We mention a lot of books on the podcast, and many of our guests have books available. We’re working on gathering all the books we mention on this page, in alphabetical order by author’s last name.
• The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
• Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
• How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams
• Open by Andre Agassi
• As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
• Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson
• Choose Yourself by James Altucher
• The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz by Anonymous
• Anxiety Breakthrough by Peg Haust Arliss
• Emma by Jane Austen
• Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
• Illusions II: Adventures of a Reluctant Student by Richard Bach
• The Messiah’s Handbook by Richard Bach
• Healthy Habits Suck by Dayna Lee Baggley
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• The Science of Evil by Simon Baron-Cohen
• Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
• Water the Bamboo by Greg Bell
• Failure is an Option by H Jon Benjamin
• The Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger
• The Universe Has Your Back by Gabby Bernstein
• Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
• Hands of Light by Barbara Brennan
• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
• The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
• The Millionaire Messenger by Brendan Burchard
• High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard
• Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard
• The Antidote: Happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking by Oliver Burkeman
• Quiet by Susan Cain
• The Artist’s Way by Julie Cameron
• Testosterone Optimization Therapy Bible by Jay Campbell
• Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
• 10x Rule by Grant Cardone
• Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … and it’s All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
• Ship of Fools by Tucker Carlson
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• The Secret Life of Jesus Christ by Douglass James Cottrell
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• The Warp Clock by Nathan Van Coops
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• Where the Magic Happens by Caspar Craven
• Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
• The Original Be Here Now Talks by Ram Dass
• Learning to Fly by Steph Davis
• Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
• Abundance by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
• The Future is Faster Than You Think by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
• The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
• How to Make a Habit of Succeeding by Mack Douglas
• The Transmigrant by Kristi Saare Duarte
• Grit by Angela Duckworth
• Relativity by Albert Einstein
• The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
• The Miracle Equation by Hal Elrod
• Range by David Epstein
• Peak by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
• The Way You Do Anything Is the Way You Do Everything by Suzanne Evans
• Go For No by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz
• The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss
• The Four-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss
• The Four-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
• Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
• Quiet Mind Epic Life by Matthew Ferry
• Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman
• A Billion Hours of Good by Chris Field
• The Asset Mindset by Dan Fielding
• The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn
• Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
• Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman
• All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum
• Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by R. Buckminster Fuller
• Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
• Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• Ikigai by Hector Garcia
• Developing Intuition: Practical Guidance for Daily Life by Shakti Gawain
• A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
• Kindness Now by Amanda Gilbert
• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• David & Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
• No More Mr. Nice Guy by Robert A. Glover
• Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
• Creativity by Elkhonon Goldberg
• The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon
• The Coffee Bean by Jon Gordon
• Relationship Grit by Jon Gordon and Kathryn Gordon
• The Power of the Possible by Valerie Groth
• The Master Key System by Charles Haanel
• The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
• Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock
• The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
• Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
• I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart
• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
• Power vs. Force by David Hawkins
• Mirror Work by Louise Hay
• Ordinary Superpowers by Mark Henson
• Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• The Habits of a Great Leader by Phil Hodges, Steve Gardner and Ken Blanchard
• When Einstein Walked With Godel by Jim Holt
• Mask of Masculinity by Lewis Howes
• The Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington
• Mirroring People by Marco Iacoboni
• The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson
• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
• Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
• Whiplash by Joi Ito and Jeff Howe
• Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
• Ulysses by James Joyce
• Tribe by Sebastian Junger
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
• Transcend by Scott Barry Kaufman
• The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
• Parental Discretion is Advised by Gerrick D. Kennedy
• Guts, Grit & the Grind by Frank King
• On Writing by Stephen King
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life They Change It by Daniel Klein
• Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
• Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• Power: How to Get It, How to Use it by Michael Korda
• The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
• Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal
• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
• Life of the Party by Bert Kreischer
• Perfectly Normal by Michelle Kuei
• When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
• A Stranger Killed Katy by William D. LaRue
• Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
• Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
• The New Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
• The Greatest Salesman In The World by Og Mandino
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
• I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
• Born to Run by Chris McDougall
• The Friendship Factor by Alan Loy McGinnis
• From Barista to Boardroom by Christine McHugh
• Brain Rules by John Medina
• Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Meg Meeker
• The Art of Less Doing by Ari Meisel
• Less Doing, More Living by Ari Meisel
• Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
• Lamb: The Gospel according to Biff, Christ’s childhood pal by Christopher Moore
• I Shouldn’t Even by Doing This by Bob Newhart
• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
• The Power of Starting Something Stupid by Richie Norton
• In Some Lost Place: The First Ascent of Nanga Parbat’s Mazeno Ridge by Cathy O’Dowd
• Just For the Love of It by Cathy O’Dowd
• Laughs on Wry by Lisa David Olson
• Positive Energy Practices by Judith Orloff
• Breakfast with Einstein by Chad Orzel
• How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t by Andrea Owen
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk
• Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
• Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
• How to be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use by Randy Paterson
• Private by James Patterson
• The President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton
• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
• Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike
• Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
• Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
• Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
• Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
• Live the Let-Go Life by Joseph Price
• Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam
• The Godfather by Mario Puzo
• Realizations Self-Mastery Bundle by Dallen Reber
• Outsmart Your Brain by Marcia Reynolds
• What Your Clutter is Trying to Tell You by Kerri L. Richardson
• Success Math: A Millennial’s Qualitative Approach by Awilda Rivera
• The 5-Second Rule by Mel Robbins
• Take Control of Your Life by Mel Robbins
• Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins
• Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
• Anthony Robbins’ Lessons in Mastery
• My Philosophy for Successful Living by Jim Rohn
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
• Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff
• Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff
• The Tao of Seneca
• The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
• The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
• Practical Wisdom by Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe
• Naked by David Sedaris
• Calypso by David Sedaris
• Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
• Permission to Leap: The Six-Phase Journey to Bring Your Vision to Life by Bri Seeley
• Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
• Bluefishing by Steve Sims
• You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
• Start With Why by Simon Sinek
• This Child Will be Great by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
• Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
• Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World by David Spade
• A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
• This is Not Fame by Doug Stanhope
• The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier
• The Advice Trap by Michael Bungay Stanier
• Conscious Dating by David Steele
• It Starts With You: Turn Your Goals Into Success by Fred Stuvek
• My Plan For Living To 156 by Dan Sullivan
• Who Not How by Dan Sullivan
• Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Joy on Demand by Chade-Meng Tan
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy
• Smile at Fear by Chögyam Trungpa
• Humorous Stories of Mark Twain
• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
• Accessory to War by Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang
• We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
• The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
• Unlimited Mastery by Nick Velasquez
• Feck Perfuction by James Victore
• Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
• Life in the Front Row by Jon Vroman
• Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
• Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic
• The New Dynamics of Goal-Setting by Dennis Waitley
• Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
• 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei
• The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
• Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual by Jocko Willink
• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
• Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
• Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
• Fear by Bob Woodward
• The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon