12 Top philosophy books like The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice by Peter Sloterdijk

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The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice

By: Peter Sloterdijk

3.76

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

In his best-selling book You Must Change Your Life , Peter Sloterdijk argued exercise and practice …

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1. Aparição

By: Vergílio Ferreira

3.69

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Aparição é um romance de Vergílio Ferreira que discute teorias filosóficas relacionadas com o exist… read more

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"Um assassino é um sub-homem, não um super-homem."

-Vergílio Ferreira, Aparição

"De que nadas a vida se sustenta! O necessário, sim, o necessário é que o futuro os habite - mesmo em ilusão."

-Vergílio Ferreira, Aparição

"Ah, ter a evidência ácida do milagre que sou, de como infinitamente é necessário que eu esteja vivo, e ver depois, em fulgor, que tenho de morrer."

-Vergílio Ferreira, Aparição

"Entendo a tua loucura, meu bom moço, a tua perplexidade diante do poder que te nasceu nas mãos. Mas como não aprendeste que é mais forte criar uma flor (um parafuso...) do que destruir um império"

-Vergílio Ferreira, Aparição

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2. A Room of One’s Own

By: Virginia Woolf

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October,… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Freedom and fullness of expression are of the essence of the art."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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3. The Left Hand of Darkness

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more

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"The king was pregnant."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Truth is a matter of the imagination."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"The light is the left hand of darkness"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

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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. Breakfast of Champions

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Breakfast of Champions,one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore … read more

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6. Waiting for Godot

By: Samuel Beckett

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more

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  • philosophy
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7. The New York Trilogy

By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more

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8. Existentialism Is a Humanism

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre , Annie Cohen-Solal , None

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to spe… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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9. The Castle

By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more

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  • german literature
  • philosophy
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10. 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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  • philosophy
  • 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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11. Frogs

By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick

3.58

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop… read more

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12. A Happy Death

By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel… read more

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  • philosophy
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13. Cosmicomics

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Italo Calvino's extraordinary imagination and intelligence combine here in an enchanting series of … read more

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14. The Second Sex

By: Simone de Beauvoir , Deirdre Bair , H.M. Parshley

3.60

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir's masterwork is a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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15. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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16. Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare , Richard Andrews , Rex Gibson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role o… read more

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"Therein lies the rub."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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17. Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more

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18. The Lathe of Heaven

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.48

Format: 334 pages,

George Orr is a man who discovers he has the peculiar ability to dream things into being -- for bet… read more

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19. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

3.90

Format: 216 pages,

If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more

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20. The Animal That Therefore I Am

By: Jacques Derrida , David Wills , None

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Animal That Therefore I Amis the long-awaited translation of the complete text of Jacques Derri… read more

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21. Eumeswil

By: Ernst Jünger

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

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22. House of Leaves

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

4.09

Format: 710 pages, Paperback

A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly w… read more

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"I must read. I must read. I must read."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Do not entrust your future to the limits of your stride."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

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23. Molloy

By: Samuel Beckett , Patrick Bowles

4.04

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Molloy, the first of the three masterpieces which constitute Samuel Beckett’s famous trilogy, appea… read more

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"This should all be rewritten in the pluperfect."

-Samuel Beckett, Molloy

"You can't have everything, I've often noticed it."

-Samuel Beckett, Molloy

"Constipation is a sign of good health in pomeranians."

-Samuel Beckett, Molloy

"Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto."

-Samuel Beckett, Molloy

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24. Ulysses

By: James Joyce

3.75

Format: 925 pages, Paperback

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more

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"Shite and onions!"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Let my country die for me."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Be just before you are generous."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

25. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)

By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more

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26. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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27. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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28. El banquero anarquista

By: Fernando Pessoa

3.77

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Vertebrado casi a manera de diálogo socrático inverso. "El banquero anarquista", del poeta portugué… read more

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"...karanlıkları görmek, karanlıklardan ışığı almaktır."

-Fernando Pessoa, El banquero anarquista

29. Cat's Cradle

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on o… read more

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30. 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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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"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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31. The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice

By: Peter Sloterdijk

3.76

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

In his best-selling book You Must Change Your Life , Peter Sloterdijk argued exercise and practice … read more

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  • german literature
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction

6 Top nonfiction books like The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice by Peter Sloterdijk

Transform Your Habits

A Room of One’s Own

Virginia Woolf

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Existentialism Is a Humanism

Jean-Paul Sartre , Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre , Annie Cohen-Solal , None

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.07

The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir , Deirdre Bair , H.M. Parshley

3.60

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18 must-read fiction books like The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

Transform Your Habits

The Stranger

Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Plague

Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Roberto González Echevarría , John Rutherford

3.66

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