If you liked Focusing the Familiar by Roger T. Ames, start with Introduction to Asian Philosophy (2006), Anticipating China: Thinking through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture (1995), and Confucianism and Deweyan Pragmatism (2021). These recommendations are drawn from the same author, shared genres, and reader overlap on BookOrb.

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  1. 1 Introduction to Asian Philosophy 2006 · 448 pages · Roger T. Ames, Eliot Deutsch · Same author
  2. 2 Anticipating China: Thinking through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture 1995 · 358 pages · David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames · Same author
  3. 3 Confucianism and Deweyan Pragmatism 2021 · 312 pages · Roger T. Ames, Yajun Chen · Same author
  4. 4 Zhuangzi and the Happy Fish 2015 · 306 pages · Roger T. Ames · Same author
  5. 5 Philosophies of Place 2019 · 352 pages · Roger T. Ames, James P. Buchanan, Meera Baindur · Same author
  6. 6 Tianxia in Comparative Perspectives 2023 · 448 pages · Roger T. Ames · Same author
  7. 7 Living Chinese Philosophy 2025 · 389 pages · Roger T. Ames · Same author
  8. 8 Formulating a Minimalist Morality for a New Planetary Order 2025 · 420 pages · Roger T. Ames, Jin Young Lim, Steven Y. H. Yang · Same author
  9. 9 Having a Word with Angus Graham 2019 · 290 pages · Roger T. Ames · Same author
  10. 10 Confucian Cultures of Authority 2006 · Roger T. Ames · Same author
  11. 11 Confucianisms for a Changing World Cultural Order 2018 · 312 pages · Roger T. Ames · Same author
  12. 12 John Dewey, Confucius, and Global Philosophy 2004 · 154 pages · Roger T. Ames · Same author

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What should I read after Focusing the Familiar?

BookOrb recommends Introduction to Asian Philosophy (2006), Anticipating China: Thinking through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture (1995), Confucianism and Deweyan Pragmatism (2021), Zhuangzi and the Happy Fish (2015), and Philosophies of Place (2019).

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Who wrote Focusing the Familiar?

Focusing the Familiar is by Roger T. Ames.