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If you loved Existentialism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Steven Earnshaw, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Existentialism, History & Surveys, Movements, and Modern.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Existentialism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

Modern Times Selected Non-fiction — Jean-Paul Sartre

Modern Times Selected Non-fiction

Jean-Paul Sartre

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Sade My Neighbor — Pierre Klossowski

Sade My Neighbor

Pierre Klossowski

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

The Sickness Unto Death — Søren Kierkegaard

The Sickness Unto Death

Søren Kierkegaard

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

The Phenomenology of Spirit — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The Phenomenology of Spirit

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, & Feminism — Nancy Bauer

Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, & Feminism

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Sartre and Analytic Philosophy — Talia Morag

Sartre and Analytic Philosophy

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Philosopher of the Heart The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard — Clare Carlisle

Philosopher of the Heart The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Introducing Sartre — Philip Thody

Introducing Sartre

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre Basic Writings of Existentialism by Kaufmann, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Heidegger, and Others — Walter Kaufmann

Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre Basic Writings of Existentialism by Kaufmann, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Heidegger, and Others

Walter Kaufmann

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Fear and Trembling A Dialectical Lyric — Søren Kierkegaard

Fear and Trembling A Dialectical Lyric

Søren Kierkegaard

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Reading Sartre On Phenomenology and Existentialism — Jonathan Webber

Reading Sartre On Phenomenology and Existentialism

Jonathan Webber

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

The Anti-Christ — Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Anti-Christ

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Discovering Existence with Husserl — Emmanuel Levinas

Discovering Existence with Husserl

Emmanuel Levinas

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Ecce Homo How One Becomes What One is — Friedrich Nietzsche

Ecce Homo How One Becomes What One is

Friedrich Nietzsche

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

A Critique of Jean Paul Sartre’s Ontology — Maurice Natanson

A Critique of Jean Paul Sartre’s Ontology

Maurice Natanson

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Essays in Existential Psychoanalysis On the Primacy of Authenticity — M. Guy Thompson

Essays in Existential Psychoanalysis On the Primacy of Authenticity

M. Guy Thompson

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Natural Novelty The Newness Manifest in Existence — Richard Boyle

Natural Novelty The Newness Manifest in Existence

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

The Boxer and the Goal Keeper Sartre Versus Camus — Andrew Martin

The Boxer and the Goal Keeper Sartre Versus Camus

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Sartre Romantic Rationalist — Iris Murdoch

Sartre Romantic Rationalist

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

The Star of Redemption — Franz Rosenzweig

The Star of Redemption

Franz Rosenzweig

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Words — Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Adorno — Theodor W. Adorno

Theodor W. Adorno

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Irrational Man A Study in Existential Philosophy — William Barrett

Irrational Man A Study in Existential Philosophy

William Barrett

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

Emilio Uranga’s Analysis of Mexican Being A Translation and Critical Introduction — Emilio Uranga

Emilio Uranga’s Analysis of Mexican Being A Translation and Critical Introduction

Themes: Existentialism • History & Surveys • Movements

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Existentialism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Steven Earnshaw. Connected by Existentialism, History & Surveys, Movements. Authors featured include Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Klossowski, Søren Kierkegaard, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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