Indian Philosophy
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy – Satishchandra Chatterjee, Dhimendramohan Dutta
A History of Indian Philosophy – Surendranath Dasgupta (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3)
The Principal Upanishads – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
The Bhagavad Gita – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Kautilya’s Arthashastra – L.N. Rangarajan
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras – Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Book of Yoga – Swami Vivekananda
I am That – Nisargadutta Maharaj
The Tirukkural – Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Western Philosophy
The History of Philosophy – A.C. Grayling
History of Western Philosophy – Bertrand Russell
The Problems of Philosophy – Bertrand Russell
The Practising Stoic – Ward Farnsworth
On the Shortness of Life – Seneca
Gödel, Escher, Bach – Douglas Hofstadter
Treatise on Toleration – Voltaire
Self Reliance and Other Essays – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl
The Art of Worldly Wisdom – Balthazar Grácian
Asian Philosophy
Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorns – Hakuin Zenji
The Art of Communication – Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki
The Book of Five Rings – Miyamoto Musashi
Love for Imperfect Things – Haemin Sunim
The Gateless Gate – Koun Yamada
The Mountains and Waters Sutra – Shohaku Okumura
In Praise of Shadows – Junichirō Tanizaki
Popular Books based on Philosophy
Beyond Order – Jordan B. Peterson
Maps of Meaning – Jordan Peterson
Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder
Letters to a Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke
The German Genius – Peter Watson
Zen in the Art of Archery – Eugen Herrigel
The Courage to be Disliked – Ichiro Kisimi, Fumitake Koga
The Courage to be Happy – Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
The Bed of Procrustes – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Think Like a Monk – Jay Shetty
Being Different – Rajiv Malhotra
Everything is F*cked – Mark Manson
Thinking in Systems – Donella Meadows
A Summer with Montaigne – Antoine Compagnon
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant – Eric Jorgenson
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