I would recommend Walter Kaufmann's The Owl and the Nightingale: From Shakespeare to Existentialism. Kaufmann is most known as a translator and professor, but h

I would recommend Walter Kaufmann's The Owl and the Nightingale: From Shakespeare to Existentialism. Kaufmann is most known as a translator and professor, but his own work is fantastic. The Owl and the Nightingale is primarily a history of modern philosophy, but it manages to cover a lot of ground without being superficial. He is extremely engaging and clear, which is uncommon in philosophy :)