Are there some philosophers, philosophies, or philosophical issues you want to bone up on over the Summer? Hegel's Phenomenology of the Spirit probably isn't a very good choice to take to the beach, but there are a lot of readable, beach-friendly classics and non-classics to add philosophical depth to your Summer Reading. Ken and John discuss some of their favorites and pass on suggestions from Philosophy Talk guests.
Recommendations from John & Ken Fiction | ||
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 Blindness Jose Saramago |  Siddhartha Hermann Hesse |  The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky |
 Changing Places David Lodge |  Small World David Lodge |  Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Non-Fiction | ||
 Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think George Lakoff | ||
| Philosophical | ||
 Why I Am Not a Christian Bertrand Russell |
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 The Gay Science Friedrich Nietzsche |  Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion David Hume | |
 The Story of Philosophy Will Durant | ||
Recommendations from Listeners Fiction | ||
 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman |  Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden | |
 The Schopenhauer Cure Irv Yalom |  Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman | |
 Gilead Marilynne Robinson |  Dombey and Son Charles Dickens |  A Changed Man Francine Prose |
 The Duel and Other Stories Anton Chekhov |  Charlotte's Web E.B. White |  The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin |
Non-Fiction | ||
 Woman: The Incredible Life of Yoko Ono Alan Clayson, Barb Jungr, and Robb Johnson |  The Essential Grizzly: The Mingled Fates of Men and Bears Doug & Andrea Peacock | |
 Of Water and Spirit Malidoma Some |  The Nine Nations of North America Joel Garreau |  Why We Love Helen Fisher |
 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon |  Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure Frederick Lenz | |
Philosophical | ||
 Nausea Jean-Paul Sartre |  Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing Jed McKenna |  The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith Marcus J. Borg |
 The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life Robert C. Solomon |  The Joy of Philosophy: Thinking Thin versus the Passionate Life Robert C. Solomon | |
Recommendations from our guest Ashley Wallingford, Powell's Books Fiction | ||
 Seeing Jose Saramago |  The Snows of Yesteryear Gregory Von Rezzori |  Barabbas Par Lagerkvist |
| Non-Fiction | ||
 Endgame: Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization Derrick Jensen |  Elements of Refusal John Zerzan |  Landscape and Memory Simon Schama |
| Philosophical | ||
 The Portable Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche |  The End of Faith Sam Harris | |
