15 Top philosophy books like The Closer We Get by Robert Pantano

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The Closer We Get

By: Robert Pantano

4.04

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

From the writer and creator of the YouTube channel Pursuit of Wonder and the author of the Amazon b…

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1. Chaos: Making a New Science

By: James Gleick

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary… read more

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"IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity."

-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science

"Of all the possible pathways of disorder, nature favors just a few."

-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science

"Revolutions do not come piecemeal. One account of nature replaces another."

-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science

"The only things that can ever be universal, in a sense, are scaling things."

-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science

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2. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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3. 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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"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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4. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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5. Stumbling on Happiness

By: None

4.02

Format: None pages,

* Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in … read more

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  • philosophy
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6. 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
Cover of A Happy Death by Albert Camus, Richard Howard, Jean Sarocchi

7. 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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8. Reality is Not What it Seems

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.17

Format: 120 pages,

From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more

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9. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • philosophy
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10. Ark

By: Veronica Roth

3.60

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

On the eve of Earth’s destruction, a young scientist discovers something too precious to lose, in a… read more

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"Well, you can’t love everything equally,"

-Veronica Roth, Ark

"That there was nothing you could have that you couldn’t one day lose. That autumn always gave way to winter, but it was her favorite time of year— those fleeting bursts of beauty before the branches …"

-Veronica Roth, Ark

"Well, you can't love everything equally," she said. "You just can't - and if you did, then it's the same as loving nothing at all. So you have to hold just a few things dear because that's what love …"

-Veronica Roth, Ark

"Why, she had once asked her mother, do you bother to keep anything alive when it’ll all be wiped out by Finis? Her mother had shrugged. Why take a shower when you’re just going to get dirty? Why eat …"

-Veronica Roth, Ark

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11. The Laws of Human Nature

By: Robert Greene

4.37

Format: 624 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book… read more

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"Fo each weakness there is a corresponding strength."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"Results are important, but the way they are achieved, the process, is equally important."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"Rationality is not a power you are born with but one you acquire through training and practice."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"So often we think that power has changed people, when in fact it simply reveals more of who they are."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

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12. The Flowers of Buffoonery

By: Osamu Dazai

3.83

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba—the narrator of No Longer Hu… read more

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  • fiction
"But in my softness I find peace, however fleeting."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"Hacían reír a otros. Querían provocar la risa en otros a cualquier precio, incluso a costa de su propio dolor."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"It was only natural for Yozo to vacillate when asked about the reason behind his suicide – it was everything to him."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"The next morning was peaceful and clear. The sea was calm. White smoke from the volcano on Oshima, just above the horizon, drifted up into the sky. Never mind. I hate describing scenery."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

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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 Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

By: Daniel Walter

4.12

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you spent weeks, months, or even years trying to achieve your goals but keep failing? Have … read more

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15. 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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  • 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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16. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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17. The Closer We Get

By: Robert Pantano

4.04

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

From the writer and creator of the YouTube channel Pursuit of Wonder and the author of the Amazon b… read more

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  • fiction
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18. 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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19. The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight L… read more

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"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

"When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

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20. 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

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21. Awakening the Other Way: Nonduality and Existential Reason (Unlock Tao)

By: Marcel Eschauzier

4.69

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

Candid and strictly rational—unacademic and unwoke, this exceptional philosophical guide shows the … read more

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7 Top fiction books like The Closer We Get by Robert Pantano

Transform Your Habits

The Prince of Milk

Exurb1a

4.24

Transform Your Habits

A Happy Death

Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Ark

Veronica Roth

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Flowers of Buffoonery

Osamu Dazai

3.83

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5 Best audiobook books like The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals by Daniel Walter

Transform Your Habits

4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work--Anywhere!

Bento C. Leal III

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series Book 1)

Thibaut Meurisse

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

Daniel Walter

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Letting GO: How to Let Go of the Past, Look Forward to the Future, and Finally Enjoy the Emotional Freedom You Deserve! (The Art Of Living Well Book 2)

Damon Zahariades

3.93

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