In Search of Meaning discussion

I'm currently a huge fan of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, so I highly recommend anything written by him. My favourites so far are Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, though I purchased all of his works recently, which are waiting on my shelf to be read.

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is a must. Ernest Hemingway's writing has also inspired me greatly as of late.

John Steinbeck, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy and Carl R. Rogers are on my to-read-immediately list. Whew, the literary journey is just beginning.

Which books do you most recommend?

Anyone interested in Nietzsche or Freud please join my group!

Man’s Search for Meaning is a must. wonderful book. I am spanish speaking native. The book a 100 years of solitude from Garcia Marquez is a good option if you want to understand latam way of thinking, moreover, a way of dying.

Nitche. Zaratrusta

George Orwell 1984, Animal Farm rise more question about society

I've read Man's Search for Meaning, 1984 and Animal Farm, all great books. I see you're reading Kitchen Confidential as well! I love that book so far. I have also been interested in reading 100 Years of Solitude, but I wasn't quite sure. I'll read it for sure now, based on your recommendation.

Have you read Notes from Underground yet? It’s my favorite Dostoevsky

I have! I'm reading it again this month for a book club I'm running at my school

Hi! I am reading The Alchemist this month. I have also read Crime and Punishment many years ago. It was super amazing. I read Hector and the Search for Happiness a few years back and thought it was pretty good. Of all the books I’ve ever read though I thought Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) was the best in this category. I’m not so keen on Freud (strange philosophies of parent-child issues) or Tolstoy, but I understand the draw to each.

Hello, I’m Lin Ward, and I have a general approach I wish to share with you. The multiplicity of books shows on confusion, which stems from the lack of proper general explanation – how a mind and perception can form, how memories are retained and recalled, how thoughts arise, etc. These relate to the brain, and the lack of comprehensive acceptable explanation shows that a major paradigm shift is required. We don’t want to hear about that, and rather deal with details and symptoms, but if the basis is wrong, the details will not help, even if correct.
The Buddha, Kant, Einstein, and many others, already pointed out our basic confusion. I am here to detail it, prove, and show the solution. It perfectly coincides with Buddha, but a very different approach – emphasizing simple logic and consistent detailed explanations.
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This era, in which technology is so powerful and authorities so selfish and unreliable, makes it urgent to comprehend the foundations. Thank you.

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I have read crime and punishment and brothers Karamazov ... others in my to-read list.... uh i just wanna recommend The picture of Dorian Gray if anyone is interested in Oscar Wilde's literature!

Turgenev, Gogol (if one was engrossed regarding the examination of the development of German sentiment through literature or the influence of Gogol on Dostoevsky), Hesse, or Camus’s (as he was an adherent of Dostoevsky) literary works are intriguing; however, inquiring into German philosophical texts such as Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling or Schopenhauer’s The World as Will and Representation may be exceedingly captivating. Although evidently redundant as I peruse previous recommendations, Nietzsche is a particularly fascinating figure with his relationship to Dostoevsky, stating, "Dostoevsky is the only person who has ever taught me anything about psychology."

I prefer Tolstoy to Dostoyevsky, which probably speaks negatively of my character, intellect, or both.

Anna Karenina blew my from the first sentence and kept its pace throughout. I don't think you can go wrong with that book. In my opinion, it is the greatest novel ever written, but I will refer you to my previous statement regarding my intellect.

«Resurrection» by Tolstoy, or «Humiliated and Insulted» by Dostoevsky; «Oblomov» and «The Precipice» by Goncharov; «Fathers and Sons» by Turgenev; «Dead Souls» and «Viy» by Gogol…
And so many more!
Last year, I discovered Victor Hugo—an author I had postponed reading for many years—and so far, his books are absolutely blowing my mind.

Hello everyone,

I've been following the discussions in this group for a while and have been so impressed by the depth of the conversations. In the spirit of recommending books that are essential to the quest for meaning, I'd like to suggest a recent debut novel that I believe fits this theme perfectly: The Sentinel Project by Soren K. Blackwood.

While it's framed as a science fiction thriller, at its core, it's a deep, philosophical exploration of the very questions this group grapples with. It uses its sci-fi premise—the discovery of a 50,000-year-old message in human DNA—to ask profound questions about the nature of reality, the origins of our myths, and what it truly means to be human.

For readers who appreciate how authors like Dostoevsky or the great classic writers used their stories to wrestle with life's biggest questions, this book offers a modern, speculative take on that same timeless search for meaning.

I thought it would be a perfect fit for this community.

The Sentinel Project

I would absolutely recommend “Stoner” by John Williams. I’m sure you’ve heard about this title and it’s absolutely worthy of the praise. It’s a very quiet, realistic and deeply powerful story that you can’t appreciate until it’s finished. I don’t want to give away too much but the ending hits you like a ton of bricks. To keep it short, you don’t realize what you’ve just experienced until the very last moment when it all becomes suddenly clear. It’s very poetic in a sad way and is representative of a life. Perhaps not a great or exciting one, perhaps not a terrible one either, but a life nevertheless.

It really shows me that the meaning of life is very abstract