books recommended by Adam Grant

Adam M. Grant is an American psychologist and author who is currently a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology. He received academic tenure aged 28, making him the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School.

books recommended by Adam Grant

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David Epstein

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers

Malcolm Gladwell

Superforecasting

Superforecasting

Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner

Trillion Dollar Coach

Trillion Dollar Coach

Eric Schmidt

Indistractable

Indistractable

Nir Eyal

The Culture Code

The Culture Code

Daniel Coyle

The Moment of Lift

The Moment of Lift

Melinda Gates

Pre-Suasion

Pre-Suasion

Robert B. Cialdini

What You Do Is Who You Are

What You Do Is Who You Are

Ben Horowitz

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

Janelle Shane

Irresistible

Irresistible

Adam Alter

Powerful

Powerful

Patty McCord

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Ozan Varol

Unsafe Thinking

Unsafe Thinking

Jonah Sachs

Peak Performance

Peak Performance

Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

Brave New Work

Brave New Work

Aaron Dignan

Why Are We Yelling?

Why Are We Yelling?

Buster Benson

Reboot

Reboot

Jerry Colonna

The Sixth Extinction

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

Presence

Presence

Amy Cuddy

Take Pride

Take Pride

Jessica Tracy

Truth

Truth

Hector MacDonald

Forward

Forward

Abby Wambach

Blueprint

Blueprint

Nicholas A. Christakis

The Passion Paradox

The Passion Paradox

Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up

Howard Schultz

Popular

Popular

Mitch Prinstein

Dear Girls

Dear Girls

Ali Wong

Here All Along

Here All Along

Sarah Hurwitz

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

Sarah Cooper

This Could Be Our Future

This Could Be Our Future

Yancey Strickler

Hit Makers

Hit Makers

Derek Thompson

Messy

Messy

Tim Harford

Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

Anne-Marie Slaughter

That's What She Said

That's What She Said

Joanne Lipman

Powershift

Powershift

Daymond John

Feminist Fight Club

Feminist Fight Club

Jessica Bennett

Just the Funny Parts

Just the Funny Parts

Nell Scovell

No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy

The War for Kindness

The War for Kindness

Jamil Zaki

What’s Your Problem?

What’s Your Problem?

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

The Opposite of Hate

The Opposite of Hate

Sally Kohn

A Second Chance

A Second Chance

Catherine Hoke

The Infinite Game

The Infinite Game

Simon Sinek

More from Less

More from Less

Andy McAfee

Weird

Weird

Olga Khazan

Rise and Grind

Rise and Grind

Daymond John & Daniel Paisner

Connected Strategy

Connected Strategy

Nicolaj Siggelkow, Christian Terwiesch

Rising Strong

Rising Strong

Brené Brown

Drop the Ball

Drop the Ball

Tiffany Dufu

Accidental Presidents

Accidental Presidents

Jared Cohen

Conscious

Conscious

Annaka Harris

Face to Face

Face to Face

Brian Grazer

Stretch

Stretch

Scott Sonenshein

New to Big

New to Big

David Kidder & Christina Wallace

Big Potential

Big Potential

Shawn Achor

Social Chemistry

Social Chemistry

Marissa King

The Likeability Trap

The Likeability Trap

Alicia Menendez

Perfectly Confident

Perfectly Confident

Don Moore

When

When

Daniel Pink

The Fix

The Fix

Jonathan Tepperman

I Am Pilgrim

I Am Pilgrim

Terry Hayes

Own It

Own It

Sallie Krawcheck

Brave, Not Perfect

Brave, Not Perfect

Reshma Saujani

3 Dimensional

3 Dimensional

Dwyane Wade

Cringeworthy

Cringeworthy

Melissa Dahl

You’re Not Listening

You’re Not Listening

Kate Murphy

More Myself

More Myself

Alicia Keys

The New Urban Crisis

The New Urban Crisis

Richard Florida

Metropolitan Life

Metropolitan Life

Fran Lebowitz

All You Have to Do Is Ask

All You Have to Do Is Ask

Wayne Baker

Nine Lies About Work

Nine Lies About Work

Marcus Buckingham & Ashley Goodall

A Beginner’s Guide to the End

A Beginner’s Guide to the End

BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger

Leadership BS

Leadership BS

Jeff Pfeffer

Good Habits, Bad Habits

Good Habits, Bad Habits

Wendy Wood

Joy at Work

Joy at Work

Marie Kondō and Scott Sonenshein

Us vs. Them

Us vs. Them

Ian Bremmer

Tightrope

Tightrope

Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

Together

Together

Vivek Murthy

A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug

A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Sarah Lacy

The Optimist’s Telescope

The Optimist’s Telescope

Bina Venkataraman

Friendship

Friendship

Lydia Denworth

In Defense of Troublemakers

In Defense of Troublemakers

Charlan Nemeth

Be Fearless

Be Fearless

Jean Case

The CEO Next Door

The CEO Next Door

Elena Botelho & Kim Powell

Endure

Endure

Alex Hutchinson

There Is No Good Card for This

There Is No Good Card for This

Kelsey Crowe & Emily McDowell

The Bartering Mindset

The Bartering Mindset

Brian Gunia

Great at Work

Great at Work

Morten Hansen

Friend and Foe

Friend and Foe

Adam Galinsky & Maurice Schweitzer

Meltdown

Meltdown

Chris Clearfield & Andras Tilcsik

Do Nothing

Do Nothing

Celeste Headlee

Creative Quest

Creative Quest

Questlove

Upstream

Upstream

Dan Heath

Life Is in the Transitions

Life Is in the Transitions

Bruce Feiler

Goliath’s Revenge

Goliath’s Revenge

Todd Hewlin & Scott Snyder

Alive at Work

Alive at Work

Dan Cable

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Elton John

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Seeing Around Corners

Seeing Around Corners

Rita McGrath

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Chasing My Cure

Chasing My Cure

David Fajgenbaum

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Extreme You

Extreme You

Sarah Robb O’Hagan

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Imagine It Forward

Imagine It Forward

Beth Comstock & Tahl Raz

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Rise

Rise

Lindsey Vonn

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The Meritocracy Trap

The Meritocracy Trap

Daniel Markovits

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Broadcasting Happiness

Broadcasting Happiness

Michelle Gielan

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Dying for a Paycheck

Dying for a Paycheck

Jeffrey Pfeffe

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Elevate

Elevate

Robert Glazer

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The Power of Meaning

The Power of Meaning

Emily Esfahani Smith

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Clearer, Closer, Better

Clearer, Closer, Better

Emily Balcetis

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The 4 Day Week

The 4 Day Week

Andrew Barnes & Stephanie Jones

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To Stop a Warlord

To Stop a Warlord

Shannon Sedgwick Davis

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Books written by Adam Grant

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Originals

Originals

Adam Grant

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Give and Take

Give and Take

Adam Grant

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Option B

Option B

Sheryl Sandberg & Adam M. Grant

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Think Again

Think Again

Adam Grant

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Adam Grant's book recommendations

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The Ride of a Lifetime

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