Mark Manson Book Recommendations

The Secret Pulse of Time

Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity

by Stefan Klein

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On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

by Friedrich Nietzsche

"Perhaps his shortest and most influential work." - Mark Manson (Source)

Marriage, a History

How Love Conquered Marriage

by Stephanie Coontz

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Incerto (5 books)

"A totally insufferable asshole. And wrong about tons of his analogies and examples. But still brilliant somehow, despite himself." - Mark Manson (Source)

The Swerve

How the World Became Modern

by Stephen Greenblatt

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The Better Angels of Our Nature

Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

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The Blank Slate

The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker

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The Evolving Self

Problem and Process in Human Development

by Robert Kegan

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Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Todd Gilbert

"The red-headed stepchild of happiness books." - Mark Manson (Source)

Influence

The Psychology of Persuasion

by Robert Cialdini

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Mindset

The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

by Malcolm Gladwell

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Season of Storms

The Witcher, Book 6

by Andrzej Sapkowski

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Debt

The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Stolen Focus

Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

by Johann Hari

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This Life

Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom

by Martin Hägglund

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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

by Immanuel Kant

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Escape from Evil

by Ernest Becker

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Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches

The Riddles of Culture

by Marvin Harris

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Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo

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Civilization and Its Discontents

by Sigmund Freud

"Basically arguing that we’re all fucked and there’s no hope for any of us. And doing it convincingly." - Mark Manson (Source)

The Dictator's Handbook

Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Democracy for Realists

Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

by Christopher H. Achen

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The Singularity Is Near

When Humans Transcend Biology

by Ray Kurzweil

"Shows that the processing power of computers and technology has increased exponentially through history and is likely to continue doing so." - Mark Manson (Source)

Tiny Beautiful Things

Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

by Cheryl Strayed

"Drags the reader back through the mud she lived through, reminding them that they are not alone and that yes, they will be all right." - Mark Manson (Source)

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"A love letter, not just to [the author's] son, but to black people and even the United States, in the truest sense of the genre." - Mark Manson (Source)

Ego Is the Enemy

by Ryan Holiday

"Takes an age-old message, a message you see bandied about in a million self-help books about the ego, but gives it a serious philosophical treatment and grounds it with countless historical examples." - Mark Manson (Source)

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

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Eichmann in Jerusalem

A Report on the Banality of Evil

by Hannah Arendt

"Overall an incredibly important book, imo." - Mark Manson (Source)

The True Believer

Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

by Eric Hoffer

"One of the most quotable books I've ever read. I think about it often." - Mark Manson (Source)

The Overstory

A Novel

by Richard Powers

"I loved this book." - Mark Manson (Source)

No Two Alike

Human Nature and Human Individuality

by Judith Rich Harris

"Excellent and eye opening." - Mark Manson (Source)

Give People Money

How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World

by Annie Lowrey

"I'm not 100% convinced but I see no alternative given the imminent mass automation around the corner." - Mark Manson (Source)

Getting the Love You Want

A Guide for Couples

by Harville Hendrix Ph.D.

"I read [this book] about 10 years ago and it blew me away." - Mark Manson (Source)

Hold Me Tight

Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

by Dr. Sue Johnson

"[The author] realized that romantic relationships were largely driven by unconscious emotions and desires." - Mark Manson (Source)

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

by John Gottman

"Set off into territories unknown and brought quantifiable metrics and scientific rigor to an exotic academic subject: relationships." - Mark Manson (Source)

The 5 Love Languages

The Secret to Love that Lasts

by Gary Chapman

"Like the Harry Potter of relationship books." - Mark Manson (Source)

The Everything Store

Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

by Brad Stone

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The Changing World Order

Why Nations Succeed and Fail

by Ray Dalio

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The Gray Lady Winked

How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History

by Ashley Rindsberg

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War And Peace

by Leo Tolstoy

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The Antidote

Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

by Oliver Burkeman

"Awesome book." - Mark Manson (Source)

The Republic

by Plato

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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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The Denial of Death

by Ernest Becker

"Making you contemplate your own non-existence and kind of making you feel okay about it." - Mark Manson (Source)

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

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Thinking in Bets

Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

by Annie Duke

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The Origins of Political Order

From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Order and Political Decay

From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

by Francis Fukuyama

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The Lessons of History

by Will & Ariel Durant

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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

by Katherine Boo

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