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Books like The Little Prince
The best books like The Little Prince are Siddhartha, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, and A Guide to the Good Life. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is about childhood and adulthood, love and loss, human nature. 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.
- Siddhartha
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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.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle · Religion & Spirituality
A New Earth is Eckhart Tolle's follow-up to The Power of Now, applying the same framework of presence and ego-transcendence to a broader account of human dysfunction and its transformation.
A kindred philosophy read.
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.
A kindred philosophy read.
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- The Art of the Good Life
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Rolf Dobelli · Philosophy
The Art of the Good Life is Rolf Dobelli's sequel to The Art of Thinking Clearly, applying the same format — short, self-contained chapters on discrete mental tools — to the question of how to construct a life that goes well.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - 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.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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George Saunders · Philosophy
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is George Saunders's account of the graduate fiction workshop he has taught at Syracuse for over twenty years, organized around seven stories by Tolstoy, Chekhov, Turgenev, and Gogol.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
Krista Tippett · Philosophy
Becoming Wise draws on Krista Tippett's decades of conversation with scientists, poets, theologians, activists, and philosophers through her radio program On Being.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Existentialism Is a Humanism
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Jean-Paul Sartre · Philosophy
Existentialism Is a Humanism began as a 1945 lecture Sartre gave to a packed Paris hall in response to critics who called existentialism pessimistic, quietist, and dangerous.
Both dig into human nature.
Read the summary → - Ikigai
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Héctor García · Philosophy
Ikigai is a short, accessible book by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles that explores the Japanese concept of a reason for being — the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes · Philosophy
Leviathan, published in 1651 in the aftermath of the English Civil War, is one of the founding texts of modern political philosophy.
Both dig into human nature.
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 human nature.
Read the summary → - Play Anything
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Ian Bogost · Philosophy
Play Anything is Ian Bogost's argument that play is not something we bring to enjoyable activities — it's something we do with things, including tedious and unpleasant things, by paying them closer attention.
Both dig into meaning.
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Books like The Little Prince: quick answers
What are the best books like The Little Prince?
The best books like The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry are Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine, The Art of the Good Life by Rolf Dobelli, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Little Prince, such as childhood and adulthood, love and loss, human nature.
What should I read after The Little Prince?
A natural next read after The Little Prince is Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine, The Art of the Good Life by Rolf Dobelli.
What books are similar to The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?
The Little Prince centers on childhood and adulthood, love and loss, human nature. Books with a similar feel include Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine, The Art of the Good Life by Rolf Dobelli, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
