📚 10 Books mentioned in "STOICISM, BUDDHISM, & PERSONAL GROWTH: Poet Yung Pueblo & Ryan Holiday" of The Daily Stoic

The Daily Stoic

Podcast: The Daily Stoic

Episode: STOICISM, BUDDHISM, & PERSONAL GROWTH: Poet Yung Pueblo & Ryan Holiday

Published on March 21, 2025

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Atomic Habits

by James Clear

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uh rupy cow releases milk and honey James Clear releases Atomic habits and they're they both just these books just sell 10 million copies on their own

The speaker mentions James Clear's book 'Atomic Habits' as an example of a book that achieved massive sales, and discusses the author's marketing efforts.

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Catch as Catch Can

by Joseph Heller

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he goes this guy probably made more money this week then catch 22 has made in its entire run and and says yeah that's true but I have something that this person will never have

The speaker recounts a story where Kurt Vonnegut compares a billionaire's wealth to the earnings of Joseph Heller's book 'Catch-22'.

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Ego Is the Enemy

by Ryan Holiday

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like my ego is the enemy came out basically the same month as the subtle art of not giving a and yeah that book probably cumula cumulatively has sold more than all of my books combined

Ryan Holiday mentions his book 'Ego Is the Enemy' and compares its sales success to another book released around the same time.

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How to Love Better

by Yung Pueblo

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this book that I just wrote How to Love better it's I personally think it's better than all the other books that I've written just because it's it's taken a long otherwise you're going the wrong direction right

Yung Pueblo mentions his newly released book, 'How to Love Better', and discusses its quality.

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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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and and and Marcus really says so it would it it would take an idiot to feel angry at any of this as if any of it lasts right

Ryan Holiday quotes Marcus Aurelius, referencing a passage likely from 'Meditations', about the impermanence of things.

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On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

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it's it's another myth like the tortured artist the it's a myth like the you know caroak sat down and wrote on the road in 24 hours on a bender and it's like no almost everything that is impressive yeah was methodically and gradually built yeah and painstakingly

The speaker mentions Jack Kerouac's book 'On the Road' as an example of a myth about spontaneous creation.

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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Book 1)

by J. R. R. Tolkien

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they came to New England cut everything down and there is like one tiny little place where there's an old growth forest that I went to that was like it looks like Lord of the Rings like it just looks very different than these

The speaker compares the appearance of an old growth forest to something from Lord of the Rings.

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The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

by Mark Aurel (Römisches Reich, Kaiser)

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but does your does your boy mark Rus talk about embracing impermanence

Yung Pueblo asks Ryan Holiday if Marcus Aurelius discusses the concept of embracing impermanence, strongly implying his book 'Meditations'.

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The Obstacle Is the Way

by Ryan Holiday

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so there's I me people tell me they just read the obstacles away it's been out for 12 years or whatever

Ryan Holiday mentions that people are still reading his book, 'The Obstacle Is the Way', years after its release.

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

by Mark Manson

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like my ego is the enemy came out basically the same month as the subtle art of not giving a and yeah that book probably cumula cumulatively has sold more than all of my books combined

The speaker mentions 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' and compares its sales success to Ryan Holiday's book 'Ego Is the Enemy'.

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