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Books like Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse is about alienation, duality, self. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. Siddhartha
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    Siddhartha

    Hermann Hesse · Religion & Spirituality

    Siddhartha is Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel of spiritual seeking, written at a time when Hesse was deeply studying Buddhist and Hindu texts.

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  2. The Myth of Sisyphus
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    The Myth of Sisyphus

    Albert Camus · Philosophy

    The Myth of Sisyphus begins with what Camus calls the only truly serious philosophical question: why not commit suicide?

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  3. Being and Nothingness
    Being and Nothingness

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    Being and Nothingness

    Jean-Paul Sartre · Philosophy

    Being and Nothingness is Sartre's major philosophical treatise and the founding text of French existentialism.

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  4. Man's Search for Meaning
    Man's Search for Meaning

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    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl · Psychology

    Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's account of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and the psychological theory he developed from that experience.

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  5. 1984
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    1984

    George Orwell · Philosophy

    Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's 1949 novel about a future England called Airstrip One, governed by the totalitarian Party under the figurehead Big Brother.

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  6. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy

    Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.

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