Early last year, we curated all of the books ever recommended on my podcast. It got a tremendous response, so now it’s time to share the updated list! If ‘read more’ is one of your goals this year or you are looking for a book on a particular topic, this list is a great resource. They are organized by seven topics and every book has been personally recommended by a guest on the show. Happy reading!
Leadership
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene & Joost Elffers
- Above the Line by Urban Meyer
- The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
- Deep Work by Cal Newport**
- The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
- The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
- Grit by Angela Duckworth* **
- How To Lead When You’re Not In Charge by Clay Scroggins
- Lead for God’s Sake by Todd Gongwer
- Loonshots by Safi Bachall
- Management by Peter Drucker
- Mindset by Carol Dweck
- The One Minute Managerby Ken Blanchard
- Powerful by Patty McCord*
- Quiet by Susan Cain * ** (Her episode will air early 2020!)
- When by Daniel Pink*
Personal and Professional Development
- The Big Life by Ann Shoket
- The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
- Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport**
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown* **
- Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life by James Hollis
- The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
- Getting Things Done by David Allen**
- Happiness by Design: Change What You Do, Not How You Think by Paul Dolan
- How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
- I’m Judging You by Luvvie Ajay
- Insight: Why We’re Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life by Tasha Eurich
- Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want by Nicholas Epley
- Popular by Mitch Prinstein
- Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacyby Donald Miller *
- Social Animal by David Brooks
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Sales & Marketing
- Building a Storybrand by Donald Miller *
- Building Social Business by Muhammad Yunus
- Ready, Fire Aim: From Zero to 100 Million by by Michael Masterson and Sean Pratt
Teams & Culture
- Built to Last by Jim Collins
- The Culture Codeby Daniel Coyle* **
- Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
- Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace by Jessica Bennett
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni * **
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Great by Choice by Jim Collins
- Great At Work by Morten Hansen
- Hire Tough So You Can Manage Easy by Mel Kleiman
- The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
- Leading Teams by Richard Hackman
- Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler
- Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal
Psychology and Spirituality
- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
- Becoming Human by Jean Vanier
- The Divided Self by D. Laing
- Ego Psychology by Gertrude Rubin Blanck
- Love and Will by Rollo May
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius **
- No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton
- On The Shortness of Life by Seneca
- PostSecret by Frank Warren
- Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
- The Reinvention of Work by Matthew Fox
- The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
- The Soul’s Code by James Hillman
- This Tremendous Lover by Eugene Boylan
Biographies, Memoirs & Non-Fiction
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: How I Learned to Live a Better Story by Donald Miller *
- Beyond the Messy Truth by Van Jones
- The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel
- Boys on the Boat by Daniel James Brown
- Buffettology by Mary Buffett
- The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, Maya Angelou
- The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant
- Driven to Distraction by Edward Hollowell & John Ratey
- Expert Political Judgment by Philip Tetlock
- John Adams by David McCullough
- Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption by Katie Davis
- Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
- Medieval Technology and Social Change by Lynn White
- My Early Life: Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill
- Not That Kind Of Girl by Lena Dunham
- Open by Andre Agassi
- Overwhelming Odds by Susan & Dennis O’Leary
- The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari by Yuval Noah Harari
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
- The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
- The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- The Upstream Doctors by Rishi Manchanda
- White Rage by Carol Anderson
- Work Hard Be Nice by Jay Mathews
- The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen
- You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier
Fiction / Novels
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
- Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- How To Love A Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Story Collector by Kristin O’Donnell Tubb
- Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
- Swamplandia by Karen Russell
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger
* Author is also a guest on Game Changers with Molly Fletcher
** Multiple asterisks indicated book was recommended by multiple guests
BONUS! Game Changers Book Club– Books authored by guests who have joined me on my podcast:
- Shawn Askinosie: Meaningful Work
- Chris Barez Brown: Wake Up!
- Marcus Buckingham: Nine Lies About Work; First Break All the Rules
- Ron Clark: The Essential 55; Move Your Bus
- Henry Cloud: The Power of the Other; Boundaries
- Beth Comstock: Imagine it Forward
- Daniel Coyle: The Culture Code; The Talent Code
- Ian Morgan Cron: The Road Back to You
- Rorke Denver: Damn Few: Making The Modern Seal Warrior
- Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit; Smarter, Faster, Better
- Herm Edwards: You Play To Win The Game
- David Epstein: The Sports Gene; Range
- Emily Giffin: All We Ever Wanted; The One & Only; Something Borrowed
- Seth Godin: This Is Marketing; Permission Marketing; Tribes; Purple Cow
- Bob Goff: Love Does; Everybody, Always
- Jon Gordon: The Coffee Bean; The Power of Positive Leadership; The Seed; The Energy Bus; The Carpenter; Training Camp
- Adam Grant: Give and Take; Originals; Option B; Power Moves (Audiobook)
- Verne Harnish: Mastering the Rockefeller Habits; Scaling Up; The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time
- Celeste Headlee: We Need To Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter
- Chip Heath and Dan Heath: The Power of Moments; Made to Stick; Switch
- Ryan Holiday: Stillness Is The Key; The Obstacle Is The Way; Ego Is The Enemy; Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
- Michael Hyatt: Free to Focus;Platform; Your Best Year Ever
- Leila Janah: Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job At A Time
- Daymond John: Rise & Grind; The Power of Broke
- Inky Johnson: Inky: An Amazing Story of Faith & Perserverance
- Chipper Jones: Ballplayer
- Patrick Lencioni: The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team; The Ideal Team Player; Death by Meeting; Getting Naked
- Carli Lloyd: When Nobody Was Watching
- Jim Loehr: The Power of Full Engagement
- Patty McCord: Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
- Kelly McGonigal:The Joy of Movement;The Upside of Stress
- Greg McKeown: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
- Joshua Medcalf: Chop Wood Carry Water; Pound The Stone; Burn Your Goals; Hustle; Transformational Leadership
- Shannon Miles: The Third Option
- Donald Miller: Building a StoryBrand
- John O’Leary On Fire
- Daniel Pink: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing; Drive; To Sell Is Human
- Marc Randolph: That Will Never Work
- Kim Scott: Radical Candor
- Andy Stanley: Next Generation Leaders
- Amy Trask: You Negotiate Like A Girl
- Laura Vanderkam: Off The Clock; What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast
- Sam Walker: The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World’s Greatest Teams
- Suzy Welch: The Real Life MBA; 10-10-10
- Jen Welter: Play Big