Philosophy · Similar reads
Books like The Republic
The best books like The Republic are Nicomachean Ethics, The Prince, and Educated: A Memoir. The Republic by Plato is about justice, political philosophy, education. 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.
- 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 → - 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 → - Educated: A Memoir
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Tara Westover · Memoir
Educated is Tara Westover's memoir about growing up in a survivalist family in rural Idaho and eventually earning a PhD in history from Cambridge University.
Both dig into education.
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- In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote · Memoir
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas — and of the investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock — is the founding document of the true crime genre and one of the most admired works of American nonfiction of the twentieth century.
Both dig into justice.
Read the summary → - A Theory of Justice
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John Rawls · Philosophy
A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, is John Rawls's attempt to construct a systematic alternative to utilitarianism in political philosophy.
Shares justice and political philosophy with The Republic.
Read the summary → - Anarchy, State, and Utopia
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Robert Nozick · Philosophy
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is Robert Nozick's 1974 response to John Rawls and a foundational text of libertarian political philosophy.
Shares justice and political philosophy with The Republic.
Read the summary → - Natural Right and History
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Leo Strauss · Philosophy
Natural Right and History is Leo Strauss's sustained argument that the modern rejection of natural right — the idea that there is a standard of justice discoverable by reason, independent of convention and history — represents a profound intellectual and political crisis.
Shares justice and political philosophy with The Republic.
Read the summary → - Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Michael J. Sandel · Philosophy
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Both dig into justice.
Read the summary → - The Abolition of Man
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C. S. Lewis · Philosophy
The Abolition of Man is a short book Lewis published in 1943, adapted from three lectures he gave at the University of Durham.
Both dig into education.
Read the summary → - The Divine Comedy: Inferno
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Dante Alighieri · Philosophy
The Inferno is the first of three canticles in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, written between approximately 1308 and 1320.
Both dig into justice.
Read the summary → - 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 justice.
Read the summary → - I Am Malala
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Malala Yousafzai · Memoir
I Am Malala is the memoir of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist who was shot by the Taliban on her school bus in October 2012 at age fifteen, and who survived to become the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Both dig into education.
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Books like The Republic: quick answers
What are the best books like The Republic?
The best books like The Republic by Plato are Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Theory of Justice by John Rawls, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Republic, such as justice, political philosophy, education.
What should I read after The Republic?
A natural next read after The Republic is Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
What books are similar to The Republic by Plato?
The Republic centers on justice, political philosophy, education. Books with a similar feel include Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Theory of Justice by John Rawls, Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
