24 Top nonfiction books like Death by Comfort: How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it by Paul Taylor

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Death by Comfort: How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it

By: Paul Taylor

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Our genome has not changed in over 45,000 years, but the world has changed enormously and there are…

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1. Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)

By: James B. Stockdale

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from mil… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"After ejection I had about thirty seconds to make my last statement in freedom before I landed in the main street of a little village right ahead. And so help me, I whispered to myself: "Five years d…"

-James B. Stockdale, Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)

2. The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More

By: None , None

4.67

Format: 46 pages,

It sounds too good to be true. You can save money and the world, inoculate yourself against many of… read more

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3. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

By: Dawn French

3.87

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

By: Michael Easter

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."

-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

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5. Showing Up

By: Nedd Brockmann

4.34

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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6. Love, Just In

By: Natalie Murray

3.82

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

In the vein of Emily Henry's You and Me On Vacation , Love, Just In is a friends-to-lovers romance … read more

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  • health
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7. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • self help
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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8. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

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9. The Imagination Chamber (His Dark Materials, #3.7)

By: Philip Pullman

3.38

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

A book of stunning, moving, exhilarating, breathtaking scenes set during the events of Northern Lig… read more

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10. Your Money or Your Life

By: Vicki Robin

3.81

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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11. Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well

By: Tim Spector

4.27

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth , a comprehensive guide to the new scien… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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12. The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series,… read more

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13. You Called an Ambulance for What?

By: Tim Booth

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. Death by Comfort: How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it

By: Paul Taylor

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Our genome has not changed in over 45,000 years, but the world has changed enormously and there are… read more

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  • personal development
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • science
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15. The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD

By: Matilda Boseley

4.45

Format: 433 pages, ebook

Matilda Boseley’s adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a presc… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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16. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • self help
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17. The Coconut Children

By: Vivian Pham

3.78

Format: None pages, ebook

Fall in love twice, just to make sure.Sonny and Vince have always known each other. It took two yea… read more

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"She thought of him now and made him last forever."

-Vivian Pham, The Coconut Children

"She had recognised him before he could remember himself."

-Vivian Pham, The Coconut Children

"When the sun goes down, the insomniac dreams of having a nightmare, just to get some sleep in this too loud world."

-Vivian Pham, The Coconut Children

"Her mother believed that love, in its most noble and worthy form, was sacrifice. To love her was to love purgatory."

-Vivian Pham, The Coconut Children

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18. The Way of the Fearless Writer

By: Beth Kempton

4.41

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Beth Kempton's The Way of the Fearless Writer is a mindful approach to the writing life, based on B… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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19. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

By: Stanislas Dehaene

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Yann LeCun's strategy provides a good example of a much more general notion: the exploitation of innate knowledge. Convolutional neural networks learn better and faster than other types of neural net…"

-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

"Our brain is therefore not simply passively subjected to sensory inputs. From the get-go, it already possesses a set of abstract hypotheses, an accumulated wisdom that emerged through the sift of Dar…"

-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

"The moral here is that nature and nurture should not be opposed. Pure learning, in the absence of any innate constraints, simply does not exist. Any learning algorithm contains, in one way or another…"

-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

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20. Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

By: Beth Kempton

3.91

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

'A truly transformative read' Sunday Times STYLE 'More than ever, we need books like this' Jessi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • self help
"We have to stop telling ourselves that everyone is watching, waiting for us to fail. They really aren’t."

-Beth Kempton, Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

"Wabi sabi teaches us to be content with less in a way that feels like more. Less stuff, more soul. Less hustle, more ease. Less chaos, more calm. Less mass consumption and more unique creation. Less …"

-Beth Kempton, Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

"The Japanese see the seasons as signposts, visible reminders of our own natural rhytms. In modern life, these often get disrupted, as we extend our days with strong artificial light, interrupt our se…"

-Beth Kempton, Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

"A wabi sabi inspired world view opens up a space for love. Just as we're not perfect, neither is anyone else. What difference would it make if you saw others with your heart instead of seeing and jud…"

-Beth Kempton, Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

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21. A History of Women in 101 Objects

By: Annabelle Hirsch

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Discover the hidden history of women—and the world—through this visual exploration of intimate obje… read more

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"Pans and other such objects are the very opposite of monuments. They don't commemorate revolutions or victories on the battlefield; don't allude to great contracts or those moments of upheaval that h…"

-Annabelle Hirsch, A History of Women in 101 Objects

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22. The Villain Edit

By: Alisha Aitken-Radburn

4.01

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A memoir about identity and authenticity in the smoke-and-mirror worlds of politics, reality TV and… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Get Started Investing: It's easier than you think to invest in shares by Alec Renehan

23. Get Started Investing: It's easier than you think to invest in shares

By: Alec Renehan

4.32

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

The founders of Australia's #1 finance podcast network, Equity Mates , show how you can tap into th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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24. The Book of Burnout: What it is, why it happens, who gets it, and how to stop it before it stops you!

By: Bev Aisbett

3.15

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Australia's bestselling anxiety and mental health expert, Bev Aisbett, tackles a growing mental hea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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25. 15 Minutes to Happiness: Easy, Everyday Exercises to Help You Be The Best You Can Be

By: Richard Nicholls

3.89

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Through his incredibly popular podcast, Motivate Yourself , registered psychotherapist Richard Nich… read more

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  • personal development
  • self help
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26. Life Skills for a Broken World

By: Ahona Guha

3.95

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary framework for living well in a broken world, from acclaimed author and psychologist… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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27. We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle

By: Bill Kaysing

2.94

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

This is the classic "We Never Went to the Moon" by Bill Kaysing, which kicked off the entire moon h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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28. Brain Changer: The Good Mental Health Diet

By: Felice Jacka

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

'This is a fascinating book, by a leading researcher, covering one of the most exciting areas of mo… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • health
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29. Become Who You Are: A New Theory of Self-Esteem, Human Greatness, and the Opposite of Depression

By: Ryan A. Bush

4.25

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the international bestseller Designing the The Principles of Psychitecture come… read more

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  • personal development
  • self help
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30. Meditation for the Real World: Finding Peace in Everyday Life

By: Ann Swanson

4.41

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you know that meditation can help you feel better - both mentally and physically - starting rig… read more

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17 best-selling self help books like Death by Comfort: How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it by Paul Taylor

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Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)

James B. Stockdale

4.30

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Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

Michael Easter

3.97

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Showing Up

Nedd Brockmann

4.34

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Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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Jessie Inchauspé

4.44

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Daniel E. Lieberman

4.18

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Chris van Tulleken

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