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Bullshit Jobs by David GraeberManifesto of the Free People's Union by Jakub LasakUnderstanding Power by Noam ChomskyTalking to My Daughter about the Economy by Yanis VaroufakisPost-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin
Literature of the Left
39 books — 24 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,381 books — 1,638 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,222 books — 1,670 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsWhy Buddhism Is True by Robert WrightMeditations by Marcus AureliusDarwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett
Sam Harris' Recommended Reading
192 books — 68 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMeditations by Marcus AureliusThe Odyssey by HomerDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Republic by Plato
Joseph Brodsky’s Reading List For Having an Intelligent Conversation
121 books — 47 voters
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul RepsThe Gateless Barrier by Wumen HuikaiThe Record of Linji by Línjì YìxuánBook of Serenity by Hongzhi ZhengjueThe Book of Equanimity by Hongzhi Zhengjue
Zen Koan Collections
41 books — 6 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Stranger by Albert CamusSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Divided Self by R.D. LaingThe Politics of Experience/The Bird of Paradise by R.D. Laing
The Existential Human Condition
47 books — 35 voters
Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe Republic by PlatoAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David HumeThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe World as Will and Representation, Volume I by Arthur Schopenhauer
50 Philosophy Classics
76 books — 45 voters

Blink by Malcolm GladwellIs He Ever Going to Leave His Wife? by Martess DowlingGames People Play by Eric BerneThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
50 Psychology Classics
54 books — 25 voters
Zen Sand by Victor Sogen HoriThe Gateless Gate by Wumen HuikaiThe Zen Teachings of Rinzai by Línjì YìxuánThe Original Face by Thomas ClearyThe Book of Rinzai by Eido Tai Shimano
Rinzai Zen
57 books — 11 voters

The Heart Sutra by AnonymousThe Diamond Sutra by AnonymousThe Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat HanhThe Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion by Thich Nhat HanhThe Essence of the Heart Sutra by Dalai Lama XIV
Buddhist Sutras
24 books — 13 voters
The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Philosophical Literature
1,213 books — 2,913 voters


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