20 books like The Let Them Theory

Atomic Habits James Clear

People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call.

Untamed Glennon Doyle

Part inspiration, part memoir, Untamed explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world and instead dare to listen to and trust in the voice deep inside us, from the beloved bestselling author and award-winning podcast host Glennon Doyle.

Ikigai Héctor García, Francesc Miralles

We all have an ikigai. It's the Japanese word for 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'.

This book will help you work out what your own ikigai really is, and equip you to change your life. You have a purpose in this world: your skills, your interests, your desires and your history have made you the perfect candidate for something. All you have to do is find it.

Awake Academy Tess Brouwer, Layne Beachley

Structured by the three main pillars — Awareness, Alignment, and Awakening — this book features Tess Brouwer and Layne Beachley's inspiring personal stories along with easy-to-apply positive psychology principles and practical exercises to boost your energy, emotional intelligence (EQ) and empathy.

The Gifts of Imperfection Brené Brown

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Figuring Out Thirty Bridget Hustwaite

Figuring Out Thirty covers the big questions we ask ourselves as the defining decade looms. How do we know the decisions we’re making for our futures are the right ones for us, and not what society expects of us? Is marriage still relevant, and how do we decide if we want to have children — and when? Do our dream careers have expiration dates? And why do our friendships hit different now?

It's Not You Ramani Durvasula PhD

Dealing with a narcissist is hard. One day their confidence and charisma pull you in, the next day they gaslight, wreck your self-confidence, and leave you wondering what you could have done differently. Clinical Psychologist and narcissism expert Dr Ramani is here to help. 

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Dr Julie Smith

Drawing on her years of experience as a clinical psychologist, Dr Julie Smith's first book is a must-have resource for instantly better mental health.

Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? offers simple advice, effective strategies and powerful coping techniques to help readers stay positive and resilient no matter what life throws their way.

Build the Life You Want Oprah Winfrey, Arthur C Brooks

In Build the Life You Want, Harvard Professor Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness, no matter how challenging your circumstances. Combining their decades of experience studying happiness from every angle, they show you how to improve your life right now — instead of waiting for the outside world to change.

The Next Conversation Jefferson Fisher

No matter who you’re talking to, The Next Conversation gives you immediately actionable strategies and phrases that will forever change how you communicate. Trial lawyer and communications expert Jefferson Fisher has gained millions of followers online through short, simple, practical videos teaching people how to argue less and talk more. And now he offers a tried-and-true framework that will show you how to transform your life and your relationships by improving your next conversation.

Good To Great Jim Collins

After a five-year research project, Jim Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to great while other organisations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising — at times even shocking — to the modern mind.

Make Your Bed William H. McRaven

Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple and universal wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life's darkest moments.

The School of Life The School of Life, Alain de Botton

This is a book about everything you were never taught at school. It's about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It's also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity. Written in a hugely accessible, warm and humane style, The School of Life is the ultimate guide to the emotionally fulfilled lives we all long for — and deserve.

The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg

In The Power of Habit, award-winning journalist Charles Duhigg takes us into the thrilling and surprising world of the scientific study of habits.

He examines why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. He visits laboratories where neuroscientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. And he uncovers how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr.

Open When… Dr Julie Smith

This is a book for when you feel overwhelmed — whether you’re facing grief, fear, self-doubt, relationship issues, difficult decisions, burnout, regrets or don’t know how to ask for help.

Each chapter begins with a letter from Dr Julie to the reader offering comfort and perspective. She then follows with her trademark simple and straightforward advice to help you see clearly how best to respond and act.

The Second Mountain David Brooks

Mainstream culture teaches us that human beings pursue our self-interest — money, power, fame. But at some point, we might discover that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want to want the things that are truly worthy of wanting. At this point, you have moved to your second mountain.

In this book, David Brooks explores the meaning and possibilities that scaling a second mountain offer us, and the four commitments that most commonly move us there.

I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't) Brené Brown

Based on seven years of Brené Brown’s ground-breaking research and hundreds of interviews, I Thought It Was Just Me shines a long-overdue light on an important truth: Our imperfections are what connect us to each other and to our humanity. Our vulnerabilities are not weaknesses; they are powerful reminders to keep our hearts and minds open to the reality that we’re all in this together.

Wintering Katherine May

Wintering is a poignant and comforting meditation on the fallow periods of life, times when we must retreat to care for and repair ourselves. Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times with the wisdom of knowing that, like the seasons, our winters and summers are the ebb and flow of life.

Clear Thinking Shane Parrish

We all face thousands of decisions every day. They define the trajectory of our lives. There’s just one problem: most of us have no idea how to make them.

Here, Shane Parrish — ‘the former spy who helps Wall Street mavens think smarter’ (New York Times) — draws upon conversations with the world’s leading entrepreneurs and experts to offer a simple, revolutionary method to clear your head and make better decisions. It will help you unlock the life you seek.

The Diary of a CEO Steven Bartlett

In The Diary of a CEO, Steven Bartlett shares the fundamental laws that will ensure excellence in any walk of life.

Rooted in psychology and behavioural science, these laws of business and life are based on the wisdom of tens of thousands of people Steven has surveyed across every continent and age group, and of course, drawn from the conversations he’s had on his chart-topping podcast with the world's most successful people.