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Mark Manson's Best Books to Read and Understand Life

Mark Manson, blogger and author of such best-selling books such as Models and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck gives us his personal list of his most recommended read. For an author who became popular in the niche of dating, seduction and self-improvement some of these are tough reads!
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
1
Leo Tolstoy
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
2
Ernest Hemingway
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
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Plato
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (David Hume)
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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David Hume
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
7
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
8
The Denial of Death (Ernest Becker)
The Denial of Death
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Ernest Becker
Escape From Evil (Ernest Becker)
Escape From Evil
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Ernest Becker
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor E. Frankl
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Mar
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Mar
12
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
13
Antifragile (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
Antifragile
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Origins of Political Order (Francis Fukumaya)
The Origins of Political Order
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Francis Fukumaya
Political Order and Political Decay (Francis Fukuyama)
Political Order and Political Decay
16
Francis Fukuyama
THE LESSONS OF HISTORY (WILL & ARIEL DURANT)
THE LESSONS OF HISTORY
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WILL & ARIEL DURANT
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
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Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harari)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
19
Yuval Noah Harari
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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Jared Diamond
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture (Marvin Harris)
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture
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Marvin Harris
Zealot (Reza Aslan)
Zealot
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Reza Aslan
Debt: The First 5000 Years (David Graeber)
Debt: The First 5000 Years
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David Graeber
The Genealogy of Morals (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Genealogy of Morals
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
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Sigmund Freud
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage (Stephanie Coontz)
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
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Stephanie Coontz
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
27
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
28
Steven Pinker
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics (Bruce Bueno De Mesquita E Alastair Smith)
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
29
Bruce Bueno De Mesquita E Alastair Smith
Race Against the Machines (Eric Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee)
Race Against the Machines
30
Eric Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
Democracy for Realists (Christopher H. Achen)
Democracy for Realists
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Christopher H. Achen
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
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Richard Dawkins
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Matt Ridley)
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
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Matt Ridley
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
34
The Evolving Self (Robert Kegan)
The Evolving Self
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Robert Kegan
The True Believer (Eric Hoffer)
The True Believer
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Eric Hoffer
Stumbling on Happiness (Daniel Gilbert)
Stumbling on Happiness
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Daniel Gilbert
Influence (Robert Cialdini)
Influence
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Robert Cialdini
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Carol Dweck)
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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Carol Dweck
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