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Books like Walden

Walden by Henry David Thoreau is about simplicity, nature, self-reliance. 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. 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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  2. The Power of Now
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    The Power of Now

    Eckhart Tolle · Religion & Spirituality

    The Power of Now is Eckhart Tolle's argument that the root of human suffering is identification with the stream of thought — the restless inner commentary that most people mistake for who they are.

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  3. Meditations
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    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius · Philosophy

    Meditations is not a book Marcus Aurelius wrote for anyone to read.

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  4. A Guide to the Good Life
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    A Guide to the Good Life

    William Irvine · Philosophy

    William Irvine's book is a modern case for reviving Stoic philosophy as a practical guide to living well.

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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
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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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