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Books like The Screwtape Letters
The best books like The Screwtape Letters are Man's Search for Meaning, Meditations, and Beyond Good and Evil. The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis is about temptation, spiritual warfare, 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.
- 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.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius · Philosophy
Meditations is not a book Marcus Aurelius wrote for anyone to read.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - Beyond Good and Evil
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Friedrich Nietzsche · Philosophy
Beyond Good and Evil is Nietzsche's assault on the philosophical tradition he had been trained in and had grown to distrust.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
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- The Perennial Philosophy
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Aldous Huxley · Religion & Spirituality
The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley's anthology and commentary on the mystical traditions of the world, arguing that behind the diversity of religious forms lies a single metaphysical core: the divine ground or ultimate reality is one; the human soul contains a spark of this reality; the purpose of human existence is to realize this identity; and the path to that realization requires ego-transcendence through contemplation, virtue, and love.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
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.
Shares human nature and faith with The Screwtape Letters.
Read the summary → - The Problem of Pain
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C. S. Lewis · Philosophy
The Problem of Pain is Lewis's systematic attempt to answer one of the oldest and most persistent objections to theism: if God is good and all-powerful, why does pain exist?
Shares human nature and faith with The Screwtape Letters.
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 faith.
Read the summary → - Civilized to Death
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Christopher Ryan · Science
Christopher Ryan is the co-author of Sex at Dawn, a 2010 book that argued human beings are not naturally monogamous.
Both dig into human nature.
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 → - Fear and Trembling
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Søren Kierkegaard · Philosophy
Fear and Trembling was published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio, and it is Kierkegaard's most sustained meditation on the nature of faith through the lens of the story of Abraham and Isaac.
Both dig into faith.
Read the summary → - History of the Peloponnesian War
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · History
Thucydides' account of the twenty-seven-year conflict between Athens and Sparta stands as the founding document of political realism and the first work of history that treats evidence and causation as problems to be solved rather than stories to be told.
Both dig into human nature.
Read the summary → - Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil
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Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil
Paul Bloom · Psychology
Paul Bloom's central question is how much morality is innate versus learned.
Both dig into human nature.
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Books like The Screwtape Letters: quick answers
What are the best books like The Screwtape Letters?
The best books like The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis are Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley, Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Screwtape Letters, such as temptation, spiritual warfare, human nature.
What should I read after The Screwtape Letters?
A natural next read after The Screwtape Letters is Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. A kindred religion & spirituality read. Other strong choices are Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley.
What books are similar to The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis?
The Screwtape Letters centers on temptation, spiritual warfare, human nature. Books with a similar feel include Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley, Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
