14 Best Existentialism Books
Goal: Find the best Existentialism books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best existentialism books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
14 Best Existentialism Books
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The Stranger
by Albert Camus
Also recommended by:
George Bush, Kyle Maynard, Nolan Bushnell, Ryan Shea, Lex Fridman, Brian Koppelman
Either/Or
A Fragment of Life
by Søren Kierkegaard
Also recommended by:
Being and Nothingness
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, Jocko Willink, Esther Perel, Emma Watson, Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Terry Crews, Jimmy Fallon, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, Michael Gervais, Daniel Pink, Ev Williams, Dustin Moskovitz, Sam Altman, Bryan Johnson, Ryan Holiday, Chelsea Handler, Maria Popova, Turia Pitt, Aniela Gregorek, Fedor Holz, Lex Fridman, Chip Conley, Dave Elitch, Jim Kwik, Patrick Bet-David, Robin Black, Steve Kerr, Alastair Humphreys, Michael Hyatt, Tom Bilyeu, Phil Jackson, Mark Manson, Shane Parrish, PewDiePie
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
Also recommended by:
Dan Barreiro, Maya Angelou, Ryan Holiday, Jacqueline Novogratz
At the Existentialist Café
Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
by Sarah Bakewell
Being and Time
by Martin Heidegger
Existentialism
From Dostoevsky to Sartre
by Walter Kaufmann
The Ethics of Ambiguity
by Simone de Beauvoir
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Sources
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The Best Books on Existentialism - Five Books Expert Recommendations
fivebooks.com
- 2
50 Most Popular Books on Existentialism – BooksIcon.com
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- 3
6 essential books on existentialist philosophy - Big Think
bigthink.com
- 4
Reading for the Conflicted: 11 Existential Classics
flavorwire.com
- 5
Existentialism Reading List – The Best 9 Books to Read | Philosophy Break
philosophybreak.com
