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Books like Nicomachean Ethics
The best books like Nicomachean Ethics are The Republic, The Prince, and Letters from a Stoic. Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle is about virtue, happiness, moral character. 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.
- The Republic
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Plato · Philosophy
The Republic is Plato's most ambitious work, a sustained inquiry into the nature of justice staged as a dialogue among Socrates and his companions in Athens.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Prince
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Niccolò Machiavelli · Philosophy
The Prince is Machiavelli's short treatise on how to acquire, hold, and exercise political power.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Letters from a Stoic
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Seneca · Philosophy
Letters from a Stoic collects a selection of 124 letters that Seneca wrote to his friend Lucilius in the final years of his life, around 65 AD.
Shares virtue and friendship with Nicomachean Ethics.
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- Essays and Aphorisms
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Arthur Schopenhauer · Philosophy
Essays and Aphorisms is R.
Both dig into happiness.
Read the summary → - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin · Memoir
Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is one of the earliest and most influential self-improvement texts in American literature, written in four separate parts across the last decades of his life.
Shares virtue and practical wisdom with Nicomachean Ethics.
Read the summary → - A Guide to the Good Life
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William Irvine · Philosophy
William Irvine's book is a modern case for reviving Stoic philosophy as a practical guide to living well.
Both dig into happiness.
Read the summary → - Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius · Philosophy
Meditations is not a book Marcus Aurelius wrote for anyone to read.
Both dig into virtue.
Read the summary → - The Analects
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Confucius · Philosophy
The Analects (Lunyu) is the primary source for Confucian thought — a compilation of sayings, brief dialogues, and anecdotes attributed to Confucius (551–479 BCE) and his disciples, assembled over generations after his death.
Both dig into virtue.
Read the summary → - The Courage to Be Disliked
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Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga · Philosophy
The Courage to Be Disliked presents Alfred Adler's philosophy of individual psychology through a Socratic dialogue between a young man and a philosopher.
Both dig into happiness.
Read the summary → - The Daily Stoic
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Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman · Philosophy
The Daily Stoic is a 366-entry collection of meditations drawn from the Stoic philosophers — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca, and lesser-known figures like Cato and Zeno.
Both dig into virtue.
Read the summary → - The Four Loves
- Utilitarianism
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John Stuart Mill · Philosophy
Utilitarianism, first published in 1863 after appearing in Fraser's Magazine the previous year, is Mill's defense and refinement of the utilitarian moral theory he inherited from Jeremy Bentham.
Both dig into happiness.
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Books like Nicomachean Ethics: quick answers
What are the best books like Nicomachean Ethics?
The best books like Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle are The Republic by Plato, The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Nicomachean Ethics, such as virtue, happiness, moral character.
What should I read after Nicomachean Ethics?
A natural next read after Nicomachean Ethics is The Republic by Plato. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer.
What books are similar to Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle?
Nicomachean Ethics centers on virtue, happiness, moral character. Books with a similar feel include The Republic by Plato, The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
