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Books like 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
The best books like 21 Lessons for the 21st Century are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and Thinking, Fast and Slow. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari is about technology and society, political disillusionment, meaning. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Homo Deus picks up where Sapiens left off, but turns to face the other direction.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman · Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman's account of the two cognitive systems that govern human thought.
A kindred philosophy read.
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- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt · Psychology
The Righteous Mind is Jonathan Haidt's argument that moral reasoning is not the source of our moral judgments — it's the press secretary for them.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Outliers: The Story of Success
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell · Psychology
Outliers is Malcolm Gladwell's argument that exceptional success is less a product of individual genius or drive than it is of hidden advantages, timing, and accumulated opportunity.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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George Saunders · Philosophy
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is George Saunders's account of the graduate fiction workshop he has taught at Syracuse for over twenty years, organized around seven stories by Tolstoy, Chekhov, Turgenev, and Gogol.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
Krista Tippett · Philosophy
Becoming Wise draws on Krista Tippett's decades of conversation with scientists, poets, theologians, activists, and philosophers through her radio program On Being.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Ikigai
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Héctor García · Philosophy
Ikigai is a short, accessible book by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles that explores the Japanese concept of a reason for being — the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Play Anything
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Ian Bogost · Philosophy
Play Anything is Ian Bogost's argument that play is not something we bring to enjoyable activities — it's something we do with things, including tedious and unpleasant things, by paying them closer attention.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Status Anxiety
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Alain de Botton · Philosophy
Status Anxiety is Alain de Botton's 2004 examination of why modern people are so consumed with their standing in others' eyes, and what philosophy, art, and history can offer as remedies.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
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Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
David Eagleman · Philosophy
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives is a collection of forty short, fictional vignettes, each imagining a different version of what happens after death.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - The Little Prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · Philosophy
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote The Little Prince in New York in 1942, in exile from a France under occupation, and the book was published in French and English simultaneously in 1943, the year before he disappeared on a reconnaissance flight.
Both dig into meaning.
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Books like 21 Lessons for the 21st Century: quick answers
What are the best books like 21 Lessons for the 21st Century?
The best books like 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, such as technology and society, political disillusionment, meaning.
What should I read after 21 Lessons for the 21st Century?
A natural next read after 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt.
What books are similar to 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari?
21 Lessons for the 21st Century centers on technology and society, political disillusionment, meaning. Books with a similar feel include Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
