18 must-read philosophy books like Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Spiritual and Scientific Views of Our Minds (Core Teachings of Dalai Lama) by Dalai Lama XIV

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Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Spiritual and Scientific Views of Our Minds (Core Teachings of Dalai Lama)

By: Dalai Lama XIV

3.78

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

This book, designed as a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Western neuroscientists, takes rea…

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1. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

By: Pema Chödrön

4.28

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more

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"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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2. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

By: Ryan Holiday

4.15

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aureli… read more

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3. The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography In An Age Of Extinctions

By: David Quammen

3.59

Format: 378 pages,

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4. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.22

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more

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"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

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5. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

By: Ed Yong

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ma… read more

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"I was struck by how different everything seemed with microbes in mind."

-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

"The brutal contract of natural selection ensures that if one partner is unnecessary, it gets dumped."

-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

"As palaeontologist Andrew Knoll once said, "Animals might be evolution's icing, but bacteria are really the cake."

-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

"There’s a popular saying among doctors: There’s no such thing as alternative medicine; if it works, it’s just called medicine."

-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

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6. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment

By: Robert Wright

3.64

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditat… read more

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7. Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living

By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Mayumi Oda , Annabel Laity

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

Reading these poetic and practical verses can help us slow down and enjoy each moment of our lives.… read more

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8. Cave in the Snow

By: Vicki Mackenzie

4.11

Format: 98 pages,

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9. Flight Behavior

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.81

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

Flight Behavior takes on one of the most contentious subjects of our time: climate change. With a d… read more

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"She would die of him or be cured."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

"For scientists, reality is not optional."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

"I never learn anything from listening to myself."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

"Be sweet and carry a sharp knife, was her motto."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

10. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity

By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman

3.92

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully packaged, gifty daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is … read more

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11. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By: None

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold n… read more

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12. 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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13. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

By: Merlin Sheldrake

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more

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"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"

-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"

-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"

-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

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14. The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

By: Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-o… read more

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"Laughter was the true applause you offered to the world for being beautiful."

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

"But this? Convincing someone of the truth they were too twisted up to see? How could Bast begin to loosen such a knot? It was baffling. These creatures, fraught and frayed in their desire. A snake wo…"

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

"What he was asking for was, effectively, a story without all the conflict. Without tension and animosity. Without many of the things I'd been taught were essential to storytelling. This wasn't a tota…"

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

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15. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

By: Florence Williams

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For cent… read more

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16. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more

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"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

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17. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

By: Jenny Odell

3.61

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from … read more

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"Most living entities and systems on this planet obviously do not live by the Western human clock (though some, like the crows who memorize a city's daily garbage truck route, do of course adapt to th…"

-Jenny Odell, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

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18. The Order of Time

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more

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"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

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19. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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20. Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick

By: Jen Sincero

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits–breaking, … read more

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"Drama dies without an audience"

-Jen Sincero, Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick

"The people closest to you have the most to lose by losing you so they are the most resistant to you changing."

-Jen Sincero, Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick

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21. Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

By: Lisa Feldman Barrett

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How Emotions Are Made ,  a captivating collection of short essays about your bra… read more

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"The triune brain idea is one of the most successful and widespread errors in all of science."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

"Sometimes we're responsible for things not because they're our fault, but because we're the only ones who can change them."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

"The best thing for your nervous system is another human. The worst thing for your nervous system is also another human. This situation leads us to a fundamental dilemma of the human condition."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

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22. Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter

By: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

4.36

Format: 304 pages, ebook

For the first time, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback—from tragic person… read more

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23. Summer Frost

By: Blake Crouch

4.10

Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition

A video game developer becomes obsessed with a willful character in her new project, in a mind-bend… read more

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"Because sometimes life is so rich and complicated and surprising that it takes your breath away."

-Blake Crouch, Summer Frost

"There is no such thing as real taste or real smell or even real sight, because there is no true definition of 'real'. There is only information, viewed subjectively, which is allowed by consciousness…"

-Blake Crouch, Summer Frost

"There is no such thing as real taste or real smell or even real sight, because there is no true definition of 'real'. There is only information, viewed subjectiveyly, which is allowed by consciousnes…"

-Blake Crouch, Summer Frost

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24. Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon

By: Joe Dispenza

4.26

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, … read more

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"It’s not the gene that creates disease but the environment that programs our genes to create disease"

-Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon

"If you keep the same routine as yesterday, it makes sense that your tomorrow is going to be a lot like your yesterday."

-Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon

"The only way we can change our lives is to change our energy — to change the electromagnetic field we are constantly broadcasting. In other words, to change our state of being, we have to change how …"

-Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon

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25. Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.38

Format: 320 pages, ebook

In this masterful work, one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today shares his wis… read more

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"Sometimes even if we think we want to be heard, we're not always ready for it."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

"We can make the most of the Earth and benefit from its beauty, but in such a way that we respect the Earth, just as a bee respects the flower."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

"You trust that you contain the whole cosmos; you are made of stars. And that is why you respect yourself and offer reverence to yourself. And, when you look at another person, you see that they are a…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

"This is the attitude of bodhisattvas: to practice meditation not only for yourself, but for the world, to relieve the suffering. And, when others suffer less, you suffer less. When you suffer less, t…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

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26. Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future

By: Yung Pueblo

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An empathetic and wise book that will guide you on a journey toward… read more

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"The end of a relationship is the end of a home."

-Yung Pueblo, Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future

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27. Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World

By: Asia Suler

4.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An award-winning nature therapy session for the soul--encounter the benevolence of the living world… read more

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"When healing is needed at the deepest level nature will always call us back home, not only to the oak woods or water-filled coves, but to the homes within ourselves that we've been alienated from"

-Asia Suler, Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World

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28. The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours

By: Chantel Prat

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From University of Washington professor Chantel Prat comes The Neuroscience of You, a rollicking ad… read more

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29. Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness

By: Rick Hanson

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"This deeply researched and compassionate guide offers an easy-to-follow road map for creating day-… read more

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30. Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Spiritual and Scientific Views of Our Minds (Core Teachings of Dalai Lama)

By: Dalai Lama XIV

3.78

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

This book, designed as a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Western neuroscientists, takes rea… read more

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31. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Volume 2) (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path, the Lamrim Chenmo)

By: Tsongkhapa

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Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

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