12 best-selling business books like Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding by Stephen P. Anderson

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Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding

By: Stephen P. Anderson

4.34

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Have you shopped for a new TV or tried to choose a healthcare plan? What about making sense of a me…

If you liked the business plot in Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding by Stephen P. Anderson , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company by Steve Blank, Bob Dorf

1. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

By: Steve Blank , Bob Dorf

4.10

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Now a decade after the Four Steps to the Epiphany sparked the Lean Startup revolution, comes its … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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2. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

By: Atul Gawande

4.49

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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3. The Gene: An Intimate History

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies--a magnificent h… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Design of Everyday Things

By: Donald A. Norman

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • design
Cover of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler

5. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

By: Cass R. Sunstein , Richard H. Thaler

3.84

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

From the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics, Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein: a r… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Just as no building lacks an architecture, so no choice lacks a context."

-Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

"As good architects know, seemingly arbitrary decisions, such as where to locate the bathrooms, will have subtle influences on how the people who use the building interact. Every trip to the bathroom …"

-Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

6. The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)

By: N.K. Jemisin

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker as civiliza… read more

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7. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

By: Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi

4.34

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of pers… read more

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  • communication
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs."

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished."

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"Anger is a result of life-alienating thinking that is disconnected from needs. It indicates that we have moved up to our head to analyze and judge somebody rather than focus on what we are needing an…"

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"All criticism, attack, insults, and judgments vanish when we focus attention on hearing the feelings and needs behind a message. The more we practice in this way, the more we realize a simple truth: …"

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

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8. Something Wicked This Way Comes

By: Ray Bradbury

None

Format: None pages, None

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now feat… read more

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9. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

By: Donella H. Meadows , None

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meadows' Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on… read more

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10. Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights

By: Steve Portigal

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Interviewing is a foundational user research tool that people assume they already possess. Everyone… read more

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11. How Google Works

By: Eric Schmidt , Jonathan Rosenberg

4.09

Format: 349 pages,

Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned Silicon Valley business executi… read more

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12. Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks

By: Luke Wroblewski , Jared Spool , Aaron Gustafson , Caroline Jarrett , None , None , None , None , None

3.99

Format: 11 pages, Paperback

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13. The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)

By: N.K. Jemisin

4.01

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The Moon will soon return. Whether this herald… read more

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14. 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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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • design
"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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15. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

By: John Carreyrou

4.41

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar start… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"It just feels like you want us to give you the formula for Coke in order to convince you that it doesn’t contain arsenic,"

-John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

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16. Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire

By: Brad Stone

4.09

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Almost ten years ago, Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone captured the rise of Amazon in his bestseller… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan

17. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

By: Marty Cagan

4.24

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

The basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very diff… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value by Teresa  Torres

18. Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

By: Teresa Torres

4.47

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book c… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of The Jobs To Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs by Jim Kalbach

19. The Jobs To Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs

By: Jim Kalbach

4.10

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

These days, consumers have real power: they can research companies, compare ratings, and find alter… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need by Todd Henry

20. Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need

By: Todd Henry

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A practical handbook for every manager charged with leading teams to creative brilliance, from the … read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding by Stephen P. Anderson

21. Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding

By: Stephen P. Anderson

4.34

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Have you shopped for a new TV or tried to choose a healthcare plan? What about making sense of a me… read more

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  • communication
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • business

14 Top nonfiction books like Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding by Stephen P. Anderson

Transform Your Habits

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

Steve Blank , Bob Dorf

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Atul Gawande

4.49

Transform Your Habits

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

4.11

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17 best-selling fiction books like Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Transform Your Habits

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

None

Transform Your Habits

The Fisherman

John Langan

3.91

Transform Your Habits

’Salem’s Lot

Stephen King

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty

4.20

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