12 must-read nonfiction books like How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog: Exploring the Big Questions in Life by Anthony McGowan

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How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog: Exploring the Big Questions in Life

By: Anthony McGowan

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Because man’s best friend deserves to know the secrets of how to live a good life, too. Monty was …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog: Exploring the Big Questions in Life by Anthony McGowan , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Gooseberries and other stories

By: Anton Chekhov , Constance Garnett

3.76

Format: None pages, ebook

"Oh, good God," he kept saying with great relish. "Good God..." 'Gooseberries' is accompanied h… read more

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  • philosophy
"The Lie which elates us is dearer than a thousand sober truths"

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths."

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"Человеку нужно не три аршина земли, не усадьба, а весь земной шар, вся природа, где на просторе он мог бы проявить все свойства и особенности своего свободного духа."

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"Happiness does not exist, nor should it, and if there is any meaning or purpose in life, they are not in our peddling little happiness, but in something reasonable and grand. Do good!"

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

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2. The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher

By: Julian Baggini

3.87

Format: 400 pages,

The author presents 100 thought experiments which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and i… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction

3. Postscript to the Name of the Rose

By: Umberto Eco

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This book stems from Umberto Eco's account of the genesis of his extraordinary novel, The Name of t… read more

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4. Six Four

By: Hideo Yokoyama , Jonathan Lloyd-Davies

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Six Four. The nightmare no parent could endure. The case no detective could solve. The twist no lis… read more

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5. Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap Into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem

By: Bill Nye

3.79

Format: 1 pages,

Bill Nye has been the public face of science for more than 20 years. In Everything All At Once, the… read more

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6. Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud

By: Ben McKenzie

None

Format: None pages, None

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR… read more

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7. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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8. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Cuddy

By: Benjamin Myers

4.33

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more

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  • audiobook
"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"

-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy

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10. The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story

By: Kate Summerscale

3.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

London, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, an ordinary young housewife has become the eye in a storm… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity

By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

By: Robert Goddard

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The no. 1 ebook from the Sunday Times bestseller 'He's the high priest of plot ... deftly woven, bu… read more

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  • audiobook
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13. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

By: Paul Bloom

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."

-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

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14. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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  • audiobook
"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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15. Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well

By: Tim Spector

4.27

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth , a comprehensive guide to the new scien… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

By: Jordan B. Peterson

4.17

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the periolus path of modern life. I… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Book of Secrets: Finding Solace in a Stubborn World by Derren Brown

17. A Book of Secrets: Finding Solace in a Stubborn World

By: Derren Brown

3.73

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

."Friction and struggle lead to growth." In A Book of Secrets, internationally bestselling author … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

By: Curtis Chin

3.80

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Glorious Exploits

By: Ferdia Lennon

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more

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  • audiobook
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

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20. How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog: Exploring the Big Questions in Life

By: Anthony McGowan

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Because man’s best friend deserves to know the secrets of how to live a good life, too. Monty was … read more

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  • dogs
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. How to Teach Economics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction

By: Rebecca Campbell

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fun take on some of the biggest questions in economics, made accessible for non-experts (and dogs… read more

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  • nonfiction

14 Best audiobook books like How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog: Exploring the Big Questions in Life by Anthony McGowan

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

Tim Marshall

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Cuddy

Benjamin Myers

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story

Kate Summerscale

3.22

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

Jessie Inchauspé

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

Daniel E. Lieberman

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

Chris van Tulleken

4.43

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