Books like On the Shortness of Life
If you liked On the Shortness of Life by Seneca, here are 8 non-fiction books to read next — hand-matched on shared themes and authors, not an algorithm. Each links to where to get it.
- Letters from a StoicSeneca#1 · same author
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca
Another Stoic philosophy pick — same territory as On the Shortness of Life.
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A Guide to the Good Life
by William Irvine
Another Stoic philosophy pick — same territory as On the Shortness of Life.
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#3Ego Is the Enemy
by Ryan Holiday
Another Stoic philosophy pick — same territory as On the Shortness of Life.
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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
by Donald Robertson
Another Stoic philosophy pick — same territory as On the Shortness of Life.
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#5Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Another Stoic philosophy pick — same territory as On the Shortness of Life.
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#6Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
Another Stoic philosophy pick — same territory as On the Shortness of Life.
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#7The Courage to Be Disliked
by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
Another Stoic philosophy pick — same territory as On the Shortness of Life.
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The Daily Stoic
by Ryan Holiday
Another Stoic philosophy pick — same territory as On the Shortness of Life.
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