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Brainpickings' 33 Books on How to Live

'I approached my private, subjective, wholly non-exhaustive selection of thirty-three books to sustain modern civilization and the human spirit — books at the intersection of introspection and outrospection, art and science, self and society. Above all, books that help us (or, at least, have helped me) learn how to live — how to make sense of ourselves, our world, and our place in it.'
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The Principles of Uncertainty (Maira Kalman)
The Principles of Uncertainty (Maira Kalman)
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On Photography
On Photography
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The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
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Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing
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Optimism (Helen Keller)
Optimism (Helen Keller)
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Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
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The Diaries of Maria Mitchell (Maria Mitchell)
The Diaries of Maria Mitchell (Maria Mitchell)
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I'll Be You and You Be Me (Ruth Krauss)
I'll Be You and You Be Me (Ruth Krauss)
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On Looking: Eleven Walks With Expert Eyes (Alexandra Horowitz)
On Looking: Eleven Walks With Expert Eyes (Alexandra Horowitz)
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Letter to My Daughter
Letter to My Daughter
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The Accidental Universe (Alan Lightman)
The Accidental Universe (Alan Lightman)
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Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Here Is New York (E. B. White)
Here Is New York (E. B. White)
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Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
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Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists (Kay Larson)
Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists (Kay Larson)
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Orlando: A Biography (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando: A Biography (Virginia Woolf)
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
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How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (Sarah Bakewell)
How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (Sarah Bakewell)
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Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and ... (Lisa Randall)
Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and ... (Lisa Randall)
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Politics and the Poetics by Aristotle
Politics and the Poetics by Aristotle
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Freedom From Fear (Aung San Suu Kyi)
Freedom From Fear (Aung San Suu Kyi)
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The Information (James Gleick)
The Information (James Gleick)
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Does My Goldfish Know Who I Am? (Gemma Elwyn)
Does My Goldfish Know Who I Am? (Gemma Elwyn)
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The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique
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The Collected Poems (Denise Levertov)
The Collected Poems (Denise Levertov)
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The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird
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Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince
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