• The Best Philosophy Books of 2023 - Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell
  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2023 - The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic by Jean-Manuel Roubineau, Malcolm DeBevoise & Phillip Mitsis
  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2023 - Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality by David Edmonds
  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2023 - The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality by Andy Clark
  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2023 - For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun by Rebecca Roache

The Best Philosophy Books of 2023, recommended by Nigel Warburton

The genre of philosophical biography is flourishing, as we pay attention not only to what philosophers said and wrote but also to how they lived and the intellectual context in which they developed their ideas. Nigel Warburton, our philosophy editor, picks out some of the best philosophy books of the year, from the man who lived in a storage jar in 5th century Athens to the latest contributions of cognitive science to our understanding of how we experience the world. Read more philosophy book recommendations on Five Books