Best philosophy books

153 of the world's most popular books — descriptions, covers, and classic quotes.

Philosophy books here are for readers who want better questions, not a new slogan. They help with choices about work, time, and what a good life is allowed to cost.

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The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber book cover

The Dawn of Everything

David Graeber

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus book cover

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus

Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos by Miguel de Unamuno book cover

Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos

Miguel de Unamuno

Der Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche book cover

Der Antichrist

Friedrich Nietzsche

A theory of justice by John Rawls book cover

A theory of justice

John Rawls

Zur Genealogie der Moral by Friedrich Nietzsche book cover

Zur Genealogie der Moral

Friedrich Nietzsche

Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff book cover

Metaphors We Live By

George Lakoff

The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis book cover

The Abolition of Man

C. S. Lewis

Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa book cover

Borderlands/La Frontera

Gloria Anzaldúa

Why I am not a Christian by Bertrand Russell book cover

Why I am not a Christian

Bertrand Russell

Frygt og Bæven by Søren Kierkegaard book cover

Frygt og Bæven

Søren Kierkegaard

Ballet Shoes (Shoes #1) by Noel Streatfeild book cover

Ballet Shoes (Shoes #1)

Noel Streatfeild

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold book cover

Falling Free

Lois McMaster Bujold

Sein und Zeit by Martin Heidegger book cover

Sein und Zeit

Martin Heidegger

The dictator's handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita book cover

The dictator's handbook

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson book cover

Prometheus Rising

Robert Anton Wilson

De rerum natura by Titus Lucretius Carus book cover

De rerum natura

Titus Lucretius Carus

Darwin's dangerous idea by Daniel C. Dennett book cover

Darwin's dangerous idea

Daniel C. Dennett

Introduction to logic by Irving Marmer Copi book cover

Introduction to logic

Irving Marmer Copi

Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman book cover

Utopia for Realists

Rutger Bregman

The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker book cover

The Language Instinct

Steven Pinker

The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene book cover

The Hidden Reality

Brian Greene

The Buddha and his Dhamma

The Buddha and his Dhamma

B. R. Ambedkar

The Big Picture by Sean M. Carroll book cover

The Big Picture

Sean M. Carroll

What I know for sure by Oprah Winfrey book cover

What I know for sure

Oprah Winfrey

Consciousness explained by Daniel C. Dennett book cover

Consciousness explained

Daniel C. Dennett

Freedom from the Known by Jiddu Krishnamurti book cover

Freedom from the Known

Jiddu Krishnamurti

The pig that wants to be eaten by Julian Baggini book cover

The pig that wants to be eaten

Julian Baggini

La Poetica by Aristotle book cover

La Poetica

Aristotle

Die Geburt der Tragödie

Die Geburt der Tragödie

Friedrich Nietzsche

God's debris by Scott Adams book cover

God's debris

Scott Adams

Essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer book cover

Essays and aphorisms

Arthur Schopenhauer

The Lessons of History by Will Durant book cover

The Lessons of History

Will Durant

The Muqaddimah, an introduction to history by Ibn Khaldūn book cover

The Muqaddimah, an introduction to history

Ibn Khaldūn

On Becoming a Person by Carl R. Rogers book cover

On Becoming a Person

Carl R. Rogers

Poetics by Aristotle book cover

Poetics

Aristotle

L'Homme révolté by Albert Camus book cover

L'Homme révolté

Albert Camus

Mein Weltbild by Albert Einstein book cover

Mein Weltbild

Albert Einstein

Self-knowledge by John Mason book cover

Self-knowledge

John Mason

On Photography by Susan Sontag book cover

On Photography

Susan Sontag

Lun yu by Confucius book cover

Lun yu

Confucius

Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill book cover

Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill

The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra book cover

The Tao of Physics

Fritjof Capra

Gift from the sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh book cover

Gift from the sea

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Social psychology by Robert A. Baron book cover

Social psychology

Robert A. Baron

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell book cover

The Problems of Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2) by Karl Popper book cover

The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)

Karl Popper

Authority and the Individual by Bertrand Russell book cover

Authority and the Individual

Bertrand Russell