16 must-read nonfiction books like The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

By: Atul Gawande

4.51

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author of Betterand Complicationsreveals the surprising power of the …

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1. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Le… read more

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  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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2. When Breath Becomes Air

By: Abraham Verghese , Paul Kalanithi

4.40

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely obse… read more

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  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"If the unexamined life was not worth living, was the unlived life worth examining?"

-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air

"It’s very easy to be number one: find the guy who is number one, and score one point higher than he does."

-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air

"Everything teeters between pathos and bathos: here you are, violating society's most fundamental taboos and yet formaldehyde is a powerful appetite stimulant, so you also crave a burrito."

-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air

"Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together?" she asked. "Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?" "Wouldn't it be great if it did?" I said. …"

-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air

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3. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

By: Greg McKeown

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underuti… read more

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  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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4. The Idea-Driven Organization: Unlocking the Power in Bottom-Up Ideas

By: Alan G. Robinson , Dean M. Schroeder

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Companies say that they want to be innovative, high-performing, and rewarding places to work. Yet t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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5. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

By: Atul Gawande

4.51

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author of Betterand Complicationsreveals the surprising power of the … read more

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  • science
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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6. Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success

By: Adam M. Grant

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and lead… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help

7. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

By: Cal Newport

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more

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8. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more

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9. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

By: Kim Malone Scott

4.00

Format: None pages,

From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say … read more

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10. The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

By: Daniel Coyle

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

An essential book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides readers with a … read more

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11. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

By: David Allen

4.01

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and ma… read more

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  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"My mission is to create a world where there are no problems only projects."

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist."

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Getting things done, and feeling good about it, means being willing to recognize, acknowledge, and appropriately manage all the things that have your consciousness engaged. Mastering the art of stres…"

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Your life and work are made up of outcomes and actions. When your operational behavior is grooved to organize everything that comes your way, at all levels, based upon those dynamics, a deep alignmen…"

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

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12. 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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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"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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13. 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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  • productivity
  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • science
"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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14. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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15. 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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  • productivity
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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16. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

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  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
  • self help
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17. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • business
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18. 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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  • 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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19. Summary & Analysis of Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

By: aBookaDay

4.42

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

This review of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande provides a chapte… read more

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  • medical
  • medicine
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20. Ikigai & Kaizen: The Japanese Strategy to Achieve Personal Happiness and Professional Success (How to set goals, stop procrastinating, be more productive, build good habits, focus, & thrive)

By: Anthony Raymond

4.14

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the Japanese secret to unlocking your purpose, productivity, and passion!Are you strugglin… read more

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21. The Checklist Manifesto: Summary of Gawande's Instruction on How to Get Things Right

By: Concise Summaries

4.03

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Important! This is a brief summary of Atul Gawande’s “The Checklist Manifesto”. This is not the ful… read more

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Michael J. Collins

4.20

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