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Books like Good Habits, Bad Habits
The best books like Good Habits, Bad Habits are Atomic Habits, The Power of Habit, and Thinking, Fast and Slow. Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood is about habits, behavior change, psychology. 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 Good Habits, Bad 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 Good Habits, Bad Habits.
Read the summary → - Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman · Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman's account of the two cognitive systems that govern human thought.
A kindred psychology read.
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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 Good Habits, Bad Habits.
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 Good Habits, Bad Habits.
Read the summary → - Better Than Before
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Gretchen Rubin · Self-help
Better Than Before is Gretchen Rubin's synthesis of years of research and personal experimentation on habits.
Shares habits and behavior change with Good Habits, Bad Habits.
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 Good Habits, Bad Habits.
Read the summary → - Switch
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Chip Heath and Dan Heath · Business
Switch is Chip Heath and Dan Heath's framework for understanding and overcoming the central paradox of change: people want things to be different, and yet change is consistently hard.
Shares behavior change and psychology with Good Habits, Bad Habits.
Read the summary → - The Willpower Instinct
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Kelly McGonigal · Self-help
The Willpower Instinct is based on Kelly McGonigal's popular ten-week science of willpower course at Stanford University's Continuing Studies program.
Shares habits and self-control with Good Habits, Bad Habits.
Read the summary → - Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink · Psychology
Drive is Daniel Pink's argument that the motivational model most organizations still run on — reward the behavior you want, punish the behavior you don't — is badly mismatched to the kind of work that matters most in a modern economy.
Both dig into behavior change.
Read the summary → - Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
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Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini · Psychology
Influence, New and Expanded is the 2021 revision of Robert Cialdini's foundational 1984 work on the psychology of persuasion.
Both dig into behavior change.
Read the summary → - Solving the Procrastination Puzzle
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Solving the Procrastination Puzzle
Timothy A. Pychyl · Psychology
Solving the Procrastination Puzzle is Timothy Pychyl's short, research-grounded guide to understanding and overcoming procrastination.
Both dig into behavior change.
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Books like Good Habits, Bad Habits: quick answers
What are the best books like Good Habits, Bad Habits?
The best books like Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood are Atomic Habits by James Clear, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, 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 Good Habits, Bad Habits, such as habits, behavior change, psychology.
What should I read after Good Habits, Bad Habits?
A natural next read after Good Habits, Bad Habits is Atomic Habits by James Clear. Shares habits and behavior change with Good Habits, Bad Habits. Other strong choices are The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg.
What books are similar to Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood?
Good Habits, Bad Habits centers on habits, behavior change, psychology. Books with a similar feel include Atomic Habits by James Clear, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney, Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
