International Kindle Paperwhite
Recommended for you
Free with 30-day Audible Standard trial
EUR0.00
  • Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
  • Yours as long as you’re a member.
  • Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
  • Auto-renews at EUR7.67 /mo after 30 days. Cancel online anytime.
Learn more about membership
Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company
Audible Price: EUR18.42
Payment subtotal: $18.89
You will be charged in USD. Learn more
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible’s Conditions Of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company
Added to

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Mark Manson (Author), Roger Wayne (Narrator), Harper (Publisher)
4.5 out of 5 stars (160,142)
Amazon Charts #15 this week

#1 New York Times Bestseller More than 10 million Copies Sold

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

Read more
Previous slide of product details
  1. Book 1 of 2
    Mark Manson Collection
  2. Listening Length
    5 hours and 17 minutes
  3. Author
    Mark Manson
  4. Narrator
    Roger Wayne
  5. Publication date
    September 13, 2016
  6. Language
    English
  7. Publisher
    Harper
  8. ASIN
    B01I29Y344
  9. Version
    Unabridged
  10. Program Type
    Audiobook
Next slide of product details

Read & Listen

Switch back and forth between reading the Kindle book and listening to Audible audiobook.
Add the audiobook for a reduced price of EUR 12.28 after you get the Kindle book as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription.

Product details

Book 1 of 2 Mark Manson Collection
Listening Length 5 hours and 17 minutes
Author Mark Manson
Narrator Roger Wayne
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date September 13, 2016
Publisher Harper
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B01I29Y344
Best Sellers Rank

Customer reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars
160,142 global ratings

Customers say

Customers find this book insightful, with excellent reminders of important lessons and solid, straightforward advice. Moreover, they appreciate its entertaining and lighthearted approach, with one customer noting there's not a dull moment throughout. Additionally, the writing style receives positive feedback, with customers loving everything the author writes, and one mentioning it's written from the heart.
AI Generated from the text of customer reviews

Select to learn more

3062 customers mention content, 2766 positive, 296 negative
Customers praise the content of the book, describing it as incredible and brilliant, with one customer noting its no-nonsense approach.
This is a great book. It drags at times and I think the cursing is over done. I had to power through the back end but I think it was worth the finish.Read more
...The helpful part is putting it all in perspective. This is a good book for when you're having some trouble, but not if you're having a severe crisis.Read more
Amazing book! Really solidifies what's important to care about in life. Made me evaluate what/who drives me to be loving, passionate, and feel alive....Read more
Awesome book. Great purchase! The voice of the narrator is really a bore but if you stay focused, the book is well worth the read or listen!Read more
2005 customers mention readability, 1908 positive, 97 negative
Customers find the book highly readable and consider it a must-read, with one customer noting it is very clear and another describing it as a light read.
Great read, I think Mark brings in a lot of thought provoking, introspective questions. The book is a little intense but I believe thats the point....Read more
While this book wasn't going to be life-changing, it is a good read and provides some subtle differences about the way you think about things that...Read more
Easy read and very thought provoking. I would recommend this book. I felt like i could hear the authors own inner thoughts as he told his story.Read more
I like the writing style. It’s easy to read. The contents are also inspiring. It reminds me what are important things in life and how to enjoy them....Read more
1044 customers mention insightful, 999 positive, 45 negative
Customers find the book insightful, providing excellent reminders of important lessons and offering a fresh perspective on life.
So very. insightful, this really reminds the reader to take a different approach to the things that stress us out and helping with how to choose...Read more
Great well written, articulate, deep, simple, humble language, thought provoking, interesting, very good,highly reccomemd, six more word and herd we...Read more
Very insightful, honest and to the point. This book will challenge you to think outside the box, and question yourself & your life as you know it.Read more
Enlightening! This book is as real as it gets. Must read! Quick read too and hits your core. Highly recommend it for anyone struggling.Read more
641 customers mention practical, 597 positive, 44 negative
Customers find the book practical, describing it as an excellent self-help guide with solid, straightforward advice.
...I found his philosophy to be practical and helpful and I recommend his book, particularly as an antidote to depression.Read more
The book gave me some good advice and relief from my mental struggle. Plenty personal lessons could be drawn from the book....Read more
This book is 100% worth the read! Great advice while not being boing or inaccessible. A must read book that is very thought provokingRead more
Not your traditional self- help book. A practical, in-depth, direct collection of principles that can help transform your thinking and improve your...Read more
612 customers mention humor, 587 positive, 25 negative
Customers find the book humorous, appreciating its witty writing and the author's sense of humor, with one customer noting its irreverent style.
This was exactly what I needed to hear in my current life situation. Funny and witty yet very helpful in teaching me what “not” to focus on to keep...Read more
This book was hilarious and insightful. The blunt delivery is very effective. I highlighted many sections of this book to come back to later.Read more
This book was affiming, humorous, well written, and fun to read. Filled with the kind of things most of us wish we had known about when we were young.Read more
...some good tips on how to stop people pleasing but what I found was a witty, thoughtful and deep approach to all of life that also makes you laugh as...Read more
604 customers mention entertaining, 554 positive, 50 negative
Customers find the book entertaining and engaging, describing it as a lighthearted read.
...but some of the ways he illustrates it are unique and entertaining. A good kick in the pants to be self- reflective and take charge. I recommend it!Read more
I agree with most of his views, it’s interesting and inspiring to read your thoughts out loud or to be introduced to many of the truths in this book...Read more
Thought provoking, great read, relatable parables and fun. Well worth the read, after I read the ebook I bought the paper back as it was that good.Read more
Pretty easy and a fun read. Really impactful to me. Changes my perspective in life and actually gives me a little bit of peace inside....Read more
570 customers mention writing style, 455 positive, 115 negative
Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, describing it as awesome, with one customer noting that the author writes from the heart and doesn't sugarcoat anything.
This book was affiming, humorous, well written, and fun to read. Filled with the kind of things most of us wish we had known about when we were young.Read more
...I laughed and almost cried a bit at points, due to the very well written and deep life experience anecdotes from the author that help reinforce the...Read more
...great books he seems to be a fantastic writer. I just released a new book of my own today called the elevator was broken so I took the steps....Read more
...It's poorly written, seems unedited, and I would never recommend it to anyone. It doesn't cover any topic well and provides no useful insights....Read more
428 customers mention perspective, 422 positive, 6 negative
Customers appreciate the book's perspective, finding it eye-opening and valuable, with one customer noting how it encourages reflection.
...This book can absolutely be eye opening. It just got to the point to where I felt like I was reading the same thing, but a different scenario....Read more
His interesting perspective helped me through a challenging time. He has an amazing way of giving examples for you to visualize his insights....Read more
This book was very eye opening. I learned a lot about myself while reading this and I will definitely recommend to others. Simply amazing.Read more
...Great perspective! While reading it, I found myself immediately applying the book to situations in my life....Read more
Live your life
5 out of 5 stars
Live your life
I love this book. Its really giving me another perspective on why ppl really should just live their life unbothered.
Hide
Thank you for your feedback
Sorry, there was an error
Sorry we couldn't load the review

Top reviews from the United States

  • Trish
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book is amazing!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2026
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    This book is amazingly helpful at how to look at life better and deal with things better. The author is also truly effing hilarious. You will not stop laughing. I'm sorry I didn't get this book sooner. I think he's got some of the best philosophies I've ever heard. Seriously, everyone should read this book. Order it. Now!!
    4 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Collin Zywicki
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book I’ve Read in a While
    Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2026
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Genuinely one of the best books I’ve read in a long, long time. The author presents his ideas with a perfect balance of understandable and concise presentation, along with relatable humor that had me chuckle more than once. It’s fun to read, it’s helped me on my path of growth, and I would recommend it to literally everybody.
    11 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • George
    4.0 out of 5 stars This book is scary
    Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2016
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    This is one of the best books I have ever read. The information that is in the book is to scary and at the same way helpful. In the middle of reading this book I felt like, then what is the point on living? Why just don't die if we are going to do it anyways. I started to feel strange inside of me. I was scared because everything he writes about Is true. We all try to hard on impressing people. Try hard to make big goals and try to achieve them. But in the end we do it not for ourselfs we do it for the attention we will get in the result for that. We are not special, but in the same time we are. We are all unique bit not more special than the others. We live our life trying to be "successful" and convince ourself that it is because we want it for us. But in some cases we are not. We (and when I mean "we" I mean myself) try so much to achieve goals working hard everyday trying to come closer to that goal. But when I readed this book my eyes opened. I was wrong. I was not doing it for myself. I was doing it to prove others I am worth of their attention. Because I wanted to feel special because yeah. I always said to myself "nobody work hard enough for success so I am special I work harder than the others and that is why i deserve it more". I was every day working hard, I did not want to accept it but when I readed this book it really hurted me. I felt like he was 100% seeing through me. I felt like my life was pointless. All I did, the goals I was pursuing was only to make other think in the future. "Wow he is special. He worked hard to obtaining he's goals. He is inspiring". I wanted to show the people that made me feel bad about myself see me in the future and look up on me and say to themselves. "Well I think I am the real loser". But in this book I began to think. I was always looking at other people judging them about being at their 30-40 having a s***ty job, family, complaining about everyone and everything etc. Or the ones on my ages always working hard, making fools of themselves trying to get the attention of others. Or people screaming at others just to feel like they are better than the other person. I always felt sorry about them. When reading this book I realised I am exactly at them. We live our whole life trying to be somebody. When the real thing we should do is try to be the person we want to be. But it is not easy. The society always look up to successes and winners but never at the ones that are not that "successful" but are happy. And that make us all feel like we are not enough. Which we think is true. We give fu*ks about so many things that are not really important and that does not mean anything at all. The fact that we are going to die is terrifying. Not because we don't know what comes next, it's because, we thing yeah if we all will die then what is the point of trying? That's the reason this book is good it does not just make you unsure about all your beliefs. It also makes you realise that it does not mather at all if you are going to die. The real problem is what you should care about while you are alive. The old lady crossing the road in the pace of a turtle. Or the really fact that we are alive and are able to choose what we want to care about.

    Why did i writte a so long post? Well because if this can help somebody in my situation it will be nice. And the other reason was for myself. Because even if I say I don't care I actually care about what others think about me, and even if you don't know me in person. Knowing someone readed this and got the inspiration to read the book then it's enough for me. To feel like I did something good.

    And the third reason is because I liked the super hero "Disappointed Panda". He is cool and I would like a hero like that. Instead of the false super heroes that lies to others just to get liked by them.

    So this is an executive book. It gives a new way to look at things. I really recomend it for the people that are tired of this world and the humans on it, and even worst that tries way to hard to imprese those humans you hate, because you were told that is the right way to fulfill yourself. "You should do like the rest",they said. It does not help in the long run. It have never and will never!
    591 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • McHale A
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a liberating, inspirational and honest read!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2026
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    This was an amazing eye opener, without the usual fluff and adherence to conventional “ wisdom”. It is a truly inspirational book that actually wakes up so many lingering thoughts and truths in one’s mind. It is a wonderful read for the open minded…
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Marc
    5.0 out of 5 stars actually read this one from cover to cover
    Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2026
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I picked this up for a long flight and ended up finishing it before we even landed, which never happens for me. The author basically calls out all the ways we convince ourselves we're working toward something meaningful when really we just want people to be impressed, and it stung a little because he was right. It's funny too which makes it way easier to get through than most self help stuff. Genuinely changed how I think about what I actually care about versus what I think I should care about.
    2 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • JuLee Rudolf
    3.0 out of 5 stars "We don't always control what happens to us. But we always control how we interpret what happens to us, as well as how we..."
    Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    respond."

    I find a book with the F word in the title pretty hard to resist, which is why I chose to buy this one, even though I hate self-help books. The first few times I read the F word in the book, I smiled. Eventually, it stopped being funny. I think that several of the ideas in this book make sense, for example (p 7), "...we humans have the luxury of being able to have thoughts about our thoughts." Thinking about your thinking, I think, is an important part of good mental health. The author gives the example of situations involving a couple of musicians. One's less success than expected bothered him a lot, the other guy realized that things turned out well for him in spite of the fact that he was kicked out of the Beatles and replaced by Ringo. In fact, he provides lots of examples like this. He also debunks the whole Power of Positive Thinking concept, saying that all that positive thinking happens because we think that the way we are without those affirmations is somehow not okay. I'm not a proponent of affirmations, so I'm not sure I have an opinion on that.

    There are a few other concepts that I remember off the top of my head that are useful, that of having to work really hard to be really good at things (the 10,000 hours of Gladwell's Outliers), the fact that You Are Not Special (wish my acquaintances could say that about their kids and themselves), the fact that most struggle with mortality and although we all know we are going to die someday, we don't (can't) deal with that in a healthful way.

    It's not so much that I don't like the author's ideas or in your face writing style, it's more the fact that I find others' ideas more useful. For example, best book of all time on this subject: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Content of the Subtle Art pales in comparison. Coming Home: Uncovering the Foundations of Psychological Well-being by Dr. Dicken Bettinger and Natasha Swerdloff is also better...but you have to have a certain level of background knowledge about this thinking about your thinking to "get" that book. Also, The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters by Emily Esfahani Smith has a few flaws, but overall, is a really useful book that explains that searching for happiness is not the path to happiness. Doing good deeds will lead to happiness (as my existentialist son points out, we do nice things for people because it makes us feel good, a point about which I can't disagree).

    In summary, while the author makes a few good points in this over the top in your face sort of story, by the end, the novelty of excessive F Word usage wore off. A better book (besides the ones already mentioned) 10% Happier by Dan Harris. Entertaining, useful...and very few swear words.
    79 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
  • Ve'
    5.0 out of 5 stars Autentico e divertente
    Reviewed in Italy on December 3, 2025
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Ottimo libro! Divertente e terribilmente vero! Questo libro è praticamente un accountability partner!
    Report
  • Ida
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best book there is
    Reviewed in Sweden on March 3, 2026
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Good quality, fast delivery and amazing price. Bought it as a gift.
    Report
  • Ahmed
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in Egypt on August 8, 2025
    Verified Purchase
    It really teaches you to not give a F!
    Report
  • Om pandey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Quality is good
    Reviewed in India on March 28, 2026
    Verified Purchase
    Customer image
    Om pandey
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Quality is good

    Reviewed in India on March 28, 2026

    Images in this review
    Customer image
    Report
  • Arturo Mora
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro
    Reviewed in Mexico on April 29, 2025
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Excelente libro!! muy divertido, pero al mismo tiempo te hace pensar y llena de buenas ideas.
    Report
See more reviews