A Book About Hope
by Mark Manson
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Derek Sivers and Mark Manson
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Mark Manson mixes blunt, profanity-laced personal essays with pop psychology and philosophy to argue that modern abundance hasn't fixed our emotional crisis of hope. Reading feels like a combative long magazine feature—sharp one-liners, personal anecdotes, and periodic philosophical detours that swing between witty and preachy. Useful when you want candid reframing and provocative challenges to rose-colored optimism; limiting if you prefer balanced sourcing, systematic solutions, or quiet nuance. Repetition of themes and the author's hard-edged confidence are the parts most readers find grating.
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From the author of the international megabestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope. We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best its ever beenwe are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and h...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Philosophy, Psychology, and Personal Development.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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