Books about how to think and how to live: ethics, meaning, decision-making, stoic practice and big questions about work and society. Some are written by academics, many by practitioners who arrived at a philosophy through their work.
This shelf is short and eclectic. It is a good place to browse when you want an idea that changes how you see a problem.
This shelf holds 31 books. Publication years run from 2018 to 2026. 6 of them have an audiobook edition. The most-rated on Amazon are The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, What’s Our Problem?, The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche. The list below is sorted by how many ratings each book has on Amazon, so the most-read titles come first.
Eric Jorgenson · 2020 · Audiobook
Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn. So what are these skills, and how do we learn them? What are the…
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Tim Urban · 2025
From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what the hell is going on in our strange, unprecedented modern times. Between 2013 and 2016, Tim Urban became one of the world's most popular bloggers, writing…
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A Book for Disruptors
Dave Jilk · 2021 · Audiobook
"I would not know how to live, if I were not a seer of what is to come. A seer, a purposer, a creator, a future itself, and a bridge to the future..." FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, PATRON PHILOSOPHER OF TODAY’S DISRUPTIVE ENTREPRENEURS His favorite personality was a…
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Philip McKernan
If you were about to leave this planet, what would you say, and who would you say it to? This shocking and provocative question is at the core of the remarkable and inspiring book, One Last Talk: Why Your Truth Matters And How To Deliver It. This book emerged…
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Ronald P. Gruber · 2023
Time does not exist, according to modern physics. Yet somehow you experience it in all its dynamic, flowing glory. You don’t really move through time as a single persisting being, so feeling that you’re not the same person as before is literally true. Last…
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Robert Althuis · 2023
Love+Truth is not just a unique spiritual framework anchored in the ancient Flower of Life and sacred geometry, it’s an enlightening journey into remembrance of the archetypical template of Divinity encoded within each of us.A masterful progression of…
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Aldrich Chan · 2025 · Audiobook
Of all relationships, the connection between humanity and nature is most sacred. For more than 2,500 years, humans have strayed from nature, challenging humanity with immeasurable consequences. In 7 Principles of Nature, neuropsychologist Aldrich Chan…
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A Modern Parable About Intention, Response, and the Ripples We Create
Dillon Buck · 2026
The Stonecaster is a modern parable about a young man named James who feels misunderstood, mistreated, and stuck in patterns he can't seem to escape. Life appears to happen to him, and every setback feels personal. That is until a chance encounter with a…
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Sanj Katyal · 2018
This is not another self-help book teaching us how to be happy. Happiness is not the goal. While most people spend their entire lives working hard in pursuit of happiness, what we really want is a life of meaning and fulfillment. We want to flourish. When we
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Zoltan Cendes · 2025 · Audiobook
How can we determine what truly exists? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the purpose of consciousness? If you’ve wrestled with life’s deepest questions and found traditional answers wanting, The Objectivist’s Guide to the Galaxy by Zoltan…
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Jacqueline McLeod · 2019
We’re well into the twenty-first century, yet we continue to struggle with the same problems that have plagued us for centuries. Violence. Poverty. Inequality. Toxic relationships. As hopeless as it seems, however, real change is possible. The first step is…
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Master the Foundation of Human Experience
Nathan Osorio · 2025 · Audiobook
Master the phenomenon that forms the foundation of human experience. It's time to free yourself from the self-imposed limitations you have placed on communication. Instead of relying on a few tips and tricks to get your point across, you can enjoy complete…
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Jamie Hillman · 2022
Need direction in your life? Trust the compass, not the map. Most of us spend our childhoods internalizing a map by which we’re expected to navigate life. Shaped by history, our families, religion, and society, this map tells us where we can and cannot go.…
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Michael M. Karch · 2025
With opportunity comes uncertainty. An industrial revolution has begun: artificial intelligence is creating a cultural upheaval. But is this progress or peril? Is the potential really worth the risk? In The Paradox of Progress, Dr. Michael M. Karch delves…
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Erik Hardy · 2021
What am I meant to do with my life? If you don’t know, you’re not alone. Too many people struggle for years with that question without making any progress, all because they’re not asking the right question: Who am I? In his groundbreaking book, The Being…
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From Stasis to Stars
Arjun Khemani · 2025
Welcome to the Anthropocene. Most of human history has been unremarkable and static. But Western civilization is different, sustaining rapid progress for generations. And we’re just getting started. Lords of the Cosmos views the story of humanity through the…
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Rediscovering Our Sacred Middle Ground in an Age of Extremism
Paul Hobby · 2023
Coexistence requires compromise. Ideology may be useful when framing an issue, but it rarely helps resolve one. Unfortunately, it is all too easy to become addicted to remaining in our own closed loop. In Glorious Tension, Paul Hobby cautions against the…
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Samantha Baltadonis · 2026
Who you are shapes how you lead. In a time of profound change and complexity, we must steward evolving definitions of reality, ethics, success, and leadership. What makes a great leader? Can leadership activate personal alignment and collective progress? How…
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Radyn Ramzy · 2024
This is a book for those who want the truth. When it comes to faith and religion, many accept what they've been taught. Some may challenge it when they experience pain, and some may never challenge it. But blind faith can be dangerous. Perhaps you wait for a…
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The Hidden Architecture of a Life Well Lived
Hussein Kanji · 2026
Somewhere along the way, our ideas of happiness became contaminated. We internalized a version of success that wasn’t fully ours. It was louder, shinier, more marketable, and it promised a payoff that kept getting postponed. Eventually it confused us. We kept…
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James Baker · 2023
The future of humanity can go one of three ways:1. We annihilate ourselves and go extinct2. We continue to muddle along3. We learn to live forever and fix everythingThis is a book about option three. It is based on science we have today and numbers that work.…
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Meverly Adjhei Benjamin · 2023
We live in a complicated world. Everything, education, career, relationships, health, and well-being, is rapidly increasing in complexity. Governments and academia have failed to provide safety or stability. Are such things as faith and perseverance still…
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Frederic Bahnson · 2022
We are our choices., Jean-Paul Sartre Some people hope destiny will create a great future for them, but you have something more powerful than destiny: you have the power of choice. If our future is defined by the decisions we make, how do we make the right…
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How Interdependence Improves Your Life and Our World
John Kirksey · 2022
A better world starts with a better you. No individual can be whole until we realize we are neither dependent on nor independent of others but all interdependent with one another. Hope Lives between Us guides you through becoming better and creating a better…
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6 Universal Truths for Being Happy Together
Mike Glauser · 2022
Life on Earth can be a beautiful experience, but it also comes with heartache, loneliness, and discouragement. Recurring problems cycle through every generation: discrimination, civil unrest, political hatred, and conflicts among nations. One People One…
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Using the Ancient Liberal Arts to Defend Against Modern Manipulation
Travis Corcoran · 2022 · Audiobook
Frustration. Confusion. Anxiety. Despair. These are the symptoms of sensory overload, a state of mind in which we increasingly find ourselves. We’re drowning in data supplied by entities with no regard for our best interests. Your intellectual freedom is at…
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Emilio Diez Barroso · 2022
Have we forgotten about being happy in our pursuit of happiness? We have been well trained to go after what we want, but are we missing out on life by always focusing on some future event? In The Mystery of You, Emilio Diez Barroso invites you to uncover a…
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Fe Bencosme · 2022
Race is not real, yet it is being propagandized to divide the American people. In an era of racialized theories and anti-racist activism, race essentialism is foisted upon Americans, even when increasing numbers of people report belonging to more than one…
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Christiane Munkholm · 2021
Who is John Galt? It is the question that has intrigued readers since Atlas Shrugged was published in 1957, when author Ayn Rand revealed her highly anticipated final novel. This question and others have driven scientist Christiane Munkholm to dig deeper into…
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Kayvan Kian · 2021
Life is full of important decisions, and they all have consequences. Large or small, positive or negative, intended or unintended. Would you consider yourself wise when it comes to the choices you make? With room to write down your own thoughts and ideas…
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A Journey Beyond AI
James V. Luisi
Pacific Book Reviews The author did such an incredible job of providing a thought-provoking read. The question of artificial intelligence and how far we, as a people, should take the technology is one of our society's biggest debates at the moment; as AI…
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