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Aaron Freeman

Aaron Freeman is a coauthor of “The Argument Hangover”. The book explores how couples can recover from arguments, recognize their triggers, and repair the connection afterward.

Abby Marks-Beale

Abby Marks-Beale is the author of “10 Days to Faster Reading”. The book explores how to read faster without losing understanding, treating reading as a skill built through purpose and practice.

Abigail Shrier

Abigail Shrier is an American freelance journalist and author. “Bad Therapy” explores why therapy, diagnosis, and medication have become so prominent in children’s lives and what that may cost them.

Abraham H. Maslow

Abraham H. Maslow was an American psychologist. “Toward a Psychology of Being” explores psychological health as growth, creativity, love, and the fulfillment of human potential.

Acharya Shunya

Acharya Shunya is the author of “Sovereign Self”. The book explores how Vedic teachings locate inner freedom in an enduring Self rather than in changing circumstances.

Adam Grant

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and author who studies how people think and work. His books include Give and Take, Originals, and Think Again.

Adam Smith

Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher. “The Wealth of Nations” explores the division of labor, markets, and the economic forces behind national prosperity.

Aditi Nerurkar

Aditi Nerurkar is the author of “The 5 Resets”. The book explores how five small resets grounded in stress biology can make stress and burnout manageable.

Adrian Gostick

Adrian Gostick is a British writer. “Anxiety at Work” explores how leaders can reduce the anxiety that uncertainty, overload, and perfectionism create at work.

Aimie Apigian

Aimie Apigian is the author of “The Biology of Trauma”. The book explores how overwhelming experiences become lasting patterns in the body and what helps it recover.

Ainsley Arment

Ainsley Arment is the author of “The Call of the Wild and Free”. The book explores how families can protect a curious, unhurried childhood while still giving children a serious education.

Al Ries

Al Ries was an American advertising executive. “Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind” explores how brands establish a distinctive place in consumers' minds.

Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton is a British author. “The Consolations of Philosophy” explores how ideas from philosophy can illuminate ordinary difficulties and disappointments.

Alan Eagle

Alan Eagle is a business author who worked in executive communications at Google. He coauthored Trillion Dollar Coach with Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg, exploring the leadership lessons of Silicon Valley coach Bill Campbell.

Alan Watts

Alan Watts was a British and American writer and lecturer. “The Book” explores whether a person is an isolated ego or an expression of the whole universe.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French philosopher and writer. “The Myth of Sisyphus” explores the tension between the human search for meaning and an indifferent world.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. “Relativity” explores how space, time, and gravity are measured when observers move relative to one another.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet-Russian author and dissident. “The Gulag Archipelago” explores the Soviet system of imprisonment and forced labor through testimony and personal experience.

Alex Haley

Alex Haley was an American writer. “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” explores Malcolm X's life, political development, and changing understanding of race and religion.

Alexander Elder

Alexander Elder is a trader, author, and former psychiatrist. “The New Trading for a Living” explores how traders can read uncertain markets without being ruled by emotion or undone by risk.

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was an American Founding Father. “The Federalist Papers” explores the arguments for the United States Constitution and the design of a federal republic.

Alexandra Elle

Alexandra Elle is the author of “How We Heal”. The book explores healing as an ongoing practice of meeting fear and old stories with honesty and self-compassion.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville was a French diplomat, political philosopher and historian. “Democracy in America” explores the institutions, habits, and tensions of democratic life in the United States.

Alfred P. Sloan

Alfred P. Sloan was an American business executive. “My Years with General Motors” explores the management decisions and organizational practices behind General Motors' growth.

Ali Abdaal

Ali Abdaal is the author of “Feel-Good Productivity”. The book explores how people can accomplish meaningful work by making it feel good rather than relying on relentless effort.

Ali Tamaseb

Ali Tamaseb is the author of “Super Founders”. The book explores what the data on billion-dollar startups reveals about their founders, products, markets, and funding.

Alice Schroeder

Alice Schroeder is an American author. “The Snowball” explores Warren Buffett's life, relationships, and development as an investor.

Amanda Kirby

Amanda Kirby is a scholar in neurodiversity. “Neurodiversity at Work” explores how organizations can value different ways of thinking without reducing people to diagnoses.

Amanda Ripley

Amanda Ripley is an American journalist. “The Smartest Kids in the World” explores what different education systems reveal about how students learn and succeed.

Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and Nobel laureate. “The Argumentative Indian” explores India's traditions of public debate, intellectual diversity, and cultural exchange.

Amelia Nagoski

Amelia Nagoski is a conductor and author who connects musical practice with research on stress and well-being. She coauthored Burnout with her sister Emily, exploring emotional exhaustion and ways to move through the stress cycle.

Amir Levine

Amir Levine is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who writes about human relationships. With psychologist Rachel Heller, he coauthored Attached, which introduces adult attachment theory and its application to romantic relationships.

Amy Edmondson

Amy Edmondson is an American scholar of leadership, teaming, and organizational learning. “Right Kind of Wrong” explores how people and teams can learn from setbacks without excusing preventable harm.

Amy Morin

Amy Morin is the author of “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do”. The book explores mental strength as a trainable way to manage thoughts, emotions, and behavior through hardship.

Amy Porterfield

Amy Porterfield is the author of “Two Weeks Notice”. The book explores how to move from an unsatisfying job toward an independent online business.

Anders Ericsson

Anders Ericsson was a Swedish psychologist who studied expert performance. “Peak” explores how people develop abilities that look like natural gifts through deliberate practice.

Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi is an American tennis player. “Open” explores the pressures, relationships, and personal struggles behind a professional tennis career.

Andrea Wulf

Andrea Wulf is a German-British historian and writer. “The Invention of Nature” explores how Alexander von Humboldt came to see nature as a connected, changing whole.

Andrew Aziz

Andrew Aziz is a Canadian trader, investor, and author. “How to Day Trade for a Living” explores how a retail trader can find intraday opportunities, plan risk, and trade with discipline.

Andrew Hallam

Andrew Hallam is a Canadian personal finance author. “Millionaire Teacher” explores how ordinary earners can build financial independence through purposeful spending and low-cost index funds.

Andrew Leigh

Andrew Leigh is an Australian politician, author, and former professor of economics. “The Shortest History of Economics” explores how technology, trade, institutions, and policy have shaped economies from early agriculture to the present.

Andrew McAfee

Andrew McAfee is an American digital technology research scientist. “The Second Machine Age” explores how advances in digital technology are changing work, productivity, and economic opportunity.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Andrew Ross Sorkin is an American journalist and author. “1929” explores how credit-fueled speculation and contested decisions carried Wall Street into the crash of 1929.

Andy Dunn

Andy Dunn is an American entrepreneur and cofounder of Bonobos. “Burn Rate” explores how entrepreneurial ambition coexisted with concealed bipolar disorder during the building of Bonobos.

Andy Stanley

Andy Stanley is a coauthor of “Parenting”. The book explores how parents can raise children with the long-term relationship they hope to have in mind.

Angela Duckworth

Angela Duckworth is an American psychologist. “Grit” explores the role of sustained interest and perseverance in pursuing long-term goals.

Anil Seth

Anil Seth is a British neuroscientist. “Being You” explores how the brain constructs conscious experience and our sense of self.

Anna Lembke

Anna Lembke is an American psychiatrist. “Dopamine Nation” explores the relationship between pleasure, compulsive behavior, and the search for balance.

Anne Chow

Anne Chow is an American business executive and former chief executive of AT&T Business. “The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias” explores how unconscious bias shapes judgment, belonging, and performance at work.

Anne Frank

Anne Frank was a German-born diarist and Holocaust victim. “The Diary of a Young Girl” explores the thoughts and experiences of a Jewish teenager living in hiding during the Holocaust.

Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. “Bird by Bird” explores the craft of writing and the emotional challenges of making creative work.

Annie Duke

Annie Duke is an American poker player. “Thinking in Bets” explores how to make decisions when outcomes depend on both skill and uncertainty.

Annie Murphy Paul

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of “The Extended Mind”. The book explores how bodily signals, movement, surroundings, and other people extend the way we think.

Anthony Gostick

Anthony Gostick is a coauthor of “Anxiety at Work”. The book explores how leaders can reduce the anxiety that uncertainty, overload, and perfectionism create at work.

Anthony Pompliano

Anthony Pompliano is the author of “How To Live An Extraordinary Life”. The book explores how deliberate work, relationships, judgment, and money can add up to an extraordinary life.

Antonio Damasio

Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese neuroscientist. “Descartes’ Error” explores how emotion, bodily signals, and reasoning work together when people make decisions.

Ari Wallach

Ari Wallach is an American futurist. “Longpath” explores how people can make present choices that serve both immediate needs and future generations.

Aristotle

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. “Nicomachean Ethics” explores virtue, practical judgment, friendship, and the question of what makes a good life.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Arlie Russell Hochschild is an American professor of sociology. “Strangers in Their Own Land” explores the feelings and experiences shaping political identity in American communities.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian and American bodybuilder, actor and politician. “Be Useful” explores how to clarify a vision, commit to demanding work, and turn ambition into a useful life.

Arthur C. Brooks

Arthur C. Brooks is an American author and academic. His books include From Strength to Strength and the coauthored Build the Life You Want, which explore questions about happiness and living well.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. “The Wisdom of Life” explores what makes a life happy when fortune and public approval are unstable.

Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. “The Checklist Manifesto” explores how checklists help skilled teams apply what they know when complex work strains memory and attention.

Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo was a Christian philosopher and theologian. “Confessions” explores memory, faith, moral struggle, and the author's journey toward religious conversion.

B. H. Liddell Hart

B. H. Liddell Hart was a British historian and military theorist. “Why Don't We Learn from History?” explores why people and governments repeat past failures when evidence is bent by loyalty, ambition, and fear.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama is an American author and politician who served as president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. His memoirs reflect on his personal background, public life, and experiences in office.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich was an American writer and journalist. “Nickel and Dimed” explores the working conditions and everyday challenges faced by low-wage workers in America.

Barbara Oakley

Barbara Oakley is an engineering professor and author. “A Mind for Numbers” explores practical approaches to learning difficult material, especially in mathematics and science.

Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman was an American historian known for vivid accounts of political decisions and their consequences. Her books include The Guns of August and A Distant Mirror.

Barry Michels

Barry Michels is a coauthor of “The Tools”. The book explores five repeatable practices for meeting pain, anger, self-consciousness, and negative thinking.

Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is an American psychologist. “The Paradox of Choice” explores how an abundance of options can complicate decisions and reduce satisfaction.

Bas Kast

Bas Kast is a German science writer. “The Diet Compass” explores what makes a diet healthy, satisfying, and sustainable, and how food affects metabolism and aging.

Becky Kennedy

Becky Kennedy is an American clinical psychologist and founder of Good Inside. “Good Inside” explores how parents can meet difficult behavior without sacrificing either authority or connection.

bell hooks

bell hooks was an American author and activist. “Ain’t I a Woman” explores how racism and sexism jointly shaped Black women’s lives from slavery to the modern feminist movement.

Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre is a British physician and writer. “Bad Science” explores how weak evidence and misleading claims can distort public understanding of science.

Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz is an American technology entrepreneur. “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” explores the difficult decisions and responsibilities involved in building and leading a company.

Benedict Anderson

Benedict Anderson was an Irish-American political scientist. “Imagined Communities” explores how strangers come to feel part of a nation through print, shared time, maps, and memory.

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was an American Founding Father and polymath. “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” explores the experiences, ambitions, and habits that shaped Franklin's personal and public life.

Benjamin Graham

Benjamin Graham was an American financial analyst, investor, and professor. “The Intelligent Investor” explores the principles of value investing and the distinction between investment and speculation.

Benjamin Hardy

Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and author of books about personal development. He coauthored The Gap and the Gain with Dan Sullivan, exploring how measuring progress against the past can change our experience of success.

Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk is a Dutch psychiatrist, researcher and educator. “The Body Keeps the Score” explores how traumatic experiences can affect the body, mind, and relationships.

Beverly E. Jones

Beverly E. Jones is the author of “Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO”. The book explores how people can take responsibility for a changing career and act with entrepreneurial initiative.

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is an American-born author whose writing combines curiosity, observation, and humor. His books range from travel narratives to explorations of science, the human body, and everyday history.

Bill Burnett

Bill Burnett is a designer, educator, and cofounder of the Stanford Life Design Lab. “Designing Your Life” explores how design thinking can help people build meaningful work and a satisfying life without waiting for one perfect calling.

Bill Canady

Bill Canady is the author of “The 80/20 CEO”. The book explores a process-based system for profitable growth built around 80/20 prioritization.

Bill Carr

Bill Carr is a former Amazon executive and business author. With Colin Bryar, he coauthored Working Backwards, drawing on their experience inside the company to explain its approaches to leadership, innovation, and decision-making.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is an American businessman and philanthropist. “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” explores how the world can reach net-zero emissions while expanding access to affordable energy.

Bill Hammack

Bill Hammack is an American chemical engineer. “The Things We Make” explores how engineers turn uncertain problems into workable things through practical rules, experiments, and trade-offs.

Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers was an American journalist. “The Power of Myth” explores the meaning of myths and their relationship to human experience through conversations with Joseph Campbell.

Bill Perkins

Bill Perkins is an American hedge fund manager, film producer, and poker player. “Die With Zero” explores the trade-offs between accumulating money and using it to create meaningful life experiences.

Bill Treasurer

Bill Treasurer is the author of “Leadership Two Words at a Time”. The book explores leadership as three connected tasks: leading yourself, leading people, and leading work.

Bill Wade

Bill Wade is a coauthor of “The Worry-Free Mind”. The book explores why ordinary uncertainty can become persistent worry and how attention, arousal, and belief can be retrained to quiet it.

BJ Fogg

BJ Fogg is an American social scientist. “Tiny Habits” explores how small actions and supportive conditions can help people build lasting habits.

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal was a French polymath. “Pensées” explores faith, reason, human vulnerability, and the contradictions of the human condition.

Bo Seo

Bo Seo is a Korean-Australian debater and journalist. “Good Arguments” explores how competitive debate teaches people to define a dispute, build a case, listen, and disagree usefully.

Bob Proctor

Bob Proctor was a Canadian self-help author and speaker. “Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life” explores how inherited beliefs and habits shape behavior, ambition, and income, and how a person can change them.

Bonnie Garmus

Bonnie Garmus is an American author and former copywriter. “Lessons in Chemistry” explores sexism, grief, and motherhood through the story of chemist Elizabeth Zott, who becomes the unlikely host of a cooking show.

Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer is an American writer. “The Nazi Conspiracy” explores a reported Nazi plot to assassinate Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin and what the conflicting evidence can establish.

Brad Stulberg

Brad Stulberg is the author of “The Way of Excellence”. The book explores excellence as developing competence in a pursuit that matters and how to sustain that work over time.

Bram Stoker

Brené Brown

Brené Brown is an American researcher and author whose work examines vulnerability, shame, courage, and leadership. Her books include Daring Greatly, The Gifts of Imperfection, and Dare to Lead.

Brent Adamson

Brent Adamson is a coauthor of “The Challenger Sale”. The book explores why salespeople who teach, tailor, and take control win complex deals when relationship building alone falls short.

Brett Scott

Brett Scott is the author of “Cloudmoney”. The book explores what changes when money moves from cash into bank accounts, payment apps, and corporate platforms.

Brian C. Johnson

Brian C. Johnson is the author of “Areté”. The book explores how a person can close the gap between potential and daily conduct.

Brian Greene

Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist. “The Elegant Universe” explores string theory and the search for a unified description of the physical universe.

Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy is a Canadian-American motivational speaker and author. “Eat That Frog!” explores how prioritizing important tasks can help address procrastination and improve the use of time.

Brianna Wiest

Brianna Wiest writes essays, poetry, and books about personal growth and emotional life. Her books include 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think and The Mountain Is You.

Britney Spears

Britney Spears is an American singer. “The Woman in Me” explores the author's experiences of family, fame, personal autonomy, and life in the public eye.

Bruce D. Perry

Bruce D. Perry is an American psychiatrist. “What Happened to You?” explores how early stress and relationships shape the brain and why connection helps people regulate and heal.

Bruce Daisley

Bruce Daisley is the author of “The Joy of Work”. The book explores how work can stay humane and effective amid pressure, distraction, and demands for creativity.

Bruce Patton

Bruce Patton is a negotiation educator and cofounder of the Harvard Negotiation Project. His books, including Difficult Conversations and the coauthored Getting to Yes, explore how people can handle disagreement and reach workable agreements.

Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson is an American lawyer and social justice activist. “Just Mercy” explores the pursuit of justice through the stories of people caught in the American legal system.

C.L.R. James

C.L.R. James was a Trinidadian historian, journalist, and political thinker. “The Black Jacobins” explores how enslaved people in Saint-Domingue, led by Toussaint Louverture, carried out the Haitian Revolution.

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis was a British writer and scholar whose work spans fiction, literary criticism, and Christian theology. Alongside The Chronicles of Narnia, he wrote nonfiction books including Mere Christianity.

Caitlin Doughty

Cal Newport

Cal Newport is a computer scientist and nonfiction author who writes about attention and work in a digital world. His books include Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and Slow Productivity.

Carey Nieuwhof

Carey Nieuwhof is the author of “At Your Best”. The book explores why modern overload becomes chronic stress and how time, energy, and priorities can be brought back into line.

Carl Jung

Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist. “Memories, Dreams, Reflections” explores the experiences, dreams, and ideas that shaped Jung's understanding of psychological life.

Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan was an American astronomer and science communicator who helped bring the study of the universe to a wide audience. His books and the television series Cosmos explored scientific discovery, skepticism, and humanity's place in the cosmos.

Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist and one of the founders of loop quantum gravity. His books introduce general readers to questions about time, reality, and the workings of the physical universe.

Carol Kershaw

Carol Kershaw is a coauthor of “The Worry-Free Mind”. The book explores why ordinary uncertainty can become persistent worry and how attention, arousal, and belief can be retrained to quiet it.

Carol S. Dweck

Carol S. Dweck is an American psychologist. “Mindset” explores how beliefs about the capacity to develop abilities can influence learning and motivation.

Carol Tavris

Carol Tavris is an American psychologist. “Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)” explores how people justify their actions and protect their self-image when confronted with mistakes.

Caroline Criado Perez

Caroline Criado Perez is a British feminist author, journalist and activist. “Invisible Women” explores how treating men as the default leaves gaps in data that shape transport, work, medicine, and government.

Caroline Williams

Caroline Williams is a science journalist. “Move!” explores how movement, from walking and strength to dance and breathing, supports thinking, emotion, and resilience.

Casey Means

Casey Means is an American wellness influencer, author, and former physician. “Good Energy” explores the author's perspective on metabolic health and its relationship to everyday habits.

Cass R. Sunstein

Cass R. Sunstein is an American legal scholar who writes about public policy and human decision-making. With economist Richard Thaler, he coauthored Nudge, examining how the design of choices can influence behavior.

Cat Bohannon

Cat Bohannon is an American writer. “Eve” explores how female bodies shaped mammalian evolution and what science misses when it treats the male body as the default.

Catherine Belton

Catherine Belton is a British journalist and writer. “Putin's People” explores how former Soviet security networks and business allies converged around Vladimir Putin and reshaped Russian power.

Catherine Wilson

Catherine Wilson is a philosopher and historian of early modern thought. “How to Be an Epicurean” explores how a naturalistic philosophy can guide a good life without divine design or an afterlife.

Cathy O'Neil

Cathy O'Neil is an American mathematician. “Weapons of Math Destruction” explores how opaque mathematical models can reinforce inequality and influence consequential decisions.

Celeste Headlee

Celeste Headlee is an American journalist. “We Need to Talk” explores conversation as a learnable skill that distraction and self-focus can erode.

Chantel Prat

Chantel Prat is a neuroscientist and professor at the University of Washington. “The Neuroscience of You” explores why brains differ and how those differences lead people to experience the same world differently.

Charan Ranganath

Charan Ranganath is a neuroscientist and professor at the University of California, Davis. “Why We Remember” explores how memory guides people despite forgetting and distortion.

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was an English naturalist and biologist. “The Origin of Species” explores natural selection and the processes through which species change over time.

Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg is an American journalist and nonfiction author. His books The Power of Habit, Smarter Faster Better, and Supercommunicators explore behavior, productivity, and human connection.

Charles T. Munger

Charles T. Munger was an American businessman. “Poor Charlie's Almanack” explores Munger's ideas about judgment, investing, and learning from multiple disciplines.

Charlie Gilkey

Charlie Gilkey is the author of “Start Finishing”. The book explores how people can turn meaningful ideas into completed work amid competing priorities and limited time.

Charlotte Cramer

Charlotte Cramer is the author of “The Purpose Myth”. The book explores why paid work is expected to provide identity, contribution, and growth as well as income.

Chelsey Luger

Chelsey Luger is the author of “The Seven Circles”. The book explores how wellness can restore balance while honoring Indigenous knowledge and lived circumstance.

Chen Qiufan

Chen Qiufan is a Chinese science fiction author. “AI 2041” explores how AI might reshape learning, healthcare, work, and relationships by 2041, pairing fictional scenarios with technical analysis.

Cheri Torres

Cheri Torres is a coauthor of “Conversations Worth Having”. The book explores how everyday dialogue shapes relationships, organizations, and change.

Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl Strayed is an American writer. “Wild” explores grief, personal upheaval, and self-discovery during a long-distance hike on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Chester Elton

Chester Elton is a Canadian writer. “Anxiety at Work” explores how leaders can reduce the anxiety that uncertainty, overload, and perfectionism create at work.

Chip Heath

Chip Heath is an American academic who studies organizational behavior. With his brother Dan Heath, he has written books about communication, change, decision-making, and memorable experiences.

Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson is a British-American author and entrepreneur. “The Long Tail” explores how digital distribution changes the economics of niche products and markets.

Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey is a Canadian writer. “Hyperfocus” explores the management of attention and the relationship between focus, distraction, and creative thought.

Chris Bosh

Chris Bosh is an American former professional basketball player. “Letters to a Young Athlete” explores what athletic talent is for, drawing on a basketball career that ended abruptly for health reasons.

Chris Crowley

Chris Crowley is an author and former litigation lawyer who writes about life after retirement. He coauthored Younger Next Year with physician Henry S. Lodge, combining personal experience with a discussion of exercise and aging.

Chris Griffiths

Chris Griffiths is a coauthor of “The Creative Thinking Handbook”. The book explores creativity as a trainable discipline of defining the real challenge, generating alternatives, and testing them with balanced judgment.

Chris Niebauer

Chris Niebauer is the author of “No Self, No Problem”. The book explores how the mind turns thoughts into a seemingly solid self, connecting neuroscience with Eastern philosophy.

Chris Voss

Chris Voss is an American businessman and author. “Never Split the Difference” explores negotiation methods informed by experience handling high-stakes conversations.

Chris Widener

Chris Widener is an American author and motivational speaker. “The Art of Influence” explores how influence grows from character and competence, told through a fictional business mentorship.

Christopher McDougall

Christopher McDougall is an American journalist and author. “Born to Run” explores endurance running, human movement, and the experiences of the Tarahumara people.

Chuck Wisner

Chuck Wisner is the author of “The Art of Conscious Conversations”. The book explores how people can speak, listen, and make agreements without being ruled by untested stories.

Claire Shipman

Claire Shipman is an American television journalist. “The Confidence Code” explores the relationship between confidence, action, and women's experiences at work and beyond.

Claudia Hammond

Claudia Hammond is a British author and broadcaster. “The Art of Rest” explores what makes rest restorative, why it matters, and how people can find the forms that suit them.

Clayton M. Christensen

Clayton M. Christensen was an American academic and business consultant. “The Innovator's Dilemma” explores why established businesses can struggle when new technologies change their markets.

Colin Bryar

Colin Bryar is a former Amazon vice president who also served as chief of staff to Jeff Bezos. He coauthored Working Backwards with Bill Carr, sharing an insider's account of Amazon's management practices and culture.

Confucius

Confucius was a Chinese philosopher. “The Analects” explores ethical conduct, learning, good government, and the responsibilities within human relationships.

Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British writer. “Enshittification” explores why online platforms tend to get worse once they become essential, shifting value from users and business partners to their owners.

Curt Coffman

Curt Coffman is a business author and consultant whose work has focused on employee engagement and management. He coauthored First, Break All the Rules with Marcus Buckingham, drawing on research conducted at Gallup.

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is an American rapper and actor. “Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter” explores how to sustain success when fear, failure, changing conditions, and unreliable alliances threaten momentum.

D.J. Vanas

D.J. Vanas is the author of “The Warrior Within”. The book explores how a person can live courageously and serve others without pretending to be invulnerable.

Dale Archer

Dale Archer is an American physician. “The ADHD Advantage” explores when traits often treated as impairments, such as restlessness and novelty seeking, can become strengths.

Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie was an American writer and lecturer. “How to Win Friends and Influence People” explores practical approaches to communication, cooperation, and building relationships.

Dale E. Bredesen

Dale E. Bredesen is an American neurologist who studies neurodegenerative disease. “The Ageless Brain” explores why memory and reasoning change with age and how much of that change can be influenced before serious impairment.

Damon Zahariades

Damon Zahariades is the author of “The Mental Toughness Handbook”. The book explores mental toughness as a learnable practice of emotional regulation, recovery, habits, and disciplined follow-through.

Dan Ariely

Dan Ariely is an Israeli-American professor of psychology and behavioral economics. “Predictably Irrational” explores the recurring ways human decisions depart from conventional assumptions about rational behavior.

Dan Buettner

Dan Buettner is an American explorer, writer and film producer. “The Blue Zones” explores the lifestyles and communities of populations associated with unusually long lives.

Dan Heath

Dan Heath is an American author who writes about how people make decisions and create change. His books include collaborations with his brother Chip, as well as Upstream, which examines preventing problems before they happen.

Dan Martell

Dan Martell is a Canadian entrepreneur and business coach. “Buy Back Your Time” explores how entrepreneurs can grow a business without making themselves its permanent bottleneck.

Dan McCrum

Dan McCrum is an English journalist. “Money Men” explores the rise and collapse of Wirecard and how journalists, whistleblowers, and short sellers tested the company’s claims.

Dan Meredith

Dan Meredith is the author of “How To Be F*cking Awesome”. The book explores how to face fear, build useful skills, and keep moving toward personally chosen ambitions.

Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan is an entrepreneur, business coach, and cofounder of Strategic Coach. With Benjamin Hardy, he coauthored The Gap and the Gain, which presents his approach to recognizing progress and sustaining motivation.

Dandapani

Dandapani is a Hindu priest, speaker, and former monk. “The Power of Unwavering Focus” explores focus as a trainable way to direct awareness, energy, and action.

Dane Ortlund

Dane Ortlund is an American pastor and author. “Gentle and Lowly” explores what Christ is like toward people burdened by sin, failure, and suffering.

Daniel Coyle

Daniel Coyle is an American author. “The Culture Code” explores how groups turn individual talent into collective performance through safety, shared vulnerability, and purpose.

Daniel Gilbert

Daniel Gilbert is an American social psychologist and writer. “Stumbling on Happiness” explores how people imagine their futures and misjudge what will make them happy.

Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman is an American author and science journalist. “Emotional Intelligence” explores the role of emotional awareness and regulation in personal and social life.

Daniel H. Pink

Daniel H. Pink is an American non-fiction writer. “Drive” explores the roles of autonomy, mastery, and purpose in human motivation.

Daniel Huttenlocher

Daniel Huttenlocher is an American computer scientist. “The Age of AI” explores how artificial intelligence could change knowledge, human judgment, and society.

Daniel J. Siegel

Daniel J. Siegel is a psychiatry professor and executive director of the Mindsight Institute. “Aware” explores how awareness can create more room for choice, connection, and meaning.

Daniel James Brown

Daniel James Brown is an American author. “The Boys in the Boat” explores the experiences of an American rowing crew on its journey to the 1936 Olympics.

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American psychologist whose work helped connect psychology and economics. His book Thinking, Fast and Slow explores judgment, cognitive biases, and the different ways people make decisions.

Daniel Lieberman

Daniel Lieberman is an American paleoanthropologist. “The Story of the Human Body” explores human evolution and the relationship between our biological history and modern lifestyles.

Daniel Maté

Daniel Maté is a composer, lyricist, and writer. “The Myth of Normal” explores how a culture can make illness, disconnection, and self-suppression appear ordinary.

Daniel Pecaut

Daniel Pecaut is the author of “University of Berkshire Hathaway”. The book explores how Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger judge business value, durable advantages, risk, and management.

Daniel Z. Lieberman

Daniel Z. Lieberman is a psychiatrist and behavioral-science researcher. He coauthored The Molecule of More with Michael E. Long, exploring dopamine's role in motivation, desire, and human behavior.

Daniel Ziblatt

Daniel Ziblatt is an American political scientist. “How Democracies Die” explores how democratic institutions weaken and the role political leaders play in protecting them.

Darin Olien

Darin Olien is an American author and podcast host. “SuperLife” explores how everyday choices shape health through nutrition, hydration, oxygenation, alkalization, and detoxification.

Daron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu is a Turkish-American economist. “Why Nations Fail” explores how political and economic institutions influence countries' development and prosperity.

Darren Hardy

Darren Hardy is an American author. “The Compound Effect” explores how repeated small choices can accumulate into significant long-term outcomes.

Dava Sobel

Dava Sobel is an American science writer. “The Glass Universe” explores the work of women whose analysis of astronomical observations helped transform the study of stars.

Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey is an American entrepreneur and author. “Smarter Not Harder” explores how nutrition, targeted challenges, and recovery might deliver better health and performance with less effort.

Dave Evans

Dave Evans is an American entrepreneur. “Designing Your Life” explores how design thinking can help people build meaningful work and a satisfying life without waiting for one perfect calling.

Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl is an American rock musician and songwriter. “The Storyteller” explores the experiences, friendships, and musical encounters that shaped the author's life.

Dave Hollis

Dave Hollis was an American author and former Disney film distribution executive. “Get Out of Your Own Way” explores how beliefs about success, failure, love, and control can keep people stuck.

Dave Martin

Dave Martin is the author of “The 12 Traits of the Greats”. The book explores how ordinary people can develop greatness understood as character and influence.

Dave Ramsey

Dave Ramsey is an American financial advisor, author and radio personality. “The Total Money Makeover” explores the author's approach to reducing debt, budgeting, and building financial stability.

David A. Sinclair

David A. Sinclair is an Australian geneticist. “Lifespan” explores the biology of aging and research into the processes that influence it.

David Allen

David Allen is an American author and productivity consultant. “Getting Things Done” explores a practical system for organizing commitments and turning them into manageable actions.

David Brooks

David Brooks is an American journalist, commentator, editor. “How to Know a Person” explores how attention, curiosity, and conversation can help people understand one another.

David Christian

David Christian is a British American historian. “Future Stories” explores what can be known about futures that have not happened and how living beings act when outcomes remain uncertain.

David Deutsch

David Deutsch is a British theoretical physicist whose research includes quantum computation. His books The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity explore explanations, knowledge, and the possibilities of scientific progress.

David Eagleman

David Eagleman is an American scientist and author. “Incognito” explores the unconscious processes that contribute to perception, decisions, and behavior.

David Epstein

David Epstein is an American journalist. “Range” explores the value of broad experience and exploration in developing skills and solving problems.

David Gilmour

David Gilmour is a British author and baronet. “The Pursuit of Italy” explores Italy's regional identities and the historical processes behind its unification.

David Goggins

David Goggins is an American endurance athlete and former Navy SEAL. In Can't Hurt Me and Never Finished, he draws on his life experiences to discuss discipline, adversity, and personal limits.

David Graeber

David Graeber was an American anthropologist and activist who wrote about work, debt, and social organization. His books include Debt: The First 5,000 Years and The Dawn of Everything, coauthored with archaeologist David Wengrow.

David Grann

David Grann is an American journalist and author of deeply researched nonfiction. His books include The Lost City of Z, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Wager.

David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer, entrepreneur, and creator of Ruby on Rails. “Rework” explores approaches to building a business that question conventional assumptions about growth and work.

David Hume

David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist. “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” explores what justifies expectations about events never observed and how experience, habit, and imagination shape belief.

David I. Kertzer

David I. Kertzer is an American anthropologist and historian of modern Italy. “The Pope at War” explores how Pius XII balanced church interests, peace efforts, and political caution as Fascist Italy joined Nazi Germany.

David J. Lieberman

David J. Lieberman is the author of “Mindreader”. The book explores how language, attention, emotion, and behavior disclose what people may believe, fear, hide, or value.

David J. McNeff

David J. McNeff is the author of “The Work-Life Balance Myth”. The book explores balance as harmony across seven areas of life rather than a division between work and family.

David J. Schwartz

David J. Schwartz was an American motivational writer and coach. “The Magic of Thinking Big” explores the author's approach to confidence, ambition, and taking action toward personal goals.

David McCullough

David McCullough was an American historian and biographer known for bringing people and events from American history to a broad readership. He won Pulitzer Prizes for his biographies Truman and John Adams.

David McRaney

David McRaney is an American science journalist and host of the podcast You Are Not So Smart. “How Minds Change” explores why the same evidence can change one person and harden another.

David Quammen

David Quammen is an American science and nature writer. His books explore evolution, biodiversity, and the connections between human life and the wider living world.

David Richo

David Richo is a psychotherapist, teacher, and writer. “How to Be an Adult in Relationships” explores how adults can build intimate relationships without asking a partner to repair every childhood wound.

David Solyomi

David Solyomi is the author of “The FALCON Method”. The book explores how investors can build long-term wealth by owning durable businesses at attractive prices.

David Spinks

David Spinks is a community builder and cofounder of CMX. “The Business of Belonging” explores how community can create real belonging and durable business value.

David Wallace-Wells

David Wallace-Wells is an American journalist. “The Uninhabitable Earth” explores how warming can unsettle bodily safety, food and water systems, economies, and politics.

David Wengrow

David Wengrow is a British archaeologist. “The Dawn of Everything” explores evidence that challenges familiar stories about the development of human societies.

David Zahl

David Zahl is the author of “Seculosity”. The book explores why secular pursuits such as work, parenting, romance, and politics can take on the demands of religion.

Deborah Blum

Debra Fine

Debra Fine is the author of “The Fine Art of Small Talk”. The book explores small talk as a learnable bridge to trust, friendship, opportunity, and deeper conversation.

Dee Brown

Dee Brown was an American writer. “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” explores the displacement and destruction experienced by Native American peoples during westward expansion.

Dee Denver

Dee Denver is a biologist and professor at Oregon State University. “The Dharma in DNA” explores whether Buddhist teachings of impermanence, non-self, and dependent arising can be examined through DNA.

Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra is an Indian-American author and alternative medicine advocate. “Abundance” explores what makes a life abundant beyond financial wealth.

Deepak Malhotra

Deepak Malhotra is an American professor who studies negotiation and conflict resolution. “Negotiation Genius” explores how people can prepare for better agreements without relying on intuition alone.

Delia Owens

Delia Owens is an American author and zoologist. “Where the Crawdads Sing” explores how isolation, prejudice, and survival shape belonging through the story of Kya, a girl raised alone in a coastal marsh.

Derek B. Lowe

Derek B. Lowe is a medicinal chemist and science writer. “The Chemistry Book” explores chemistry from ancient craft and alchemy to modern work on molecules, materials, and energy.

Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers is a writer and entrepreneur whose work draws on experiences in business and music. In Anything You Want, he shares lessons from starting, growing, and selling his company, with an emphasis on defining success personally.

Dermot Crowley

Dermot Crowley is the author of “Urgent!”. The book explores how people and teams can meet real demands without making constant reactivity the norm.

Deron Triff

Deron Triff is a coauthor of “Masters of Scale”. The book explores how a venture can grow while preserving what made it valuable.

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was a South African bishop and anti-apartheid activist. “The Book of Forgiving” explores how people can face serious harm without letting resentment govern the future.

Devora Zack

Devora Zack is the author of “The Cactus and Snowflake at Work”. The book explores how different preferences shape judgment, communication, and collaboration at work and at home.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Don Miguel Ruiz is a Mexican philosopher. “The Four Agreements” explores four principles the author presents as a guide to personal freedom and relationships.

Donald Clifton

Donald Clifton was an American psychologist. “Now, Discover Your Strengths” explores the identification and development of individual talents in life and work.

Donald Miller

Donald Miller is an American author. “Marketing Made Simple” explores how a business can move potential customers from first interest to an informed purchase.

Donald Robertson

Donald Robertson is a Scottish cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author. “How to Think Like a Roman Emperor” explores how Stoic philosophy can shape a life under pressure, following Marcus Aurelius through desire, pain, fear, anger, and death.

Donella H. Meadows

Donella H. Meadows was an American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer. “Thinking in Systems” explores how feedback, delays, and interconnected structures shape the behavior of systems.

Donna McGeorge

Donna McGeorge is the author of “The First 2 Hours”. The book explores how to make the workday serve important work by matching tasks to changing energy.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin is an American biographer and historian. “Team of Rivals” explores Abraham Lincoln's leadership and his relationships with political rivals in his cabinet.

Doug Abrams

Doug Abrams is a coauthor of “Eight Dates”. The book explores how couples can stay close through guided conversations about trust, conflict, sex, money, family, and dreams.

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams was an English writer and humorist. “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy” explores an absurd universe where bureaucracy can erase worlds, following Arthur Dent after the demolition of Earth.

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Douglas R. Hofstadter is an American professor of cognitive science. “Gödel, Escher, Bach” explores connections among mathematics, art, music, and questions about minds and meaning.

Douglas Stone

Douglas Stone is a negotiation teacher, author, and cofounder of Triad Consulting Group. His coauthored books Difficult Conversations and Thanks for the Feedback explore communication, conflict, and learning from other people's perspectives.

Drew Dudley

Drew Dudley is the author of “This Is Day One”. The book explores leadership as a daily choice rather than a title.

Drew Ramsey

Drew Ramsey is an American psychiatrist who writes about nutrition and mental health. “Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety” explores how food can support mental health alongside clinical care.

Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle is a German-born spiritual author. His books The Power of Now and A New Earth focus on awareness, presence, and the relationship between thought and personal experience.

Ed Mylett

Ed Mylett is an American entrepreneur, speaker, and podcast host. “The Power of One More” explores how deliberate thoughts and actions can reshape identity and everyday behavior.

Ed Yong

Ed Yong is a British science journalist whose work explores the living world. His books I Contain Multitudes and An Immense World examine microbes and the different ways animals perceive their surroundings.

Edith Hamilton

Edith Hamilton was an American educator and classicist. “Mythology” explores Greek and Norse myth, from divine origins through heroic quests, the Trojan War, and tragic family houses.

Eduardo Briceño

Eduardo Briceño is the author of “The Performance Paradox”. The book explores why repeated effort can keep people busy without helping them improve.

Eduardo Salas

Eduardo Salas is an American and Peruvian organizational psychologist. “Teams That Work” explores how capability, cooperation, coordination, communication, and coaching combine to shape team effectiveness.

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon was a British essayist, historian and politician. “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” explores the political, religious, and social changes involved in the decline of Roman power.

Edward M. Hallowell

Edward M. Hallowell is an American psychiatrist. “ADHD 2.0” explores how a brain marked by inconsistent attention and impulsivity can also generate creativity, energy, and insight.

Elaine N. Aron

Elaine N. Aron is an American psychologist and author. “The Highly Sensitive Person” explores how highly sensitive people can participate fully in life without becoming overwhelmed.

Elena L. Botelho

Elena L. Botelho is the author of “The CEO Next Door”. The book explores which behaviors help leaders reach and succeed in the CEO role and how those behaviors can be developed.

Eli Harwood

Eli Harwood is the author of “Raising Securely Attached Kids”. The book explores secure attachment as a reliable source of comfort and a base from which children can explore.

Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel was an American writer and activist. “Night” explores the author's experiences of persecution and survival during the Holocaust.

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt was an Israeli author and management thinker. “The Goal” explores how identifying constraints can change the way an organization manages production.

Elizabeth Blackburn

Elizabeth Blackburn is an Australian-American biologist and Nobel laureate. “The Telomere Effect” explores how telomeres connect stress, daily habits, and life conditions to cellular aging and healthspan.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert is an American author whose work includes memoir, fiction, and books about creativity. She is known for Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic.

Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist, author, and scholar. “The Sixth Extinction” explores the impact of human activity on species loss and the history of mass extinctions.

Ellen J. Langer

Ellen J. Langer is an American psychologist. “The Mindful Body” explores how attention, expectation, and context shape bodily experience and health.

Ellen Vora

Ellen Vora is a psychiatrist and author. “The Anatomy of Anxiety” explores when anxiety is a bodily stress response and when it signals a deeper problem.

Elliot Aronson

Elliot Aronson is an American psychologist. “Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)” explores the psychological processes through which people rationalize mistakes and preserve their self-image.

Elliott Bisnow

Elliott Bisnow is an American entrepreneur and cofounder of Summit. “Make No Small Plans” explores how Summit grew from a ski retreat into a community and how ambition can survive rejection and risk.

Elton John

Elton John is a British musician and songwriter. “Me” explores the author's musical career, relationships, and experiences of life in the public eye.

Emily Esfahani Smith

Emily Esfahani Smith is the author of “The Power of Meaning”. The book explores what makes a life meaningful beyond feeling happy, through belonging, purpose, storytelling, and transcendence.

Emily Nagoski

Emily Nagoski is an American sex educator and researcher. “Burnout” explores the stress cycle, emotional exhaustion, and the role of connection in coping with burnout.

Emma Gannon

Emma Gannon is an English writer. “The Success Myth” explores why career status, constant output, wealth, and fame can fail to create lasting contentment.

Epictetus

Epictetus was a Stoic philosopher whose teachings emphasized how people respond to events beyond their control. His ideas survive through writings recorded by his student Arrian and through later translations and interpretations.

Eric Barker

Eric Barker is the author of “Plays Well with Others”. The book explores why relationships are central to well-being yet difficult to understand.

Eric Berne

Eric Berne was a Canadian psychiatrist. “Games People Play” explores recurring patterns of social interaction through the framework of transactional analysis.

Eric Jorgenson

Eric Jorgenson is a writer and product strategist with a background in technology startups. He compiled The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, organizing Ravikant's public ideas about wealth and happiness into a book.

Eric Ries

Eric Ries is an American entrepreneur. “The Lean Startup” explores how experiments and feedback can guide the development of new products and businesses.

Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt is an American software engineer and business executive who led Google as chief executive. His coauthored books examine technology, organizational culture, and leadership.

Eric Thomas

Eric Thomas is an American motivational speaker and author. “You Owe You” explores how people can take responsibility for lives shaped by painful circumstances and connect daily work to deeper purpose.

Erica Schultz

Erica Schultz is a coauthor of “Not Today”. The book explores how to use limited time with purpose while work, caregiving, and grief compete for attention.

Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson is an American academic. “The Second Machine Age” explores the economic opportunities and disruptions associated with advances in digital technology.

Erik Larson

Erik Larson is an American journalist and author of narrative history. His books, including The Devil in the White City and The Splendid and the Vile, tell historical stories through the experiences of the people who lived them.

Erika H. James

Erika H. James is an American academic who studies crisis leadership. “The Prepared Leader” explores how leaders can prepare for crises they cannot precisely predict and learn their way toward greater resilience.

Erin Meyer

Erin Meyer is an American author and academic. “No Rules Rules” explores the organizational culture and management practices developed at Netflix.

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist. “What Is Life?” explores how ideas from physics can inform questions about heredity and living organisms.

Esther Hicks

Esther Hicks is an American writer. “The Law of Attraction” explores how attention, emotion, belief, and expectation are said to shape experience.

Esther Perel

Esther Perel is a Belgian psychotherapist and author. “Mating in Captivity” explores the relationship between intimacy, security, and desire in long-term partnerships.

Ethan F. Becker

Ethan F. Becker is an American writer and speech coach. “Mastering Communication at Work” explores how workplace messages can earn trust and lead to action across different listeners and situations.

Ethan Kross

Ethan Kross is an American psychologist, neuroscientist and writer. “Chatter” explores the ways inner speech can help or hinder us and how people manage it.

Ethan Mollick

Ethan Mollick is a professor at the Wharton School who studies artificial intelligence and education. “Co-Intelligence” explores how people can work with generative AI when it is capable, uneven, and not fully understood.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American writer. “The Great Gatsby” explores longing, class, and privilege through Jay Gatsby’s attempt to reclaim Daisy Buchanan.

Francesc Miralles

Francesc Miralles is a Catalan writer, essayist, translator and musician. “Ikigai” explores Japanese perspectives on purpose, daily activity, and a meaningful life.

Frank Abagnale

Frank Abagnale is an American security consultant and convicted fraudster. “Catch Me If You Can” explores how a teenager’s first check fraud grew into years of impersonating pilots and other professionals.

Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt was an Irish-American writer. “Angela's Ashes” explores the hardships, relationships, and memories of the author's childhood in Ireland.

Friedrich A. Hayek

Friedrich A. Hayek was an Austrian economist and philosopher. “The Road to Serfdom” explores the relationship between economic planning, political power, and individual freedom.

Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher and socialist. “The Communist Manifesto” explores class conflict, capitalism, and the case for revolutionary social change.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher whose writing challenged established ideas about morality, religion, and culture. His works include Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil.

Fumitake Koga

Fumitake Koga is a nonfiction writer whose work includes business books and explorations of psychology. He coauthored The Courage to Be Disliked with Ichiro Kishimi, using philosophical dialogue to introduce ideas from Adlerian psychology.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist and philosopher. “The Brothers Karamazov” explores what can justify belief, responsibility, and forgiveness through a fractured family and a murder trial.

Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician. “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts” explores why people return to behaviors that harm them, connecting addiction with pain, development, and social conditions.

Gabrielle Bernstein

Gabrielle Bernstein is an American author and motivational speaker. “Super Attractor” explores how spiritual trust, emotional habits, and purposeful action shape the pursuit of desires.

Gary Chapman

Gary Chapman is an American author and Baptist minister. “The Five Love Languages” explores the author's framework for understanding different ways people express and receive affection.

Gary Keller

Gary Keller is an American business writer. “The One Thing” explores how concentrating effort on a central priority can shape work and personal goals.

Gary Taubes

Gary Taubes is an American science writer. “Why We Get Fat” explores the author's arguments about diet, insulin, and the causes of weight gain.

Gary Zukav

Gary Zukav is an American author. “Spiritual Partnership” explores spiritual partnership as an equal relationship devoted to spiritual growth.

Gavin de Becker

Gelong Thubten

Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, and author. “A Monk's Guide to Happiness” explores whether lasting happiness can survive stress, desire, uncertainty, and difficult relationships.

Geoffrey A. Moore

Geoffrey A. Moore is an American organizational theorist, management consultant and author. “Crossing the Chasm” explores the challenge of moving a technology product from early adopters to mainstream customers.

George Orwell

George Orwell was an English author and journalist. “Animal Farm” explores how a revolt against exploitation hardens into a new hierarchy through fear, propaganda, and manipulated memory.

George S. Clason

George S. Clason was an American author. “The Richest Man in Babylon” explores principles of saving and managing money through parables set in ancient Babylon.

Giovanni Dienstmann

Giovanni Dienstmann is the author of “Mindful Self-Discipline”. The book explores how people can align daily choices with meaningful values when motivation fades.

Giulia Enders

Giulia Enders is a German author and scientist. “Gut” explores the digestive system and its relationship to the rest of the body.

Glennon Doyle

Glennon Doyle is an American author. “Untamed” explores identity, expectations, and the author's efforts to live more independently and honestly.

Gloria Mark

Gloria Mark is an American psychologist. “Attention Span” explores why attention is so hard to manage in digital life and how people can regain agency over it.

Gordon Neufeld

Gordon Neufeld is a Canadian developmental psychologist. “Hold on to Your Kids” explores why children rely on attachment to caring adults for direction and how peer orientation can displace that guidance.

Grace Hawthorne

Grace Hawthorne is the author of “Make Possibilities Happen”. The book explores how ideas can move from possibility to finished work.

Graham Allcott

Graham Allcott is a coauthor of “How to Fix Meetings”. The book explores why meetings consume attention without reliably producing useful work and how teams can improve them.

Grant Sabatier

Grant Sabatier is an American author and entrepreneur. “Financial Freedom” explores what it would take to make paid work optional through deliberate spending, higher earnings, and investing.

Greg Lukianoff

Greg Lukianoff is an American free speech advocate. “The Coddling of the American Mind” explores ideas about safety, disagreement, and emotional resilience in contemporary American culture.

Greg McKeown

Greg McKeown is an Author. “Essentialism” explores how identifying what matters most can guide decisions about where to spend time and energy.

Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin is an American author who writes about happiness and everyday habits. Her books include The Happiness Project and Better Than Before.

Hal Elrod

Hal Elrod is an author, speaker, and podcast host focused on personal development. His book The Miracle Morning presents a morning routine built around practices intended to support reflection, learning, and personal goals.

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt was a German, Jewish, and American historian and philosopher. “The Origins of Totalitarianism” explores the development of totalitarian movements and their connections to antisemitism and imperialism.

Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling was a Swedish statistician and public speaker. “Factfulness” explores how data can challenge common misconceptions about global development and well-being.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. “Uncle Tom's Cabin” explores whether faith, kindness, and resistance can answer a system that treats people as property.

Harville Hendrix

Harville Hendrix is an American writer and cocreator of Imago Relationship Therapy. “Getting the Love You Want” explores why romantic attraction can become painful conflict and how partners might change that pattern.

Hasard Lee

Hasard Lee is an American fighter pilot and author. “The Art of Clear Thinking” explores how to make decisions when information is incomplete and pressure is high.

Hayden Herrera

Hayden Herrera is an art historian and biographer. “Frida” explores the life, work, and relationships of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Hayley Watts

Hayley Watts is a coauthor of “How to Fix Meetings”. The book explores why meetings consume attention without reliably producing useful work and how teams can improve them.

Héctor García

Héctor García is an author whose books explore Japanese ideas about purpose and everyday life. With Francesc Miralles, he coauthored Ikigai and The Book of Ichigo Ichie, introducing these ideas to an international readership.

Helen Tupper

Helen Tupper is a cofounder of the career development company Amazing If. “You Coach You” explores how people can steer an unpredictable career through a repeatable practice of self-coaching.

Henry A. Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger was an American diplomat and politician. “The Age of AI” explores the implications of artificial intelligence for society, strategy, and human understanding.

Henry Cloud

Henry Cloud is an American Christian self-help author and psychologist. “Trust” explores how people decide whom to rely on, why trust can fail, and how it can be rebuilt.

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was an American philosopher. “Walden” explores simple living, self-reliance, and observations of nature during a stay near Walden Pond.

Henry James

Henry L. Roediger

Henry L. Roediger is an American psychology researcher. “Make It Stick” explores how research on memory can inform more effective approaches to learning.

Henry S. Lodge

Henry S. Lodge was an American physician and health writer. He coauthored Younger Next Year with Chris Crowley, explaining his perspective on how exercise, nutrition, and social connection relate to aging.

Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss novelist and poet. “Siddhartha” explores whether wisdom can be transmitted as teaching or must be lived, through the journey of a young seeker.

Herodotus

Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer. “The Histories” explores the peoples, customs, and conflicts surrounding the wars between Greece and Persia.

Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn was an American historian and socialist philosopher. “A People's History of the United States” explores American history through the experiences of people often excluded from conventional accounts.

Hugh Eakin

Hugh Eakin is the author of “Picasso's War”. The book explores how Picasso’s repeatedly rejected art became central to American culture.

Humble the Poet

Humble the Poet is a Canadian writer and spoken-word artist. “How to be Love(d)” explores how to give and receive love without making approval or a relationship the measure of personal worth.

Hunter Clarke-Fields

Hunter Clarke-Fields is the author of “Raising Good Humans”. The book explores how parents can respond with care when stress pushes them toward anger.

Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi is an American academic. “Stamped from the Beginning” explores the development of racist ideas in American history and their relationship to power.

Ichiro Kishimi

Ichiro Kishimi is a Japanese psychologist and philosopher. “The Courage to Be Disliked” explores ideas from Adlerian psychology about relationships, responsibility, and personal freedom.

Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher. “Critique of Pure Reason” explores the possibilities and limits of human knowledge and the role of experience in understanding.

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov was an American writer and biochemist. “Foundation” explores whether forecasting mass behavior can shorten the disorder that follows the fall of an empire.

Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was an English polymath. “Principia Mathematica” explores the mathematical principles of motion and universal gravitation.

Isabel Wilkerson

Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism. Her books The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste examine migration, racial hierarchy, and American society.

Ishmael Beah

Ishmael Beah is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist. “A Long Way Gone” explores the author's experiences as a child soldier and his efforts to rebuild his life.

Ivy Ross

Ivy Ross is an American business executive and designer. “Your Brain on Art” explores how artistic and aesthetic experiences shape the brain, body, and everyday life.

J.D. Vance

J.D. Vance is an American politician and author. His memoir Hillbilly Elegy reflects on his family background and the social challenges he associates with the community in which he grew up.

J.J. Peterson

J.J. Peterson is a coauthor of “Marketing Made Simple”. The book explores how a business can move potential customers from first interest to an informed purchase.

J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. “The Hobbit” explores what courage means for an unlikely burglar, following Bilbo Baggins to the Lonely Mountain and back.

Jack Trout

Jack Trout was a Marketing executive. “Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind” explores how a brand's place in the consumer's mind shapes marketing strategy.

Jack Weatherford

Jack Weatherford is an American anthropologist. “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World” explores Genghis Khan's life and the influence of the Mongol Empire on world history.

Jackie Stavros

Jackie Stavros is a coauthor of “Conversations Worth Having”. The book explores how everyday dialogue shapes relationships, organizations, and change.

James A. Robinson

James A. Robinson is a British political scientist and economist. “Why Nations Fail” explores the relationship between institutions, political power, and economic development.

James Clear

James Clear writes and speaks about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. He is the author of Atomic Habits and publishes the weekly 3-2-1 newsletter, which reaches more than 3 million subscribers.

James D. Watson

James D. Watson was an American biologist. “The Double Helix” explores the author's account of the scientific work that established the structure of DNA.

James Gleick

James Gleick is an American author and historian of science. “Chaos” explores the development of chaos theory and its implications for understanding complex systems.

James Madison

James Madison was an American statesman and the fourth president of the United States. “The Federalist Papers” explores the arguments for constitutional government and mechanisms for balancing political power.

James Martin

James Martin is an American Jesuit priest and writer. “Learning to Pray” explores prayer as a relationship anyone can learn, beginning in desire and everyday moments.

James Nestor

James Nestor is an American journalist. “Breath” explores the history and science of breathing and the author's experiments with breathing practices.

James Redfield

James Redfield is an American writer. “The Celestine Prophecy” explores a spiritual journey through a fictional story about meaning, coincidence, and personal growth.

Jamila Souffrant

Jamila Souffrant is a financial educator and founder of Journey to Launch. “Your Journey to Financial Freedom” explores financial freedom as growing choice over time rather than a requirement to retire.

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist. “Persuasion” explores whether love can survive advice, pride, and mistaken judgments, through Anne Elliot’s renewed meetings with Frederick Wentworth.

Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal is an American game designer and author. “Imaginable” explores how people can prepare for futures they cannot predict by treating imagination as a practical skill.

Janet Mills

Janet Mills is the founder of Amber-Allen Publishing and a coauthor of the Toltec Wisdom series. “The Mastery of Love” explores how love can become a practice rather than a source of fear and dependency.

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author. “Guns, Germs, and Steel” explores how geography and environmental conditions influenced the unequal development of societies.

Jason Feifer

Jason Feifer is an American journalist and editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine. “Build for Tomorrow” explores how people can respond to unavoidable change without letting panic, nostalgia, or fixed identities dictate what comes next.

Jason Fried

Jason Fried is a software entrepreneur and cofounder of 37signals, the company behind Basecamp. He coauthored Rework with David Heinemeier Hansson, presenting their ideas about building and running a business.

Jason Fung

Jason Fung is a Canadian physician. “The Obesity Code” explores the author's account of obesity and the roles of hormones, eating patterns, and fasting.

Jay Papasan

Jay Papasan is an American author and business executive. “The One Thing” explores how setting a central priority can help people focus their time and effort.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. “The Social Contract” explores the foundations of legitimate political authority and the relationship between citizens and the state.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher. “Being and Nothingness” explores consciousness, freedom, responsibility, and the human condition.

Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls is an American writer and journalist. “The Glass Castle” explores the author's unconventional childhood and her relationships with her parents and siblings.

Jeb Blount

Jeb Blount is a sales trainer and founder of Sales Gravy. “Sales EQ” explores how salespeople can help buyers make decisions when facts, features, and price are not enough.

Jeff Olson

Jeff Olson is an entrepreneur and personal-development author. In The Slight Edge, he presents his philosophy of building long-term results through small actions and consistent daily habits.

Jeff Sanders

Jeff Sanders is an author and host of The 5 AM Miracle podcast. “The Free-Time Formula” explores how to create usable free time when responsibilities and ambitions compete.

Jen Gottlieb

Jen Gottlieb is the author of “Be Seen”. The book explores how people can become visible without performing a version of themselves built for approval.

Jen Sincero

Jen Sincero is an American writer. “You Are a Badass” explores the author's approach to challenging self-doubt and pursuing personal goals.

Jennette McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy is an American writer and actress. “I'm Glad My Mom Died” explores the author's experiences of child stardom, family pressure, and reclaiming independence.

Jennifer Aaker

Jennifer Aaker is an American behavioral scientist and professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. “Humor, Seriously” explores why levity recedes from adult work and how humor can coexist with serious responsibilities.

Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei

Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei is a philosopher and professor at Johns Hopkins University. “On Being and Becoming” explores existentialism as a plural response to finite, uncertain, socially situated life.

Jennifer Doudna

Jennifer Doudna is an American biochemist and Nobel laureate. “A Crack in Creation” explores the development of CRISPR gene editing and the ethical questions it raises.

Jennifer Garvey Berger

Jennifer Garvey Berger is the author of “Simple Habits for Complex Times”. The book explores how leaders can move forward when familiar solutions stop working, without pretending to know what comes next.

Jérôme Barthélemy

Jérôme Barthélemy is a professor of strategy at ESSEC Business School. “Myths of Strategy” explores when planning, talent, purpose, innovation, and management tools actually improve performance.

Jerry Hicks

Jerry Hicks was an American author and speaker. “The Law of Attraction” explores how attention, emotion, belief, and expectation are said to shape experience.

Jerry Porras

Jerry Porras is an American organizational theorist. “Built to Last” explores the characteristics and organizational practices of long-lasting companies.

Jessica Joelle Alexander

Jessica Joelle Alexander is the author of “The Danish Way of Parenting”. The book explores how everyday parenting can help children grow more resilient, empathetic, and self-reliant.

Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore is an American historian. “These Truths” explores the history of the United States through its ideals, conflicts, and contradictions.

Jim Collins

Jim Collins is an American researcher and business author who studies organizations and leadership. His books include Good to Great and Built to Last, coauthored with Jerry Porras.

Jim VandeHei

Jim VandeHei is an American journalist and businessman. “Smart Brevity” explores how a message can earn scarce attention without becoming shallow.

Jocelyn Freeman

Jocelyn Freeman is a coauthor of “The Argument Hangover”. The book explores how couples can recover from arguments, recognize their triggers, and repair the connection afterward.

Jocko Willink

Jocko Willink is a retired United States Navy SEAL officer, author, and podcaster. “Discipline Equals Freedom” explores how discipline can create greater freedom through self-command, daily action, and physical preparation.

Joe Dispenza

Joe Dispenza is an American author and speaker. “Becoming Supernatural” explores how meditation is connected with changes in identity, health, and experience.

Joe Lazauskas

Joe Lazauskas is a coauthor of “The Storytelling Edge”. The book explores why some stories hold attention, build trust, and move people to act.

Johann Hari

Johann Hari is a British writer and journalist. His books investigate subjects including depression, drug policy, and attention, bringing together reported stories and discussions of research.

John C. Bogle

John C. Bogle was an American investor and business magnate. “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing” explores the case for low-cost index investing and a long-term approach to financial markets.

John C. Maxwell

John C. Maxwell is an American pastor and author. “High Road Leadership” explores leadership as a daily choice to value people, own mistakes, give generously, and help others grow.

John Carreyrou

John Carreyrou is an American journalist and author. “Bad Blood” explores the rise of Theranos and the reporting that exposed problems with its blood-testing claims.

John Doerr

John Doerr is an American businessman. “Measure What Matters” explores how objectives and key results can help organizations define and track important goals.

John Donvan

John Donvan is an American journalist and debate moderator. “In a Different Key” explores the history of autism from the first clinical case to parent advocacy and autistic self-representation.

John E. Douglas

John Gray

John Gray is an American author and relationship counselor. “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” explores the author's framework for interpreting differences in romantic communication and relationships.

John Holt

John Holt was an American educator and author who advocated for children's ability to direct their own learning. His books, including How Children Learn, grew from his observations of children and his criticism of conventional schooling.

John J. Ratey

John J. Ratey is an American psychiatrist and author. “ADHD 2.0” explores how a brain marked by inconsistent attention and impulsivity can also generate creativity, energy, and insight.

John Jay

John Jay was an American Founding Father. “The Federalist Papers” explores the arguments for ratifying the United States Constitution and strengthening the federal union.

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-American economist and diplomat. “The Affluent Society” explores the contrast between private affluence and public needs in a wealthy society.

John Lewis Gaddis

John Lewis Gaddis is an American historian and academic. “On Grand Strategy” explores how leaders can match large aims to limited means across time, space, and scale.

John M. Barry

John M. Barry is an American author and historian. “The Great Influenza” explores the 1918 influenza pandemic and the medical, political, and social responses to it.

John M. Gottman

John M. Gottman is an American psychologist. “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” explores patterns of interaction and practical approaches intended to strengthen marriages.

John Mackey

John Mackey is an American businessman, writer, and former CEO of Whole Foods Market. “Conscious Capitalism” explores the relationship between business purpose, stakeholder interests, and commercial success.

John McWhorter

John McWhorter is an American linguist and academic. “Words on the Move” explores how everyday speech reshapes meaning, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.

John P. Strelecky

John P. Strelecky is the author of “The Why Café”. The book explores how a personally defined purpose might shape time, work, spending, and choice, told as a parable set in a café.

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. “Of Mice and Men” explores how companionship answers loneliness, following the ranch hands George and Lennie and their dream of a farm.

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill was an English politician and philosopher. “On Liberty” explores the limits of social and political authority over individual freedom.

Jon Levy

Jon Levy is the author of “You're Invited”. The book explores how invitations become lasting relationships and communities.

Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham is an American journalist and biographer. “And There Was Light” explores how Abraham Lincoln joined moral conviction to democratic politics through slavery, secession, and civil war.

Jon Ronson

Jon Wortmann

Jon Wortmann is a coauthor of “Mastering Communication at Work”. The book explores how workplace messages can earn trust and lead to action across different listeners and situations.

Jonah Berger

Jonah Berger is an American marketing scholar and author. “Contagious” explores why certain ideas, products, and stories spread through social networks.

Jonathan Eig

Jonathan Eig is an American journalist and biographer. “King: A Life” explores the life, leadership, and personal struggles of Martin Luther King Jr..

Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist whose research explores morality and moral emotions. His books examine how people form judgments, navigate disagreement, and respond to social change.

Jonathan Rosenberg

Jonathan Rosenberg is an American technologist. “Trillion Dollar Coach” explores the leadership lessons of Silicon Valley coach Bill Campbell.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer is an American novelist. “We Are the Weather” explores why climate knowledge so often fails to change behavior and what food choices have to do with it.

Jordan B. Peterson

Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian psychologist and author. His books, including Maps of Meaning and 12 Rules for Life, connect psychological ideas with questions about meaning, responsibility, and belief.

Jordan Syatt

Jordan Syatt is a coauthor of “Eat It!”. The book explores how fat loss can become a sustainable practice rather than a cycle of restriction and quitting.

Joseph A. Annibali

Joseph A. Annibali is the author of “Reclaim Your Brain”. The book explores how an overactive or poorly regulated brain can shape attention, mood, habits, and relationships.

Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer. “The Power of Myth” explores the role of myth in human life through conversations with journalist Bill Moyers.

Joseph J. Ellis

Joseph J. Ellis is an American historian. “Founding Brothers” explores how personal relationships, political bargains, and unresolved conflicts shaped the early American republic.

Joseph Nguyen

Joseph Nguyen is the author of “Don't Believe Everything You Think”. The book explores whether psychological suffering comes from life events or from the thinking layered onto them.

Josh Mensch

Josh Mensch is a coauthor of “The Nazi Conspiracy”. The book explores a reported Nazi plot to assassinate Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin and what the conflicting evidence can establish.

Joshua Becker

Joshua Becker is an American writer. “The More of Less” explores what owning less can make room for and how possessions compete with relationships, purpose, and generosity.

Joshua Fields Millburn

Joshua Fields Millburn is an American author and podcaster, one half of The Minimalists. “Minimalism” explores how to clear what is unnecessary when possessions, habits, work, and expectations crowd out a meaningful life.

Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer is an American science journalist and 2006 USA Memory Champion. “Moonwalking with Einstein” explores whether memory can be deliberately improved and what training reveals about expertise.

Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian author. “Sophie's World” explores the history of Western philosophy through the story of a young girl's education.

Judith Valente

Judith Valente is the author of “How to Live”. The book explores how the Rule of St. Benedict can guide life beyond the monastery.

Julie Schwartz Gottman

Julie Schwartz Gottman is an American clinical psychologist and cofounder of the Gottman Institute. “Eight Dates” explores how couples can stay close through guided conversations about trust, conflict, sex, money, family, and dreams.

Julie Smith

Julie Smith is a clinical psychologist and author who makes mental-health concepts accessible to a broad audience. Her book Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? introduces psychological tools for navigating difficult emotions and everyday challenges.

Juliet Funt

Juliet Funt is the author of “A Minute to Think”. The book explores how people can reclaim time to think when busyness feels compulsory.

Juliet Starrett

Juliet Starrett is an entrepreneur, author, and former whitewater rafting world champion. “Built to Move” explores how everyday habits can preserve the ability to move comfortably and independently.

June Cohen

June Cohen is an American producer and entrepreneur. “Masters of Scale” explores how a venture can grow while preserving what made it valuable.

Justin Gregg

Justin Gregg is a Canadian science writer. “If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal” explores whether human intelligence is a clear evolutionary advantage or a costly mix of powers.

Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. “The Prophet” explores love, work, freedom, and other human concerns through poetic reflections.

Kai-Fu Lee

Kai-Fu Lee is a Taiwanese computer scientist and investor. “AI Superpowers” explores the development of artificial intelligence in China and the United States and its social consequences.

Kamal Ravikant

Kamal Ravikant is the author of “Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It”. The book explores how self-love can become a daily practice through repeated thought, meditation, and gentler responses to fear.

Karen Armstrong

Karen Armstrong is a British author and scholar of comparative religion. “A History of God” explores how Jews, Christians, and Muslims have imagined God and why those ideas changed.

Karen Morley

Karen Morley is the author of “Lead Like a Coach”. The book explores how leaders can support strong work today while helping people become more capable and independent.

Karl Marx

Karl Marx was a German philosopher and socialist. “The Communist Manifesto” explores class relations, capitalism, and a vision of revolutionary political change.

Karyn B. Purvis

Karyn B. Purvis was an American child development researcher. “The Connected Child” explores how early neglect, trauma, and developmental challenges can shape behavior and relationships.

Kate Moore

Kate Moore is a British nonfiction writer and former publishing editor. Her book The Radium Girls tells the stories of women harmed by radium exposure and their fight to be heard.

Kate Pickett

Kate Pickett is a British epidemiologist. “The Spirit Level” explores the relationship between economic inequality and social and health outcomes.

Katherine Morgan Schafler

Katherine Morgan Schafler is a psychotherapist and writer. “The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control” explores why the urge to excel can energize one person yet turn into control and self-punishment in another.

Katty Kay

Katty Kay is a British journalist. “The Confidence Code” explores the influences on women's confidence and the relationship between confidence and action.

Katy Milkman

Katy Milkman is an American behavioral scientist and author. “How to Change” explores how behavioral research can inform efforts to change habits and achieve goals.

Keith Ferrazzi

Keith Ferrazzi is an American author and entrepreneur. “Leading Without Authority” explores how to lead without formal authority when results depend on colleagues outside the reporting line.

Kelly McGonigal

Kelly McGonigal is an American psychologist. “The Willpower Instinct” explores the psychological and physiological factors that influence self-control.

Kelly Starrett

Kelly Starrett is an American physical therapist, author, and coach. “Built to Move” explores how everyday habits can preserve the ability to move comfortably and independently.

Ken Blanchard

Ken Blanchard is an American motivational speaker and author. “Simple Truths of Leadership” explores how leaders can achieve strong results while helping people thrive through servant leadership and everyday trust.

Ken Page

Ken Page is a psychotherapist and author. “Deeper Dating” explores how people can find lasting love while honoring the sensitive qualities they may hide.

Ken Robinson

Ken Robinson was a British author, speaker, and education reformer. “Finding your element” explores how to discover work and activities that unite natural ability with personal passion.

Ken Segall

Ken Segall is an American author and advertising creative director. “Think Simple” explores how organizations can stay clear and simple as they grow.

Kerry Brown

Kerry Brown is a British scholar of modern China and professor at King’s College London. “Why Taiwan Matters” explores why Taiwan’s unresolved status matters to its people and to the world.

Kerry Howells

Kerry Howells is the author of “Untangling You”. The book explores how gratitude can help when resentment feels justified.

Kerry Patterson et al.

Kerry Patterson coauthored Crucial Conversations with Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. Their work examines how to discuss sensitive issues and disagreements when the stakes are high.

Kevin D. Mitnick

Kevin D. Mitnick was an American computer security consultant and former hacker. “Ghost in the Wires” explores a path from youthful curiosity about phone systems through unauthorized intrusions, fugitive life, prison, and later authorized security work.

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart is an American comedian and actor. “This Is How We Do It” explores how acceptance, consistent effort, responsibility, and curiosity can become everyday habits.

Kevin Horsley

Kevin Horsley is the author of “Unlimited Memory”. The book explores memory as a trainable skill built on focused attention, vivid imagery, familiar locations, and repeated retrieval.

Kevin J. Mitchell

Kevin J. Mitchell is a neuroscientist and geneticist at Trinity College Dublin. “Free Agents” explores how living beings can act for reasons if their brains and bodies are physical and shaped by prior causes.

Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly is an American magazine editor. “The Inevitable” explores technological forces that the author argues will shape how people live and work.

Kevin Kruse

Kevin Kruse is an entrepreneur and founder of LEADx. “Great Leaders Have No Rules” explores how leaders can give people more freedom while maintaining accountability.

Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American novelist. “The Kite Runner” explores whether guilt can become responsible care, following Amir from a Kabul childhood through exile and return.

Kieran Setiya

Kieran Setiya is a philosopher and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Life Is Hard” explores how to live well amid infirmity, loneliness, grief, failure, injustice, and absurdity.

Kim Cameron

Kim Cameron is a professor at the University of Michigan and scholar of positive leadership. “Positively Energizing Leadership” explores how leaders can leave people more capable and motivated after an interaction.

Kim Scott

Kim Scott is a leadership author and executive coach who has worked at Google and Apple University. Her book Radical Candor explores how managers can combine direct feedback with personal care for the people they lead.

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant was an American basketball player. “The Mamba Mentality” explores the preparation, attention to detail, and competitive mindset behind Bryant's basketball career.

Kory Kogon

Kory Kogon is the author of “Presentation Advantage”. The book explores what makes a presentation change how people think and act.

Kristen Butler

Kristen Butler is the founder of the Power of Positivity community. “The Comfort Zone” explores the comfort zone as a base of safety and self-trust that can support purposeful growth.

Kristen Willeumier

Kristen Willeumier is a neuroscientist and author. “Biohack Your Brain” explores how everyday choices can influence a brain that remains adaptable across life.

L. David Marquet

L. David Marquet is a retired United States Navy captain who commanded the submarine USS Santa Fe. “Turn the ship around” explores how a command organization can share decision authority while keeping people capable, aligned, and accountable.

Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu, also known as Laozi, is the ancient Chinese figure traditionally associated with the Tao Te Ching. The work is central to Daoist thought, though the details of its authorship and Laozi's life remain uncertain.

Larry Maltz

Larry Maltz is a coauthor of “The Porn Trap”. The book explores how to tell when pornography has become a harmful pattern and what recovery can require.

Laura Ashley-Timms

Laura Ashley-Timms is the author of “The Answer Is a Question”. The book explores how managers can help people solve problems without becoming the source of every answer.

Laura Hillenbrand

Laura Hillenbrand is an American writer. “Unbroken” explores the life of Louis Zamperini and his experiences of war, captivity, and survival.

Laura Ries

Laura Ries is an American marketing strategist and author. “The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding” explores what makes a brand mean one clear thing to buyers and how companies can protect that meaning as markets expand.

Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam is an American author. “168 Hours” explores how a finite 168-hour week can hold satisfying work, family, health, and leisure.

Laurent Richard

Laurent Richard is a French journalist. “Pegasus” explores how reporters and researchers proved the covert use of Pegasus spyware sold to governments.

Laurie Hollman

Laurie Hollman is the author of “Unlocking Parental Intelligence”. The book explores parental intelligence as a way to look beneath a child’s behavior and solve problems together.

Lawrence Sherman

Lawrence Sherman is a neuroscientist and musician. “Every Brain Needs Music” explores how sound becomes music and why people make, learn, perform, and seek it.

Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright is an American writer and journalist. “The Looming Tower” explores the development of al-Qaeda and the events leading toward the September 11 attacks.

Leanne Maskell

Leanne Maskell is the author of “ADHD an A-Z”. The book explores how people with ADHD can build lives that work with their attention, emotions, and energy.

LeeAnn Renninger

LeeAnn Renninger is a cofounder of LifeLabs Learning. “The Leader Lab” explores how managers can turn everyday interactions into better leadership through small, learnable behaviors.

Leil Lowndes

Leil Lowndes is the author of “How to Be a People Magnet”. The book explores what makes people feel comfortable, valued, and willing to build a relationship.

Leonard Mlodinow

Leonard Mlodinow is an American physicist, author and screenwriter. “The Drunkard's Walk” explores how chance and probability influence outcomes that people often attribute to skill or intention.

Lewis Howes

Lewis Howes is an American author, entrepreneur, and host of the podcast The School of Greatness. “The Greatness Mindset” explores how people can turn ambition into meaningful contribution when fear, old pain, and self-doubt get in the way.

Lewis Smile

Lewis Smile is the author of “The Memory Palace”. The book explores how to turn ordered material into vivid scenes along a familiar route and retrieve it by mentally revisiting that route.

Library Mindset

Library Mindset is the author of “The Art of Laziness”. The book explores how people can stop postponing meaningful work and build a productive life without sacrificing health or relationships.

Lindsay C. Gibson

Lindsay C. Gibson is an American clinical psychologist and writer. “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents” explores the lasting effects of emotionally immature parenting and approaches to understanding those relationships.

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett is an American psychological scientist and neuroscientist. “How Emotions Are Made” explores a theory of emotion that emphasizes the brain's interpretation of bodily signals and context.

Lisa Genova

Lisa Genova is an American neuroscientist and novelist. “Remember” explores how memory forms, changes, and fails, and how ordinary forgetting differs from Alzheimer’s disease.

Liz Moody

Liz Moody is the author of “100 Ways to Change Your Life”. The book explores how small changes can make daily life healthier, calmer, and more meaningful.

Liz Wiseman

Liz Wiseman is an American researcher. “Multipliers” explores how leadership behavior can either develop or limit other people's capabilities.

Lori Gottlieb

Lori Gottlieb is an American writer and psychotherapist. “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” explores the experience of therapy through stories about patients and the author's own search for help.

Louann Brizendine

Louann Brizendine is an American neuropsychiatrist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco. “The Female Brain” explores how hormones and brain development are said to shape women’s experiences across life.

Louise L. Hay

Louise L. Hay was an American author. “You Can Heal Your Life” explores the author's beliefs about affirmations, self-acceptance, and personal healing.

Lynn Perry Wooten

Lynn Perry Wooten is an American academic administrator and scholar of crisis leadership. “The Prepared Leader” explores how leaders can prepare for crises they cannot precisely predict and learn their way toward greater resilience.

M. Scott Peck

M. Scott Peck was an American psychiatrist. “The Road Less Traveled” explores discipline, love, and psychological development as elements of a meaningful life.

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist. “I Am Malala” explores the author's childhood and her advocacy for girls' education in the face of violence.

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and author who brings social-science research into stories about everyday life. His books explore questions about success, judgment, and the forces that shape human behavior.

Malcolm X

Malcolm X was an American civil rights activist. “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” explores the life experiences and changing political and religious views of a civil rights leader.

Marc Reklau

Marc Reklau is the author of “How to Become a People Magnet”. The book explores how everyday interactions can make others feel valued and more willing to connect.

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor and a practitioner of Stoic philosophy. His private reflections, later collected as Meditations, explore duty, character, and how to meet life's uncertainties.

Marcus Buckingham

Marcus Buckingham is an author and business consultant whose work examines people's strengths at work. He coauthored First, Break All the Rules with Curt Coffman and has written widely about management and performance.

Margee Kerr

Margot Lee Shetterly

Margot Lee Shetterly is an American nonfiction writer. “Hidden Figures” explores the contributions of Black women mathematicians to the American space program.

Maria Konnikova

Maria Konnikova is a Russian-American writer and psychologist. “The Confidence Game” explores how con artists turn ordinary needs for trust, meaning, and hope into staged deception.

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova is a Russian former professional tennis player. “Unstoppable” explores a tennis career shaped by childhood migration, family sacrifice, relentless practice, major victories, injury, and a doping suspension.

Marie Forleo

Marie Forleo is an American entrepreneur and author. “Everything is Figureoutable” explores how to move forward when a goal feels impossible by connecting beliefs, resourcefulness, and action.

Marie Kondō

Marie Kondō is a Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host. “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” explores the author's approach to tidying, choosing possessions, and organizing a home.

Mark A. McDaniel

Mark A. McDaniel is an American psychologist. “Make It Stick” explores how research on cognition and memory can improve learning and retention.

Mark Hyman

Mark Hyman is an American physician and author. “Young Forever” explores why aging brings disease and loss of function and what can be changed.

Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky is an American journalist and writer. “Salt: A World History” explores the influence of salt on commerce, politics, food, and human history.

Mark Manson

Mark Manson is an American author and blogger who writes about values, personal responsibility, and the challenges of modern life. His books include The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck and Everything Is Fucked.

Mark Miller

Mark Miller is the author of “Smart Leadership”. The book explores how leaders can increase their impact amid pressure, limited capacity, and uncertainty.

Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy is a coauthor of “The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias”. The book explores how unconscious bias shapes judgment, belonging, and performance at work.

Mark Olshaker

Mark Tuitert

Mark Tuitert is a retired Dutch speed skater and Olympic champion. “The Stoic Mindset” explores how to pursue ambitious goals without letting outcomes govern life, using Stoic practices.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain was an American author and humorist. “The Prince and the Pauper” explores how recognition, law, and social standing shape identity and justice when two look-alike boys of different rank trade places.

Mark Williams

Mark Williams is a British clinical psychologist and codeveloper of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. “The Mindful Way Through Depression” explores why trying to think a way out of low mood can deepen it and how mindfulness changes that pattern.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

Marshall B. Rosenberg was an American psychologist and mediator. “Nonviolent Communication” explores an approach to communication centered on observations, feelings, needs, and requests.

Martha Stout

Martin E.P. Seligman

Martin E.P. Seligman is an American psychologist and writer. “Authentic Happiness” explores the relationship between strengths, positive emotion, and a fulfilling life.

Martin Heidegger

Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher. “Being and Time” explores questions about being, human existence, and the experience of time.

Marty Cagan

Marty Cagan is a product management expert and founder of Silicon Valley Product Group. “Inspired” explores how technology teams discover products customers value while meeting business needs.

Mary Abbajay

Mary Abbajay is the author of “Managing Up”. The book explores how employees can make the relationship with a boss more workable.

Mary Roach

Mary Roach is an American science writer known for combining reporting with humor. Her books investigate unusual corners of research, from human cadavers in Stiff to the challenges of space travel in Packing for Mars.

Mary Shelley

Masaji Ishikawa

Masaji Ishikawa is an author who was born in Japan and escaped from North Korea. “A River in Darkness” explores a family’s move from Japan to North Korea, decades of hunger and political control, and an escape back to Japan.

Massimo Pigliucci

Massimo Pigliucci is a philosopher, biologist, and professor at the City College of New York. “How To Be A Stoic” explores how an ancient philosophy can guide modern life without denying emotion, uncertainty, or social responsibility.

Mathew Micheletti

Mathew Micheletti is the author of “The Inner Work”. The book explores how inherited beliefs, emotional habits, and attachment shape the search for happiness.

Matt Haig

Matt Haig is an English novelist and journalist. “Reasons to Stay Alive” explores what can help someone keep living when suffering feels permanent, drawn from an experience of depression and anxiety.

Matt Higgins

Matt Higgins is an American entrepreneur and cofounder of RSE Ventures. “Burn the Boats” explores how to pursue a meaningful ambition when certainty is scarce and conventional paths encourage retreat.

Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley is a British science writer and journalist whose work spans biology, economics, and innovation. His books include The Rational Optimist and How Innovation Works.

Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist. “Evicted” explores housing insecurity and the experiences of families facing eviction in the United States.

Matthew Dixon

Matthew Dixon is a coauthor of “The Challenger Sale”. The book explores why salespeople who teach, tailor, and take control win complex deals when relationship building alone falls short.

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey is an American actor. “Greenlights” explores the experiences and reflections through which the author makes sense of his life.

Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry was an American and Canadian actor. “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing” explores the author's experiences of fame, relationships, and addiction.

Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker is a British author, neuroscientist and psychologist. “Why We Sleep” explores the functions of sleep and its relationship to memory, health, and everyday performance.

Max H. Bazerman

Max H. Bazerman is an American behavioral economist. “Negotiation Genius” explores how people can prepare for better agreements without relying on intuition alone.

Max Tegmark

Max Tegmark is a Swedish-American academic physicist. “Life 3.0” explores possible futures for artificial intelligence and the choices that could shape them.

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was an American writer and activist. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” explores the author's childhood, experiences of racism, and development of a sense of identity.

Meg Jay

Meg Jay is a clinical psychologist who specializes in young adulthood. In The Defining Decade, she examines the choices, relationships, and experiences that can shape life during and after our twenties.

Megan Devine

Megan Devine is a psychotherapist and grief advocate. “It's OK That You're Not OK” explores how people can live with devastating loss when grief cannot be fixed.

Megan Rossi

Megan Rossi is an Australian dietitian and gut health researcher. “Eat More, Live Well” explores why varied, mostly whole plant foods can form the base of eating and how fiber and gut microbes relate to wider health.

Mel Robbins

Mel Robbins is an American author and podcast host who writes about personal change. Her books include The 5 Second Rule, The High 5 Habit, and The Let Them Theory.

Melanie Tonia Evans

Melanie Tonia Evans is the author of “You Can Thrive After Narcissistic Abuse”. The book explores how someone can recover from a relationship shaped by narcissistic abuse.

Melina Costi

Melina Costi is a coauthor of “The Creative Thinking Handbook”. The book explores creativity as a trainable discipline of defining the real challenge, generating alternatives, and testing them with balanced judgment.

Melissa Urban

Melissa Urban is an American author and cofounder of the Whole30 program. “The Book of Boundaries” explores boundaries as limits that protect safety, health, energy, and relationships.

Merlin Sheldrake

Merlin Sheldrake is a British biologist and author. “Entangled Life” explores how fungi sense, build networks, and form partnerships, and what these lives reveal about individuality and ecology.

Merryle S. Rukeyser

Merryle S. Rukeyser was an American journalist. “The Common Sense of Money and Investments” explores principles for understanding money, investment decisions, and financial life.

Michael A. Roberto

Michael A. Roberto is a professor of management at Bryant University. “Unlocking Creativity” explores why organizations praise creativity yet reject unfamiliar ideas.

Michael A. Singer

Michael A. Singer is an American author, businessman, and spiritual leader. “The Untethered Soul” explores awareness, inner experience, and the author's approach to spiritual freedom.

Michael Batnick

Michael Batnick is an American writer and blogger. “Big Mistakes” explores why capable investors make costly mistakes and what those failures can teach.

Michael Breus

Michael Breus is an American clinical psychologist and sleep specialist. “Sleep Drink Breathe” explores sleep, hydration, and breathing as everyday systems that shape one another.

Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael Bungay Stanier is an author and coach who founded the learning company Box of Crayons. His book The Coaching Habit explores how leaders can make coaching part of everyday work by asking better questions.

Michael D. Watkins

Michael D. Watkins is a Canadian-born author. “The First 90 Days” explores the challenges of entering a new leadership role and establishing effective working relationships.

Michael E. Gerber

Michael E. Gerber is an American business author. “The E-Myth Revisited” explores why small businesses struggle and how owners can build more dependable operating systems.

Michael E. Long

Michael E. Long is a speechwriter, playwright, and writing teacher with a background in physics. He coauthored The Molecule of More with psychiatrist Daniel Z. Lieberman, examining dopamine's role in desire and motivation.

Michael Forsythe

Michael Forsythe is an American journalist. “When McKinsey Comes to Town” explores how McKinsey’s advice shaped corporate and government decisions and where client service ends and responsibility begins.

Michael Greger

Michael Greger is an American physician, author, and speaker on public health. “How Not to Die” explores the author's interpretation of nutrition research and its relationship to chronic disease.

Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt is an American author and former chief executive of Thomas Nelson Publishers. “Win at Work and Succeed at Life” explores how people can pursue meaningful work without letting it consume health, relationships, and family life.

Michael J. Sandel

Michael J. Sandel is an American political philosopher known for his teaching and writing about justice. His books invite readers to examine moral questions involving markets, merit, and public life.

Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis is an American journalist and nonfiction author who writes about finance, institutions, and decision-making. His books include Liar's Poker, Moneyball, and The Big Short.

Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is an American journalist and author whose work explores the relationships between people, food, and the natural world. His books include The Omnivore's Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind.

Michael Vacanti

Michael Vacanti is a coauthor of “Eat It!”. The book explores how fat loss can become a sustainable practice rather than a cycle of restriction and quitting.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne was a French author and philosopher. “Essays” explores human experience, judgment, and self-knowledge through wide-ranging personal reflections.

Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander is an American lawyer, writer, and activist. “The New Jim Crow” explores the relationship between mass incarceration, race, and inequality in the United States.

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama is an American author and former first lady of the United States. Her memoir Becoming reflects on her childhood, career, family, and years in the White House.

Michelle Zauner

Michelle Zauner is an American musician and author. “Crying in H Mart” explores grief, family, food, and the author's relationship with her Korean heritage.

Michio Kaku

Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, futurist and author. “Quantum Supremacy” explores what quantum computers could reveal about nature that conventional machines struggle to calculate.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was a Hungarian-American psychologist. “Flow” explores the experience of deep absorption and the conditions that support meaningful engagement.

Mike Michalowicz

Mike Michalowicz is an American entrepreneur and business author. “The Pumpkin Plan” explores how an overworked business can grow without draining its cash or making the owner indispensable.

Mike Robbins

Mike Robbins is the author of “Nothing Changes Until You Do”. The book explores how changing the relationship with oneself can change everyday life.

Mike Schultz

Mike Schultz is a coauthor of “Not Today”. The book explores how to use limited time with purpose while work, caregiving, and grief compete for attention.

Mike Sielski

Mike Sielski is an American sports columnist and author. “The Rise” explores Kobe Bryant’s path from family basketball in Philadelphia and Italy to a state championship and the NBA.

Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician. “Capitalism and Freedom” explores the relationship between economic freedom, government, and political liberty.

Mindy Pelz

Mindy Pelz is a chiropractor, author, and speaker whose work focuses on fasting and women's health. In Fast Like a Girl, she presents her approach to adapting fasting practices to hormonal changes.

Miroslav Volf

Miroslav Volf is a Croatian-American theologian and academic. “Life Worth Living” explores how to tell whether a life is genuinely worth wanting, beyond happiness, health, and longevity.

Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom is an American author and journalist. “Tuesdays with Morrie” explores lessons about life, relationships, and mortality drawn from conversations with a former teacher.

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin. “The Book of Five Rings” explores strategy, perception, and discipline through the perspective of a Japanese swordsman.

Mo Gawdat

Mo Gawdat is an Egyptian author and former chief business officer of Google X. “That Little Voice in Your Head” explores how to work with the inner voice that shapes experience, using an engineering approach to thoughts and emotions.

Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel is a financial writer and a former columnist for The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal. His books The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever examine how human behavior shapes decisions about money and uncertainty.

Morten T. Hansen

Morten T. Hansen is a Norwegian-American management professor and author. “Great by Choice” explores why some companies outperform direct peers in turbulent conditions.

Mpho Tutu

Mpho Tutu is a South African Anglican priest and author. “The Book of Forgiving” explores how people can face serious harm without letting resentment govern the future.

Mustafa Suleyman

Mustafa Suleyman is a British AI entrepreneur. “The Coming Wave” explores the opportunities and risks associated with rapidly advancing technologies.

Naomi Bagdonas

Naomi Bagdonas is a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and executive coach. “Humor, Seriously” explores why levity recedes from adult work and how humor can coexist with serious responsibilities.

Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is a Canadian author and activist. “The Shock Doctrine” explores the relationship between political and economic crises and the spread of market-oriented policies.

Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill was an American author. “Think and Grow Rich” explores the author's philosophy of ambition, persistence, and the pursuit of financial success.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American author and former options trader whose work examines risk and uncertainty. His books The Black Swan and Antifragile explore the limits of prediction and how systems respond to disorder.

Natalie Lue

Natalie Lue is the author of “Mr Unavailable & the Fallback Girl”. The book explores why people keep choosing partners who resist intimacy and how they can change the pattern.

Nathaniel Branden

Nathaniel Branden was a Canadian-American psychotherapist. “The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem” explores the practices he identifies as foundations for developing self-esteem.

Ned Johnson

Ned Johnson is an author, speaker, and founder of the tutoring company PrepMatters. “The Self-Driven Child” explores why a child’s sense of control shapes stress, learning, and independence.

Nedra Glover Tawwab

Nedra Glover Tawwab is an American mental health therapist and writer. “Set Boundaries, Find Peace” explores how clear boundaries can help people navigate relationships and personal responsibilities.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist. “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” explores central ideas about the universe, from cosmic origins to the matter around us.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid leader who served as president from 1994 to 1999. His autobiography Long Walk to Freedom recounts his political work, imprisonment, and role in South Africa's transition to democracy.

Neville Goddard

Neville Goddard was a Barbadian-born writer, speaker, and mystic of the New Thought movement. “Feeling Is The Secret” explores the claim that accepted feeling gives form to experience, and how imagination, sleep, and prayer can be used to inhabit a desired state.

Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is a Scottish historian. “The Ascent of Money” explores how credit, banks, bonds, shares, insurance, and property built societies and also made them vulnerable.

Niall Kishtainy

Niall Kishtainy is the author of “A Little History of Economics”. The book explores how societies create wealth and who benefits from it, traced through competing economic ideas.

Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli was a Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist. “The Prince” explores the acquisition and maintenance of political power.

Nicholas Boothman

Nicholas Boothman is an English author and speaker. “How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less” explores likability as a learnable skill of aligning attitude, body, voice, and words in a first meeting.

Nicholas Carr

Nicholas Carr is an American journalist and writer. “The Shallows” explores how internet use and other media technologies can shape attention, memory, and thought.

Nicholas Griffin

Nicholas Griffin is the author of “Ping-Pong Diplomacy”. The book explores how table tennis became a route to diplomatic contact between China and the United States.

Nick Bostrom

Nick Bostrom is a philosopher and writer. “Superintelligence” explores the possible development of advanced artificial intelligence and the challenges of controlling it.

Nick Hall

Nick Hall is the author of “I Know What to Do So Why Don't I Do It?”. The book explores why people fail to act on goals they already understand.

Nick Lane

Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. “The Vital Question” explores the role of energy in the emergence and evolution of complex life.

Nick Trenton

Nick Trenton is the author of “The Art of Letting Go”. The book explores how to release unhelpful thoughts, expectations, and resentment while still acting where action is possible.

Nicolas Sabouret

Nicolas Sabouret is the author of “Understanding Artificial Intelligence”. The book explores how AI systems find routes, recognize patterns, and learn to play games, and where their limits lie.

Nicole LePera

Nicole LePera is a clinical psychologist known online as The Holistic Psychologist. “How to Meet Your Self” explores how early conditioning, bodily stress, and learned emotional patterns shape a person’s sense of self.

Nicole Vignola

Nicole Vignola is the author of “Rewire”. The book explores how experience and repeated thoughts shape habits and emotional responses and how those patterns can change.

Nigel Warburton

Nigel Warburton is a British philosopher. “A Little History of Philosophy” explores how major philosophers have asked what is real, how to live well, and how to act justly.

Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal is an author and entrepreneur who writes about habits and attention. His books Hooked and Indistractable examine how products influence behavior and how people can manage distraction.

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is an American linguist and activist. “Understanding Power” explores how institutions shape public knowledge, state policy, and control of economic life.

Noel Weyrich

Noel Weyrich is a coauthor of “Leading Without Authority”. The book explores how to lead without formal authority when results depend on colleagues outside the reporting line.

Norman Doidge

Norman Doidge is a Canadian psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author. “The Brain That Changes Itself” explores the brain's capacity to change through accounts of research and individual experience.

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale was an American minister, author, and positive thinking proponent. “The Power of Positive Thinking” explores the author's faith-based approach to confidence, optimism, and personal challenges.

Olav Schewe

Olav Schewe is a coauthor of “Learn Like a Pro”. The book explores how learners can replace guesswork and raw effort with methods that make studying more effective.

Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman is a British journalist. “Four Thousand Weeks” explores the limits of time and how accepting those limits can change the way people live.

Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks was a British neurologist and writer. “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” explores unusual neurological conditions through detailed accounts of individual patients.

Olivia Fox Cabane

Olivia Fox Cabane is a French American author. “The Charisma Myth” explores charisma as a learnable combination of presence, power, and warmth.

Olivier Sibony

Olivier Sibony is a French author. “Noise” explores the unwanted variability in human judgment and ways to reduce it.

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is an American actress and media mogul. “Build the Life You Want” explores approaches to happiness and emotional life in a collaboration with Arthur C. Brooks.

Oscar Wilde

Osho

Osho was an Indian mystic. “Meditation” explores meditation as relaxed witnessing that moves attention beyond identification with thought and sensation.

Owen O'Kane

Owen O'Kane is a psychotherapist and author. “How to Be Your Own Therapist” explores how present distress links to learned patterns and how people can care for their own mental wellbeing.

Ozan Varol

Ozan Varol is a Turkish-born author and former law professor. “Awaken Your Genius” explores how inherited identities, social conditioning, and borrowed certainty narrow a person’s choices.

Paco de Leon

Paco de Leon is the author of “Finance for the People”. The book explores how emotion, identity, culture, and unequal circumstances shape money decisions.

Pamela Fuller

Pamela Fuller is a coauthor of “The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias”. The book explores how unconscious bias shapes judgment, belonging, and performance at work.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian and American yogi and guru. “Autobiography of a Yogi” explores the author's spiritual journey and his encounters with teachers of yoga and meditation.

Patrick C. Walsh

Patrick C. Walsh is an American surgeon and urologist. “Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer” explores the decisions that shape prostate cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and life after treatment.

Patrick King

Patrick King is the author of “Read People Like a Book”. The book explores how behavior can reveal another person’s motives and feelings while interpretations stay provisional.

Patrick Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni is an American author on business and team management. “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” explores why a capable executive team can fail despite talent, resources, and strategy.

Patrick McKeown

Patrick McKeown is a breathing coach and founder of the Oxygen Advantage program. “The Oxygen Advantage” explores how breathing volume and pattern may affect oxygen delivery, exercise, and health.

Patrick Radden Keefe

Patrick Radden Keefe is an American investigative journalist and author. His books, including Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, examine the people and institutions behind consequential events.

Patti Smith

Patti Smith is an American singer and songwriter. “Just Kids” explores the author's friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe and their development as artists in New York.

Paul Kalanithi

Paul Kalanithi was an Indian-American neurosurgeon and writer. “When Breath Becomes Air” explores the questions of identity, purpose, and mortality that arose during a neurosurgeon's terminal illness.

Paul Sloane

Paul Sloane is a British author and speaker on lateral thinking and innovation. “Lateral Thinking for Every Day” explores how to find fresh solutions when familiar thinking runs out.

Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. “The Alchemist” explores the search for purpose through a fable about a young shepherd's journey.

Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator. “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” explores the relationship between education, power, dialogue, and social liberation.

Pedro Domingos

Pedro Domingos is a computer scientist and author. “The Master Algorithm” explores major approaches to machine learning and the search for a general learning algorithm.

Peter Andrei

Peter Andrei is the author of “How Highly Effective People Speak”. The book explores how speakers make ideas memorable, credible, and persuasive.

Peter Attia

Peter Attia is a Canadian-American author and licensed physician. “Outlive” explores the author's approach to longevity and preserving health and function with age.

Peter C. Brown

Peter C. Brown is a writer and former management consultant. He coauthored Make It Stick with psychologists Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel, translating research on memory and learning into practical examples.

Peter F. Drucker

Peter F. Drucker was an American management consultant and author. “The Effective Executive” explores the habits and responsibilities involved in making effective decisions at work.

Peter Frankopan

Peter Frankopan is a British historian, writer and hotelier. “The Silk Roads” explores world history through the trade routes and cultural exchanges linking East and West.

Peter Godfrey-Smith

Peter Godfrey-Smith is an Australian philosopher and writer. “Other Minds” explores the evolution of minds through an examination of octopuses and other marine animals.

Peter Gray

Peter Gray is an American psychologist and education researcher. “Free to Learn” explores the role of play, curiosity, and self-directed activity in children's learning.

Peter H. Diamandis

Peter H. Diamandis is an engineer, physician, and entrepreneur who founded the XPRIZE Foundation. His coauthored books explore emerging technologies and their potential to address large-scale problems.

Peter Hollins

Peter Hollins is the author of “The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition”. The book explores how to turn a chosen goal into a skill through deliberate work.

Peter M. Senge

Peter M. Senge is an American systems scientist. “The Fifth Discipline” explores systems thinking and the practices that help organizations learn.

Peter Shankman

Peter Shankman is an American entrepreneur and author. “Faster Than Normal” explores how an ADHD brain’s speed and appetite for stimulation can be used without letting distraction take over.

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. “Zero to One” explores the challenge of creating new businesses and products rather than replicating existing ones.

Peter Wohlleben

Peter Wohlleben is a German forester and author. “The Hidden Life of Trees” explores the lives of trees and the ecological relationships within forests.

Phil Knight

Phil Knight is an American billionaire business magnate. “Shoe Dog” explores the experiences and decisions behind the creation and growth of Nike.

Phil Stutz

Phil Stutz is an American psychiatrist and author. “The Tools” explores five repeatable practices for meeting pain, anger, self-consciousness, and negative thinking.

Philip G. Zimbardo

Philippa Perry

Philippa Perry is a British psychotherapist and author. “How to Stay Sane” explores how people can stay stable without becoming rigid or ruled by emotion.

Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher. “Distinction” explores why tastes feel personal while sorting people into social groups.

Plato

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher. “The Republic” explores justice, education, and the organization of a good society through philosophical dialogue.

Prem Rawat

Prem Rawat is an Indian-born speaker and author on inner peace. “Hear Yourself” explores how people can hear themselves amid distraction, expectations, and uncertainty.

Prince Harry

Prince Harry is a British prince and memoirist. “Spare” explores the author's experiences of family, military service, and life within the British royal family.

QuHarrison Terry

QuHarrison Terry is a coauthor of “The Metaverse Handbook”. The book explores what an immersive, user-owned internet could become and how people might participate in it.

Rachel Carlton Abrams

Rachel Carlton Abrams is a coauthor of “Eight Dates”. The book explores how couples can stay close through guided conversations about trust, conflict, sex, money, family, and dreams.

Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist. “Silent Spring” explores the environmental effects of pesticides and the connections among living systems.

Rachel Cruze

Rachel Cruze is an American personal finance author and cohost of The Ramsey Show. “Smart Money Smart Kids” explores how parents can equip children to manage money and which family habits shape that ability.

Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller is a psychologist and coauthor of Attached. Written with psychiatrist Amir Levine, the book explores adult attachment patterns and how understanding them can inform romantic relationships.

Rachel Hollis

Rachel Hollis is an American author and motivational speaker. “Girl, Wash Your Face” explores the author's views on self-belief, expectations, and personal development.

Rachel Richards

Rachel Richards is the author of “Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement”. The book explores how income streams such as royalties, investments, and rentals can loosen the link between work and money.

Radhika Dutt

Radhika Dutt is the author of “Radical Product Thinking”. The book explores how teams can create meaningful change without letting iteration, easy metrics, or short-term pressures choose the destination.

Rahul Jandial

Rahul Jandial is an American brain surgeon and neuroscientist. “Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon” explores how understanding the brain can help people learn, recover, and age well.

Raj Sisodia

Raj Sisodia is a business scholar and a cofounder of the Conscious Capitalism movement. He coauthored Conscious Capitalism with John Mackey, exploring how companies can connect commercial success with purpose and responsibility to stakeholders.

Ramani Durvasula

Ramani Durvasula is an American clinical psychologist and author. “It's Not You” explores how harmful narcissistic relationships undermine self-trust and what helps people recover.

Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi is an American blogger and writer. “I Will Teach You to Be Rich” explores a practical approach to managing spending, saving, investing, and financial priorities.

Randall Munroe

Randall Munroe is an American cartoonist and author. “What If? 2” explores absurd hypothetical questions tested against physics, biology, engineering, and rough arithmetic.

Randy Conley

Randy Conley is a coauthor of “Simple Truths of Leadership”. The book explores how leaders can achieve strong results while helping people thrive through servant leadership and everyday trust.

Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch was an American computer science professor. “The Last Lecture” explores the values and life lessons a professor wanted to share after a terminal diagnosis.

Rasmus Hougaard

Rasmus Hougaard is the founder of the leadership research and training firm Potential Project. “The Mind of the Leader” explores how leaders can meet people’s needs for meaning, connection, and contribution while sustaining performance.

Ray Dalio

Ray Dalio is an American investor and hedge fund manager. “Principles” explores the principles the author developed for making decisions in life and business.

Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil is an American computer scientist, author and futurist. “The Singularity Is Near” explores the author's forecasts about technological change and the future relationship between humans and machines.

Rebecca D. Costa

Rebecca D. Costa is an American sociobiologist, futurist and author. “The Watchman's Rattle” explores why societies become stuck when their problems grow more complex than people can manage.

Rebecca Fett

Rebecca Fett is the author of “It Starts with the Egg”. The book explores how egg quality, sperm, and conditions around conception shape the chance of pregnancy and which factors may be changed.

Rebecca Skloot

Rebecca Skloot is an American science writer. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” explores the story of Henrietta Lacks and the ethical questions surrounding the use of her cells in research.

Reed Hastings

Reed Hastings is an American entrepreneur and education philanthropist. “No Rules Rules” explores the principles and trade-offs behind Netflix's organizational culture.

Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman is an American internet entrepreneur. “Masters of Scale” explores how a venture can grow while preserving what made it valuable.

René Descartes

René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician. “Discourse on the Method” explores a method of inquiry based on doubt, reasoning, and the search for reliable knowledge.

Renée Evenson

Renée Evenson is the author of “Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People”. The book explores how to address difficult behavior at work while preserving a workable relationship.

Renée Mauborgne

Renée Mauborgne is an American business theorist. “Blue Ocean Strategy” explores how businesses can create new market opportunities instead of competing within established boundaries.

Rhonda Byrne

Rhonda Byrne is an Australian writer and producer. “The Secret” explores the author's beliefs about the law of attraction and the power of thought.

Richard Branson

Richard Branson is an English entrepreneur and cofounder of the Virgin Group. “The Virgin Way” explores a leadership practice built around listening, customer experience, experimentation, and trust in people.

Richard Carlson

Richard Carlson was an American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff” explores ways of responding more calmly to everyday frustrations and pressures.

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and science writer. His books, including The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker, explain evolutionary ideas to a general audience.

Richard H. Thaler

Richard H. Thaler is an American economist recognized with the Nobel Memorial Prize for his contributions to behavioral economics. His books examine how real human behavior differs from conventional economic models.

Richard P. Feynman

Richard P. Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on quantum electrodynamics. His lectures and autobiographical stories made his approach to curiosity and problem-solving accessible to readers beyond physics.

Richard Rhodes

Richard Rhodes is an American author and historian. “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” explores the scientific discoveries and wartime decisions that led to the atomic bomb.

Richard Wilkinson

Richard Wilkinson is a British epidemiologist. “The Spirit Level” explores the relationship between income inequality and patterns of health and social well-being.

Rick Hanson

Rick Hanson is an American psychologist and author. “Buddha’s Brain” explores how neuroscience, psychology, and contemplative practice can help the mind reduce avoidable suffering.

Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin is an American record producer. “The Creative Act” explores the creative process and the role of attention, openness, and experimentation in making art.

Rob Bell

Rob Bell is an American author, speaker, and former pastor. “What Is the Bible?” explores what the Bible is and how it should be read, as a historically shaped library of difficult and sometimes conflicting stories.

Rob Dial

Rob Dial is the author of “Level Up”. The book explores why good intentions so often fail to become action.

Rob Moore

Rob Moore is the author of “Money”. The book explores how people can change their relationship with money and build wealth that supports a chosen life.

Robert A. Caro

Robert A. Caro is an American journalist and author. “The Power Broker” explores the life of Robert Moses and the exercise of political power in New York.

Robert A. Glover

Robert A. Glover is the author of “No More Mr. Nice Guy!”. The book explores why trying to please everyone can leave a person resentful and disconnected.

Robert Cialdini

Robert Cialdini is an American psychologist whose work investigates persuasion and influence. His books explain how social cues and the circumstances surrounding a message can affect people's decisions.

Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam is an American political scientist. “Bowling Alone” explores changes in American community participation and their implications for social trust.

Robert Glazer

Robert Glazer is an entrepreneur and founder of Acceleration Partners. “Friday Forward” explores how people can expand their capacity to live and lead with intention.

Robert Greene

Robert Greene is an American author who writes about power, strategy, and human behavior. His books draw on historical figures and events to examine patterns in ambition, influence, and conflict.

Robert J. McMahon

Robert J. McMahon is an American historian. “The Cold War” explores how the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union became a decades-long rivalry and why it ended when it did.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Lustig

Robert Lustig is an American endocrinologist and author. “The Hacking of the American Mind” explores the distinction between pleasure and happiness and the forces shaping reward-seeking behavior.

Robert M. Sapolsky

Robert M. Sapolsky is an American endocrinologist. “Behave” explores the biological, developmental, and social influences behind human behavior.

Robert Poynton

Robert Poynton is the author of “Do Pause”. The book explores how brief interruptions and longer breaks can change attention and the experience of time.

Robert T. Kiyosaki

Robert T. Kiyosaki is an American finance author and investor. “Rich Dad Poor Dad” explores the author's views on financial education, assets, and building income.

Robert Townsend

Robert Townsend was an American business executive and author. “Up the Organization” explores the author's ideas for reducing bureaucracy and giving people responsibility at work.

Robert Waterman

Robert Waterman was an American business author and management consultant. “In Search of Excellence” explores the management practices and organizational characteristics of successful companies.

Roberta Chinsky Matuson

Roberta Chinsky Matuson is the author of “Can We Talk?”. The book explores how difficult workplace conversations can become useful dialogue.

Robin Sharma

Robin Sharma is a Canadian author whose work focuses on personal development and leadership. His books include The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and The 5 AM Club.

Roger Fisher

Roger Fisher was an American legal scholar. “Getting to Yes” explores an approach to negotiation focused on interests, options, and workable agreements.

Rolf Dobelli

Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss writer. “The Not To Do List” explores which habits reliably make life worse and what changes when people stop them.

Romilla Ready

Romilla Ready is the author of “Neuro-linguistic Programming for Dummies”. The book explores how personal maps shaped by attention, language, memory, beliefs, and values guide what people notice and how they act.

Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow is an American writer. “Alexander Hamilton” explores the life, political ideas, and legacy of American founding figure Alexander Hamilton.

Rujuta Diwekar

Rujuta Diwekar is an Indian nutritionist and author. “The 12-week Fitness Project” explores fitness as a daily practice shaped by food, movement, strength, posture, and household habits.

Russ Harris

Russ Harris is a therapist and trainer in acceptance and commitment therapy. “The Confidence Gap” explores confidence as the capacity to act on what matters while fear and self-doubt are present.

Russ Laraway

Russ Laraway is the author of “When They Win, You Win”. The book explores how managers can improve employee engagement while delivering results.

Russ Roberts

Russ Roberts is an American economist. “Wild Problems” explores how to choose when a decision may change who a person becomes.

Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman is a Dutch historian and author. “Utopia for Realists” explores why material progress has not supplied a shared vision of a better future.

Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk is the author of “The Pursuit of Excellence”. The book explores how a person can pursue excellence without treating success as a finish line.

Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday is an American author who connects Stoic philosophy with contemporary life. His books, including The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, explore resilience, self-discipline, and our responses to adversity.

Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher and theologian. “Fear and Trembling” explores the relationship between faith, ethics, and individual commitment.

Sachin Khajuria

Sachin Khajuria is the author of “Two and Twenty”. The book explores how private-equity firms combine fees, leverage, and active ownership to pursue returns.

Sadhguru

Sadhguru is an Indian yogi and author. “Inner Engineering” explores how people can find steadier well-being when experience is shaped within rather than guaranteed by external conditions.

Safi Bahcall

Safi Bahcall is a physicist, entrepreneur, and author. “Loonshots” explores how organizational conditions can support or suppress unconventional ideas.

Sahil Bloom

Sahil Bloom is the author of “The 5 Types of Wealth”. The book explores what it means to be wealthy when money alone cannot describe a good life.

Sam Dogen

Sam Dogen is the founder of the personal finance site Financial Samurai. “Buy This, Not That” explores how money can support a personally defined good life through choices about saving, investing, housing, and work.

Sam Kean

Sam Kean is an American writer. “The Disappearing Spoon” explores the stories of scientific discovery, rivalry, and human experience behind the periodic table.

Samuel Sternberg

Samuel Sternberg is an American biochemist. “A Crack in Creation” explores the development and potential implications of CRISPR gene editing.

Sandra Stanley

Sandra Stanley is a coauthor of “Parenting”. The book explores how parents can raise children with the long-term relationship they hope to have in mind.

Sandrine Dixson-Decleve

Sandrine Dixson-Decleve is the author of “Earth for All”. The book explores how humanity can secure shared wellbeing within planetary limits.

Sandrine Rigaud

Sandrine Rigaud is a French investigative journalist. “Pegasus” explores how reporters and researchers proved the covert use of Pegasus spyware sold to governments.

Sara C. Mednick

Sara C. Mednick is a cognitive neuroscientist and professor at the University of California, Irvine. “The Power of the Downstate” explores how people can recover in a culture that keeps them activated.

Sarah Anderson

Sarah Anderson is the author of “The Lost Art of Silence”. The book explores what makes silence restorative, creative, or oppressive.

Sarah Bakewell

Sarah Bakewell is a British author. “How to Live” explores the life and ideas of Michel de Montaigne as a way of thinking about how to live.

Sarah Ellis

Sarah Ellis is a cofounder of the career development company Amazing If. “You Coach You” explores how people can steer an unpredictable career through a repeatable practice of self-coaching.

Sarah Stein Greenberg

Sarah Stein Greenberg is the executive director of the Stanford d.school. “Creative Acts for Curious People” explores design as a learnable practice of observation, conversation, experimentation, reflection, and ethical choice.

Scott “DJ Skee” Keeney

Scott “DJ Skee” Keeney is an American DJ, producer, and entrepreneur. “The Metaverse Handbook” explores what an immersive, user-owned internet could become and how people might participate in it.

Scott Galloway

Scott Galloway is an American advertising theorist. “The Algebra of Wealth” explores the author's framework for building economic security through work, habits, and financial choices.

Scott H. Young

Scott H. Young is an author and programmer who writes about learning, productivity, and personal development. His book Ultralearning draws on research and intensive self-education projects to explore how people acquire difficult skills.

Scott O'Neil

Scott O'Neil is an American sports executive. “Be Where Your Feet Are” explores how to stay present and live by what matters amid demanding work, relationships, and setbacks.

Scott Tannenbaum

Scott Tannenbaum is a coauthor of “Teams That Work”. The book explores how capability, cooperation, coordination, communication, and coaching combine to shape team effectiveness.

Sean Covey

Sean Covey is an American author, speaker, and business executive. “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens” explores how teenagers can respond to pressure and build a life shaped by their own values.

Selena Rezvani

Selena Rezvani is the author of “The Next Generation of Women Leaders”. The book explores why capable women still encounter barriers to leadership and how they can build careers with greater agency.

Seneca

Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist. “Letters from a Stoic” explores Stoic reflections on character, friendship, adversity, and the use of time.

Seth Godin

Seth Godin is an American author and entrepreneur who writes about marketing, creativity, and work. His books include Purple Cow, Linchpin, and This Is Marketing.

Shane Snow

Shane Snow is a journalist and cofounder of Contently. “The Storytelling Edge” explores why some stories hold attention, build trust, and move people to act.

Sharon Lebell

Sharon Lebell is a writer and musician whose work explores philosophy and the practice of living well. Her book The Art of Living offers a contemporary interpretation of the teachings of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus.

Sharon Saline

Sharon Saline is a clinical psychologist and author. “What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew” explores how parents can understand a child’s experience of ADHD and turn that understanding into practical support.

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is an American Buddhist teacher. “Lovingkindness” explores lovingkindness as a trainable capacity developed through meditation, compassion, shared joy, and equanimity.

Shefali Tsabary

Shefali Tsabary is a clinical psychologist known for writing on conscious parenting. “The Parenting Map” explores how parents can guide children without making them extensions of parental fears and expectations.

Sheila Heen

Sheila Heen is an American author. “Difficult Conversations” explores the emotional and interpersonal challenges of discussing sensitive or contested issues.

Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg is an American business executive. “Lean In” explores women's experiences of ambition, leadership, and workplace expectations.

Shoshana Zuboff

Shoshana Zuboff is an American scholar. “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” explores how businesses collect and use behavioral data and the consequences for society.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee is a physician, researcher, and author who writes about medicine and biology. His book The Emperor of All Maladies, a history of cancer, won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. “The Interpretation of Dreams” explores dreams and their interpretation within the author's theory of unconscious mental life.

Simon Blackburn

Simon Blackburn is an English philosopher. “Ethics” explores what can make ethical standards matter when religion, custom, self-interest, and skepticism seem to undermine them.

Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek is an author and speaker whose work focuses on leadership and organizational purpose. His books include Start with Why and The Infinite Game.

Simone Stolzoff

Simone Stolzoff is the author of “The Good Enough Job”. The book explores how work can matter without becoming a person’s whole identity.

Simran Jeet Singh

Simran Jeet Singh is an American educator, writer, and activist. “The Light We Give” explores how Sikh teachings can guide a response to exclusion and a life of justice.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Sonja Lyubomirsky is a psychologist and researcher on happiness. “The How of Happiness” explores research on happiness and activities intended to support well-being.

Sönke Ahrens

Sönke Ahrens is the author of “How to Take Smart Notes”. The book explores how reading and research can become a cumulative writing practice through a system of connected notes.

Sonya Barlow

Sonya Barlow is a Pakistani-British entrepreneur. “Unprepared to Entrepreneur” explores how to start a business before feeling prepared and keep it viable as customers, teams, and circumstances change.

Spencer Johnson

Spencer Johnson was an American writer. “Who Moved My Cheese?” explores responses to change through a short fable about characters searching for cheese.

Stacy Schiff

Stacy Schiff is an American biographer and essayist. “The Revolutionary” explores how Samuel Adams turned disputes over taxation, representation, and military power into collective resistance.

Stefano Mancuso

Stefano Mancuso is an Italian botanist. “The Incredible Journey of Plants” explores how rooted organisms travel, survive upheaval, and persist across centuries.

Stephanie Cacioppo

Stephanie Cacioppo is a neuroscientist who studies love and social connection. “Wired for Love” explores how love shapes the brain and what happens when connection is strained or lost.

Stephanie M. Kriesberg

Stephanie M. Kriesberg is the author of “Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers”. The book explores how adult daughters of narcissistic mothers can develop trust in their own feelings, needs, and choices.

Stephen E. Ambrose

Stephen E. Ambrose was an American historian and writer. “Band of Brothers” explores the wartime experiences of the soldiers of Easy Company in the Second World War.

Stephen Hanselman

Stephen Hanselman is an author and literary agent with a background in bookselling and publishing. He coauthored The Daily Stoic and Lives of the Stoics with Ryan Holiday, bringing ancient philosophy to a contemporary audience.

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was an English theoretical physicist. “A Brief History of Time” explores cosmology, black holes, and scientific questions about the origin and nature of the universe.

Stephen J. Dubner

Stephen J. Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast host. “Freakonomics” explores the use of economic reasoning to investigate unexpected questions about everyday behavior.

Stephen King

Stephen King is an American author. “On Writing” explores the author's development as a writer and his reflections on the craft of storytelling.

Stephen M.R. Covey

Stephen M.R. Covey is an American author and speaker on trust in leadership. “Trust and Inspire” explores why leadership still relies on control when modern work depends on trust, collaboration, and human potential.

Stephen R. Covey

Stephen R. Covey was an American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker. “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” explores principles of personal responsibility, cooperation, and long-term effectiveness.

Stephen Witt

Stephen Witt is an American journalist and writer. “The Thinking Machine” explores Nvidia’s shift from video-game graphics to the computing platform behind generative AI.

Steve Glaveski

Steve Glaveski is the author of “Employee to Entrepreneur”. The book explores how employees can move toward more autonomous, meaningful livelihoods without making a blind leap.

Steve Magness

Steve Magness is an author and performance coach who has worked with athletes and other professionals. His book Do Hard Things challenges conventional ideas about toughness and explores a more flexible approach to resilience and performance.

Steven Bartlett

Steven Bartlett is a British businessman and podcaster. “The Diary of a CEO” explores the author's reflections on business, personal development, and lessons from influential people.

Steven D. Levitt

Steven D. Levitt is an American economist. “Freakonomics” explores how economic tools and incentives can illuminate seemingly unrelated social questions.

Steven Kotler

Steven Kotler is an American author and journalist whose work explores human performance and emerging technology. His books include The Rise of Superman and collaborations such as Abundance and Stealing Fire.

Steven Levitsky

Steven Levitsky is an American political scientist. “How Democracies Die” explores the erosion of democratic norms and the conditions that can protect democracy.

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is a psychologist and author whose research examines language and the mind. His books for general readers explore topics ranging from human nature to rationality and long-term social change.

Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield is an American novelist. “The War of Art” explores the internal resistance that can obstruct creative work and how people respond to it.

Steven R. Gundry

Steven R. Gundry is an American physician and author. “The Plant Paradox” explores the author's dietary arguments concerning lectins and their proposed effects on health.

Stuart Russell

Stuart Russell is a British computer scientist and author. “Human Compatible” explores the challenge of designing artificial intelligence that remains aligned with human interests.

Sue Johnson

Sue Johnson was a British-born clinical psychologist and developer of emotionally focused therapy. “Hold Me Tight” explores romantic distress as a matter of attachment and how partners who fear disconnection can regain safety.

Suetonius

Suetonius was a Roman historian. “The Twelve Caesars” explores how Rome’s rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian used power and what their habits reveal about character.

Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu was a Chinese general. “The Art of War” explores military strategy, preparation, and the importance of understanding an opponent.

Susan Cain

Susan Cain is an American author who writes about temperament and emotional life. Her book Quiet examines introversion, while Bittersweet explores the meaning people find in sorrow and longing.

Susan Fowler

Susan Fowler is the author of “Why Motivating People Doesn't Work...and What Does”. The book explores why incentives and pressure can produce short-term compliance while undermining sustainable effort.

Susan Jeffers

Susan Jeffers was an American psychologist and self-help author. “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” explores the author's approach to acting despite fear and developing greater confidence.

Susan Magsamen

Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins University. “Your Brain on Art” explores how artistic and aesthetic experiences shape the brain, body, and everyday life.

Suzanne Bates

Suzanne Bates is an American executive coach and communication consultant. “Speak Like a CEO” explores how leaders can develop a credible personal voice, clarify a message, and earn trust.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is an economist and author. “Executive Presence” explores executive presence as the signals of gravitas, communication, and appearance through which others assess a leader’s readiness.

T. Colin Campbell

T. Colin Campbell is an American biochemist. “The China Study” explores the authors' interpretation of research linking dietary patterns and chronic disease.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American writer and journalist. “Between the World and Me” explores race, history, and the experience of living in a Black body in America.

Tania Luna

Tania Luna is a cofounder of LifeLabs Learning. “The Leader Lab” explores how managers can turn everyday interactions into better leadership through small, learnable behaviors.

Tara Brach

Tara Brach is an American psychologist and author. “Radical Acceptance” explores how meeting present experience without self-condemnation can loosen unworthiness, fear, and reactivity.

Tara Westover

Tara Westover is an American historian and writer. “Educated” explores the author's journey from an isolated childhood to formal education and a different understanding of herself.

Tarana Burke

Tarana Burke is an American activist who founded the MeToo movement. “Unbound” explores how childhood abuse and shame shaped a path into community organizing and survivor support.

Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin is an American academic and autism activist. “Visual Thinking” explores how people who think in pictures, patterns, and words differ and how schools and workplaces can recognize those differences.

The Freedom Writers

The Freedom Writers were a group of Long Beach high school students taught by Erin Gruwell in the 1990s. “The Freedom Writers Diary” explores how classrooms can respond to violence, racism, and low expectations through writing and reading.

The School of Life

The School of Life is a British educational organization founded in 2008 by the writer Alain de Botton. “The School of Life” explores how people can learn emotional skills that formal education often leaves to chance.

Theo Smith

Theo Smith is a coauthor of “Neurodiversity at Work”. The book explores how organizations can value different ways of thinking without reducing people to diagnoses.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist. “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching” explores central Buddhist teachings and their application to suffering, mindfulness, and everyday life.

Thomas Erikson

Thomas Erikson is a Swedish author. “Surrounded by Setbacks” explores how to respond to setbacks without letting them determine direction.

Thomas Hertog

Thomas Hertog is a Belgian cosmologist. “On the Origin of Time” explores why a mathematically lawful universe permits life and how time and physical laws might emerge.

Thomas J. Anderson

Thomas J. Anderson is the author of “The Value of Debt in Building Wealth”. The book explores when debt can build wealth rather than undermine it.

Thomas J. Stanley

Thomas J. Stanley was an American writer. “The Millionaire Next Door” explores the financial habits and lifestyles of affluent American households.

Thomas M. Campbell

Thomas M. Campbell is a family physician and author who writes about nutrition. He coauthored The China Study with his father, T. Colin Campbell, and later wrote The Campbell Plan.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine was an English-born philosopher and author. “Common Sense” explores the case for American independence and a challenge to hereditary monarchy.

Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is a French economist. “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” explores the history of wealth and income inequality and the forces that sustain it.

Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell is an American economist. “A Conflict of Visions” explores why political disagreements recur across seemingly unrelated issues, tracing them to competing visions of human nature.

Three Initiates

Three Initiates is the pseudonym of the anonymous author or authors of a Hermetic text first published in 1908. “The Kybalion” explores seven Hermetic principles and how mind, change, and universal law are said to shape lived experience.

Thucydides

Thucydides was a 5th-century BC Athenian historian and general. “The History of the Peloponnesian War” explores the conflict between Athens and Sparta and the political choices made during war.

Tiago Forte

Tiago Forte is a productivity writer and founder of Forte Labs. “Building a Second Brain” explores how to turn scattered digital information into a trusted, reusable knowledge system.

Tiffany Aliche

Tiffany Aliche is an American financial educator known as The Budgetnista. “Get Good with Money” explores how financial wholeness can be built at any income through ten connected areas, from budgeting to estate planning.

Tim Harford

Tim Harford is a British economic journalist. “The Data Detective” explores how to judge numerical claims without falling into gullibility or blanket distrust.

Timothy C. Winegard

Timothy C. Winegard is a historian and professor at Colorado Mesa University. “The Horse” explores how a grassland animal became a partner in the making of civilization.

Timothy Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, author, and podcast host. He is known for The 4-Hour Workweek and for exploring the habits, approaches, and experiences of people working in a wide range of fields.

Timothy Keller

Timothy Keller was an American pastor, theologian, and founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. “The Prodigal God” explores the parable of the two sons as exposing both rebellion and respectable self-righteousness.

Timothy R. Clark

Timothy R. Clark is the author of “The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety”. The book explores how people move from belonging to learning, contributing, and challenging established practice.

Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder is an American historian. “On Tyranny” explores historical lessons about authoritarianism and the responsibilities of citizens.

Tom O'Bryan

Tom O'Bryan is the author of “You Can Fix Your Brain”. The book explores how brain symptoms may connect to immune activity, gut function, and exposures elsewhere in the body.

Tom Peters

Tom Peters is an American author and management consultant. “In Search of Excellence” explores patterns of leadership and management found in successful organizations.

Tom Standage

Tom Standage is a British journalist. “A History of the World in 6 Glasses” explores world history through the roles of six influential drinks.

Tony Fadell

Tony Fadell is an engineer and entrepreneur known for his work on the iPod. “Build” explores lessons from developing products, building teams, and leading technology businesses.

Tony Hsieh

Tony Hsieh was an American businessman. “Delivering Happiness” explores the author's experiences of entrepreneurship and his emphasis on company culture and customer service.

Tony Judt

Tony Judt was an English historian. “Postwar” explores the political, social, and cultural history of Europe after the Second World War.

Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins is an American author, coach, and motivational speaker. His books, including Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within, present his approach to personal development and change.

Tracy Dennis-Tiwary

Tracy Dennis-Tiwary is an American clinical psychologist and professor at Hunter College. “Future Tense” explores how anxiety, as a future-focused emotion, can support preparation, creativity, and connection.

Travis Bradberry

Travis Bradberry is the author of “Emotional Intelligence Habits”. The book explores emotional intelligence as four connected, learnable skills applied to stress, judgment, and relationships.

Trevor Moawad

Trevor Moawad was an American mental conditioning coach. “Getting to Neutral” explores how people can act effectively when optimism feels unconvincing by starting with facts and the next controllable action.

Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah is a South African comedian. “Born a Crime” explores the author's childhood in South Africa and the effects of apartheid on everyday life.

Truman Capote

Uri Gneezy

Uri Gneezy is an Israeli-American behavioral economist. “Mixed Signals” explores how incentives can change behavior while sending messages about what people value.

V.S. Ramachandran

V.S. Ramachandran is an Indian-American neuroscientist. “The Tell-Tale Brain” explores what unusual neurological cases can reveal about perception, consciousness, and human identity.

Vex King

Vex King is the author of “Closer to Love”. The book explores how love can deepen without the loss of a sense of self.

Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, and political commentator. “The Dying Citizen” explores what sustains citizenship when economic independence, shared identity, and national self-government come under strain.

Viktor E. Frankl

Viktor E. Frankl was an Austrian neurologist. “Man's Search for Meaning” explores the search for meaning through the author's experiences of imprisonment and his work in psychotherapy.

Vishen Lakhiani

Vishen Lakhiani is a Malaysian entrepreneur, author. “The Code of the Extraordinary Mind” explores the author's framework for questioning inherited assumptions and pursuing personal development.

Vivek H. Murthy

Vivek H. Murthy is an American physician who twice served as surgeon general of the United States. “Together” explores why people can feel lonely even when surrounded by others and how belonging can be strengthened.

Vyasa

Vyasa is a sage in Hindu tradition to whom the compilation of the Mahabharata is traditionally attributed. The Bhagavad Gita appears within that epic and explores duty, action, and spiritual understanding.

W. Chan Kim

W. Chan Kim is a South Korean business theorist. “Blue Ocean Strategy” explores how businesses can create new demand and pursue opportunities beyond crowded markets.

W. Timothy Gallwey

W. Timothy Gallwey is an American sports coach. “The Inner Game of Tennis” explores the mental side of performance through the example of learning and playing tennis.

Walt Bogdanich

Walt Bogdanich is an American journalist. “When McKinsey Comes to Town” explores how McKinsey’s advice shaped corporate and government decisions and where client service ends and responsibility begins.

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is an American journalist and biographer who has written about influential figures in science, technology, and public life. His books include biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and Benjamin Franklin.

Wendy Born

Wendy Born is the author of “The Languages of Leadership”. The book explores how leaders can shape influence when they cannot control other people.

Wendy Maltz

Wendy Maltz is an American sex therapist, psychotherapist, and author. “The Porn Trap” explores how to tell when pornography has become a harmful pattern and what recovery can require.

Will Durant

Will Durant was an American historian, philosopher and writer. “The Story of Philosophy” explores the lives and ideas of influential figures in the history of philosophy.

Will Smith

Will Smith is an American actor and rapper. “Will” explores the author's experiences of family, music, acting, and life in the public eye.

Will Storr

Will Storr is a British author and journalist. “The Science of Storytelling” explores why some stories hold attention and change how people are seen, connecting storytelling to perception and identity.

William B. Irvine

William B. Irvine is a philosopher and professor emeritus at Wright State University. His books, including A Guide to the Good Life, explore desire, Stoicism, and the application of philosophical ideas to everyday life.

William D. Cohan

William D. Cohan is an American business writer. “Power Failure” explores General Electric’s path from its electrical origins through the Welch and Immelt eras to a planned breakup.

William D. Danko

William D. Danko is a marketing scholar whose research has examined affluent households. He coauthored The Millionaire Next Door with Thomas J. Stanley, challenging common assumptions about how wealthy people live and spend.

William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple is a British historian and writer. “The Anarchy” explores the East India Company's expansion and its role in the transformation of India.

William Golding

William Golding was a British novelist, poet, and playwright. “Lord of the Flies” explores how stranded boys’ attempts at self-government give way to fear, rivalry, and violence.

William H. McRaven

William H. McRaven is a retired United States Navy admiral. “Make Your Bed” explores lessons about discipline, teamwork, and resilience drawn from military experience.

William J. O'Neil

William J. O'Neil was an American stockbroker, investor, and founder of Investor’s Business Daily. “How to Make Money in Stocks” explores how investors can identify a likely market leader, choose a disciplined entry, and know when to exit.

William L. Shirer

William L. Shirer was an American journalist, war correspondent, and author. “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” explores the development of Nazi Germany and the events leading to its collapse.

William MacAskill

William MacAskill is a Scottish philosopher and ethicist. “What We Owe the Future” explores whether people today have moral responsibilities to generations who may live far in the future.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. “Othello” explores how a respected commander comes to mistake staged appearances for proof of betrayal.

William Stixrud

William Stixrud is a clinical neuropsychologist and author. “The Self-Driven Child” explores why a child’s sense of control shapes stress, learning, and independence.

William Ury

William Ury is an American author, anthropologist, and negotiation expert. “Getting to Yes” explores methods for negotiating agreements by addressing interests rather than defending fixed positions.

William Vanderbloemen

William Vanderbloemen is an entrepreneur, former pastor, and founder of Vanderbloemen Search Group. “Be the Unicorn” explores what makes someone unusually valuable at work, described as twelve learnable traits.

William Zinsser

William Zinsser was an American writer. “On Writing Well” explores the principles of clear, direct nonfiction writing and the discipline of revision.

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau is a German journalist and commentator on European economics. “Kaput” explores how Germany’s export-led industrial success hardened into structural fragility.

Woo-kyoung Ahn

Woo-kyoung Ahn is a professor of psychology at Yale University. “Thinking 101” explores how mental shortcuts shape confidence, belief, causal judgment, and decisions.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Tsunetomo was a Japanese samurai. “Hagakure” explores ideas about duty, conduct, and the samurai way of life.

Yung Pueblo

Yung Pueblo is an author and poet who writes about healing and meditation. “Lighter” explores how people can become less ruled by pain, conditioning, and ego.

Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and author whose work addresses broad questions about human societies. His books include Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.

Yuzan Daidoji

Yuzan Daidoji was a samurai of the Edo period. “The Code of the Samurai” explores principles of conduct, responsibility, and preparation associated with the samurai tradition.

Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. “See You at the Top” explores how people can put unused potential to work through self-image, relationships, goals, attitude, work, and desire.

Zoë Schlanger

Zoë Schlanger is a science journalist and staff writer at The Atlantic. “The Light Eaters” explores how plants sense, signal, remember, and adapt without animal-style brains.