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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

Name the central practice, not just the central idea.

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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