books recommended by James Clear

James Clear is a personal development keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits. His entertaining talks teach audiences about small habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement.

James Clear is a personal development keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits. His entertaining talks teach audiences about small habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement.

books recommended by James Clear

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Principles

Principles

Ray Dalio

Influence

Influence

Robert B. Cialdini, PhD

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

The War of Art

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Richard P. Feynman

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

Mastery

Mastery

George Leonard

10% Happier

10% Happier

Dan Harris

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Born Standing Up

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin

Just Mercy

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

The Most Important Thing Illuminated

The Most Important Thing Illuminated

Howard Marks

The Goal

The Goal

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin

Stillness is the Key

Stillness is the Key

Ryan Holiday

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson

This Is Water

This Is Water

David Foster Wallace

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Kamal Ravikant

A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

Incognito

Incognito

David Eagleman

Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

Not Fade Away

Not Fade Away

Laurence Shames & Peter Barton

The Richest Man in Babylon

The Richest Man in Babylon

George S. Clason

Who Moved My Cheese?

Who Moved My Cheese?

Spencer Johnson

Anything You Want

Anything You Want

Derek Sivers

Profit First

Profit First

Mike Michalowicz

The 10X Rule

The 10X Rule

Grant Cardone

Candide

Candide

Voltaire

Free Will

Free Will

Sam Harris

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

George Horace Lorimer

On the Move

On the Move

Oliver Sacks

Strangers to Ourselves

Strangers to Ourselves

Timothy D. Wilson

The Nurture Assumption

The Nurture Assumption

Judith Rich Harris

A Short Guide to a Happy Life

A Short Guide to a Happy Life

Anna Quindlen

Ignore Everybody

Ignore Everybody

Hugh MacLeod

Margin of Safety

Margin of Safety

Seth Klarman

Start Finishing

Start Finishing

Charlie Gillkey

The Compound Effect

The Compound Effect

Darren Hardy

The Reason I Jump

The Reason I Jump

Naoki Higashida

The Tell-Tale Brain

The Tell-Tale Brain

V. S. Ramachandran

Ultralearning

Ultralearning

Scott H. Young

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

Marshall Goldsmith

A Technique for Producing Ideas

A Technique for Producing Ideas

James Webb Young

Adapt

Adapt

Tim Harford

Are You Fully Charged?

Are You Fully Charged?

Tom Rath

Confessions of an Economic Hitman

Confessions of an Economic Hitman

John Perkins

Confessions of the Pricing Man

Confessions of the Pricing Man

Hermann Simon

Impro

Impro

Keith Johnstone

Manual for Living

Manual for Living

Epictetus

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

Calvin Tomkins

Mastermind Dinners

Mastermind Dinners

Jayson Gaignard

Rules for a Knight

Rules for a Knight

Ethan Hawke

Slipstream Time Hacking

Slipstream Time Hacking

Benjamin Hardy

Superhuman by Habit

Superhuman by Habit

Tynan

The Art of Profitability

The Art of Profitability

Adrian Slywotzky

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson

The Power of Fifty Bits

The Power of Fifty Bits

Bob Nease

The Practicing Mind

The Practicing Mind

Thomas M. Sterner

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The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.

Josh Waitzkin