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

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

Range

Range

David Epstein

The Moment of Lift

The Moment of Lift

Melinda Gates

The Culture Code

The Culture Code

Daniel Coyle

Trillion Dollar Coach

Trillion Dollar Coach

Bill Campbell

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

Janelle Shane

Pre-Suasion

Pre-Suasion

Robert B. Cialdini

What You Do Is Who You Are

What You Do Is Who You Are

Ben Horowitz

Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers

Malcolm Gladwell

Powerful

Powerful

Patty McCord

Indistractable

Indistractable

Nir Eyal

Superforecasting

Superforecasting

Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner

The Sixth Extinction

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

Reboot

Reboot

Jerry Colonna

Peak Performance

Peak Performance

Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

Brave New Work

Brave New Work

Aaron Dignan

Presence

Presence

Amy Cuddy

Take Pride

Take Pride

Jessica Tracy

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Ozan Varol

Unsafe Thinking

Unsafe Thinking

Jonah Sachs

A Second Chance

A Second Chance

Catherine Hoke

That's What She Said

That's What She Said

Joanne Lipman

Truth

Truth

Hector MacDonald

Why Are We Yelling?

Why Are We Yelling?

Buster Benson

Blueprint

Blueprint

Nicholas A. Christakis

Connected Strategy

Connected Strategy

Nicolaj Siggelkow, Christian Terwiesch

Drop the Ball

Drop the Ball

Tiffany Dufu

Face to Face

Face to Face

Brian Grazer

Feminist Fight Club

Feminist Fight Club

Jessica Bennett

Irresistible

Irresistible

Adam Alter

Rise and Grind

Rise and Grind

Daymond John & Daniel Paisner

The War for Kindness

The War for Kindness

Jamil Zaki

No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy

Stretch

Stretch

Scott Sonenshein

Powershift

Powershift

Daymond John

Accidental Presidents

Accidental Presidents

Jared Cohen

Conscious

Conscious

Annaka Harris

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

Sarah Cooper

Dear Girls

Dear Girls

Ali Wong

Forward

Forward

Abby Wambach

From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up

Howard Schultz

Just the Funny Parts

Just the Funny Parts

Nell Scovell

Messy

Messy

Tim Harford

More from Less

More from Less

Andy McAfee

Popular

Popular

Mitch Prinstein

Rising Strong

Rising Strong

Brené Brown

The Passion Paradox

The Passion Paradox

Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

This Could Be Our Future

This Could Be Our Future

Yancey Strickler

Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Weird

Weird

Olga Khazan

What’s Your Problem?

What’s Your Problem?

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

A Beginner’s Guide to the End

A Beginner’s Guide to the End

BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger

A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug

A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Sarah Lacy

Alive at Work

Alive at Work

Dan Cable

All You Have to Do Is Ask

All You Have to Do Is Ask

Wayne Baker

Be Fearless

Be Fearless

Jean Case

Big Potential

Big Potential

Shawn Achor

Brave, Not Perfect

Brave, Not Perfect

Reshma Saujani

Broadcasting Happiness

Broadcasting Happiness

Michelle Gielan

Chasing My Cure

Chasing My Cure

David Fajgenbaum

Clearer, Closer, Better

Clearer, Closer, Better

Emily Balcetis

Creative Quest

Creative Quest

Questlove

Cringeworthy

Cringeworthy

Melissa Dahl

Do Nothing

Do Nothing

Celeste Headlee

3 Dimensional

3 Dimensional

Dwyane Wade

Dying for a Paycheck

Dying for a Paycheck

Jeffrey Pfeffe

Elevate

Elevate

Robert Glazer

Endure

Endure

Alex Hutchinson

Extreme You

Extreme You

Sarah Robb O’Hagan

Friend and Foe

Friend and Foe

Adam Galinsky & Maurice Schweitzer

Friendship

Friendship

Lydia Denworth

Goliath’s Revenge

Goliath’s Revenge

Todd Hewlin & Scott Snyder

Good Habits, Bad Habits

Good Habits, Bad Habits

Wendy Wood

Great at Work

Great at Work

Morten Hansen

Here All Along

Here All Along

Sarah Hurwitz

Hit Makers

Hit Makers

Derek Thompson

I Am Pilgrim

I Am Pilgrim

Terry Hayes

Imagine It Forward

Imagine It Forward

Beth Comstock & Tahl Raz

In Defense of Troublemakers

In Defense of Troublemakers

Charlan Nemeth

Joy at Work

Joy at Work

Marie Kondō and Scott Sonenshein

Leadership BS

Leadership BS

Jeff Pfeffer

Life Is in the Transitions

Life Is in the Transitions

Bruce Feiler

Me

Elton John

Meltdown

Meltdown

Chris Clearfield & Andras Tilcsik

Metropolitan Life

Metropolitan Life

Fran Lebowitz

More Myself

More Myself

Alicia Keys

New to Big

New to Big

David Kidder & Christina Wallace

Nine Lies About Work

Nine Lies About Work

Marcus Buckingham & Ashley Goodall

Own It

Own It

Sallie Krawcheck

Perfectly Confident

Perfectly Confident

Don Moore

Rise

Rise

Lindsey Vonn

Seeing Around Corners

Seeing Around Corners

Rita McGrath

Social Chemistry

Social Chemistry

Marissa King

The 4 Day Week

The 4 Day Week

Andrew Barnes & Stephanie Jones

The Bartering Mindset

The Bartering Mindset

Brian Gunia

The CEO Next Door

The CEO Next Door

Elena Botelho & Kim Powell

The Fix

The Fix

Jonathan Tepperman

The Infinite Game

The Infinite Game

Simon Sinek

The Likeability Trap

The Likeability Trap

Alicia Menendez

The Meritocracy Trap

The Meritocracy Trap

Daniel Markovits

The New Urban Crisis

The New Urban Crisis

Richard Florida

The Opposite of Hate

The Opposite of Hate

Sally Kohn

The Optimist’s Telescope

The Optimist’s Telescope

Bina Venkataraman

The Power of Meaning

The Power of Meaning

Emily Esfahani Smith

There Is No Good Card for This

There Is No Good Card for This

Kelsey Crowe & Emily McDowell

Tightrope

Tightrope

Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

To Stop a Warlord

To Stop a Warlord

Shannon Sedgwick Davis

Together

Together

Vivek Murthy

Upstream

Upstream

Dan Heath

Us vs. Them

Us vs. Them

Ian Bremmer

When

When

Daniel Pink

You’re Not Listening

You’re Not Listening

Kate Murphy

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Books written by Adam Grant

Originals

Originals

Adam Grant

Give and Take

Give and Take

Adam Grant

Option B

Option B

Sheryl Sandberg & Adam M. Grant

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