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List of books from The Good Place

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List of books from The Good Place lists books featured in or alluded to in the American TV series The Good Place.[1][2][3] The list is sorted alphabetically by book title.

The television series created by Michael Schur[4][5] includes several references to well-known philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Kierkegaard, Hume, and Kant but also to contemporaries such as Thomas M. Scanlon, Jonathan Dancy, and Todd May.[6][7] The Good Place gained national attention by making philosophy fun, including by introducing viewers to classic philosophy texts.[8][9]

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  1. Egner, Jeremy (2020-01-28). "'The Good Place' Finale Finds the Meaning of Life: 'Yep, Nailed It'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. EDT, Samuel Spencer On 9/26/19 at 7:10 AM (2019-09-26). "Everything you need to know about "The Good Place" Season 4 on NBC". Newsweek. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  3. Abbott, Kate; Davies, Hannah J.; Mumford, Gwilym; Seale, Jack; Harrison, Phil (2019-09-16). "The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  4. Poniewozik, James (2018-01-31). "How 'The Good Place' Became an Antihero Antidote". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  5. Gilbert, Sophie (2020-01-31). "'The Good Place' Was a Metaphor All Along". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. "How a UCLA philosophy professor helped construct 'The Good Place'". UCLA. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Street, Andrew P. (2018-01-29). "The Good Place: how a sitcom made philosophy seem cool". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  8. Rao, Sonia (January 30, 2020). "Michael Schur knows moral philosophy can be a drag. With 'The Good Place,' he made it fun". Washington Post.
  9. Nguyen, Nicholas (September 18, 2020). "Am I Still A Good Person?". The Cornell Daily Sun.
  10. 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 10.35 10.36 10.37 10.38 10.39 10.40 10.41 10.42 10.43 10.44 10.45 10.46 10.47 10.48 10.49 10.50 10.51 10.52 10.53 10.54 10.55 10.56 "The Good Place Reading List (69 books)". goodreads. December 20, 2017. Retrieved 2020-09-13. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  11. Cohen, Marshall (1972-07-16). "The social contract explained and defended". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "Literary References in The Good Place". Quirk Books : Publishers & Seekers of All Things Awesome. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  13. 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 "Books Mentioned on the Good Place by Chidi". List Challenges. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  14. 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 Ullery, Sarah (2018-02-16). "Chidi's Reading List". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 McCreesh, Louise (2018-02-05). "This viral Oxford book store is Chidi's real Good Place". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  16. "Considerations on Representative Government | work by Mill". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  17. "Immanuel Kant | Biography, Philosophy, Books, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  18. "On the Soul | work by Aristotle". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 "Ethics 101—The Good Place: A Reading List". Harvard University Press Blog. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 "5 Books On Ethics & Philosophy That Fans Of 'The Good Place' Will Love". Bustle. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  21. Brogan, Jacob (2017-10-27). "The Good Place Sends Philosophy Straight to Hell". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  22. "L'Année terrible | work by Hugo". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  23. "Lysis | work by Plato". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  24. "Paradise Lost | Summary & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  25. Staff, Guardian (2001-04-05). "Peter Singer's top 10 books". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  26. Levy, Jacob T., ed. (2016). "Charles Taylor, Sources of the Self". The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Contemporary Political Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-871713-3. Search this book on
  27. "Peter Singer: I want to shame charities into proving the worth of their spending". the Guardian. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  28. "The Rebel | essay by Camus". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  29. "John Locke | Biography, Works, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  30. Bennett, Catherine (2004-07-24). "Review: Watching the English by Kate Fox". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  31. Nussbaum, Emily. "Dystopia in "The Good Place"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  32. Yuko, Elizabeth (2017-10-21). "How 'The Good Place' Goes Beyond 'The Trolley Problem'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-09-14.

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