5 Best nonfiction books like Suicide and the Soul by James Hillman

Cover of Suicide and the Soul by James Hillman

Suicide and the Soul

By: James Hillman

4.19

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

With this book Hillman initiated the soul movement in psychotherapy forty years ago.

"Outside and inside, life and soul, appear as parallels in “case history"

-James Hillman, Suicide and the Soul

"Outside and inside, life and soul, appear as parallels in “case history"

-James Hillman, Suicide and the Soul

"To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair."

-James Hillman, Suicide and the Soul

"To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair."

-James Hillman, Suicide and the Soul

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Suicide and the Soul by James Hillman , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace

1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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2. La stanza di Therese

By: Francesco D'Isa

4.38

Format: 613 pages, Paperback

Therese, giovane donna ossessionata dal trascendente, ha abbandonato lavoro e affetti per rinchiude… read more

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3. The Crocodile

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Samuel D. Cioran

3.18

Format: 183 pages,

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4. Man and His Symbols

By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman

4.19

Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

5. Mortality

By: Christopher Hitchens

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens wa… read more

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6. La bella estate

By: Cesare Pavese

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

"A quei tempi era sempre festa. Bastava uscire di casa e attraversare la strada, per diventare come… read more

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7. The Savage God: A Study of Suicide

By: Al Álvarez

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

"Suicide," writes the notes English poet and critic A. Alvarez, "has permeated Western culture like… read more

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8. Memories of My Melancholy Whores

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A New York TimesNotable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himsel… read more

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9. The Art of Always Being Right

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Which are the logical tricks that will let you slip through the net when faced with awkward questio… read more

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10. I Malavoglia

By: Giovanni Verga

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Nei Malavoglia (1881) Verga si immerge nella realta locale di un paese siciliano, Aci Trezza, e rac… read more

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11. The Burnout Society

By: Byung-Chul Han

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more

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12. The First Bad Man

By: Miranda July

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and bestselling author of No One Belongs Here More Than You,a… read more

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13. Notes from Underground

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None

4.17

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more

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  • philosophy
  • psychology
"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

14. Novecento. Un monologo

By: Alessandro Baricco

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Il Virginianera un piroscafo. Negli anni tra le due guerre faceva la spola tra Europa e America, co… read more

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15. Anima

By: Wajdi Mouawad

4.02

Format: 360 pages,

Lorsqu'il decouvre le meurtre de sa femme, Wahhch Debch est tetanise : il doit a tout prix savoir q… read more

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16. 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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17. I baffi

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.73

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

È quasi un capriccio, uno scherzo, quello di tagliarsi i baffi, da parte del protagonista di questo… read more

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18. La piedra de la locura

By: Benjamín Labatut

3.48

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

Una fascinante reflexión sobre el caos y la locura a partir de teorías científicas, expresiones lit… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Ramani Durvasula

19. It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

By: Ramani Durvasula

4.58

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A transformative guide to protecting and healing yourself from the narcissism you can’t see, from p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"You may have had the belief that to forgive is divine but have come to learn that to discern may be transcendent."

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

"Radical acceptance of the injustice is part of this process-it not fair, I cannot change it; I can, however, chart a different and authentic course forward and learn from this. Be kind to yourself, t…"

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

"I am tired of people calling those of us who get stuck in these cycles "codependent" or "addicted" to the narcissistic relationship. It's not that. If you have any empathy, have normal cognitive func…"

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

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20. Suicide and the Soul

By: James Hillman

4.19

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

With this book Hillman initiated the soul movement in psychotherapy forty years ago. read more

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  • mental illness
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Outside and inside, life and soul, appear as parallels in “case history"

-James Hillman, Suicide and the Soul

"To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair."

-James Hillman, Suicide and the Soul

Cover of The Heartbeat Library by Laura Imai Messina

21. The Heartbeat Library

By: Laura Imai Messina

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Nel sud-ovest del Giappone, in una pozza di mare condivisa da due province, Kagawa e Okayama, nuota… read more

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Transform Your Habits

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

4.15

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Man and His Symbols

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4.19

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Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None

4.17

Transform Your Habits

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Benjamín Labatut

3.48

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Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Stranger

Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

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The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol

4.15

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Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

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