Siddhartha

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

18 mentors recommend this 140 pages

Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.

ISBN: 9781613827697

🎯 Who Recommends This Book 18

Naval Ravikant

Naval Ravikant

Business & Entrepreneurship
"I love this as a classic book on philosophy, a good introduction for someone starting out. I’ve given out more copies of this book than any other."
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""Siddhartha is so good that it may as well be non-fiction.""
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"So good that it may as well be non-fiction."
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"So good that it may as well be non-fiction."

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Justin Kan

Justin Kan

Business & Entrepreneurship

"One of two books I’ve lived my life by since I read 20 years ago!"

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"@msuster @kalvepuri @orangebook_ Excited for you, Mark. Siddhartha is one of two books I’ve lived my life by since I read 20 years ago!"

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Harry Styles

Harry Styles

Music

"A friend gave me Siddhartha when we started travelling together. It makes a lot of sense to me. I think it’s a really important book."

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Emma Watson

Emma Watson

Entertainment

"Was recommended to me by a friend."

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Navdeep Chandel

Health & Medicine

"It’s a nice book about a journey of an evolution of a young man into an adult."

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Neil Strauss

Neil Strauss

Author

"Neil Strauss recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book."

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Lex Fridman

Lex Fridman

Media & Journalism

"Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram."

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Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

Sports

"Phil Jackson recommended this book on Twitter."

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Wim Hof

Wim Hof

Sports

"One of the books I give to people as gift."

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Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer

Music

"Siddhartha changed my life. i named my first cat govinda when i was 15 because of that damn book. steppenwolf changed me more, though. there is nothing in the world like that book, nothing."

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David Blaine

David Blaine

Entertainment

"[He] says, 'Love is stronger than hate. Soft is stronger than hard. Water is stronger than stone.'"

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Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson

Finance & Investing

"I loved Siddhartha when I read it in college. I think it really impacted me."

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Jack Edwards

Content Creator

"About a man who is searching for his faith but finds everything he needs within himself."

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James Clear

James Clear

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"[One of] the 10 best fiction books."

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Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss

Media & Journalism

"Consider reading or rereading this short gem."

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