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The Tim Ferriss Show Top 13

The Tim Ferriss Show Top 13

The top books loved by successful guests on The Tim Ferriss Show

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This collection brings you the Top 13 titles recommended by billionaires, bestselling authors, and other mega-successful guests of Tim Ferriss' eponymous podcast. Credit: Andrew (Drew) Kelly

The Tim Ferriss Show Top 13

The top books loved by successful guests on The Tim Ferriss Show

The Drama of the Gifted Child
The Drama of the Gifted Child
Alice Miller
The Search for the True Self
13 min4.0
Age of Propaganda
Age of Propaganda
Anthony Pratkanis & Elliot Aronson
The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
22 min4.0
Words That Work
Words That Work
Frank Luntz
It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear
19 min4.0
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
18 min4.3
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
A journey into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer
39 min4.5
A Guide to the Good Life
A Guide to the Good Life
William Braxton Irvine
The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
22 min4.6
Grain Brain
Grain Brain
David Perlmutter
The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar
21 min4.3
The Effective Executive
The Effective Executive
Peter F. Drucker
The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
15 min4.2
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
28 min4.3
Blink
Blink
Malcolm Gladwell
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
14 min4.0
Mindset
Mindset
Carol Dweck
The New Psychology of Success
15 min4.4
Daring Greatly
Daring Greatly
Brene Brown
How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
20 min4.5
Antifragile
Antifragile
Nassim N. Taleb
Things that Gain from Disorder
20 min4.5

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