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Books like Lying
The best books like Lying are Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion, The Moral Landscape, and Nicomachean Ethics. Lying by Sam Harris is about honesty, ethics, trust. 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.
- Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris · Religion & Spirituality
Waking Up is Sam Harris' argument that the insights of contemplative traditions — particularly Buddhism's claim that the sense of self is an illusion — can be separated from religious metaphysics and investigated directly through meditation and introspection.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Moral Landscape
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Sam Harris · Philosophy
The Moral Landscape is Sam Harris's argument that science can and should determine human values.
Both dig into ethics.
Read the summary → - Nicomachean Ethics
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Aristotle · Philosophy
The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle's systematic inquiry into what makes a human life go well.
A kindred philosophy read.
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.
Read the summary → - Start with Why
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Simon Sinek · Business
Start with Why is Simon Sinek's argument that the most influential leaders and organizations in history didn't succeed because they made better products or ran smarter campaigns.
Shares trust and communication with Lying.
Read the summary → - Designing Design
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Kenya Hara · Philosophy
Kenya Hara is one of Japan's most respected graphic designers, best known for his long association with Muji, and Designing Design is his attempt to articulate what design actually is — and, more specifically, what distinguishes a distinctly Japanese approach from the Western design tradition.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Fear and Trembling
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Søren Kierkegaard · Philosophy
Fear and Trembling was published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio, and it is Kierkegaard's most sustained meditation on the nature of faith through the lens of the story of Abraham and Isaac.
Both dig into ethics.
Read the summary → - Letter to a Christian Nation
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Sam Harris · Philosophy
Letter to a Christian Nation is a short, blunt book written in direct address to American Christians.
Both dig into ethics.
Read the summary → - Mere Christianity
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C. S. Lewis · Philosophy
Mere Christianity began as a series of BBC radio broadcasts Lewis gave during World War II, and the book retains that quality of direct, informal address.
Both dig into ethics.
Read the summary → - Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · Philosophy
Skin in the Game is Taleb's argument that people who don't bear the consequences of their decisions should not be trusted, respected, or given power over others.
Both dig into ethics.
Read the summary → - Understanding Media
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Marshall McLuhan · Philosophy
Understanding Media, published in 1964, is Marshall McLuhan's most developed work and the book that made "the medium is the message" a catchphrase of the twentieth century.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - A World Without Email
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Cal Newport · Business
A World Without Email is Cal Newport's most targeted critique of modern knowledge work culture.
Both dig into communication.
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Books like Lying: quick answers
What are the best books like Lying?
The best books like Lying by Sam Harris are Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris, Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Lying, such as honesty, ethics, trust.
What should I read after Lying?
A natural next read after Lying is Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris, Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
What books are similar to Lying by Sam Harris?
Lying centers on honesty, ethics, trust. Books with a similar feel include Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris, Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, Designing Design by Kenya Hara — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
