So I have gotten into fictional books that touch on topics such as (zen) buddhism and stoicism. I loved Siddharta by Hesse, Dharma Bums by Kerouac, The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, The Stranger by Camus, and Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. I've also read some non-fiction about buddhism and stoicism. What books (preferably fiction, non-fiction also allowed) do you think will also scratch my itch for a more peaceful life?
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steppenwolf by same.
man’s search for meaning by frankl.
discourses of epictetus, followed by letters of seneca.
I once read Siddhartha at a traffic stop.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a classic in the philosophy in fiction category!
Maybe The Friend by Sigrid Nunez? (Though it also grapples with not-so-peaceful aspects of life to say the least)
Perhaps The Dispossessed by Ursula le Guin is a stretch, but for me, it was the kind of book that made me think about what conditions lead to a peaceful life
“The Forty Rules of Love”(but it is not based on Buddhism or stoicism; it is rooted in Sufism)