Practical Philosophy Books
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Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.28 — 366,616 ratings — published 180
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.37 — 910,613 ratings — published 1946
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 27,691 ratings — published 2008
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.32 — 59,031 ratings — published 64
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.24 — 37,930 ratings — published 125
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,579 ratings — published 1981
The Complete Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 22,434 ratings — published 1580
The Consolations of Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 34,639 ratings — published 2000
The Art of Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,535 ratings — published -300
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.91 — 151,600 ratings — published 2013
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 180,268 ratings — published 2018
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.90 — 273,314 ratings — published 2018
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.94 — 63,693 ratings — published 1645
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.36 — 53,825 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,295 ratings — published 1647
The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 615 ratings — published 150
Fragments (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,126 ratings — published -501
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 102,666 ratings — published 2014
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,549 ratings — published 2007
How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 974 ratings — published
How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,597 ratings — published 2018
Deficiencies and Propensities of the Human Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,346 ratings — published 1970
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.38 — 74,531 ratings — published 2020
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,533 ratings — published 2002
Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,372 ratings — published 2009
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 47,661 ratings — published 49
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.49 — 222,791 ratings — published 2014
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 15,070 ratings — published 2017
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,452,065 ratings — published 2016
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 194,703 ratings — published 2016
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.34 — 220,405 ratings — published 2016
Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.12 — 20,817 ratings — published 1844
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 12,233 ratings — published 1951
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,318 ratings — published 1997
Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,357 ratings — published 2012
The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,369 ratings — published 1992
Discourses and Selected Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.40 — 12,612 ratings — published 108
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.02 — 11,031 ratings — published 2010
Nature and Selected Essays (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,337 ratings — published 1836
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.09 — 45,855 ratings — published 2006
How Will You Measure Your Life? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.05 — 38,538 ratings — published 2012
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.29 — 185,712 ratings — published -350
Discursos (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,651 ratings — published 108
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.10 — 58,839 ratings — published 2012
The Courage to Be Happy: Discover the Power of Positive Psychology and Choose Happiness Every Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,248 ratings — published
A Little History of Philosophy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.12 — 16,299 ratings — published 2011
Why? The Purpose of the Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.70 — 504 ratings — published 2023
Religion and Nothingness (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture) (Volume 1)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.28 — 298 ratings — published 1961
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.69 — 38,822 ratings — published 2016
“Life is a dance more than it is an assertion and there is more health in dynamism or fluidity than there is rigidity and stasis.”
― Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness
― Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness
“Exemplars of virtue move us more than the ethical maxims of philosophy.”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness


