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

Atomic Habits
Buy Atomic Habits by James Clear on Amazon
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.

Catch as Catch Can
Buy Catch as Catch Can by Joseph Heller on Amazon
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'.

Ego Is the Enemy
Buy Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday on Amazon
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.

How to Love Better
Buy How to Love Better by Yung Pueblo on Amazon
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.

Meditations
Buy Meditations by Marcus Aurelius on Amazon
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.

On the Road
Buy On the Road by Jack Kerouac on Amazon
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.

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Book 1)
Buy The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Book 1) by J. R. R. Tolkien on Amazon
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.

The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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'.

The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday on Amazon
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.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Buy The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson on Amazon
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'.