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Build better habits
Books other authors reach for when writing about habit, routine, and lasting behaviour change.
126 citations on this topic →
Start a business
Books founders and investors cite when they explain how new ventures actually come together.
98 citations on this topic →
Think more clearly
Books that keep coming up in conversations about cognitive bias, judgement, and rational thinking.
204 citations on this topic →
Lead a team
The leadership, management, and culture books other authors treat as reference material.
210 citations on this topic →
Persuade and negotiate
Books on persuasion, influence and negotiation that keep showing up in other authors’ notes.
104 citations on this topic →
Overcome adversity
The books authors reach for when writing about resilience, suffering, and the Stoic tradition.
80 citations on this topic →
Find meaning
Philosophy, memoir, and psychology that other authors cite on meaning, purpose, and the examined life.
99 citations on this topic →
Build deeper relationships
Books on vulnerability, attachment, boundaries, and the work of loving other people well.
69 citations on this topic →
Focus and do deep work
The attention, focus, and flow books other authors keep citing to explain deep concentration.
148 citations on this topic →
Handle money wisely
Finance, investing, and psychology-of-money books that other authors cite when explaining wealth.
50 citations on this topic →
Understand our history
Big-picture history and civilisation books other authors keep in their bibliographies.
62 citations on this topic →
Learn faster
Books on skill acquisition, expertise, and accelerated learning that show up in other authors’ notes.
132 citations on this topic →
Live a healthier life
Sleep, exercise, diet, and longevity books other authors keep pointing to when writing about how to feel well.
49 citations on this topic →
Work through anxiety
Books on therapy, mental health, and emotional work that other authors cite when writing about the inside of a life.
115 citations on this topic →
Raise kids well
The parenting, child development, and family books that keep showing up in other authors’ citations.
49 citations on this topic →
Be more creative
Books on creativity, originality, and making things that other authors draw on when explaining how ideas happen.
35 citations on this topic →
Write better
Books on writing, prose, and storytelling that other authors keep in their bibliographies.
82 citations on this topic →
Find more flow and joy
Books on flow, play, happiness, and well-being that other authors cite when explaining what a good day actually looks like.
82 citations on this topic →
Make sense of AI and tech
The AI, automation, and tech-and-society books other authors reference when thinking about what machines are doing to us.
71 citations on this topic →
Communicate better
Books on conversation, listening, and plain speech that other authors reach for.
42 citations on this topic →
Build courage
Books on fear, risk, and courage that other authors keep citing when the stakes get real.
53 citations on this topic →
Live more simply
Books on essentialism, minimalism, and the examined, less-cluttered life.
47 citations on this topic →