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Cover of Shoe Dog: Young Readers Edition

1. Shoe Dog: Young Readers Edition

Phil Knight

Name the central practice, not just the central idea.

Cover of The Psychology of Money

2. The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

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Cover of Atomic Habits

3. Atomic Habits

James Clear

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Cover of Mindset

4. Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

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Cover of How to Win Friends and Influence People

5. How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

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Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

6. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Sean Covey

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Cover of Steal Like an Artist

7. Steal Like an Artist

Austin Kleon

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Cover of Born a Crime

8. Born a Crime

Trevor Noah

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Cover of The Four Agreements

9. The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

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Cover of Think Again

10. Think Again

Adam Grant

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Cover of Grit

11. Grit

Angela Duckworth

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Cover of The Obstacle Is the Way

12. The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

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Cover of Unbroken: Young Readers Adaptation

13. Unbroken: Young Readers Adaptation

Laura Hillenbrand

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Cover of The Gifts of Imperfection

14. The Gifts of Imperfection

Brené Brown

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Cover of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

15. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Susan Cain

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Cover of The War of Art

16. The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

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Cover of The 5 Love Languages

17. The 5 Love Languages

Gary Chapman

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Cover of Nonviolent Communication

18. Nonviolent Communication

Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Cover of Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

19. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

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Cover of Rich Dad Poor Dad

20. Rich Dad Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki

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Cover of The Richest Man in Babylon

21. The Richest Man in Babylon

George S. Clason

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Cover of The Millionaire Next Door

22. The Millionaire Next Door

Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko

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Cover of The $100 Startup

23. The $100 Startup

Chris Guillebeau

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Cover of Creativity, Inc.

24. Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull

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Cover of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

25. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

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Cover of Crucial Conversations

26. Crucial Conversations

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler

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Cover of Daring Greatly

27. Daring Greatly

Brené Brown

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Cover of Educated

28. Educated

Tara Westover

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Cover of Becoming Steve Jobs

29. Becoming Steve Jobs

Brent Schlender & Rick Tetzeli

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Cover of The Hard Thing About Hard Things

30. The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

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Cover of Man’s Search for Meaning

31. Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

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Cover of When Breath Becomes Air

32. When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

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Cover of So Good They Can’t Ignore You

33. So Good They Can’t Ignore You

Cal Newport

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Cover of The Defining Decade

34. The Defining Decade

Meg Jay

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Cover of Why We Sleep

35. Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

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Cover of The Anxious Generation

36. The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

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Cover of Amusing Ourselves to Death

37. Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

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Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow

38. Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

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Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

39. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

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Cover of The Lessons of History

40. The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

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