17 must-read nonfiction books like HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth by Harvard Business Review

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HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth

By: Harvard Business Review

4.17

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Don't wait for someone else to manage your career. The days of HR-sponsored development plans are …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth by Harvard Business Review , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Mastery

By: Robert Greene

4.26

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself. By anal… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"The problem is that we humans are deep conformists."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"Read more books than those who have a formal education, developing this into a lifelong habit."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

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2. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

By: Atul Gawande , None

3.98

Format: 574 pages,

In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medic… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

By: John M. Gottman , Nan Silver

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to ob… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • self help
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4. The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

By: Michael D. Watkins

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Since its original release, The First 90 Dayshas become the bestselling globally acknowledged bible… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership

5. The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

By: Josh Kaufman

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Master the fundamentals, hone your business instincts, and save a fortune in tuition. The consensu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • business
  • self help

6. The Pilgrimage

By: Paulo Coelho , Alan R. Clarke

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

The Pilgrimagepaved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In man… read more

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7. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

By: Ryan Holiday

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow … read more

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8. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.33

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as … read more

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9. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

By: John C. Bogle

4.16

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

“There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good – though in the short run, it’s … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • business
  • self help
"Simplicity beats complexity"

-John C. Bogle, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

"Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!"

-John C. Bogle, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

"Your index fund should not be your manager’s cash cow. It should be your own cash cow."

-John C. Bogle, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

"While illusion (the momentary prices we pay for stocks) often loses touch with reality (the intrinsic values of our corporations), it is reality that rules in the long run."

-John C. Bogle, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

10. Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

By: Gabriel Wyner

4.23

Format: None pages,

The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who've despaired of ever learning a foreign l… read more

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11. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

By: Bill Perkins

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • business
  • self help
"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"

-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

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12. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

By: David Epstein

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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

By: Tiago Forte

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

>For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • business
  • self help
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14. Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

By: Steve Magness

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness co… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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15. The PARA Method: Simplify, Organize, and Master Your Digital Life

By: Tiago Forte

4.10

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

This accessible guide expands upon the “well-written, cogent, and useful” (David Allen, author of G… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • business
  • self help
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16. Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

By: Cristina Rivera Garza

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, unforgettable memoir about a beloved younger sister and the painful memory of her murde… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Ahora sí es posible escribir lo inexpresable. Mejor dicho, ahora hay algo inexpresable y, luego entonces ahora es posible escribir."

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"Éramos apenas unas niñas de dieciocho años, pero ahí íbamos junto con todos los demás, pidiendo lo imposible porque, ¿qué más se puede pedir a esa edad?"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"Somos ellas en el pasado, y somos ellas en el futuro, y somos otras a la vez. Somos otras y somos las mismas de siempre. Mujeres en busca de justicia. Mujeres exhaustas, y juntas. Hartas ya, pero con…"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"It is in the imperative, inescapable, overwhelming demand that the victim be blamed and that you blame yourself with her. It is in the imperative, inescapable, overwhelming demand to exonerate the mu…"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

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17. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

By: Steven Bartlett

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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18. The Unspoken Truths for Career Success: Navigating Pay, Promotions, and Power at Work

By: Tessa White

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

"A terrific read for the new generations rising in the workforce—and for their leaders." — Stephen … read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch by Tifo - The Athletic

19. How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

By: Tifo - The Athletic

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'I love Tifo' Ian Wright 'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer 'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way by Brendon Burchard

20. High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way

By: Brendon Burchard

4.13

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

THESE HABITS WILL MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY. Twenty years ago, author Brendon Burchard became obsesse… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"release tension, set intention"

-Brendon Burchard, High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way

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21. HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth

By: Harvard Business Review

4.17

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Don't wait for someone else to manage your career. The days of HR-sponsored development plans are … read more

Similar categories in Harvard Business Review's HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth book and Harvard Business Review's HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth

  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership

14 best-selling self help books like HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth by Harvard Business Review

Transform Your Habits

Mastery

Robert Greene

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

John M. Gottman , Nan Silver

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

Michael D. Watkins

5.00

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

Josh Kaufman

4.60

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23 Top nonfiction books like How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch by Tifo - The Athletic

Transform Your Habits

My Turn: The Autobiography

Johan Cruyff

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography

Guillem Balagué

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Back From the Brink: The Autobiography

None , Paul McGrath

3.73

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