aldous Huxley

science & nature
Michael Pollan - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Dr. Andrew Weil - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

James J. Gibson

science & nature
Jordan Peterson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Bret Victor - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

philosophy
Michael Pollan - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Tony Robbins - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Examined Life Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Examined Life

Stephen Grosz

psychology
Olivia Wilde - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
David Heinemeier Hansson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
recommended
The Fatal Conceit Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Fatal Conceit

F.A. Hayek

economics & politics
Charles Koch - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Nick Szabo - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Gay Science Book Cover — Recommendations
2
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The Gay Science

Friedrich Nietzsche

philosophy
Jordan Peterson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Naval Ravikant - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Gift of Good Land Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Gift of Good Land

Wendell Berry

philosophy
Michael Pollan - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Larry Page - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Half-Life of Facts Book Cover — Recommendations
2
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The Half-Life of Facts

Samuel Arbesman

science & nature
Berci Meskó - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Bertalan Meskó - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
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The Humane Economy Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Humane Economy

Wayne Pacelle

economics & politics
Carl Icahn - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Ellen DeGeneres - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
recommended
The Kabir Book Book Cover — Recommendations
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The Kabir Book

Kabir

spirituality & religion
Tim O’Reilly - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Olivia Wilde - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
recommended
The Mind–Body Problem Book Cover — Recommendations
2
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The Mind–Body Problem

Jonathan Westphal

philosophy
Patrick Collison - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Mario Gabriele - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
recommended
The Miracle of Mindfulness Book Cover — Recommendations
2
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The Miracle of Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh

spirituality & religion
Kevin Rose - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Nelson Mandela - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
recommended
The News Book Cover — Recommendations
2
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The News

Alain de Botton

philosophy
Antonio García Martínez - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Alain de Botton - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
recommended
The Nicomachean Ethics Book Cover — Recommendations
2
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The Nicomachean Ethics

Artistotle

philosophy
Augustine - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Mark Manson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
recommended
The Open Society and Its Enemies Book Cover — Recommendations
2
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The Open Society and Its Enemies

Karl Popper

philosophy
David Deutsch - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
specialists
recommended
The Origins of Political Order Book Cover — Recommendations
2
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The Origins of Political Order

Francis Fukuyama

economics & politics
David Heinemeier Hansson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
Mark Manson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)
2
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