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Obliquity

Obliquity

John Kay

Black Hole Survival Guide

Black Hole Survival Guide

Janna Levin

The Trouble with Crushes

The Trouble with Crushes

Brooke St. James

Peak Performance

Peak Performance

Brad Stulberg, Steve Magness

On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things

Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus

Tribe Of Mentors

Tribe Of Mentors

Timothy Ferriss

Felt Time

Felt Time

Marc Wittmann

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

Alan Watts

Great Books

Great Books

David Denby

An Intimate History of Humanity

An Intimate History of Humanity

Theodore Zeldin

Book by Book

Book by Book

Michael Dirda

Pre-Suasion

Pre-Suasion

Robert Cialdini

The Moral Landscape

The Moral Landscape

Sam Harris

Consider the Lobster

Consider the Lobster

David Foster Wallace

Driving with Plato

Driving with Plato

Robert Rowland Smith

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Breakfast with Socrates

Breakfast with Socrates

Robert Rowland Smith

Ethics in the Real World

Ethics in the Real World

Peter Singer

Status Anxiety

Status Anxiety

Alain De Botton

Conversations with Kafka

Conversations with Kafka

Gustav Janouch

Plato, Not Prozac!

Plato, Not Prozac!

Lou Marinoff

The Lives of Erich Fromm

The Lives of Erich Fromm

Lawrence J. Friedman, Anke M. Schreiber

The Lonely Crowd

The Lonely Crowd

David Riesman, Nathan Glazer, Reuel Denney

We Learn Nothing

We Learn Nothing

Tim Kreider

Anthem

Anthem

Ayn Rand Ayn, Ayn Rand

Poke the Box

Poke the Box

Seth Godin

Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

The Promise of a Pencil

The Promise of a Pencil

Adam Braun

Against Happiness

Against Happiness

Eric G. Wilson

20,000 Days and Counting

20,000 Days and Counting

Robert D. Smith

The Power of Daily Practice

The Power of Daily Practice

Eric Maisel

Summary The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

Summary The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

Epicread, Mel Robbins

The Person and the Situation Perspectives of Social Psychology

The Person and the Situation Perspectives of Social Psychology

Lee Ross, Richard E. Nisbett

The Attention Revolution

The Attention Revolution

B. Alan Wallace

Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

Letters of Note

Letters of Note

Shaun Usher

The Narcissism Epidemic

The Narcissism Epidemic

Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell

Tears We Cannot Stop

Tears We Cannot Stop

Michael Eric Dyson

Happiness

Happiness

Matthieu Ricard

Doubt: A History

Doubt: A History

Jennifer Michael Hecht

The Literature Book

The Literature Book

James Canton

Doing Good Better

Doing Good Better

William MacAskill

Payoff

Payoff

Dan Ariely

Vagabonding

Vagabonding

Rolf Potts

Missing Out

Missing Out

Adam Phillips

The Bulletproof Diet

The Bulletproof Diet

Dave Asprey

The Ultimate Word Search Book

The Ultimate Word Search Book

Mr Steven Meadows

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

Scott Adams

Whiplash

Whiplash

Joi Ito, Jeff Howe

Originals

Originals

Adam Grant

Fight Club

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

How to Be a Stoic

How to Be a Stoic

Massimo Pigliucci

Practical Ethics

Practical Ethics

Peter Singer

How Proust Can Change Your Life

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Alain De Botton

The Republic

The Republic

Plato, Plato Plato

Grit

Grit

Angela Duckworth

How to Live

How to Live

Sarah Bakewell

Every Cradle Is a Grave Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide

Every Cradle Is a Grave Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide

Sarah Perry

Level Up Your Life

Level Up Your Life

Steve Kamb

Joy on Demand

Joy on Demand

Chade-Meng Tan

Buddha Standard Time

Buddha Standard Time

Lama Surya Das

What Men Live By

What Men Live By

Leo Tolstoy

The Way of Men

The Way of Men

Jack Donovan

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

The Game

The Game

Neil Strauss

Portfolios of the Poor

Portfolios of the Poor

Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven

But What If We're Wrong?

But What If We're Wrong?

Chuck Klosterman

Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

Anger and Forgiveness

Anger and Forgiveness

Martha C. Nussbaum

Get Laid or Die Trying The Field Reports

Get Laid or Die Trying The Field Reports

Jeff Allen

Evolution

Evolution

Joe Manganiello

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

Gorilla Mindset

Gorilla Mindset

Mike Cernovich

Humans of New York

Humans of New York

Brandon Stanton

She Comes First

She Comes First

Ian Kerner

The Life You Can Save Acting Now to End World Poverty

The Life You Can Save Acting Now to End World Poverty

Peter Singer

Escape from Evil

Escape from Evil

Ernest Becker

The Daily Stoic Journal

The Daily Stoic Journal

Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

Against Empathy

Against Empathy

Paul Bloom

The Good Book: A Humanist Bible

The Good Book: A Humanist Bible

A. C. Grayling

Top Brain, Bottom Brain

Top Brain, Bottom Brain

Stephen Kosslyn, G. Wayne Miller

Don't Be a Jerk

Don't Be a Jerk

Brad Warner

The Champion's Mind

The Champion's Mind

Jim Afremow

Daily Self-Discipline Everyday Habits and Exercises to Build Self-Discipline and Achieve Your Goals

Daily Self-Discipline Everyday Habits and Exercises to Build Self-Discipline and Achieve Your Goals

Martin Meadows

The Strangest Secret

The Strangest Secret

Earl Nightingale

Ethical Ambition

Ethical Ambition

Derrick Bell

Dead Aid

Dead Aid

Dambisa Moyo

Zen Habits

Zen Habits

Leo Babauta

How Dante Can Save Your Life

How Dante Can Save Your Life

Rod Dreher

18 minut

18 minut

Peter Bregman

Be Obsessed or Be Average

Be Obsessed or Be Average

Grant Cardone

The Revolution from Within

The Revolution from Within

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Why We Work

Why We Work

Barry Schwartz

At the Existentialist Café

At the Existentialist Café

Sarah Bakewell

Smarter Faster Better

Smarter Faster Better

Charles Duhigg

The Perennial Philosophy

The Perennial Philosophy

Aldous Huxley

Peak

Peak

Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Ramit Sethi

On the Road

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

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