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Books like The Art of the Good Life
The best books like The Art of the Good Life are The Art of Thinking Clearly, Thinking, Fast and Slow, and The Obstacle Is the Way. The Art of the Good Life by Rolf Dobelli is about decision-making, cognitive biases, stoicism. 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 Art of Thinking Clearly
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Rolf Dobelli · Psychology
Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss entrepreneur and novelist who wrote a series of short newspaper columns on cognitive biases, later collected and expanded into this book.
Both dig into decision-making.
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.
Both dig into decision-making.
Read the summary → - The Obstacle Is the Way
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Ryan Holiday · Philosophy
The Obstacle Is the Way is Ryan Holiday's translation of Stoic philosophy into a practical guide for dealing with hardship.
Both dig into stoicism.
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- 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 stoicism.
Read the summary → - Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths · Psychology
Brian Christian is a writer and Tom Griffiths is a cognitive scientist, and together they argue that computer science has worked out rigorous solutions to many of the problems humans face every day — when to stop searching for a better option, how to manage your schedule, how to sort your memory — and that these solutions are both interesting and useful.
Both dig into decision-making.
Read the summary → - Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
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Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
Peter Bevelin · Philosophy
Seeking Wisdom is Peter Bevelin's distillation of ideas from Charles Darwin, Charlie Munger, and a wide range of scientific and philosophical disciplines — assembled into a practical guide for better thinking and decision-making.
Shares decision-making and cognitive biases with The Art of the Good Life.
Read the summary → - Poor Charlie's Almanack
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Charlie Munger · Business
Poor Charlie's Almanack is a compilation of speeches, essays, and interviews from Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's longtime business partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.
Shares decision-making and mental models with The Art of the Good Life.
Read the summary → - The Great Mental Models
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Shane Parrish · Self-help
The Great Mental Models is the first volume in Shane Parrish's series drawn from his Farnam Street blog, which he built into one of the most widely read sites on thinking and decision-making.
Shares decision-making and mental models with The Art of the Good Life.
Read the summary → - The Little Book of Behavioral Investing
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The Little Book of Behavioral Investing
James Montier · Economics
The Little Book of Behavioral Investing is James Montier's tour through the cognitive traps that cause intelligent, well-intentioned investors to consistently underperform.
Shares decision-making and cognitive biases with The Art of the Good Life.
Read the summary → - The Tao of Charlie Munger
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David Clark · Business
The Tao of Charlie Munger is David Clark's compilation and commentary on the wisdom of Charles T.
Shares decision-making and mental models with The Art of the Good Life.
Read the summary → - Your Money and Your Brain
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Jason Zweig · Psychology
Jason Zweig, a longtime Wall Street Journal columnist and the editor of Benjamin Graham's annotated edition of The Intelligent Investor, wrote Your Money and Your Brain as a practical guide to the neuroscience and behavioral economics of investing.
Shares decision-making and cognitive biases with The Art of the Good Life.
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 stoicism.
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Books like The Art of the Good Life: quick answers
What are the best books like The Art of the Good Life?
The best books like The Art of the Good Life by Rolf Dobelli are The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Art of the Good Life, such as decision-making, cognitive biases, stoicism.
What should I read after The Art of the Good Life?
A natural next read after The Art of the Good Life is The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli. Both dig into decision-making. Other strong choices are Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman.
What books are similar to The Art of the Good Life by Rolf Dobelli?
The Art of the Good Life centers on decision-making, cognitive biases, stoicism. Books with a similar feel include The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths, Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger by Peter Bevelin — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
