18 must-read philosophy books like The Hidden Story of Every Person : & Other Short Stories by Robert Pantano

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The Hidden Story of Every Person : & Other Short Stories

By: Robert Pantano

4.40

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of short stories that bend the mind, pull the heartstrings, and explore the eternal qu…

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1. The Wisdom of Life

By: Arthur Schopenhauer , None , T. Bailey Saunders

4.12

Format: 77 pages, Paperback

A leading German philosopher and metaphysician of the 19th century, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)… read more

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"The perverse, obtuse, wicked biped race"

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

"Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

"La felicidad pertenece a los que bastan a sí mismos."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

"Night gives a black look to everything, whatever it may be."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

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2. The Prince of Milk

By: Exurb1a

4.24

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

All of time is simultaneous. Matter tends towards perfection. Cats can be dicks sometimes. The Prin… read more

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  • philosophy
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"You wouldn't understand. Oh shut up, I loved just as well as you in my early years. But to court a married woman, that takes a certain shade of stupidity."

-Exurb1a, The Prince of Milk

"It's fun to think that one day our great, great grandchildren may get that much closer to understanding what the hell creation is doing here in the first place, and glimpsing the underlying structure…"

-Exurb1a, The Prince of Milk

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3. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

By: Jon Kabat-Zinn

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this book, the author maps out a simple path for cultivating mindfulness in one's own life. It s… read more

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  • philosophy
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4. A Happy Death

By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel… read more

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  • philosophy
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5. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

By: Noam Chomsky , Edward S. Herman

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book . In this pathb… read more

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  • philosophy
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6. The Bridge to Lucy Dunne

By: Exurb1a

3.68

Format: 191 pages,

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  • philosophy
  • short stories
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7. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

By: Ludwig Wittgenstein

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Ph… read more

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8. Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacheris a publishing first… read more

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9. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

By: Friedrich Engels

4.24

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Modern socialism is not a doctrine, Engels explains, but a working-class movement growing out of th… read more

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"State interference in social relations becomes, in one domain after another, superfluous, and then dies out of itself; the government of persons is replaced by the administration of things, and by th…"

-Friedrich Engels, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

"Las fuerzas activas de la sociedad obran, mientras no las conocemos y contamos con ellas, exactamente lo mismo que las fuerzas de la naturaleza: de un modo ciego, violento, destructor. Pero, una vez …"

-Friedrich Engels, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

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10. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

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  • philosophy
  • short stories
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"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

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11. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more

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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

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12. Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories

By: qntm

4.34

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

qntm has been writing science fiction for most of this millennium. His works start from elegant, de… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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13. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

By: John Koenig

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koeni… read more

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"liberosis n. the desire to care less about things—to loosen your grip on your life, to stop glancing behind you every few steps, afraid that someone will snatch it from you before you reach the end z…"

-John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

"harke n. a painful memory that you look back upon with unexpected fondness, even though you remember having dreaded it at the time; a tough experience that has since been overridden by the pride of h…"

-John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

"Maybe there is no single self to speak of. Maybe you're a shifting collage of many different personas, each as authentic as the next. A kaleidoscope of ever-moving fragments, reflecting a thousand li…"

-John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

"But maybe all along, we had the story backward. Maybe we were the ones who cast out the jungle, who striped it naked, and tried to teach it good and evil, breaking it down into pieces that served a p…"

-John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

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14. The Fifth Science

By: Exurb1a

4.41

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

The Galactic Human Empire was built atop four logic, physics, psychology, and sociology. Standing … read more

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  • philosophy
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  • fiction
"Humans are the only animals that build zoos for themselves."

-Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

"Distance appears to only apply when the universe knows She is being watched."

-Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

"Go home and write me, tell me how it was, leave a review. Go home, you bunch of absolute, absolute oxygen thieves."

-Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

"Adam laid in the dark for a long time, thinking and not thinking. Thinking in an indirect way in the fashion one knows the sun is there without having to look straight at the thing."

-Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

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15. The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

By: Michio Kaku

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning new vision of our future i… read more

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"The notion that we live in a quiet, ordinary suburb of the galaxy was simple and comforting. But boy, we were wrong."

-Michio Kaku, The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

"Thee notion that we live in a quiet, ordinary suburb of the galaxy was simple and comforting. But boy, we were wrong."

-Michio Kaku, The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

"Astronomers suspect that the Oort Cloud could extend as far as three light-years from our solar system. That is more than halfway to the nearest stars, the Centauri triple star system, which is sligh…"

-Michio Kaku, The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

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16. Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too

By: Exurb1a

4.29

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

exurb1a presents his all-new collection of self-indulgent poetry. An unlikely bestseller, so unlike… read more

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"I don't mind living a brief life as a stupid animal when I get to see your face in the morning."

-Exurb1a, Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too

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17. The Hidden Story of Every Person : & Other Short Stories

By: Robert Pantano

4.40

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of short stories that bend the mind, pull the heartstrings, and explore the eternal qu… read more

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  • science fiction
  • philosophy
  • short stories
  • fiction
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18. Geometry for Ocelots

By: Exurb1a

4.42

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the end of history and all is known, or will be soon. Humanity long ago transitioned to the e… read more

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  • science fiction
  • philosophy
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19. The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity

By: Matthew Van Natta

4.01

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

Optimize joy, overcome obstacles—discover the calm of stoicism Being a stoic means embracing pos… read more

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20. Optimistic Nihilism: A Psychologist's Personal Story & (Biased) Professional Appraisal of Shedding Religion

By: David Landers

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

Through surprisingly good storytelling, David “Don’t Call Me Doctor” Landers takes us on a captivat… read more

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21. Loose: On Letting Stuff Go

By: Einzelgänger

4.36

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

A wise Buddhist monk once explained the power of letting go through the act of holding a cup of tea… read more

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"Life isn’t supposed to play out the way we want, but the way it happens."

-Einzelgänger, Loose: On Letting Stuff Go

8 Best fiction books like The Hidden Story of Every Person : & Other Short Stories by Robert Pantano

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The Prince of Milk

Exurb1a

4.24

Transform Your Habits

A Happy Death

Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi

4.15

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The Bridge to Lucy Dunne

Exurb1a

3.68

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Steven L. Peck

4.22

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12 best-selling philosophy books like Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Eckhart Tolle

4.15

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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Dalai Lama XIV , Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

4.31

Transform Your Habits

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

4.28

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Henepola Gunaratana

3.41

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