15 must-read audiobook books like Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage

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Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

By: Adam Savage

4.18

Format: 320 pages, ebook

In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—…

"When we say we need to teach kids how to “fail,"

-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

"When we say we need to teach kids how to “fail,"

-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

"The completeness in me would not let this [missing of the lunchbox] stand. Once I caught the bug to fill out the frame of the 2001 Heywood Floyd tabloid that I have in my head, I couldn't shake off my desire, my need to obtain one of these lunch boxes. And if I could not buy it, well, then I would just going to build my own from scratch, which is what I need"

-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

"The completeness in me would not let this [missing of the lunchbox] stand. Once I caught the bug to fill out the frame of the 2001 Heywood Floyd tabloid that I have in my head, I couldn't shake off my desire, my need to obtain one of these lunch boxes. And if I could not buy it, well, then I would just going to build my own from scratch, which is what I need"

-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

If you liked the audiobook plot in Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson

1. Makers: The New Industrial Revolution

By: Chris Anderson

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design
  • science
Cover of Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman by Peter Korn

2. Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman

By: Peter Korn

3.54

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

In this moving account, we follow Korn's search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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3. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

By: Nick Offerman

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Parks and Recreationactor Nick Offerman shares his humorous musings on life, manliness, meat, and m… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

4. Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis

By: Robert M. Edsel

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

From the author of the #1 New York Timesbestseller The Monuments Men. When Hitler's armies occupied… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop by Nick Offerman

5. Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop

By: Nick Offerman

4.31

Format: None pages,

After two New York Timesbestsellers, Nick Offerman returns with the subject for which he's known be… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Anarchist's Tool Chest by Christopher Schwarz

6. The Anarchist's Tool Chest

By: Christopher Schwarz

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design

7. Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America

By: None

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author of !Ask a Mexican! Gustavo Arellano presents… read more

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8. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work

By: Matthew B. Crawford

4.00

Format: None pages,

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9. The President's Brain is Missing

By: John Scalzi

4.14

Format: 438 pages, ebook

The question is, how can you tellthe President's brain is missing? And are we sure we need it back? read more

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10. Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers

By: Nick Offerman

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The star of Parks and Recreationand author of the New York Timesbestseller Paddle Your Own Canoeret… read more

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11. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

By: None , Ben R. Rich

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more

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12. The Daedalus Incident (Daedalus #1)

By: Michael J. Martinez

3.79

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Mars is supposed to be dead.... Bizarre quakes are rumbling over the long-dormant tectonic plates o… read more

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13. Making It So

By: Patrick Stewart

4.33

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Starter Villain by John Scalzi

14. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

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  • audiobook
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt    Parker

15. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

By: Matt Parker

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

An international bestseller The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If a new system is implemented, humans can be very resourceful when finding new ways to make mistakes."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Even when the data has made it into a database, it is not safe... which brings us, finally, to Microsoft Excel."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Now you can safely reply and say that nothing in the Gregorian calendar can happen less frequently than once every four hundred years. JUST FOR FUN."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"It's times like this when the age of the universe becomes a useful unit of measurement: 64-bit Unix time will last until twenty-one times the age of the universe from now - until (assuming we don't m…"

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

Cover of Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman

16. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

By: Nick Offerman

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"...when you make art with confidence, then clumsiness doesn't play as clumsiness, but panache."

-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

"Break up your cycle. Get out of your rut. Find a way in your normal setting to "feel alive." One thing I'll do is get up early and see the sunrise from my yard, or for some bonus points, from my roof…"

-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

Cover of Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage

17. Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

By: Adam Savage

4.18

Format: 320 pages, ebook

In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—… read more

Similar categories in Adam Savage's Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It book and Adam Savage's Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

  • audiobook
  • art
  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • science
"When we say we need to teach kids how to “fail,"

-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

"The completeness in me would not let this [missing of the lunchbox] stand. Once I caught the bug to fill out the frame of the 2001 Heywood Floyd tabloid that I have in my head, I couldn't shake off m…"

-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

Cover of The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) by Chris Hadfield

18. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger

19. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

Cover of All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential by Jon Acuff

20. All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential

By: Jon Acuff

4.62

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"This is my new favorite book about goals!" -- Mel Robbins , podcaster and New York Times bestselli… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite by Chris Balakrishnan

21. How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite

By: Chris Balakrishnan

3.63

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, y… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Why & How of Woodworking: A Simple Approach to Making Meaningful Work by Michael Pekovich

22. The Why & How of Woodworking: A Simple Approach to Making Meaningful Work

By: Michael Pekovich

4.52

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

The Why and How of Woodworking reflects the growing appreciation for the handmade, a movement towar… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change by Faisal Hoque

23. Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change

By: Faisal Hoque

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER 2023 Axiom Business Book Awards Gold Me… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of The Existentialist's Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age by Gordon Marino

24. The Existentialist's Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age

By: Gordon Marino

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Soren Kierkegaard, Frederick Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, and other towering figures of existential… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"We pay someone to mow our backyards and spend hours searching the internet to find the best deal for our next vacation. What’s our problem?"

-Gordon Marino, The Existentialist's Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age

Cover of The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis

25. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

By: Michel Paradis

4.46

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Crash Test Girl: An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life's Toughest Questions by Kari Byron

26. Crash Test Girl: An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life's Toughest Questions

By: Kari Byron

3.92

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Kari Byron—former host of the wildly popular, iconic cult classic MythBusters—shows how to crash te… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes by Clive Oppenheimer

27. Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes

By: Clive Oppenheimer

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind.  … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Irrational Ape: Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World by David Robert Grimes

28. The Irrational Ape: Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World

By: David Robert Grimes

4.26

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

THE IRISH TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER 'An unstoppable page-turner. If our leaders were forced to rea… read more

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  • self help
  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Quint by Ryan Dacko

29. The Book of Quint

By: Ryan Dacko

4.59

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This novel, the result of extensive research by the author, expands the Jaws universe, and adds cru… read more

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Cover of Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World by Matt    Parker

30. Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World

By: Matt Parker

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An ode to trigonometry, the most important idea in mathematics and the key concept that enables our… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Trinity: A Novel by Tom DeLonge

31. Trinity: A Novel

By: Tom DeLonge

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

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Zoë Schlanger

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Shannon Reed

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