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Books like Negotiating the Impossible
The best books like Negotiating the Impossible are Never Split the Difference, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, and Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Negotiating the Impossible by Deepak Malhotra is about negotiation, conflict resolution, strategy. 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.
- Never Split the Difference
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Chris Voss · Business
Never Split the Difference is Chris Voss's argument that the rational, compromise-based negotiation frameworks taught in business schools miss something fundamental about how people actually make decisions.
Shares negotiation and influence with Negotiating the Impossible.
Read the summary → - Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Roger Fisher and William Ury · Business
Getting to Yes emerged from the Harvard Negotiation Project in the late 1970s and laid out a method its authors called principled negotiation.
Shares negotiation and conflict resolution with Negotiating the Impossible.
Read the summary → - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini · Psychology
Influence is Robert Cialdini's account of why people say yes, and how that agreement is manufactured.
A kindred business read.
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 business read.
Read the summary → - You Can Negotiate Anything
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Herb Cohen · Business
You Can Negotiate Anything is Herb Cohen's argument that negotiation is not a special skill reserved for diplomats and dealmakers but a basic life competence exercised continuously — in salary conversations, purchases, relationships, and workplace conflicts.
Shares negotiation and strategy with Negotiating the Impossible.
Read the summary → - Beyond Entrepreneurship
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Jim Collins & William Lazier · Business
Beyond Entrepreneurship is Jim Collins's first major book, co-written with William Lazier and published in 1992, before the research that produced Built to Last and Good to Great.
Both dig into strategy.
Read the summary → - Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh · Business
Blitzscaling is Reid Hoffman's argument that certain markets — primarily those with strong network effects and winner-take-most dynamics — reward companies that prioritize speed of growth over efficiency, even at the cost of significant operational risk.
Both dig into strategy.
Read the summary → - Blue Ocean Strategy
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W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne · Business
Blue Ocean Strategy is Kim and Mauborgne's case that the most successful companies don't compete in existing markets by beating rivals at their own game — they create new market spaces where competition is irrelevant.
Both dig into strategy.
Read the summary → - Building a StoryBrand
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Donald Miller · Business
Building a StoryBrand is Donald Miller's argument that most companies fail at marketing because they communicate from the wrong perspective.
Both dig into strategy.
Read the summary → - Competing Against Luck
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Clayton M. Christensen · Business
Competing Against Luck is Clayton Christensen's most complete development of the Jobs to Be Done framework, which he introduced briefly in The Innovator's Solution.
Both dig into strategy.
Read the summary → - Competitive Strategy
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Michael E. Porter · Business
Competitive Strategy is Michael Porter's foundational framework for analyzing industries and developing competitive strategy.
Both dig into strategy.
Read the summary → - Escaping the Build Trap
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Melissa Perri · Business
Escaping the Build Trap is Melissa Perri's diagnosis of why product organizations ship constantly but rarely deliver real value, and her prescription for how to change that pattern.
Both dig into strategy.
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Books like Negotiating the Impossible: quick answers
What are the best books like Negotiating the Impossible?
The best books like Negotiating the Impossible by Deepak Malhotra are Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Negotiating the Impossible, such as negotiation, conflict resolution, strategy.
What should I read after Negotiating the Impossible?
A natural next read after Negotiating the Impossible is Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. Shares negotiation and influence with Negotiating the Impossible. Other strong choices are Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
What books are similar to Negotiating the Impossible by Deepak Malhotra?
Negotiating the Impossible centers on negotiation, conflict resolution, strategy. Books with a similar feel include Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen, Beyond Entrepreneurship by Jim Collins & William Lazier — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
