22 Best nonfiction books like Make Your Own Rules: Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age by Andrew Huang

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Make Your Own Rules: Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age

By: Andrew Huang

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

YouTube sensation Andrew Huang offers practical tips and hard-won advice for creatives seeking fina…

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1. The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

By: Mark Forsyth

4.36

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

The idiosyncratic, erudite and brilliantly funny new book from Mark Forsyth, bestselling author of … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I’ve been too fucking busy, and vice versa."

-Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

"John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote his first story aged seven. It was about a “green great dragon."

-Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

"A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Nothing is better than eternal happiness. So eternal happiness is beaten by a ham sandwich."

-Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

"So Shakespeare stole; but he did wonderful things with his plunder. He's like somebody who nicks your old socks and then darns them."

-Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

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2. Turning Pro

By: Steven Pressfield

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The follow up to the War of Art. In the War of Art Pressfield identifies the enemy to living an aut… read more

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  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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3. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!

By: M.J. DeMarco

1.00

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Is the financial plan of mediocrity-a dream-stealing, soul-sucking dogma known as The Slowlane-your… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help

4. Hope and Help for Your Nerves

By: Claire Weekes

3.82

Format: None pages,

Sweaty, trembling hands. Churning stomach. Headaches, sleeplessness, rapid heartbeat. All are commo… read more

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5. The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses

By: None

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

Anyone can master the fundamentals of game design--no technological expertise is necessary. The Art… read more

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6. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

By: Chip Heath , Dan Heath

3.97

Format: 12 pages,

Why is change so difficult and frightening? How do you create change when you have few resources an… read more

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7. Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for You

By: None , Dave Evans

3.82

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

*** The #1 New York Times Bestseller *** Whether we're 20, 40, 60 or older, many of us are still l… read more

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8. The Taking

By: Dean Koontz

3.33

Format: 300 pages,

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's "Odd Apocalypse." In one of the most daz… read more

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9. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory

By: Peter Barry

1.33

Format: 397 pages,

An introduction to literary and cultural theory for beginners. The emphasis is on theory in practic… read more

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10. The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

By: Albert Camus

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on … read more

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11. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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12. ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood

By: Edward M. Hallowell

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help rea… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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14. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

By: Ali Abdaal

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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15. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • music
  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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16. Room to Dream

By: David Lynch

4.33

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In this memoir, David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking fi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"Ultimately, each life is a mystery until we each solve the mystery, and that's where we are all headed whether we know it or not."

-David Lynch, Room to Dream

"I don't know how I got to that thing of not caring what other people think, but it's a good thing. The thing is, you fall in love with ideas and it's like falling in love with a girl. It could be a g…"

-David Lynch, Room to Dream

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17. How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal w… read more

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  • music
  • audiobook
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"To all of the songs like windows, open just enough for us to make our escape, and to all of the songs like windows, closed and clear enough in a dim light to see our own reflection and be reminded of…"

-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

"When I'm on stage, my experience often goes something like this: Blankness . . . bliss . . . blankness . . . twinkle of awareness that rocking has been achieved . . . bliss . . . Voice of Observing E…"

-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

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18. Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

By: Noah Kagan

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a si… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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19. $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (Acquisition.com $100M Series Book 2)

By: Alex Hormozi

4.61

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

You can get 2x, 10x, or 100x more leads than you currently are without changing anything about what… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Reminder: You get rich from what you make. You become wealthy from what you own. And it took me years to realize this because not that long ago..."

-Alex Hormozi, $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (Acquisition.com $100M Series Book 2)

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20. I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money

By: Madeline Pendleton

4.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A big-hearted, no-bullshit memoir from the TikTok superstar about her j… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"Don't listen if anyone ever tells you it's a dog-eat-dog world. Dogs are pack animals. We're stronger together."

-Madeline Pendleton, I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money

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21. Second Night Stand

By: Karelia Stetz-Waters

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A burlesque performer and a professional ballerina fall in love while competing on a reality TV tal… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See by Seth Godin

22. This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See

By: Seth Godin

3.94

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER & INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA game-changing approach to ma… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us by Russell "Russ" Roberts

23. Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

By: Russell "Russ" Roberts

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorith… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Exploring can turn out much better than a planned itinerary."

-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

"Spend more time getting used to the darkness and less time looking to expand the light."

-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

"If the important things are hard to measure, and the measurable things misleading, what kind of decision framework is left? This book is my answer to that question."

-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

Cover of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

24. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

By: Kyle Chayka

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas

25. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

By: Dan Charnas

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you."

-Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

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26. Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, un… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life by Matthew Dicks

27. Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life

By: Matthew Dicks

3.90

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

REALIZE YOUR CREATIVE DREAMS — STARTING TODAY Are you good at dreaming about what you’re going t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"Your job as a creator - a maker of things - is to make your thing, but then put that thing on a proverbial shelf in your brain. Not on some shelf in a dusty pantry at the back of your brain but on di…"

-Matthew Dicks, Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life

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28. Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power

By: Devon Price

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Learn to identify—and combat—Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that com… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. Make Your Own Rules: Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age

By: Andrew Huang

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

YouTube sensation Andrew Huang offers practical tips and hard-won advice for creatives seeking fina… read more

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  • music
  • productivity
  • self help
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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30. The Last Love Song

By: Kalie Holford

3.73

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

After high school graduation, Mia Peters faces a summer full of painful goodbyes. Songwriting is he… read more

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  • music
  • audiobook
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

31. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

22 must-read audiobook books like Make Your Own Rules: Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age by Andrew Huang

Transform Your Habits

The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

Mark Forsyth

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood

Edward M. Hallowell

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

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21 Top audiobook books like Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess

Becca Rothfeld

3.76

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