The Good Place Reading List

1.
What We Owe to Each Other
What We Owe to Each Other 3.85 avg rating — 646 ratings
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Death
Death
by: Todd May
3.80 avg rating — 1,018 ratings
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No Exit
No Exit 4.11 avg rating — 44,800 ratings
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The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,195 ratings
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Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God
Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God 4.19 avg rating — 78,221 ratings
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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals 3.83 avg rating — 22,111 ratings
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A Treatise of Human Nature
A Treatise of Human Nature 3.95 avg rating — 12,538 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,924 ratings
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 4.24 avg rating — 35,773 ratings
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Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism 3.68 avg rating — 24,612 ratings
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The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating — 63,602 ratings
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The Metaphysics of Morals
The Metaphysics of Morals 3.94 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
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Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,957 ratings
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The Rebel
The Rebel 4.14 avg rating — 18,048 ratings
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The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs 4.26 avg rating — 19,807 ratings
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The Essential Kierkegaard
The Essential Kierkegaard 4.20 avg rating — 1,991 ratings
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The Essential Foucault: Selections from the Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984
The Essential Foucault: Selections from the Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984 4.20 avg rating — 171 ratings
18.
On the Way to Language
On the Way to Language 4.08 avg rating — 733 ratings
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How Good People Make Tough Choices
How Good People Make Tough Choices 3.62 avg rating — 715 ratings
20.
Ethics without Principles
Ethics without Principles 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically 3.80 avg rating — 3,720 ratings
22.
Reasons and Persons
Reasons and Persons 4.27 avg rating — 1,839 ratings
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The Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics
by: Aristotle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,307 ratings
24.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,950 ratings
25.
Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason 3.96 avg rating — 40,916 ratings
26.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra 4.07 avg rating — 169,529 ratings
27.
The Sickness unto Death
The Sickness unto Death 4.09 avg rating — 11,758 ratings
28.
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy 4.03 avg rating — 789 ratings
29.
Two Treatises of Government
Two Treatises of Government 3.87 avg rating — 19,408 ratings
30.
The Basic Works of Aristotle
The Basic Works of Aristotle
by: Aristotle
4.24 avg rating — 2,452 ratings
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Considerations on Representative Government
Considerations on Representative Government 3.72 avg rating — 382 ratings
31.
The Quest for Cosmic Justice
The Quest for Cosmic Justice 4.39 avg rating — 3,229 ratings
33.
The Philosophy of Alain Locke: Harlem Renaissance and Beyond
The Philosophy of Alain Locke: Harlem Renaissance and Beyond 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
34.
El inmortal
El inmortal 4.11 avg rating — 741 ratings
35.
Life after Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion
Life after Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion 3.97 avg rating — 117 ratings
36.
The Trial and Death of Socrates
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by: Plato
4.12 avg rating — 44,775 ratings
36.
A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin & Faith with On My Religion
A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin & Faith with On My Religion 3.88 avg rating — 48 ratings
38.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 3.86 avg rating — 17,028 ratings
39.
A Theory of Justice
A Theory of Justice 3.95 avg rating — 13,399 ratings
40.
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? 4.30 avg rating — 26,878 ratings
41.
Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
by: Kate Fox
3.91 avg rating — 11,102 ratings
42.
What is Called Thinking?
What is Called Thinking? 4.11 avg rating — 1,608 ratings
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Meno
Meno
by: Plato
3.93 avg rating — 9,939 ratings
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Euthyphro
Euthyphro
by: Plato
3.95 avg rating — 9,932 ratings
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Critique of Practical Reason
Critique of Practical Reason 3.94 avg rating — 11,653 ratings
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The Present Age
The Present Age 4.04 avg rating — 1,578 ratings
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The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering 3.83 avg rating — 1,517 ratings
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A History of Philosophy, Vol. 3: Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Okham, Francis Bacon, and the Beginning of the Modern World
A History of Philosophy, Vol. 3: Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Okham, Francis Bacon, and the Beginning of the Modern World 4.25 avg rating — 440 ratings
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Notebooks, 1935-1951
Notebooks, 1935-1951 4.27 avg rating — 659 ratings
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Briefly: Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics: Book I-III, VI and X
Briefly: Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics: Book I-III, VI and X 3.80 avg rating — 202 ratings
51.
A History of Philosophy, Vol. 4: Modern Philosophy, from Descartes to Leibnitz
A History of Philosophy, Vol. 4: Modern Philosophy, from Descartes to Leibnitz 4.15 avg rating — 498 ratings
51.
Lysis
Lysis
by: Plato
3.60 avg rating — 1,680 ratings
51.
Introduction to Metaphysics
Introduction to Metaphysics 4.03 avg rating — 4,297 ratings
51.
Conduct and Character: Readings in Moral Theory
Conduct and Character: Readings in Moral Theory 3.63 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Concluding Unscientific Postscript
Concluding Unscientific Postscript 4.34 avg rating — 133 ratings
51.
Ordinary Vices
Ordinary Vices 4.03 avg rating — 141 ratings
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The Collected Dialogues
The Collected Dialogues 4.43 avg rating — 781 ratings
58.
The Methods of Ethics
The Methods of Ethics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 175 ratings
58.
De Anima
De Anima
by: Aristotle
4.03 avg rating — 6,549 ratings
58.
Whatever Happened to Good and Evil?
Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? 3.59 avg rating — 167 ratings
61.
Natural Goodness
Natural Goodness 3.93 avg rating — 406 ratings
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What Is Good and Why: The Ethics of Well-Being
What Is Good and Why: The Ethics of Well-Being 3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings
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L'Année Terrible
L'Année Terrible 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Beginning of Western Philosophy: Interpretation of Anaximander and Parmenides
The Beginning of Western Philosophy: Interpretation of Anaximander and Parmenides really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings
64.
The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology
The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology 4.26 avg rating — 194 ratings
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The Concept of Time
The Concept of Time 3.84 avg rating — 605 ratings
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A Fragment on Government
A Fragment on Government 3.61 avg rating — 57 ratings
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The Bhagavad Gita Summarized and Simplified: A Comprehensive and Easy-to-Read Summary of the Divine Song of God (The Bhagavad Gita Series Book 4)
The Bhagavad Gita Summarized and Simplified: A Comprehensive and Easy-to-Read Summary of the Divine Song of God (The Bhagavad Gita Series Book 4) 4.50 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation 4.33 avg rating — 20,233 ratings
70.
Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary
Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology
The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Paradise Mislaid: How We Lost Heaven--and How We Can Regain It
Paradise Mislaid: How We Lost Heaven--and How We Can Regain It 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Ponderings II-VI: Black Notebooks 1931-1938
Ponderings II-VI: Black Notebooks 1931-1938 4.10 avg rating — 39 ratings
72.
Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Steel Do?
Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Steel Do? 3.82 avg rating — 145 ratings
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Religious and Philosophical Aspects of the Laozi
Religious and Philosophical Aspects of the Laozi 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
75.
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual 3.69 avg rating — 14,275 ratings
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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason 4.09 avg rating — 14,198 ratings
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Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity
Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity 4.22 avg rating — 1,682 ratings
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Kant: A Very Short Introduction
Kant: A Very Short Introduction 3.77 avg rating — 2,009 ratings
80.
Works of Jeremy Bentham
Works of Jeremy Bentham 3.42 avg rating — 31 ratings