Can anyone recommend a good philosophical book to read?

For someone new to the field, Will Buckingham's "The Philosophy Book:  Big Ideas Simply Explained" is a nice intro.

For wading a tiny bit deeper, there is Bertrand Russell's classic, "The Problems of Philosophy," which brings a lot of clarity to difficult concepts.

If there's a particular branch of philosophy you are interested in, I can also suggest more specific works.  

 

Thankyou

12 minutes ago, Lucas Bet said:

Hello, can I recommend you my own book?

 

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Philosophy of Loneliness

Are you referring to Lars Svendsen's philosophical reflections?

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/P/bo26297655.html

Looks interesting.  Can you articulate some of what you found in the book, maybe give us a sense of what you think might be valuable to other readers?  I am guessing you did not read it in the original Norwegian, and so read a translated edition?