Books Recommended by Mark Manson
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Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday
Source: "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
Tiny Beautiful Things
Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Cheryl Strayed
Source: "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
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Source: "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
Incerto (5 books)
Nassim Taleb
Source: "A totally insufferable asshole. And wrong about tons of his analogies and examples. But still brilliant somehow, despite himself." - Mark Manson
3 recommenders
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
John Gottman
Source: "Set off into territories unknown and brought quantifiable metrics and scientific rigor to an exotic academic subject: relationships." - Mark Manson
1 recommender
The Singularity Is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
Ray Kurzweil
Source: "Shows that the processing power of computers and technology has increased exponentially through history and is likely to continue doing so." - Mark Manson
Give People Money
How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
Annie Lowrey
Source: "I'm not 100% convinced but I see no alternative given the imminent mass automation around the corner." - Mark Manson
2 recommenders
Hold Me Tight
Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Dr. Sue Johnson
Source: "[The author] realized that romantic relationships were largely driven by unconscious emotions and desires." - Mark Manson
1 recommender
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
Source: "Basically arguing that we’re all fucked and there’s no hope for any of us. And doing it convincingly." - Mark Manson
1 recommender
The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
Source: "Making you contemplate your own non-existence and kind of making you feel okay about it." - Mark Manson
The True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Eric Hoffer
Source: "One of the most quotable books I've ever read. I think about it often." - Mark Manson
Getting the Love You Want
A Guide for Couples
Harville Hendrix Ph.D.
Source: "I read [this book] about 10 years ago and it blew me away." - Mark Manson
3 recommenders
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
Friedrich Nietzsche
Source: "Perhaps his shortest and most influential work." - Mark Manson
3 recommenders
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
Hannah Arendt
Source: "Overall an incredibly important book, imo." - Mark Manson
2 recommenders
The 5 Love Languages
The Secret to Love that Lasts
Gary Chapman
Source: "Like the Harry Potter of relationship books." - Mark Manson
4 recommenders
Stumbling on Happiness
Daniel Todd Gilbert
Source: "The red-headed stepchild of happiness books." - Mark Manson
Democracy for Realists
Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
Christopher H. Achen
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
1 recommender
The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
1 recommender
2 recommenders
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
Marvin Harris
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
1 recommender
1 recommender
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
Immanuel Kant
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
1 recommender
This Life
Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
Martin Hägglund
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
1 recommender
Stolen Focus
Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
The Secret Pulse of Time
Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity
Stefan Klein
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
1 recommender
Season of Storms
The Witcher, Book 6
Andrzej Sapkowski
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
1 recommender
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
4 recommenders
Mindset
The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
Influence
The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert Cialdini
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
The Evolving Self
Problem and Process in Human Development
Robert Kegan
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
2 recommenders
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Steven Pinker
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
3 recommenders
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
Stephen Greenblatt
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
2 recommenders
Marriage, a History
How Love Conquered Marriage
Stephanie Coontz
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
2 recommenders
2 recommenders
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Katherine Boo
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
3 recommenders
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
32 recommendersAshton KutcherBill GatesBill GurleyDaniel EkDemis HassabisJames CameronJoe RoganKarlie KlossKeith RaboisKishore BiyaniLex FridmanMark ZuckerbergNaval RavikantPeter AttiaRay DalioReid HoffmanRichard BransonRyan SheaSam KassSebastian JungerVinod KhoslaWhitney CummingsPewDiePieMelinda GatesAnthony PomplianoChangpeng ZhaoPatrick O'ShaughnessyChris EvansMark MansonSimon MayoPenn JilletteJames Clear
Political Order and Political Decay
From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
Francis Fukuyama
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
2 recommenders
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Francis Fukuyama
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
2 recommenders
Thinking in Bets
Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Annie Duke
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
36 recommendersAniela GregorekBryan JohnsonChelsea HandlerChip ConleyDaniel PinkDave ElitchDavid BlaineDustin MoskovitzEmma WatsonEsther PerelEv WilliamsFedor HolzJim KwikJimmy FallonJocko WillinkJordan PetersonLex FridmanMaria PopovaMichael GervaisNaval RavikantRyan HolidaySam AltmanSimon SinekTerry CrewsTony RobbinsTuria PittPewDiePieShane ParrishMark MansonPhil JacksonTom BilyeuMichael HyattAlastair HumphreysSteve KerrRobin BlackPatrick Bet-David
The Gray Lady Winked
How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History
Ashley Rindsberg
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
3 recommenders
The Changing World Order
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Ray Dalio
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
The Everything Store
Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Brad Stone
Source: Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
No Two Alike
Human Nature and Human Individuality
Judith Rich Harris
Source: "Excellent and eye opening." - Mark Manson
1 recommender
4 recommenders
The Antidote
Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Oliver Burkeman
Source: "Awesome book." - Mark Manson
2 recommenders
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