Comprehensive Stoicism Book List –
Divided by Author
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Meditations: A New Translation (Gregory
Hays, translator)
Meditations (Annotated for Leadership)
The Essential Marcus Aurelius (Jacob
Needleman & John P. Piazza)
Marcus Aurelius in the Neostoic Tradition
(Gerhard Krüger)
The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of
Marcus Aurelius (Pierre Hadot) [analysis]
Meditations (Everyman’s Library Edition,
Maxwell Stanifo h, translator)
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Le ers from a Stoic (Epistulae Morales ad
Lucilium)
On the Sho ness of Life
Dialogues and Essays
Seneca’s Le ers: A Selection (Elaine
Fantham, translator)
Seneca: Le ers from a Stoic (Robin
Campbell, translator)
Seneca’s Moral Essays Vol. I-III (John W.
Basore, translator)
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Cou of
Nero (James Romm)
Seneca: A Life (Emily Wilson)
Tao of Seneca (Tim Ferriss, audio
adaptation)
Epictetus
Discourses
The Enchiridion (The Handbook)
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus (Hastings
Crossley, compiler)
Epictetus: Discourses and Selected
Writings (Robe Dobbin, translator)
A Manual for Living (Sharon Lebell,
reinterpretation)
The A of Living: The Classical Manual on
Vi ue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
(Sharon Lebell, reinterpretation)
Manual of Epictetus (George Long or
Elizabeth Ca er, translators)
The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus’
Enchiridion (Chuck Chakrapani)
The Philosophy of Epictetus (Theodore
Scaltsas & Andrew S. Mason, academic
essays)
Donald Robe son
Stoicism and the A of Happiness
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of
Marcus Aurelius (graphic novel)
The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy (CBT): Stoic Philosophy as
Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy
How to Think Like Socrates (Nov 2024)
Stoicism and the A of Happiness (also in
“More Titles Wo h Exploring”)
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
The Daily Stoic
The Daily Stoic Journal (companion
workbook)
Lives of the Stoics
Discipline Is Destiny
Ego Is the Enemy (Ryan Holiday)
The Obstacle Is the Way (Ryan Holiday)
Stillness Is the Key (Ryan Holiday)
Right Thing, Right Now (Ryan Holiday)
Massimo Pigliucci (and co-authors)
How to Be a Stoic
The Stoic Workbook
Practical Stoicism (with Gregory Lopez)
A Handbook for New Stoics (with Gregory
Lopez)
Live Like a Stoic: 52 Exercises for
Cultivating a Good Life (with Gregory
Lopez)
Brad Inwood
The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
(editor)
Stoic Reader: Selected Writings and
Testimonia (with Lloyd P. Gerson)
Ethics and Human Action in Early Stoicism
Stoicism: A Very Sho Introduction
A.A. Long
Hellenistic Philosophy
Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to
Life
From Epicurus to Epictetus: Studies in
Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy
Other Ancient and Notable Authors
Fragments of Cleanthes (Cleanthes)
Fragments of Chrysippus (Chrysippus)
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
(Diogenes Laë ius)
Elements of Ethics (Hierocles)
Lectures and Sayings (Musonius Rufus)
Stoic Six Pack (various, compilation)
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle, precursor
influence)
Exho ations to Philosophy (James
Henderson Collins II)
Notable Modern Authors & Editors
William B. Irvine
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient A
of Stoic Joy
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide
to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More
Resilient
The Ancient A of Stoic Joy (expanded
editions)
John Sellars
Stoicism (Ancient Philosophies Series)
Lessons in Stoicism
Gregory Lopez
Practical Stoicism (with Massimo Pigliucci)
Live Like a Stoic (with Massimo Pigliucci)
Pierre Hadot
The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of
Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Ward Farnswo h
The Practicing Stoic
Additional Individual Authors
The Li le Book of Stoicism – Jonas
Salzgeber
The Beginner’s Guide to Stoicism –
Ma hew Van Na a
Being Be er: Stoicism for a World Wo h
Living In – Kai Whiting & Leonidas
Konstantakos
Creating Character: Theories of Nature
and Nu ure in Antiquity – Christopher Gill
The Stoic A of Living – Tom Morris
Secundum Naturam – Ron Hall
Stoicism: A Stoic Approach to Modern Life
– Tom Miles
Unshakable Freedom – Chuck Chakrapani
Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy
behind the Military Mind – Nancy Sherman
Why Vi ue Ma ers: The Stoic Life and the
American Way – David Casullo
The Stoic Path – Marcus Epictetus
(fictional)
Stoicism: Revised & Updated – M. James
Ziccardi
Philip Pe it – The Bi h of Ethics:
Reconstructing the Role and Nature of
Morality
Ricardo Salles – The Structure of Stoic
Metaphysics
Louisa Shea – The Cynic Enlightenment:
Diogenes in the Salon
Workbooks and Compilations
The Daily Stoic Journal – Ryan Holiday &
Stephen Hanselman
Live Like a Stoic: 52 Exercises – Massimo
Pigliucci & Gregory Lopez
The Stoicism Workbook – Tony Paulson
The Li le Book of Stoicism – Jonas
Salzgeber
The Stoic Workbook – Massimo Pigliucci
Reference/Compilations/Academic
The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics –
Brad Inwood
The Stoics Reader – Brad Inwood & Lloyd
P. Gerson
Roman Stoicism – E. Vernon Arnold
The Structure of Stoic Metaphysics –
Ricardo Salles
Moral Le ers to Lucilius (Complete 124
Le ers) – Seneca
The Stoic Life: Emotions, Duties, and Fate –
Tad Brennan
