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Books like Better Than Before
The best books like Better Than Before are Atomic Habits, Deep Work, and The Power of Habit. Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin is about habits, behavior change, self-knowledge. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Atomic Habits
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James Clear · Self-help
Atomic Habits is James Clear's framework for how very small changes — habits so minor they seem to make no difference on any given day — compound into remarkable results over months and years.
Shares habits and behavior change with Better Than Before.
Read the summary → - Deep Work
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Deep Work is Cal Newport's case that the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is becoming both rarer and more valuable, and that people who cultivate it will thrive while everyone else stays stuck in shallow busywork.
Both dig into habits.
Read the summary → - The Power of Habit
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Charles Duhigg · Psychology
The Power of Habit is Charles Duhigg's investigation into why habits exist and how they can be changed.
Shares habits and behavior change with Better Than Before.
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- Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
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Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
BJ Fogg · Self-help
Tiny Habits is BJ Fogg's distillation of more than two decades of research at Stanford's Behavior Design Lab.
Shares habits and behavior change with Better Than Before.
Read the summary → - Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Roy Baumeister and John Tierney · Psychology
Willpower is social psychologist Roy Baumeister's synthesis of decades of laboratory research on self-control, translated into practical guidance by science journalist John Tierney.
Shares habits and behavior change with Better Than Before.
Read the summary → - Mini Habits
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Stephen Guise · Self-help
Mini Habits is Stephen Guise's case for starting habits so small they are almost impossible to fail.
Shares habits and behavior change with Better Than Before.
Read the summary → - Good Habits, Bad Habits
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Wendy Wood · Psychology
Good Habits, Bad Habits is social psychologist Wendy Wood's account of what decades of research actually shows about how habits form and change.
Shares habits and behavior change with Better Than Before.
Read the summary → - Discipline Equals Freedom
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Jocko Willink · Self-help
Discipline Equals Freedom is Jocko Willink's compressed manifesto on the relationship between self-discipline and freedom — his central argument being that the two are not opposites but the same thing.
Both dig into habits.
Read the summary → - Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Nir Eyal · Self-help
Indistractable is Nir Eyal's argument that distraction is not a technology problem — it's a psychology problem.
Both dig into behavior change.
Read the summary → - Limitless
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Jim Kwik · Self-help
Limitless is Jim Kwik's account of how he overcame a childhood brain injury and learning difficulties to become a professional memory coach and reading accelerator, and what he learned about cognition along the way.
Both dig into habits.
Read the summary → - Make Time
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Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky · Self-help
Make Time is a practical guide from two former Google Ventures designers who grew frustrated watching their own attention get swallowed by the default rhythms of the modern workday.
Both dig into habits.
Read the summary → - One Small Step Can Change Your Life
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One Small Step Can Change Your Life
Robert Maurer · Self-help
Robert Maurer's book is built around a single Japanese concept: kaizen, the practice of continuous improvement through very small steps.
Both dig into habits.
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Books like Better Than Before: quick answers
What are the best books like Better Than Before?
The best books like Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin are Atomic Habits by James Clear, Deep Work by Cal Newport, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Better Than Before, such as habits, behavior change, self-knowledge.
What should I read after Better Than Before?
A natural next read after Better Than Before is Atomic Habits by James Clear. Shares habits and behavior change with Better Than Before. Other strong choices are Deep Work by Cal Newport, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg.
What books are similar to Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin?
Better Than Before centers on habits, behavior change, self-knowledge. Books with a similar feel include Atomic Habits by James Clear, Deep Work by Cal Newport, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney, Mini Habits by Stephen Guise — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
