books recommended by Mark Manson

Mark Manson is a self-help author and blogger. As of 2019 he had authored three books, one of which rose to number six on The New York Times bestseller list.

books recommended by Mark Manson

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Influence

Influence

Robert B. Cialdini, PhD

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Better Angels of Our Nature

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

The True Believer

The True Believer

Eric Hoffer

Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers

Malcolm Gladwell

Thinking in Bets

Thinking in Bets

Annie Duke

The Denial of Death

The Denial of Death

Ernest Becker

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

The Republic

The Republic

Plato

War and Peace

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Why We're Polarized

Why We're Polarized

Ezra Klein

Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

The Swerve

The Swerve

Stephen Greenblatt

On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

Friedrich Nietzsche

Greenlights

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey

Debt

Debt

David Graeber

Three Women

Three Women

Lisa Taddeo

The Evolving Self

The Evolving Self

Robert Kegan

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Daniel Dennett

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Katherine Boo

The Dictator's Handbook

The Dictator's Handbook

Alastair Smith & Bruce de Mesquita

This Life

This Life

Martin Hägglund

The Origins of Political Order

The Origins of Political Order

Francis Fukuyama

The Blank Slate

The Blank Slate

Steven Pinker

Stories From Your Life and Others

Stories From Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

Love and Will

Love and Will

Rollo May

Marriage

Marriage

Stephanie Coontz

Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches

Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches

Marvin Harris

Democracy for Realists

Democracy for Realists

Christopher Achen & Larry Bartels

Transcend

Transcend

Scott Barry Kaufman

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals

Immanuel Kant

No Two Alike

No Two Alike

Judith Rich Harris

Ethics

Ethics

Benedict de Spinoza

Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud

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Sapiens

Man's Search for Meaning

Thinking, Fast and Slow

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