Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Siddartha (12 Lists)



Persecution and the Art of Writing by Leo StraussLeo Strauss by Thomas L. PangleOn Tyranny by Leo StraussStudies in Platonic Political Philosophy by Leo StraussLiberalism Ancient and Modern by Leo Strauss
Straussian Book List
165 books — 17 voters
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar KhayyámThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonShahnameh by Abolqasem FerdowsiAvicenna Canon of Medicine Volume 1 by Avicenna
Best Books of the 11th Century
24 books — 112 voters

Seeing Like a State by James C. ScottThe Mind in the Cave by James David Lewis-WilliamsCrowds and Power by Elias CanettiCivilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol 2 by Fernand BraudelKeeping Together in Time by William H. McNeill
Brian Eno’s Reading List
75 books — 1 voter
A-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićIndian Philosophy by Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanIndian Philosophy Vol. Two by Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanA Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought by Chad HansenIntroduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy by Bryan W. Van Norden
r/EasternPhilosophy Recommended Reading
38 books — 12 voters

Meditations by Marcus AureliusPolitics by AristotleThe Republic by PlatoThe United States of Elfin by The Silver ElvesThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Theory, Politics, etc
105 books — 13 voters
On Writing by Stephen KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottRunes for Writers by Marc GrahamBook Title Generator by Scott Lorenz
Essential Books on Writing
131 books — 65 voters

The Western Canon by Harold BloomIlluminations by Walter BenjaminAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterPoetics by AristotleWhy Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
Works of Literary Criticism
462 books — 105 voters
The Nicomachean Ethics by AristotleLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCharacter Strengths and Virtues by Christopher PetersonThe Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The best books on Moral Character
5 books — 1 voter

1984 by George OrwellCapitalism for Democrats by Martin LowyThe United States Constitution by Founding FathersAntisemitism by Deborah E. LipstadtCop Under Fire by David Clarke Jr.
Valuable Historical and Political Reads
142 books — 13 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe State and Revolution by Vladimir LeninThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxPolitics by Aristotle
Political Theory
179 books — 48 voters

The Way of the Bodhisattva by ŚāntidevaThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal RinpocheThe Words of My Perfect Teacher by Patrul RinpocheCutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam TrungpaWhat Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
Best Books on Tibetan Buddhism
141 books — 54 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVZen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema ChödrönPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
A Buddhist Reading List
897 books — 1,175 voters


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