Not just a good book—but one that truly shifted your perspective or stuck with you long after you finished it. Fiction or nonfiction. I’m looking for something that hits on a deeper level. Would love to hear your picks!
* *The Denial of Death* by Ernest Becker — punches straight through ego, forces you to confront what actually drives you
* *I Am a Strange Loop* by Douglas Hofstadter — melts your brain on what “self” even means
* *Man’s Search for Meaning* by Viktor Frankl — not just resilience porn, real depth on how people endure
* *The Overstory* by Richard Powers — makes you feel like trees have a soul and you’ve been blind your whole life
* *Meditations* by Marcus Aurelius — feels cliché until it doesn’t, then it’s a mirror you can’t stop looking into
The [NoFluffWisdom Newsletter]() has some sharp takes on mindset shifts, habits, and clarity that vibe with this—worth a peek!
doodle02 on
Tinkers, by Paul Harding. It’s the book that really got me into reading in the first place. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010. Very lyrical, not a ton of plot. It’s about a guy kinda hallucinating through memory on his deathbed, and really helped me appreciate little moments in life.
it really is a beautiful book.
Spargonaut69 on
“Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky” by Maurice Nicoll
And also
The Corpus Hermeticum (by Hermes Trismegistus)
quartzgirl71 on
Old Souls, re evidence for reincarnation.
Abduction, by John Mack, re evidence for UFO abductions.
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This is Vegan Propaganda by Ed Winters
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
* *The Denial of Death* by Ernest Becker — punches straight through ego, forces you to confront what actually drives you
* *I Am a Strange Loop* by Douglas Hofstadter — melts your brain on what “self” even means
* *Man’s Search for Meaning* by Viktor Frankl — not just resilience porn, real depth on how people endure
* *The Overstory* by Richard Powers — makes you feel like trees have a soul and you’ve been blind your whole life
* *Meditations* by Marcus Aurelius — feels cliché until it doesn’t, then it’s a mirror you can’t stop looking into
The [NoFluffWisdom Newsletter]() has some sharp takes on mindset shifts, habits, and clarity that vibe with this—worth a peek!
Tinkers, by Paul Harding. It’s the book that really got me into reading in the first place. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010. Very lyrical, not a ton of plot. It’s about a guy kinda hallucinating through memory on his deathbed, and really helped me appreciate little moments in life.
it really is a beautiful book.
“Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky” by Maurice Nicoll
And also
The Corpus Hermeticum (by Hermes Trismegistus)
Old Souls, re evidence for reincarnation.
Abduction, by John Mack, re evidence for UFO abductions.
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L Peck
NIGHT by Eli Wiesel
This Bridge Called My Back
The Mushroom at the End of the World
The Intimacies of Four Continents