This is an alphabetical version. For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: What Is The Power Of Belief Systems?
Belief systems incorporate philosophy, myths, faith, spirituality, and religion.
Application Of Belief Systems:
- A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell
- Confidence Games: Money and Markets in a World without Redemption by Mark C. Taylor
- The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap by Gish Jen
- The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper
- A Philosophy of Evil by Lars Svendsen
- Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science by Peter Godfrey-Smith
- A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking by François Jullien
- The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World by Charles C. Mann
- Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America by John McWhorter
Various:
- Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- The Heroine With 1,001 Faces by Maria Tatar
- The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul by Connie Zweig
- A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
- A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
- The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Eric Weiner
- Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources by Robert W. Strayer
- World Cultures: Analyzing Pre-Industrial Societies In Africa, Asia, Europe, And the Americas by James T. Shea
Critique:
- If Ignorance Is Bliss, We Should All Be Ecstatic by Fred Leavitt
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Abrahamic:
- The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
Christianity:
- Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 by Henry Kamen
- How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
- Inquisition by Edward Peters
- The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie
- The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy by Anthony Gottlieb
- The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
- Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother by James A. Connor
- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Christianity / Fiction:
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The River Why by David James Duncan
Islam:
- The Golden Age of Islam by Maurice Lombard
- A History of Medieval Islam by J.J. Saunders
- The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
- Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
Buddhism:
- Buddha by Karen Armstrong
- Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations by Roger J. Davies
- Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule by Tsering Woeser
Zen:
- Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations by Roger J. Davies
Confucianism:
- Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations by Roger J. Davies
Daoism:
- Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations by Roger J. Davies
Egyptian:
- Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Greece:
Olympian Gods: (See Also Roman Empire)
- Greek Mythology: Captivating Stories of the Ancient Olympians and Titans by Ross Tanner
- Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
Philosophy:
- The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper
Fiction
- Elektra by Jennifer Saint
Mongolia (Tengri):
- The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
Roman Empire:
Olympian Gods: (See Also Greece)
- Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
Philosophy:
- (Circa 2nd Century C.E.) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Shinto:
- Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations by Roger J. Davies
Viking: