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Books Like The Prince

by Niccolo Machiavelli · about this book

Loved The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli? If its politics, nonfiction and classics hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The 48 Laws of Power, The Dispossessed and Ego Is the Enemy. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Prince: Politics · Nonfiction · Classics · Philosophy · Leadership

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   The 48 Laws of Power

   Robert Greene

   Leadership · History · Philosophy · Nonfiction · Politics

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   The Dispossessed

   Ursula K. Le Guin

   Politics · Philosophy · Classics · Dense Prose · Freedom vs Control

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   Ego Is the Enemy

   Ryan Holiday

   Philosophy · Leadership · Nonfiction · History

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   Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

   Silvia Federici

   Politics · Philosophy · Nonfiction · History · Dense Prose

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   A Promised Land

   Barack Obama

   Politics · Leadership · Nonfiction · Dense Prose

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6. 

   Meditations

   Marcus Aurelius

   Philosophy · Classics · Nonfiction · Leadership

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7. 

   My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

   Abigail Adams, John Adams

   Politics · Nonfiction · History · Classics · Dense Prose

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8. 

   Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

   Jonathan Blitzer

   Politics · History · Nonfiction · Dense Prose

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9. 

   The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival

   John Bagot Glubb

   Politics · Philosophy · Nonfiction · History

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10. 

    One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein

    Whitney Alyse Webb

    Politics · Nonfiction · History · Dense Prose

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11. 

    King Hancock

    Brooke Barbier

    Politics · Nonfiction · History · Leadership

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12. 

    Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine

    Eugene Finkel

    Politics · Nonfiction · History · Dense Prose

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13. 

    107 Days

    Kamala Harris

    Politics · Nonfiction · Leadership

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14. 

    The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

    Andrew G. McCabe

    Politics · Nonfiction · Leadership

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15. 

    Poor Charlie's Almanack

    Charles T. Munger

    Philosophy · Nonfiction · Leadership · Dense Prose

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16. 

    Principles

    Ray Dalio

    Leadership · Nonfiction · Philosophy · Dense Prose

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17. 

    A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

    S. Nassir Ghaemi

    Leadership · History · Nonfiction

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18. 

    A Queer History of the United States

    Michael Bronski

    Politics · Nonfiction · History · Dense Prose

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19. 

    Power vs. Force

    David R. Hawkins

    Philosophy · Nonfiction · Leadership · Dense Prose

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20. 

    How to Win Friends & Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    Leadership · Classics · Nonfiction

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