What to Read After Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus
Readers who loved Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus by Karl Jaspers keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus
The birth of tragedy. The genealogy of morals
The Five Books of Moses
The human place in the cosmos
The quest of the historical Jesus
Uses of Argument
How to think about the great ideas
The Imjin War
Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Book
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Story of Philosophy
The Power of Myth
The Chosen
Notes From Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections From the House of the Dead
Mythology
The Pilgrim's Progress
Der Steppenwolf
The Psychopath Test
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Tao te Ching
Meditations
The Merchant of Venice
Treasure Island