9 best-selling philosophy books like Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

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Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind

By: Shunryu Suzuki

3.98

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Spirituality & Practice “Best Books of 2021” Award Winner In this new collection of quotes from Sh…

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1. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.19

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more

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"To say goodbye is to die a little."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

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2. Seabiscuit: An American Legend

By: Laura Hillenbrand

4.22

Format: 457 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There's an alternate cover edition here Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular … read more

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"The weather was clear, the track fast War Admiral broke first and finished last."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"To pilot a racehorse is to ride a half-ton catapult. It is without question one of the most formidable feats in sport."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"He grasped for hope in Emerson's vision of natural polarities, in which all things are balanced by their opposites—darkness by light, cold by heat, loss by gain."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"There's more than one thing I can't do and there are a lot more things than that that you can't do or you wouldn't be in the newspaper business. You'd be a jockey and a scholar and a connoisseur of f…"

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

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3. Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

By: Pema Chödrön

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

In this book Pema Chodron shows us how to break free of destructive patterns in our lives and exper… read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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4. Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

By: Dainin Katagiri , Andrea Martin

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It's easy to regard time as a commodity--we even speak of "saving" or "spending" it. We often regar… read more

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  • zen
  • philosophy
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5. It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness

By: Sylvia Boorstein

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Using delightful and deceptively powerful stories from everyday experiences, beloved Buddhist teach… read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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6. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

By: Nyogen Senzaki , Paul Reps

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Zen Flesh, Zen Boneswas published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire genera… read more

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7. It Came from Beyond Zen!: More Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master -- Vol. 2 of a Radical But Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye

By: Brad Warner

3.00

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

In Japan in 1253, one of the great thinkers of his time died -- and the world barely noticed. That … read more

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8. What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind

By: Norman Fischer , Susan Moon

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

An accessible and enjoyable introduction to Zen Buddhist practice--in a reader-friendly question-an… read more

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9. Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye

By: Brad Warner

4.26

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

In Sit Down and Shut Up,Brad Warner tackles one of the great works of Zen literature, the Shobogenz… read more

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10. Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice

By: Shohaku Okumura , Thomas Wright , Kosho Uchiyama , None

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

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11. The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

By: Alan W. Watts

0.00

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our… read more

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12. Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

By: Pema Chödrön , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness… read more

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13. Stillness Speaks

By: Eckhart Tolle

4.18

Format: 411 pages,

Ekkhart Tole e s'vremenen dukhoven uchitel, koito ne prinadlezhi k'm nikoia konkretna religiia ili … read more

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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
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"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. The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight: Longevity Book

By: Satchin Panda

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When we eat may be as important as what we eat. Like most people, you probably wake up, get hungry… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be

By: Steven Pressfield

4.06

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you being defeated by a tendency to procrastination, self-doubt, fear, distraction, and perfect… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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17. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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18. Last Acts

By: Alexander Sammartino

3.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, satirical debut novel about a gun-store-owning father and son forced to live together… read more

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19. The Other Side of Nothing: The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being

By: Brad Warner

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A reader-friendly guide to Zen Buddhist ethics for modern times In the West, Zen Buddhism has a re… read more

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20. Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind

By: Shunryu Suzuki

3.98

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Spirituality & Practice “Best Books of 2021” Award Winner In this new collection of quotes from Sh… read more

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21. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

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"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

6 must-read religion books like Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

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Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

Pema Chödrön

3.86

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Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

Dainin Katagiri , Andrea Martin

4.29

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It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness

Sylvia Boorstein

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

Nyogen Senzaki , Paul Reps

3.63

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Jessie Inchauspé

4.44

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Peter Attia

4.37

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Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

David A. Sinclair

4.15

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