39 books, read with one question: what still holds up? Not what inspires — what survives contact with the evidence published after the book came out.
Read it the book does the work · Notes a few ideas, buried in padding · Skip misleading or superseded — the review says why. Every book links out, including the ones we tell you to skip.
Nothing matches. Try the author’s surname.
SkipRich Dad Poor DadRobert Kiyosaki · 1997
SkipWhy We SleepMatthew Walker · 2017
NotesGetting Things DoneDavid Allen · 2001
SkipThe 8th HabitStephen Covey · 2004
NotesFlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi · 1990
NotesHow to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · 1936
NotesThe Willpower InstinctKelly McGonigal · 2011
NotesTribesSeth Godin · 2008
Read itReworkJason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson · 2010
Read itSolving the Procrastination PuzzleTimothy Pychyl · 2013
NotesAtomic HabitsJames Clear · 2018
SkipSoaring with EaglesBill Newman · 1994
SkipMaking the Brain Body ConnectionSharon Promislow · 1999
Read itLosing My VirginityRichard Branson · 1998
NotesPersonal Development for Smart PeopleSteve Pavlina · 2008
NotesMatsushita's Principles of SuccessKonosuke Matsushita
NotesThe Power of FocusJack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Les Hewitt · 2000
SkipMaking TimeSteve Taylor · 2007
SkipScrew It, Let's Do ItRichard Branson · 2006
NotesThe Personal Efficiency ProgramKerry Gleeson · 1994
NotesGet Out of Your Own Way at WorkMark Goulston · 2005
NotesFive Minds for the FutureHoward Gardner · 2006
SkipThe Rules of WealthRichard Templar · 2006
NotesNotes from a FriendTony Robbins · 1995
NotesCatching the Big FishDavid Lynch · 2006
SkipThe Rules of LifeRichard Templar · 2006
SkipToxic PeopleLillian Glass · 1995
NotesManagingHenry Mintzberg · 2009
SkipEveryone Communicates, Few ConnectJohn C. Maxwell · 2010
NotesHow to Read a BookMortimer Adler · 1940
NotesYour Brain at WorkDavid Rock · 2009
NotesHappierTal Ben-Shahar · 2007
NotesThe Now HabitNeil Fiore · 1988
SkipBrain MakerDavid Perlmutter · 2015
NotesJust ListenMark Goulston · 2009
NotesThe Introvert AdvantageMarti Olsen Laney · 2002
NotesTotal ImmersionTerry Laughlin · 1996
SkipSecrets of the Millionaire MindT. Harv Eker · 2005
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