Books like How to Win Friends and Influence People

If you liked How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill · 1937

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, business, self help.

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

  2. The Power of Habit

    Charles Duhigg · 2012

    Because shares tags: business, 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…

  3. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel · 2014

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Thiel argues monopolies create value through vertical progress, not by copying competition.

  4. The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532

    Because shares tags: classics, nonfiction.

    Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.

  5. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

    Marie Kondo · 2011

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, self help.

    Marie Kondo teaches the KonMari method: keep only what sparks joy, tidied by category for a lasting home reset.

  6. The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries · 2011

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Ries lays out Build-Measure-Learn, MVPs, pivots and validated learning for building companies under extreme uncertainty.

  7. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    Lori Gottlieb · 2019

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, self help.

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

  8. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson · 1971

    Because shares tags: classics, nonfiction.

    Raoul Duke and Gonzo binge Vegas covering Mint 400 and drug conference.

  9. Who Moved My Cheese?

    Spencer Johnson · 1998

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    A tiny parable about two mice and two little people hunting cheese in a maze, and why adapting to change beats waiting for old days to…

  10. The Five Love Languages

    Gary Chapman · 1992

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, self help.

    Chapman maps words, time, gifts, service, and touch through counseling stories and the empty love-tank idea.

  11. Quiet

    Susan Cain · 2012

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, self help.

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

  12. The Art of War

    Sun Tzu · 2025

    Because shares tags: classics, nonfiction.

    Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters on winning without fighting: laying plans, knowing ground, using spies, and why the best victory costs least,…

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