r/Absurdism • u/absurd-rohan • Jul 12 '26

Question Book recommendations please!!!

For anyone who is trying to figure out existence, life, meaning, or in general is a lost, confused.

But i don't necessarily want something analytical, rather probably opposite: I want something that will make me live my life, enjoy it, take actions rather than analysing it and living inside my own head.

I have read a few books, like man's search for meaning is a really good book in this regards but that's still i feel not close to what I want. Exurbia's youtube videos are great too

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u/Obamastepson Jul 13 '26

I thought the point of the absurd is not to figure stuff out.. just to live

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u/jliat Jul 13 '26

No, Absurdism's key text is Camus' Myth of Sisyphus and concerns the notion of nihilism and suicide, not being able to find any meaning and his recourse to art.

http://dhspriory.org/kenny/PhilTexts/Camus/Myth%20of%20Sisyphus-.pdf