9 Best writing books like Exploratory Writing: Everyday magic for life and work by Alison Jones

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Exploratory Writing: Everyday magic for life and work

By: Alison Jones

3.97

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Simple tools, extraordinary results. Everything we’re learning about how we function best as hum…

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Cover of Forged: Why Fakes are the Great Art of Our Age by Jonathon Keats

1. Forged: Why Fakes are the Great Art of Our Age

By: Jonathon Keats

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

According to Vasari, the young Michelangelo often borrowed drawings of past masters, which he copie… read more

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2. Opening Up, Second Edition: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions

By: James W. Pennebaker

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Anyone who has ever entrusted a troubling secret to a journal, or mourned a broken heart with a fri… read more

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Cover of How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers by Sönke Ahrens

3. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

By: Sönke Ahrens

3.42

Format: 320 pages,

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4. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

By: John J. Ratey , Eric Hagerman

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the b… read more

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Cover of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters by Brian Klaas

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

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

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Cover of Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart

6. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Cover of Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour (Mental Performance) by Kam Knight

7. Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour (Mental Performance)

By: Kam Knight

4.22

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 Speed Reading Book on Amazon for 4 Straight Years This has become the go to book for stud… read more

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Cover of Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun by Chris  Broad

8. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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Cover of Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

9. 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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"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

Cover of Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott H. Young

10. Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career

By: Scott H. Young

3.95

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and ad… read more

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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."

-Scott H. Young, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career

"Learning, at its core, is a broadening of horizons, of seeing things that were previously invisible and of recognizing capabilities within yourself that you didn't know existed"

-Scott H. Young, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career

"In theory, consistency is about being disciplined, determined, and unwavering. In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the e…"

-Scott H. Young, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career

Cover of Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali  Abdaal

11. 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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Cover of Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke

12. Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

By: Annie Duke

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting… read more

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Cover of The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman

13. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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Cover of Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp

14. Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

By: Jake Knapp

4.08

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint, a simple 4-step system for improving focus, … read more

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Cover of Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

15. Witch of Wild Things

By: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Legend goes that long ago a Flores woman offended the old gods, and their family was cursed as a re… read more

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"La casa de Nadia Flores was built sometime in the 1920s. Everything about it croaks and creaks and I can't help imagining each sound is a story, sliding right out of the floorboards."

-Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Witch of Wild Things

"It gets me thinking about the history of this land, of this whole world, even. How someone got it in their head that ripping down thousand-year-old trees was a-okay. How people who grow gardens are c…"

-Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Witch of Wild Things

Cover of 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

16. 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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"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

Cover of Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses

17. Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

By: Matthew Salesses

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking resource for fiction writers, teachers, and students, this manifesto and practica… read more

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"Workshops operate on the golden-rule policy: do for others as you want for yourself. Your fellow classmates will see from your comments what kind of feedback to give no matter how much of a push the …"

-Matthew Salesses, Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

"You should ask macro questions and point out macro opportunities. Which means, for example, you might state your understanding (or not) of the story, list observations that seem especially juicy, ask…"

-Matthew Salesses, Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

"When you are workshopped, it is important to remember that you will not connect with everything that is said. You shouldn’t! Don’t listen to everything; don’t take every suggestion—trust your instinc…"

-Matthew Salesses, Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

Cover of Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction by Chris   Bailey

18. Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction

By: Chris Bailey

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Canada's productivity expert returns with a totally fresh angle on how to do more with less. Thr… read more

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Cover of Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future by Yung Pueblo

19. Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future

By: Yung Pueblo

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An empathetic and wise book that will guide you on a journey toward… read more

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"The end of a relationship is the end of a home."

-Yung Pueblo, Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future

Cover of The Art of Explanation by Ros Atkins

20. The Art of Explanation

By: Ros Atkins

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Explanation - conveying meaning - is an art. And the BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins, creat… read more

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Cover of The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention by Nicolas Cole

21. The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention

By: Nicolas Cole

4.44

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

★ From the #1 writer on Quora, 15x Top Writer on Medium, and Top 10 columnist for Inc Magazine ★ W… read more

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Cover of Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn by Barbara Oakley

22. Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

By: Barbara Oakley

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Top 10 Pick for Learning Ladders’ Best Books for Educators Summer 2021 A groundbreaking guide to i… read more

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Cover of Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us by Jon Alexander

23. Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us

By: Jon Alexander

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

McKinsey 2022 Summer Reading List - TOP 5 Recommended Book Citizens opens up a new way of unders… read more

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Cover of How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler by Peter Pomerantsev

24. How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler

By: Peter Pomerantsev

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propa… read more

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Cover of The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind by Dan Davies

25. The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind

By: Dan Davies

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

'Entertaining, insightful ... compelling' Financial Times 'A clear and compelling account of how de… read more

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Cover of Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit That Lasts by Bec Evans

26. Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit That Lasts

By: Bec Evans

4.22

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Written is a transformative guide that anyone can use to overcome their blocks and build a successf… read more

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27. Exploratory Writing: Everyday magic for life and work

By: Alison Jones

3.97

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Simple tools, extraordinary results. Everything we’re learning about how we function best as hum… read more

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Cover of Dear Writer, You're Doing It Right (QuitBooks for Writers, #5) by Becca Syme

28. Dear Writer, You're Doing It Right (QuitBooks for Writers, #5)

By: Becca Syme

4.45

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Not selling? Not writing? You need to read this book. Selling is hard and the last few years hav… read more

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29. The Hotel Avocado

By: Bob Mortimer

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of … read more

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Cover of Human Frontiers: The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking by Michael Bhaskar

30. Human Frontiers: The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

By: Michael Bhaskar

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Why has the flow of big, world-changing ideas slowed down? A provocative look at what happens next … read more

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Cover of Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman

31. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

By: Oliver Burkeman

4.51

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From Oliver Burkeman, author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a four-week jour… read more

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28 Top nonfiction books like Exploratory Writing: Everyday magic for life and work by Alison Jones

Transform Your Habits

Forged: Why Fakes are the Great Art of Our Age

Jonathon Keats

4.36

Opening Up, Second Edition: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions

James W. Pennebaker

4.04

Transform Your Habits

How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

Sönke Ahrens

3.42

Transform Your Habits

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

Brian Klaas

4.13

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Transform Your Habits

The 12 Week Year

Brian P. Moran , Michael Lennington

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

David Allen

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

Tiago Forte

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

4.30

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