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

Range

Range

David Epstein

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

Superforecasting

Superforecasting

Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner

Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers

Malcolm Gladwell

Trillion Dollar Coach

Trillion Dollar Coach

Eric Schmidt

Indistractable

Indistractable

Nir Eyal

Pre-Suasion

Pre-Suasion

Robert B. Cialdini

The Moment of Lift

The Moment of Lift

Melinda Gates

The Culture Code

The Culture Code

Daniel Coyle

Irresistible

Irresistible

Adam Alter

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

Janelle Shane

What You Do Is Who You Are

What You Do Is Who You Are

Ben Horowitz

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Ozan Varol

Powerful

Powerful

Patty McCord

Take Pride

Take Pride

Jessica Tracy

Presence

Presence

Amy Cuddy

The Sixth Extinction

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

Reboot

Reboot

Jerry Colonna

Why Are We Yelling?

Why Are We Yelling?

Buster Benson

Brave New Work

Brave New Work

Aaron Dignan

Peak Performance

Peak Performance

Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

Unsafe Thinking

Unsafe Thinking

Jonah Sachs

New to Big

New to Big

David Kidder & Christina Wallace

Stretch

Stretch

Scott Sonenshein

Face to Face

Face to Face

Brian Grazer

Conscious

Conscious

Annaka Harris

Accidental Presidents

Accidental Presidents

Jared Cohen

Drop the Ball

Drop the Ball

Tiffany Dufu

Rising Strong

Rising Strong

Brené Brown

Connected Strategy

Connected Strategy

Nicolaj Siggelkow, Christian Terwiesch

Rise and Grind

Rise and Grind

Daymond John & Daniel Paisner

Weird

Weird

Olga Khazan

More from Less

More from Less

Andy McAfee

The Infinite Game

The Infinite Game

Simon Sinek

A Second Chance

A Second Chance

Catherine Hoke

The Opposite of Hate

The Opposite of Hate

Sally Kohn

What’s Your Problem?

What’s Your Problem?

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

The War for Kindness

The War for Kindness

Jamil Zaki

No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy

Just the Funny Parts

Just the Funny Parts

Nell Scovell

Feminist Fight Club

Feminist Fight Club

Jessica Bennett

Powershift

Powershift

Daymond John

That's What She Said

That's What She Said

Joanne Lipman

Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Messy

Messy

Tim Harford

Hit Makers

Hit Makers

Derek Thompson

This Could Be Our Future

This Could Be Our Future

Yancey Strickler

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

Sarah Cooper

Dear Girls

Dear Girls

Ali Wong

Popular

Popular

Mitch Prinstein

From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up

Howard Schultz

The Passion Paradox

The Passion Paradox

Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

Blueprint

Blueprint

Nicholas A. Christakis

Forward

Forward

Abby Wambach

Truth

Truth

Hector MacDonald

To Stop a Warlord

To Stop a Warlord

Shannon Sedgwick Davis

The 4 Day Week

The 4 Day Week

Andrew Barnes & Stephanie Jones

Clearer, Closer, Better

Clearer, Closer, Better

Emily Balcetis

The Power of Meaning

The Power of Meaning

Emily Esfahani Smith

Elevate

Elevate

Robert Glazer

Dying for a Paycheck

Dying for a Paycheck

Jeffrey Pfeffe

Broadcasting Happiness

Broadcasting Happiness

Michelle Gielan

The Meritocracy Trap

The Meritocracy Trap

Daniel Markovits

Rise

Rise

Lindsey Vonn

Imagine It Forward

Imagine It Forward

Beth Comstock & Tahl Raz

Extreme You

Extreme You

Sarah Robb O’Hagan

Chasing My Cure

Chasing My Cure

David Fajgenbaum

Seeing Around Corners

Seeing Around Corners

Rita McGrath

Me

Elton John

Alive at Work

Alive at Work

Dan Cable

Goliath’s Revenge

Goliath’s Revenge

Todd Hewlin & Scott Snyder

Life Is in the Transitions

Life Is in the Transitions

Bruce Feiler

Upstream

Upstream

Dan Heath

Creative Quest

Creative Quest

Questlove

Do Nothing

Do Nothing

Celeste Headlee

Meltdown

Meltdown

Chris Clearfield & Andras Tilcsik

Friend and Foe

Friend and Foe

Adam Galinsky & Maurice Schweitzer

Great at Work

Great at Work

Morten Hansen

The Bartering Mindset

The Bartering Mindset

Brian Gunia

There Is No Good Card for This

There Is No Good Card for This

Kelsey Crowe & Emily McDowell

Endure

Endure

Alex Hutchinson

The CEO Next Door

The CEO Next Door

Elena Botelho & Kim Powell

Be Fearless

Be Fearless

Jean Case

In Defense of Troublemakers

In Defense of Troublemakers

Charlan Nemeth

Friendship

Friendship

Lydia Denworth

The Optimist’s Telescope

The Optimist’s Telescope

Bina Venkataraman

A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug

A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Sarah Lacy

Together

Together

Vivek Murthy

Tightrope

Tightrope

Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

Us vs. Them

Us vs. Them

Ian Bremmer

Joy at Work

Joy at Work

Marie Kondō and Scott Sonenshein

Good Habits, Bad Habits

Good Habits, Bad Habits

Wendy Wood

Leadership BS

Leadership BS

Jeff Pfeffer

A Beginner’s Guide to the End

A Beginner’s Guide to the End

BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger

Nine Lies About Work

Nine Lies About Work

Marcus Buckingham & Ashley Goodall

All You Have to Do Is Ask

All You Have to Do Is Ask

Wayne Baker

Metropolitan Life

Metropolitan Life

Fran Lebowitz

The New Urban Crisis

The New Urban Crisis

Richard Florida

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Here All Along

Here All Along

Sarah Hurwitz

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More Myself

More Myself

Alicia Keys

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You’re Not Listening

You’re Not Listening

Kate Murphy

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Cringeworthy

Cringeworthy

Melissa Dahl

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3 Dimensional

3 Dimensional

Dwyane Wade

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Brave, Not Perfect

Brave, Not Perfect

Reshma Saujani

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Own It

Own It

Sallie Krawcheck

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I Am Pilgrim

I Am Pilgrim

Terry Hayes

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The Fix

The Fix

Jonathan Tepperman

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When

When

Daniel Pink

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Perfectly Confident

Perfectly Confident

Don Moore

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The Likeability Trap

The Likeability Trap

Alicia Menendez

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Social Chemistry

Social Chemistry

Marissa King

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Big Potential

Big Potential

Shawn Achor

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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

Range

Loonshots

The Ride of a Lifetime

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