8 Best philosophy books like Five Great Dialogues by Plato

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Five Great Dialogues

By: Plato

4.07

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Foreword by Louise Ropes Loomis. Five of the great dialogues of this influential philosopher, trans…

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1. Nausea

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In… read more

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  • philosophy
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"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

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2. Madame Bovary

By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more

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  • classics
"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

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3. In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (In Search of Lost Time, #2)

By: Marcel Proust , Christopher Prendergast , James Grieve

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Floweris Proust's spectacular dissection of male and female adolesc… read more

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  • classics
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4. Rosemary's Baby

By: Ira Levin

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more

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  • classics
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5. The Prince and the Pauper

By: Mark Twain , None , Everett Emerson

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-cen… read more

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  • classics
"Loose and forbear!"

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"A fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"A full belly is of little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"Yes, King Edward VI lived only a few years, poor boy, but he lived them worthily."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

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6. The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics

7. My Ántonia

By: Willa Cather

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant … read more

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  • classics
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8. The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

By: W.B. Yeats , Richard J. Finneran

4.15

Format: 333 pages,

The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeatsincludes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion in hi… read more

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  • classics
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9. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.07

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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10. Lincoln in the Bardo

By: George Saunders

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transc… read more

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11. Propaganda

By: Edward L. Bernays

3.41

Format: 549 pages, Paperback

"Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and infl… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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  • classics
"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

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13. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane

3.64

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more

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  • classics
"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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14. القرآن الكريم

By: Anonymous

4.38

Format: 604 pages, Hardcover

The Quran (English pronunciation: /kɔrˈɑːn/; Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qurʾān, IPA: [qurˈʔaːn], literally … read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • classics
  • nonfiction
"We are nearer to him than his jugular vein."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"إن المؤمن ليدرك بحسن الخلق درجة الصائم والقائم"

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

15. 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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16. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

By: Katherine Boo

3.96

Format: None pages,

From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dr… read more

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17. A Room with a View

By: E.M. Forster

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

'"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly,… read more

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18. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

By: Eric Hoffer

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in h… read more

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19. War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford

4.16

Format: 1392 pages, Paperback

In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more

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  • classics
"God is the same everywhere."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Kings are the slaves of history."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Everything depends on upbringing. "

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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20. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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  • classics
"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

21. Mattimeo (Redwall, #3)

By: Brian Jacques

3.88

Format: 496 pages,

The third addition to the beloved Redwall series takes place during the summer of the Golden Plain.… read more

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22. The Poetics of Space

By: Gaston Bachelard , Maria Jolas , Étienne Gilson , John R. Stilgoe

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since its first publication in English in 1964, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's Poetics of Sp… read more

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23. 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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  • history
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"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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24. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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25. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

By: Ronan Farrow

4.40

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered abou… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"All the women before feel I am their fault," she said. "And if there were women after me, I feel that is my fault."

-Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

"Trying to get ahold of Davis later on, i asked Jonathan, "Who would have Lanny Davis's number?" He replied, I don't know, Pol Pot?"

-Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

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26. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

By: Haruki Murakami

3.87

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegi… read more

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"Don’t let the bad elves get you."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"Every person has their own colour."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"The heart apparently doesn’t stop that easily."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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27. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

By: Walter Isaacson

4.29

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a pape… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The beauty of nature and the joy that comes from unstructured human engagement is a powerful combination."

-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

"Does empathy depend on believing that but for the grace of God, or the randomness of the natural lottery, we could have been born with a different set of endowments?"

-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

"She felt at home in the lab. It was a quiet temple for individual persistence and contemplation. She could be creative and independent as she pursued a path toward her own discoveries."

-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

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28. Mörk Borg

By: Pelle Nilsson

4.54

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

MÖRK BORG är ett nattsvart, apokalyptiskt fantasyrollspel om förlorade själar och dårar som söker v… read more

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29. On Man in the Universe

By: Louise Ropes Loomis

3.90

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Providing newly revised translations of selections from Aristotle's most important works, five lect… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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30. Five Great Dialogues

By: Plato

4.07

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Foreword by Louise Ropes Loomis. Five of the great dialogues of this influential philosopher, trans… read more

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  • history
  • classics
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31. The Aeneid

By: Virgil

3.87

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more

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  • classics
"Death's brother, sleep."

-Virgil, The Aeneid

"No help or hope of help existed."

-Virgil, The Aeneid

"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."

-Virgil, The Aeneid

"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."

-Virgil, The Aeneid

17 must-read classics books like Five Great Dialogues by Plato

Transform Your Habits

Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Transform Your Habits

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (In Search of Lost Time, #2)

Marcel Proust , Christopher Prendergast , James Grieve

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin

3.56

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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

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

Ed Yong

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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