Books like 12 Rules for Life

If you liked 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill · 1937

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, self help, psychology.

    Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.

  2. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    Lori Gottlieb · 2019

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, psychology, self help.

    Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup.

  3. Quiet

    Susan Cain · 2012

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction, self help.

    Cain traces the Extrovert Ideal from Harvard Business School to open offices and defends the power of quiet.

  4. The Power of Habit

    Charles Duhigg · 2012

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction, self help.

    Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste…

  5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

    Mark Manson · 2016

    Because shares tags: self help, psychology, nonfiction.

    Blogger Mark Manson argues for fewer cares held better, through suffering, values, failure and saying no, with raw stories.

  6. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert M. Pirsig · 1974

    Because shares tags: philosophy, nonfiction.

    Father and son ride west while lectures on Quality and past madness intrude.

  7. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

    Oliver Sacks · 1985

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, psychology.

    Twenty four case histories where strange neurology meets full personhood.

  8. Start with Why

    Simon Sinek · 2009

    Because shares tags: psychology, motivation.

    Great leaders start with Why before How and What, from Apple to King.

  9. You Are a Badass

    Jen Sincero · 2013

    Because shares tags: self help, motivation.

    Broke writer to coach shares money beliefs, rate raises, and daily actions with humor and homework.

  10. Jonathan Livingston Seagull

    Richard Bach · 1970

    Because shares tags: philosophy, self help.

    A gull who loves flight over food is exiled, learns perfection, and returns to teach dawn lessons.

  11. Homo Deus

    Yuval Noah Harari · 2015

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, philosophy.

    After ruling the world, humans chase upgrades and delegate feeling to systems that know patterns.

  12. Girl, Wash Your Face

    Rachel Hollis · 2018

    Because shares tags: self help, motivation.

    Twenty lies, twenty stories, twenty small habits on body, approval, motherhood, faith, and work.

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