Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2024-04-24
Ryan Holiday & Mark Manson: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic (Apr 2024)
Why Everything is F*cked | Mark Manson
Mark Manson is a three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck as well as other titles. His books have sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide and have reached number one in more than a dozen countries.
Mark Manson recommended Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild, and discussed The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The 48 Laws of Power
Discussed“the other thing that I get a lot which is weird because I didn't write it but people go like and so how do you square like all this stuff with the 48 Laws of Power or whatever like well I didn't write it”
Where to get it
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Bury the Chains
Recommended“and so Adam hos child has an amazing book on this called bury the chain”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Mark Manson is a three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck as well as other titles.”
Ad read Everything Is F*cked
“📚 You can get signed copies of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Journal, and Everything is F*cked from The Painted Porch.”
“📚 You can get signed copies of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Journal, and Everything is F*cked from The Painted Porch.”
Passing The Originals: The Resurrection
“you know uh that they you should just read The Originals or we haven't read the original”
Passing Originals
“They might say you should just read The Originals or that we haven't read the originals.”
Plugged The Justice of Mercy
“I talked about this in the intro of the justice book that is coming out in June where, as a philosopher, you're looking at big questions like the trolley problem.”
Passing The Obstacle Is the Way
“because Tim and I have a long-standing mutual affection for stoicism and he actually published the Audi book of the obstacle is the way so I've known Tim forever”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“He actually published the audiobook of The Obstacle Is the Way, so I've known Tim forever.”
Plugged Everything Is F*cked
“It's funny because I was doing my book tour for Everything is F*cked, where I did most of this research and wrote about most of this stuff. A guy came up to me after one of the shows and asked if I had ever heard of optimistic nihilism, and I said I hadn’t.”

