18 must-read nonfiction books like Not Doing: The Art of Turning Struggle into Ease by Diana Renner

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Not Doing: The Art of Turning Struggle into Ease

By: Diana Renner

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

So many people today are struggling with the increasing pace of change and the constant and excessi…

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1. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Desmond Tutu , Douglas Carlton Abrams

4.38

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"What the Dalai Lama and I are offering,"

-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

"It is not happiness that makes us grateful, it’s gratefulness that makes us happy."

-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

"The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience."

-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

"Our perspective toward life is our final and ultimate freedom. - Viktor Frankl quoted by Desmond Tutu"

-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

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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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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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3. 4 3 2 1

By: Paul Auster

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Astonishing, a masterpiece, Paul Auster's greatest, most satisfying, most vivid and heartbreaking n… read more

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4. Oblomov

By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment

4.12

Format: 586 pages, Paperback

Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more

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"Now or never. To be or not to be!"

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"Love was life's hardest school of all."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

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5. The Last Day of a Condemned Man

By: Victor Hugo , Libby Purves , Geoff Woollen

3.98

Format: 109 pages, Paperback

Deeply shocking in its time, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a profound and moving tale and a vi… read more

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"إن الموت يجعلني إنساناً شريراً !!"

-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man

"كنت قادراً على التفكير في كل ما يسرني ، لأني كنتُ حراً"

-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man

"¡Cuantós han muerto habiendo hecho planes para una larga vida!"

-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man

"ماذا عراني فصرت بهذه الدرجة من التخاذل والإنهيار؟ إن باب القبر لا يُفتح من الداخل!!"

-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man

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6. A Tale of Two Cities

By: Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , Richard Maxwell

3.87

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval … read more

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"We'll start to forget a place once we left it"

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"Tell the Wind and the Fire where to stop; not me."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

7. Beyinde Ararken Bağırsakta Buldum

By: Serkan Karaismailoğlu

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
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8. The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

By: Gary Keller , Jay Papasan

3.16

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The One Thingexplains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help

9. As a Man Thinketh

By: James Allen

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

The mind guides our footsteps as we progress along the pathway of life. Purity of mind leads inevit… read more

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10. The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success

By: Darren Hardy

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition

No gimmicks. No Hyperbole. No Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is based on the principle that deci… read more

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11. Strange Weather in Tokyo

By: Hiromi Kawakami

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tsukiko is drinking alone in her local sake bar when by chance she meets one of her old high school… read more

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12. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

By: Michael A. Singer

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

What would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can y… read more

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13. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more

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  • nonfiction
"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

14. Bir Çöküşün Öyküsü

By: Stefan Zweig , Regaip Minareci

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Bu son derece carpici cokus oykusu, XV. Louis doneminde Fransiz sarayinda epey etkili olmus aristok… read more

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15. How Will You Measure Your Life?

By: Clayton M. Christensen , Karen Dillon , James Allworth

3.73

Format: 112 pages, ebook

In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harva… read more

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16. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.17

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innov… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Total annihilation has a way of sharpening people's minds."

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question."

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"So if you want to know the truth about the universe, about the meaning of life, and about your own identity, the best place to start is by observing suffering and exploring what it is. The answer isn…"

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"To survive and flourish in such a world, you will need a lot of mental flexibility and great reserves of emotional balance. You will have to repeatedly let go of some of what you know best, and feel …"

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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17. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

18. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab

4.28

Format: 282 pages, ebook

End the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"We don't naturally fall into perfect relationship; we create them"

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

"I’m not doing this to disrespect you. I’m doing this to respect myself."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

"Assume that people know only what you tell them, honor only what you request, and can't read your mind."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

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19. The Archer

By: Paulo Coelho

3.66

Format: 131 pages, Hardcover

In The Archer we meet Tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow but w… read more

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  • philosophy
  • self help
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20. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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21. Stillness Is the Key

By: Ryan Holiday

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Build a life you don't need to escape from."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

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22. What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture

By: Ben Horowitz

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Without trust, communication breaks. Here’s why: In any human interaction the required amount of community is inversely proportional to the level of trust."

-Ben Horowitz, What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture

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23. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

By: Melody Beattie

4.13

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to un… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"We work it out, or live it out."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

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24. Tek Yalnız Ben Değilim

By: Jean-Louis Fournier

4.02

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Tek Yalnız Ben Değilim Jean-Louis Fournier’nin en melankolik, en hüzünlü ve belki de en vurucu anla… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World

By: David Robson

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A journey through the cutting-edge science of how our mindset shapes every facet of our lives, reve… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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26. Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

By: Austin Kleon

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Keep Working. Keep Playing. Keep Creating. In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show You… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"To be on brand is to be 100% certain of who you are and what you do, and certainly, in art and in life, is not only completely overrated, it is also a roadblock to discovery. Uncertainty is the very …"

-Austin Kleon, Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

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27. The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life

By: Edith Eger

4.44

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the award-winning, New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Aklımızda Bulunsun: İş İnsanları İçin Denemeler by Bülent Eczacıbaşı

28. Aklımızda Bulunsun: İş İnsanları İçin Denemeler

By: Bülent Eczacıbaşı

4.02

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Yarım yüzyıla yakın bir çalışma, okuma ve düşünme serüveninden sıra dışı saptamalar, anlamlı sorula… read more

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Cover of You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake: How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them by Olivier Sibony

29. You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake: How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them

By: Olivier Sibony

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Discover nine common business decision-making traps -- and learn practical tools for avoiding them … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Not Doing: The Art of Turning Struggle into Ease by Diana Renner

30. Not Doing: The Art of Turning Struggle into Ease

By: Diana Renner

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

So many people today are struggling with the increasing pace of change and the constant and excessi… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Networking - Tanışma, Tanıştırma ve Tanınma Sanatı by Ertuğrul Belen

31. Networking - Tanışma, Tanıştırma ve Tanınma Sanatı

By: Ertuğrul Belen

3.47

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Tanımadığınız insanlarla nasıl rahatlıkla tanışabilir ve işbirliği yapabilirsiniz? Girişimciliği… read more

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7 best-selling philosophy books like Not Doing: The Art of Turning Struggle into Ease by Diana Renner

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

Dalai Lama XIV , Desmond Tutu , Douglas Carlton Abrams

4.38

Transform Your Habits

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

Ryan Holiday

4.15

Transform Your Habits

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

4.17

Transform Your Habits

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Paulo Coelho

3.66

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Brené Brown

5.00

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Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

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Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

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