17 Best audiobook books like On Quality by Robert M. Pirsig

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On Quality

By: Robert M. Pirsig

3.59

Format: 224 pages, Unknown Binding

Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and aft…

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1. The Varieties of Religious Experience

By: William James

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered in Edinburgh 1901/2 "I am neither a theolo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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2. Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's

By: Hunter S. Thompson

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

A running tally of the folly of the 80's, the decade known for men of "huge brains, small necks, we… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
Cover of Seven Nights by Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger

3. Seven Nights

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Eliot Weinberger

3.60

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

The seven lectures which make up this volume were delivered by Borges in Buenos Aires at the Teatro… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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4. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

By: Nancy Isenberg

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her groundbreaking history of the class system in America, extending from colonial times to the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

By: Anu Partanen

4.16

Format: None pages, ebook

A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

6. Zag: The #1 Strategy of High-Performance Brands

By: Marty Neumeier

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

"When everybody zigs, zag," says Marty Neumeier in this fresh view of brand strategy. ZAG follows t… read more

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7. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work

By: Matthew B. Crawford

4.00

Format: None pages,

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8. Zen in the Art of Archery

By: R.F.C. Hull , None , Eugen Herrigel , Φοίβος Ι. Πιομπίνος

3.76

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Pro… read more

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9. Ultimate Spider-Man (2024-) #2

By: Jonathan Hickman

4.60

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

THE MOST SURPRISING SPIDER-MAN STORY OF THE 21ST CENTURY CONTINUES! Spider-Man faces his first supe… read more

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10. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

By: Yascha Mounk

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters by Brian Klaas

11. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. L'età fragile

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Non esiste un'età senza paura. Siamo fragili sempre, da genitori e da figli, quando bisogna ricostr… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Quando muori resta a me by Zerocalcare

13. Quando muori resta a me

By: Zerocalcare

4.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Un viaggio con suo padre verso il paesino tra le Dolomiti da cui proviene la famiglia paterna sareb… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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15. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

By: Shane Parrish

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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16. Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You

By: Brad Stulberg

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory book on rethinking change, creating a rugged and flexible mindset … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

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18. Infocracia: La digitalización y la crisis de la democracia

By: Byung-Chul Han

4.11

Format: 67 pages, Kindle Edition

Die Digitalisierung schreitet unaufhaltsam voran. Wir sind benommen vom Kommunikations- und Informa… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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19. Liberalism and Its Discontents

By: Francis Fukuyama

3.93

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling auth… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Нема причин, з яких економічна ефективність має домінувати над усіма іншими соціальними цінностями."

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"Комуністичні суспільства були схильні цінувати виробництво більше за споживання, що призвело до поганих наслідків: у них були «герої соціалістичної праці», але не було продуктів на полицях магазинів."

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"Низка людей, які працюють у цій галузі, починаючи з таких постструктуралістів, як Лакан і Дерріда, писали в такий спосіб, який, здавалося, навмисне затуманював їхні думки й захищав від відповідальнос…"

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"As instituições financeiras comportam-se de modo muito diferente do que as empresas na economia real. Ao contrário de uma companhia de manufatura, um grande banco de investimento é sistemicamente per…"

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

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20. Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

By: Russell "Russ" Roberts

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorith… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Exploring can turn out much better than a planned itinerary."

-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

"Spend more time getting used to the darkness and less time looking to expand the light."

-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

"If the important things are hard to measure, and the measurable things misleading, what kind of decision framework is left? This book is my answer to that question."

-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

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21. Ultimate Spider-Man (2024-) #3

By: Jonathan Hickman

4.63

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

PETER PARKER'S NEW LIFE GETS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED… Spider-Man sizes up the new hero Green Goblin! … read more

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Cover of Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs by Johann Hari

22. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Johann Hari

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. Wish I Was Here

By: M. John Harrison

4.17

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'Is M John Harrison the best writer at work today? He's certainly among the deftest and most origin… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Much of life, you will never know what happened to you at all, let alone to anyone else."

-M. John Harrison, Wish I Was Here

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24. Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility

By: Martha C. Nussbaum

3.81

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

A “brilliant” (Chicago Review of Books), “elegantly written, and compelling” (National Review) new … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

By: Kieran Setiya

3.58

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022" Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challeng… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard W. Wrangham

26. The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution

By: Richard W. Wrangham

4.21

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

“A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from o… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The moral sense was once explained purely by religion. Now an evolutionary account is needed."

-Richard W. Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution

"However, being moral can include not only acts of kindness but also deeds of conformity and violence."

-Richard W. Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution

"Human competitiveness still has elements of the primate system of achieving status by individual combat."

-Richard W. Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution

"...there is one thing we all take from granted: from hunter-gatherers to the Pope, we all live by a moral compass."

-Richard W. Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution

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27. On Quality

By: Robert M. Pirsig

3.59

Format: 224 pages, Unknown Binding

Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and aft… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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28. War in Heaven

By: Charles Williams

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more

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"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

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29. Seven Against Thebes: The Quest of the Original Magnificent Seven

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of myth, legend, and origin stories passed from generation to generation. In the thi… read more

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  • audiobook
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30. La vita delle forme: Filosofia del reincanto

By: Emanuele Coccia

3.94

Format: 224 pages, ebook

La moda è uno strano incantesimo: ogni volta che ci vestiamo trasformiamo una qualunque forma o un … read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives―and How We Break Free

By: Tricia Rose

4.56

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on how systemic racism in America really works, revealing the vast and often hi… read more

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15 must-read philosophy books like On Quality by Robert M. Pirsig

Transform Your Habits

The Varieties of Religious Experience

William James

3.56

Transform Your Habits

Seven Nights

Jorge Luis Borges , Eliot Weinberger

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

Yascha Mounk

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

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18 Top audiobook books like Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us by Russell "Russ" Roberts

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

Annie Duke

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

Shane Parrish

4.21

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