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Philosophy-Esque Books to Read

here are some philosophy and philosophical-like books i would like to read at some point. I know nothing about philosophy so bear with me
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Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
Sophie's World
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Jostein Gaarder
Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Edward Craig)
Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
2
Edward Craig
Plato: A Very Short Introduction (Julia Annas)
Plato: A Very Short Introduction
3
Julia Annas
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
4
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russel
The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russel
5
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
6
Viktor Frankl
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
7
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Trial and Death of Socrates
The Trial and Death of Socrates
8
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
9
Hermann Hesse
Mythologies
Mythologies
10
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays]
11
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell
Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell
12
The River of Consciousness (Oliver Sacks)
The River of Consciousness
13
Oliver Sacks
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
14
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
15
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
At the Existentialist Cafe
16
Sarah Bakewell
Meditations on First Philosophy (Rene Descartes)
Meditations on First Philosophy
17
Rene Descartes
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
18
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
19
Plato
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
20
Robert M Pirsig
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction (Jonathan Barnes)
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction
21
Jonathan Barnes
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nicomachean Ethics
22
Aristotle
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
23
Albert Camus
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
24
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Social Contract (Rosseau)
The Social Contract
25
Rosseau
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
26
Sigmund Freud
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
27
Henry David Thoreau
Emile – Or, on Education (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Emile – Or, on Education
28
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Myth of Sisyphus (Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
29
Camus
Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations
30
Gender Trouble (Judith Butler)
Gender Trouble
31
Judith Butler
Fear and Trembling (Soren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
32
Soren Kierkegaard
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
33
Mary Wollstonecraft
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
34
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Poetics
Poetics
35
Either or (Soren Kierkegaard)
Either Or
36
Soren Kierkegaard
Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols
37
Metaphysics
Metaphysics
38
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
39
Susan Sontag
A Treatise of Human Nature
A Treatise of Human Nature
40
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