I actually can’t believe I made it 52 weeks with season one, completing an episode a week with the podcast! So it only makes sense to see every single book in one list, all in order of episodes:
Mel Robbins: The 5 Second Rule
Dr Susan Jeffers: Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action
Jenn Sincero: You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting your Greatness and Start Living An Awesome Life
Damon Zahariades: The Art Of Saying NO: How To Stand Your Ground, Reclaim Your Time And Energy, And Refuse To Be Taken For Granted (Without Feeling Guilty!)
Jennie Miller and Victoria Lambert: Boundaries: How to Draw the Line in Your Head, Heart and Home
James and Claudia Azula Altucher: The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness
Dr Angela Lee Duckworth: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Linda Kaplan Thaler: Grit to Great: How Hard Work, Perseverance, and Pluck Take from Ordinary to Extraordinary
James Clear: Atomic Habits
Dr Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson: Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
Mark McGuinness: Resilient: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success
Dr Susan Kahn: Bounce Back: How to Fail Fast and be Resilient at Work
Dr. Kristin Neff: Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Dr. Vivek H. Murthy: Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
Dr Daniel Levitin: Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Charles Duhigg: Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
David Allen: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Laura Jordan Bambach, Mark Earls, Daniele Fiandaca, and Scott Morrison: Creative Superpowers: Equip Yourself for the Age of Creativity
Dr Tina Seelig: InGenius: A Crash Course in Creativity
Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton: Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses “No, But” Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration–Lessons from The Second City
Dan Harris: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
Daniel Gilbert: Stumbling on Happiness
Derren Brown: Happy: Why More Or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
Cate Sevilla: How To Work Without Losing Your Mind
Rachael Robertson: Respect Trumps Harmony: Why Being Liked is Overrated and Constructive Conflict Gets Results
Dale Carnegie: How To Win Friends and Influence People
Johann Hari: Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
Dr. Matthew Dylan Lieberman: Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
Sharon Salzberg: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
Ijeoma Oluo: So You Want to Talk About Race
Dr David M. Hall: Allies at Work: Creating a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Inclusive Work Environment
Gill Hasson: Kindness: Change Your Life and Make the World a Kinder Place
Jaime Thurston: Kindness: The Little Thing that Matters Most
Dr David R. Hamilton: The Five Side-effects of Kindness: This Book Will Make You Feel Better, Be Happier & Live Longer
Dr Max McKeown: Adaptability: The Art of Winning In An Age of Uncertainty
M.J. Ryan: How to Survive Change . . . You Didn’t Ask For: Bounce Back, Find Calm in Chaos, and Reinvent Yourself
Dr Spencer Johnson: Who Moved My Cheese?
Trin Garritano and Jenn Bane: Friendshipping: The Art of Finding Friends, Being Friends, and Keeping Friends
Rachel Wilkerson Miller: Art of Showing Up
Shasta Nelson: Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness
Allan Lokos: Patience: the Art of Peaceful Living
Dr Judith Orloff: Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life
Christian van Nieuwerburgh: An Introduction to Coaching Skills: A Practical Guide
Kim Morgan: The Coach’s Survival Guide: An essential companion to anyone setting out as a professional coach
Michael Bungay Stanier: The Coaching Habit: say less, ask more & change the way you lead forever
Dr Robert Emmons: Words Of Gratitude: Mind Body & Soul
Janice Kaplan: The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life
Michael Brian McDonnell: My Introvert Journey To Being Visible: Join me on my journey from hiding in the shadows full of fear to Sky TV and beyond
Susan Cain: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Michaela Chung: The Irresistible Introvert: Harness the Power of Quiet Charisma in a Loud World
Sara Maitland: How to Be Alone
Jane Mathews: The Art of Living Alone and Loving It: Your inspirational toolkit for a whole and happy life
Dr. Ralph L. Keeney: Give Yourself a Nudge: Helping Smart People Make Smarter Personal and Business Decisions
Dr Dan Ariely: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Chip and Dan Heath: Decisive: How to Make Better Decisions
Kate Swoboda: The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life
Dr Margie Warrell: Brave: 50 Everyday Acts of Courage to Thrive in Work, Love and Life
Richard Sutton: The Stress Code: From Surviving to Thriving : a Scientific Model for Stress Resilience
Dr Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Don Joseph Goewey: The End of Stress, Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain
Paul McGee: How Not To Worry: The Remarkable Truth of How a Small Change Can Help You Stress Less and Enjoy Life More
Bernadette Russell: How to Be Hopeful: Your Toolkit to Rediscover Hope and Help Create a Kinder World
Rebecca Solnit: Hope in The Dark
Kate Meiner: Figure It Out: How to Harness the Power of Resourcefulness and Achieve Success
Dr Scott Sonenshein: Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less-And Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined
Carl Honoré: In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
Haemin Sunim: The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World
Helen Russell: How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned about Getting Happier, by Being Sad, Better
Randy Taran: Emotional Advantage: Embracing All Your Feelings to Create a Life You Love
Rosie Wilby: The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak
Susan Piver: The Wisdom of a Broken Heart: An Uncommon Guide to Healing, Insight, and Love
Allan Lokos: Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination
Louise Hay: You Can Heal Your Life
Peter Bregman: 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
Dr. Daniel Goleman: Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo: Unbound: Twitter Thoughts for the Heart and Mind
Seth Godin: Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us
Radha Agrawal: Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life
Giles Paley-Phillips and Jim Daly: Blank: Why It’s Fine to Falter and Fail, and How to Pick Yourself Up Again
Elizabeth Day: How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong
Ruhi Lee: Good Indian Daughter
Edward T. Hall: Beyond Culture
Srdja Popovic: Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
Kate Hanley: How to Be a Better Person: 400 plus Simple Ways to Make a Difference in Yourself
Mike Bayer: Best Self: Be You, Only Better
Zoey Arielle Poulsen: The Joy of Minimalism: A Beginner’s Guide to Happiness with Less.
Joshua Becker: The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own.
Marie Kondo: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.
Michael Brian McDonnell: Dear Me: There’s A Better Way
Dr. Stephen Briers: Psychobabble: Exploding the Myths of the Self-help Generation
Heidi Barr and Ellie Roscher: 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life
Shauna Niequist: Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
Greg McKeown: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Paul McGee: How to Speak So People Really Listen: The Straight-Talking Guide to Communicating with Influence
Julian Treasure: How to be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening
Giles Paley-Phillips: One Hundred and Fifty-Two Days
Maya Kalaria: Half Woman Half Grief
Megan Devine: It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
Rachel Fowler: My Happy Place: Healthy, sustainable and humane interior design for life and work
Dr. Peter Senge: The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World
William McDonough & Michael Braungart: The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance
Natalie Farrell: Light The Way
Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Anthony de Mello (edited by Don Joseph Goewey): Stop Fixing Yourself: Wake Up, All Is Well
Dr. Tasha Eurich: Insight: Why We’re Not as Self-aware as We Think, and how Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life
Malcolm Gladwell: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Dr. Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and Slow
Jessica Nordell: The End of Bias: A Beginning
Dr Dolly Chugh: The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
Porochista Khakpour: Sick: A Memoir
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Bernadette Russell: The Little Book of Wonder: Rediscover the power of creativity, curiosity and imagination
Steven Johnson: Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
Olga Khazan: Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World
Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga: The Courage to be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness
Poorna Bell: Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women’s Strength
Haley Shapley: Strong Like Her: A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History Makers, and Unstoppable Athletes
Bobi Conn: In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir
Dr. Sharon Blackie: If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of the Celtic Woman
Mark Wolynn: It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Devi Lockwood: 1,001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World
Paul Hawken: Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Co-editors Gabrielle Deonath and Kamini Ramdeen-Chowdhury: Untold: Defining Moments of the Uprooted
Roxane Gay: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Alya Mooro: The Greater Freedom: Life As a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes
Emily Esfahani Smith: The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness
Jerry Colonna: Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up
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Suswati Basu is a writer, journalist, producer and feminist activist residing in London. She has written for the Guardian, Huffington Post and the F-Word blogs, and has worked for various media outlets such as the BBC, Channel 4 and for ITV News/ITN. She currently is Head of Audience and Deputy Editor at NationalWorld.
