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Books like The Myth of Sisyphus
The best books like The Myth of Sisyphus are Existentialism Is a Humanism, Being and Nothingness, and Man's Search for Meaning. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus is about absurdity, meaning, suicide. 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.
- 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 freedom.
Read the summary → - Being and Nothingness
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Jean-Paul Sartre · Philosophy
Being and Nothingness is Sartre's major philosophical treatise and the founding text of French existentialism.
Both dig into freedom.
Read the summary → - Man's Search for Meaning
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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.
Both dig into meaning.
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- 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 → - 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 → - 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.
Read the summary → - Status Anxiety
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Alain de Botton · Philosophy
Status Anxiety is Alain de Botton's 2004 examination of why modern people are so consumed with their standing in others' eyes, and what philosophy, art, and history can offer as remedies.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
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Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
David Eagleman · Philosophy
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives is a collection of forty short, fictional vignettes, each imagining a different version of what happens after death.
Both dig into meaning.
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 freedom.
Read the summary → - The Little Prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · Philosophy
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote The Little Prince in New York in 1942, in exile from a France under occupation, and the book was published in French and English simultaneously in 1943, the year before he disappeared on a reconnaissance flight.
Both dig into meaning.
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Books like The Myth of Sisyphus: quick answers
What are the best books like The Myth of Sisyphus?
The best books like The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus are Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Myth of Sisyphus, such as absurdity, meaning, suicide.
What should I read after The Myth of Sisyphus?
A natural next read after The Myth of Sisyphus is Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre. Both dig into freedom. Other strong choices are Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari.
What books are similar to The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus?
The Myth of Sisyphus centers on absurdity, meaning, suicide. Books with a similar feel include Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders, Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living by Krista Tippett — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
