12 Best philosophy books like Stoicism For Dummies by Tom Morris

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Stoicism For Dummies

By: Tom Morris

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The philosophy that will help you become more resilient in the face of life’s challenges Stoicism F…

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1. It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

By: Mark Wolynn

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generatio… read more

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2. Buddhism for Dummies

By: Stephan Bodian , Jonathan Landaw

3.96

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

From the outside, Buddhism seems like a bundle of contradictions wrapped inside a paradox. It is a … read more

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3. A Dead Djinn in Cairo

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.66

Format: 341 pages, ebook

Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantm… read more

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4. Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)

By: Jeff Lindsay

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Meet Dexter Morgan, a polite wolf in sheep's clothing. He's handsome and charming, but something in… read more

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5. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

By: Christopher R. Browning

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more

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"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

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6. Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more

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7. Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying

By: Ram Dass , Richard Alpert

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

More than thirty years ago, an entire generation sought a new way of life, looking for fulfillment … read more

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8. Kabbalah For Dummies

By: Arthur Kurzweil

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"Kabbalah For Dummies" presents a balanced perspective of Kabbalah as an "umbrella" for a complex a… read more

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9. Replay

By: Ken Grimwood

4.15

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Jeff Winston was 43 and trapped in a tepid marriage and a dead-end job, waiting for that time when … read more

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"Sometimes isolation can be shared."

-Ken Grimwood, Replay

"He couldn't keep his eyes off her face, wished she'd take off those damned sunglasses so he could see the eyes he'd known so well."

-Ken Grimwood, Replay

"Someone—Plato, I think—once said, 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' " "True. But a life too closely scrutinized will lead to madness, if not suicide."

-Ken Grimwood, Replay

"Until I die again, perhaps. Until the next replay. Then it all vanishes." Jeff shook his head, his arm tightly around her shoulders. "Only the products of your work will disappear. The struggle, the …"

-Ken Grimwood, Replay

10. The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca

By: Emily Wilson

3.89

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most important figures in both Roman literature and … read more

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11. No More Mr. Nice Guy

By: Robert A. Glover

4.08

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Originally published as an e-book that became a controversial media phenomenon, No More Mr. Nice Gu… read more

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12. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

By: William B. Irvine

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discove… read more

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13. 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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14. Letters from a Stoic

By: Seneca , Robin Campbell

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were… read more

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15. No Excuses: Existentialism And The Meaning Of Life (Great Courses, #437)

By: Robert C. Solomon

3.85

Format: 208 pages,

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16. How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

By: Massimo Pigliucci

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of How to Liveand How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient … read more

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17. The Republic

By: Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more

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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."

-Plato, The Republic

"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."

-Plato, The Republic

"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."

-Plato, The Republic

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

-Plato, The Republic

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18. Poverty, by America

By: Matthew Desmond

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more

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"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

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19. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.37

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam … read more

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20. 48 Hours

By: William R. Forstchen

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash hit One Second After series comes 48 Hours,… read more

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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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"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. The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient

By: William B. Irvine

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Ancient Stoic insights combined with modern psychological research help us overcome—and even benefi… read more

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23. Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving

By: Celeste Headlee

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Despite our constant search for new ways to 'hack' our bodies and minds for peak performance, human… read more

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"In many ways I think we've lost the sight of the purpose of free time. We seem to immediately equate idleness with laziness but those two things are very different. "Leisure" is not a synonym for "in…"

-Celeste Headlee, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving

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24. How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life

By: Catherine Price

3.92

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Packed with tested strategies and practical tips, this book is the essential, life-changing guide f… read more

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"In short, if ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to look at your phone."

-Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life

"Flow is a term coined by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi to describe the feeling you get when you’re completely and totally engaged in an experience. People can experience flow when they’re …"

-Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life

"If you wanted to invent a device that could rewire our minds, if you wanted to create a society of people who were perpetually distracted, isolated, and overtired, if you wanted to weaken our memorie…"

-Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life

"Every moment of attention we spend scrolling through social media is attention spent making money for someone else. The numbers are staggering: a New York Times analysis calculated that as of 20414, …"

-Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life

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25. Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living

By: David Fideler

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The first clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Se… read more

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26. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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27. The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity

By: Matthew Van Natta

4.01

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

Optimize joy, overcome obstacles—discover the calm of stoicism Being a stoic means embracing pos… read more

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28. Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living in

By: Kai Whiting

4.09

Format: 176 pages, ebook

Practical answers to the urgent moral questions of our time from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism… read more

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29. Stoicism For Dummies

By: Tom Morris

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The philosophy that will help you become more resilient in the face of life’s challenges Stoicism F… read more

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30. Political Science For Dummies

By: Marcus A. Stadelmann

3.72

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Expand your political science knowledge with a book that explains concepts in a way anyone can unde… read more

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31. How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

By: Seneca

3.91

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the mo… read more

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