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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

Satoshi Yagisawa

Going After Cacciato

Going After Cacciato

Tim O'Brien

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

J.K. Rowling

Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth about Reality

Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth about Reality

Brad Warner

Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

Kent Beck

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

Frederick Forsyth

Architecting for Scale: High Availability for Your Growing Applications

Architecting for Scale: High Availability for Your Growing Applications

Lee Atchison

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

Under the Net

Under the Net

Iris Murdoch

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Franz Kafka

Em and the Big Hoom

Em and the Big Hoom

Jerry Pinto

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

W. Timothy Gallwey

This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

David Foster Wallace

Narcissus and Goldmund

Narcissus and Goldmund

Hermann Hesse

The Nose (Penguin Little Black Classics, #46)

The Nose (Penguin Little Black Classics, #46)

Nikolai Gogol

Snow Country

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata

Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

A Heart Full of Peace

A Heart Full of Peace

Joseph Goldstein

The Book of Kindness: How to Make Others Happy and Be Happy Yourself

The Book of Kindness: How to Make Others Happy and Be Happy Yourself

Om Swami

Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise

Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise

Thich Nhat Hanh

Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice

Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice

Thich Nhat Hanh

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Eckhart Tolle

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Sam Harris

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Shunryu Suzuki

As a Man Thinketh

As a Man Thinketh

James Allen

The Dhammapada

The Dhammapada

Eknath Easwaran

The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move, Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life

The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move, Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life

Rangan Chatterjee

The Sign of the Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)

The Sign of the Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference

Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference

William MacAskill

Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology

Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology

Cal Newport

As You Think: Second Edition

As You Think: Second Edition

James Allen

Black Box Thinking: Marginal Gains and the Secrets of High Performance

Black Box Thinking: Marginal Gains and the Secrets of High Performance

Matthew Syed

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

Marshall B. Rosenberg

Rework

Rework

Jason Fried

Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life

Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life

Joshua Fields Millburn

Who Will Cry When You Die?: Life Lessons From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Who Will Cry When You Die?: Life Lessons From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Robin Sharma

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Robin Sharma

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One

Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One

Eugen Herrigel

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

Austin Kleon

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Austin Kleon

Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

Austin Kleon

The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

1984

1984

George Orwell

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

Mitch Albom

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

The Order of Time

The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli

The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

Thich Nhat Hanh

A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)

A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Nan Yar - Who am I?

Nan Yar - Who am I?

Ramana Maharshi

On Confidence

On Confidence

The School of Life

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

Douglas Adams

Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman

Convenience Store Woman

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Malcolm Gladwell

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Complete Maus

The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)

J.K. Rowling

The Prophet

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

Want to Read

Human Acts

Human Acts

Han Kang

The Rings of Saturn

The Rings of Saturn

W.G. Sebald

Immigrant, Montana

Immigrant, Montana

Amitava Kumar

Speak, Memory

Speak, Memory

Vladimir Nabokov

So Long, See You Tomorrow

So Long, See You Tomorrow

William Maxwell

They Came Like Swallows

They Came Like Swallows

William Maxwell

The Complete Persepolis

The Complete Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi

They Called Us Enemy

They Called Us Enemy

George Takei

On Inequality

On Inequality

Harry G. Frankfurt

Gilgamesh: A New English Version

Gilgamesh: A New English Version

Anonymous

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

Nationalism

Nationalism

Rabindranath Tagore

Sesher Kobita, the Last Poem

Sesher Kobita, the Last Poem

Rabindranath Tagore

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

A Time Outside This Time

A Time Outside This Time

Amitava Kumar

The Blue Book: A Writer's Journal

The Blue Book: A Writer's Journal

Amitava Kumar

The Emigrants

The Emigrants

W.G. Sebald

Greek Lessons

Greek Lessons

Han Kang

Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf: Zen Poems of Ryokan

Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf: Zen Poems of Ryokan

Ryōkan

I Hate the Internet

I Hate the Internet

Jarett Kobek

Essays

Essays

George Orwell

State Building

State Building

Francis Fukuyama

In Service of the Republic: The Art and Science of Economic Policy

In Service of the Republic: The Art and Science of Economic Policy

Vijay Kelkar

Strategy: A History

Strategy: A History

Lawrence Freedman

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

V.S. Ramachandran

The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History

Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History

Ami Ganatra

Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

Neil Gaiman

How To Live When A Loved One Dies

How To Live When A Loved One Dies

Thich Nhat Hanh

We Are the Romani People

We Are the Romani People

Ian Hancock

Several Short Sentences About Writing

Several Short Sentences About Writing

Verlyn Klinkenborg

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Alfred Döblin

Memoirs of Hadrian

Memoirs of Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar

Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis

Godan

Godan

Munshi Premchand

Collected writings

Collected writings

R.K. Laxman

The Collected Short Stories of Ivan Turgenev

The Collected Short Stories of Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

How to Read and Why

How to Read and Why

Harold Bloom

The Closing of the American Mind

The Closing of the American Mind

Allan Bloom

The Overcoat

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol

Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

Critique of Pure Reason

Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant

The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx

Being and Time

Being and Time

Martin Heidegger

Candide

Candide

Voltaire

Walden or, Life in the Woods

Walden or, Life in the Woods

Henry David Thoreau

The Myth of Sisyphus

The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus

Meditations on First Philosophy

Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes

Philosophical Investigations

Philosophical Investigations

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Analects

The Analects

Confucius

The Birth of Tragedy

The Birth of Tragedy

Friedrich Nietzsche

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill

A Treatise of Human Nature

A Treatise of Human Nature

David Hume

The Consolation of Philosophy

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius

Either/Or: A Fragment of Life

Either/Or: A Fragment of Life

Søren Kierkegaard

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

Arthur Schopenhauer

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke

The Will to Power

The Will to Power

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Conquest of Happiness

The Conquest of Happiness

Bertrand Russell

Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud

Critique of Practical Reason

Critique of Practical Reason

Immanuel Kant

The Hero With a Thousand Faces

The Hero With a Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Praise of Folly

Praise of Folly

Erasmus

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Mark Fisher

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II

Arthur Schopenhauer

Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

Robert Wright

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

The Cancer Code : A Revolutionary New Understanding Of A Medical Mystery

The Cancer Code : A Revolutionary New Understanding Of A Medical Mystery

Jason Fung

Hacking APIs: Breaking Web Application Programming Interfaces

Hacking APIs: Breaking Web Application Programming Interfaces

Corey J Ball

The School of Life: An Emotional Education

The School of Life: An Emotional Education

Alain de Botton

Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta

Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta

Henepola Gunaratana

Essays on Indic History (Lesser Known History of India Book 1)

Essays on Indic History (Lesser Known History of India Book 1)

Vijender Sharma

The Small-town Sea

The Small-town Sea

Anees Salim

How to Win Friends and Influence People

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Ghachar Ghochar

Ghachar Ghochar

Vivek Shanbhag

The Book of Man

The Book of Man

Osho

Nightfall

Nightfall

Isaac Asimov

Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

David Whyte

The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

Teresa Torres

SYSTEMANTICS. THE SYSTEMS BIBLE

SYSTEMANTICS. THE SYSTEMS BIBLE

John Gall

Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track

Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track

Will Larson

Meetings With Remarkable Men

Meetings With Remarkable Men

G.I. Gurdjieff

How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity (Work series)

How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity (Work series)

The School of Life

Thinking in Systems: A Primer

Thinking in Systems: A Primer

Donella H. Meadows

The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma

The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma

Gurcharan Das

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Ramachandra Guha

The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

Jason Fung

City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

William Dalrymple

The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Colin Bryar

Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself (ProductLed Library Book 1)

Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself (ProductLed Library Book 1)

Wes Bush

The Other Shore: A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries

The Other Shore: A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries

Thich Nhat Hanh

Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness

Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness

Frederic Laloux

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

Men Without Women

Men Without Women

Haruki Murakami

Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)

Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)

Rupert Spira

The Way of Zen

The Way of Zen

Alan W. Watts

Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

V for Vendetta #1

V for Vendetta #1

Alan Moore

The Prince

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

Mindfulness in Plain English

Mindfulness in Plain English

Henepola Gunaratana

Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

Inferno

Inferno

Dante Alighieri

Einstein’s Dreams

Einstein’s Dreams

Alan Lightman

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Thich Nhat Hanh

Eating Animals

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

Sophist (Hackett Classics)

Sophist (Hackett Classics)

Plato

On Certainty

On Certainty

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Homer

The Iliad

The Iliad

Homer

The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso

The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso

Dante Alighieri

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher

Julian Baggini

Education and the Significance of Life

Education and the Significance of Life

J. Krishnamurti

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

On Love

On Love

Alain de Botton

Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre

Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre

Walter Kaufmann

The Wisdom of Life

The Wisdom of Life

Arthur Schopenhauer

The Trial

The Trial

Franz Kafka

Essays and Aphorisms

Essays and Aphorisms

Arthur Schopenhauer

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

Epictetus

Ethics

Ethics

Baruch Spinoza

Leviathan

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes