
Atomic Habits
by James Clear
The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 8 million copies sold. Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results. No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving every day.
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Lena Fischer reviews books about how people think, why they behave as they do, and what the research actually says about changing. As Psychology Editor at Editors Reads, she covers academic psychology brought to general audiences, evidence-based self-help, and books about relationships, mindfulness, and personal development. She is particularly interested in the gap between what psychological science has established and what the self-help industry claims, and in writers who navigate that gap honestly.

by James Clear
The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 8 million copies sold. Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results. No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving every day.
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by Cal Newport
Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. Cal Newport argues it's both rare and valuable in our economy — and if you master it, you'll thrive.
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by Dale Carnegie
First published in 1936, Dale Carnegie's landmark guide to human relations has sold over 30 million copies. Its principles on listening, appreciation, and persuasion remain as applicable in modern workplaces and relationships as they were in the 1930s.
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by Robert Cialdini
The definitive book on the psychology of persuasion. Cialdini identifies six universal principles — reciprocity, commitment, social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity — that drive human compliance, and shows how they are exploited in sales, marketing, and everyday life.
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by Chris Voss
Former FBI lead hostage negotiator Chris Voss reveals the counter-intuitive techniques he developed for life-or-death negotiations — and shows how they apply to salary talks, business deals, and everyday persuasion. The key insight: humans are not rational actors, and the best negotiators use emotional intelligence, not logic.
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by Stephen R. Covey
One of the most influential business books ever written, offering a principle-centred approach to personal and professional effectiveness.
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by Paulo Coelho
A young Andalusian shepherd boy travels from Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure. Along the way he meets a series of guides who teach him that the real treasure is found in pursuing your 'Personal Legend' — your dream.
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by Bessel van der Kolk
A landmark work in trauma psychology by one of the world's foremost authorities on PTSD. Van der Kolk reveals how trauma reshapes both body and brain, undermining survivors' capacity for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
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by Dalai Lama XIV & Desmond Tutu
A record of a week-long conversation between the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the occasion of the Dalai Lama's eightieth birthday — two of the world's most joyful people discussing how to find lasting happiness despite suffering, ageing, and loss.
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by Lindsay C. Gibson
Clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson explains how emotionally immature parents create lasting effects in their adult children and provides tools for healing and establishing healthy boundaries.
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by Mick Herron
The death of a former Slough House officer's child pulls the team into an operation in Oxford, where old enemies are surfacing and the landscape of British intelligence is quietly being dismantled by people who see it as a procurement opportunity.
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by Carol S. Dweck
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck's research on achievement and success reveals that one simple belief about your own intelligence and abilities has a profound effect on outcomes. People with a growth mindset — who believe abilities can be developed — consistently outperform those with a fixed mindset, regardless of starting talent.
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by Anders Ericsson
Psychologist Anders Ericsson, the father of deliberate practice, reveals the science behind how world-class expertise is actually achieved.
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by Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse's spiritual classic follows a young Brahmin's journey to enlightenment through renunciation, pleasure, commerce, and finally the unity of all things found at the river.
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by Gary Keller
The surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results — focus on the ONE thing that makes everything else easier or unnecessary.
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by Eckhart Tolle
A spiritual guide that teaches how to free yourself from the tyranny of the thinking mind and discover the peace available only in the present moment.
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by Fei-Fei Li
The co-creator of ImageNet and a pioneer of modern computer vision tells the story of her journey from immigrant teenager to AI's most influential scientist — and reflects on what AI's creators owe to the humans whose data made it possible.
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by Daniel Kahneman
Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman explains the two systems that drive the way we think — and reveals how our intuitive System 1 thinking leads us astray in predictable, correctable ways.
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by Jordan B. Peterson
A clinical psychologist draws on mythology, religion, literature, and neuroscience to offer twelve principles for a meaningful and disciplined life.
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by Eckhart Tolle
A follow-up to The Power of Now that takes Tolle's teachings further — examining how ego operates, why it causes suffering, and how a shift in consciousness could transform not just individuals but human civilisation.
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by Anne Lamott
Beloved writer Anne Lamott offers funny, compassionate advice on the writing life — from dealing with the blank page to navigating publication — grounded in her personal experience as a novelist and teacher.
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by Ethan Mollick
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick — one of the most trusted guides to AI in the business world — offers practical wisdom on how individuals and organisations can work effectively with AI systems while maintaining the human judgment that makes the collaboration valuable.
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by Cal Newport
A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected activities that strongly support things you value.
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by Jocko Willink
Former Navy SEAL commander Jocko Willink presents a stark, no-excuses philosophy of discipline as the path to freedom — combined with a detailed physical and mental training manual.
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