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Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.27 — 380,724 ratings — published 180
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.37 — 935,847 ratings — published 1946
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.29 — 187,840 ratings — published -350
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as wisdom)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,745,761 ratings — published 1988
Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 83 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,470 ratings — published
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.55 — 1,646 ratings — published 2023
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.19 — 549,277 ratings — published 1997
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as wisdom)
avg rating 3.94 — 596,665 ratings — published -500
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.23 — 338,649 ratings — published 1923
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.09 — 914,562 ratings — published 1922
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.39 — 19,632 ratings — published 2005
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,966 ratings — published 2003
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.32 — 61,135 ratings — published 64
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,270,390 ratings — published 1997
The Cosmic Experience of One: An awareness-expanding course for human beings (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.61 — 430 ratings — published
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.15 — 473,633 ratings — published 1997
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as wisdom)
avg rating 3.90 — 277,258 ratings — published 2018
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.37 — 76,833 ratings — published 2020
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.36 — 54,898 ratings — published 2016
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,192,169 ratings — published 1936
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,601,271 ratings — published 1943
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.17 — 615,469 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.23 — 38,884 ratings — published 125
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,326,331 ratings — published 2011
The Richest Man in Babylon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.23 — 253,260 ratings — published 1926
Postcolonial Love Poem (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.31 — 9,088 ratings — published 2020
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.16 — 842,841 ratings — published 1989
The Last Lecture (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.26 — 368,523 ratings — published 2008
Bright Dead Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.19 — 15,628 ratings — published 2015
The Wild Iris (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.17 — 16,593 ratings — published 1992
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,399 ratings — published 1647
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.07 — 243,858 ratings — published 1999
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,417,184 ratings — published 2018
As a Man Thinketh (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.23 — 99,293 ratings — published 1902
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.15 — 104,646 ratings — published 2014
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as wisdom)
avg rating 3.84 — 400,049 ratings — published 1513
The Essential Rumi (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.39 — 51,747 ratings — published 1273
The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.19 — 84,419 ratings — published -400
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.50 — 189,041 ratings — published 2013
Mastery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.26 — 51,241 ratings — published 2012
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as wisdom)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,485,192 ratings — published 2016
Principles: Life and Work (Audio CD)
by (shelved 25 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.09 — 71,470 ratings — published 2017
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as wisdom)
avg rating 3.93 — 65,053 ratings — published 1645
Time Is a Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as wisdom)
avg rating 3.91 — 39,408 ratings — published 2022
A Thousand Mornings: Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.20 — 33,630 ratings — published 2012
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.02 — 834,027 ratings — published 2003
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.14 — 29,869 ratings — published 1951
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.55 — 34,423 ratings — published 2017
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.05 — 136,586 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Happiness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as wisdom)
avg rating 4.17 — 127,638 ratings — published 1998
“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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