Charles Duhigg Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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24 books

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Alison Bechdel

Charles Duhigg

The Secret to Superhuman Strength: An Illustrated Meditation on the Life of the Body, the Death of the Self, and Our Search for Meaning http://dlvr.it/SGMVm2 from @brainpickings https://t.co/h5Wh2kGvrd

Hardcover, 2021

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska

Rockwell Kent

Charles Duhigg

Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island https://t.co/DLbunLMyNZ from @brainpickings https://t.co/4mad3zb2yb

Paperback, 2024

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Women Holding Things

Maira Kalman

Charles Duhigg

Women Holding Things: Artist Maira Kalman’s Tender and Quirky Ode to the Weight of the World and the Barely Bearable Lightness of Being https://t.co/5zRQRQq4RZ from @brainpickings https://t.co/isbcfDE86b

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research

John Steinbeck

Charles Duhigg

The Log from the Sea of Cortez: John Steinbeck’s Forgotten Masterpiece on How to Think and the Art of Seeing the Pattern Beyond the Particular https://t.co/bHPObTLxFV from @brainpickings https://t.co/bcMzhjO73N

Paperback, 2009

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

J. M. 1860-1937 Barrie

Charles Duhigg

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: Arthur Rackham’s Haunting Illustrations for the Barrie Classic https://t.co/bg1rfiWXeR from @brainpickings https://t.co/vNsPamghKF

Hardcover, 2022

$31.95$15.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Bittersweet (Oprah's Book Club): How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Susan Cain

Charles Duhigg

The Power of the Bittersweet: Susan Cain on Longing as the Fulcrum of Creativity https://t.co/P5bri9L5Xn from @brainpickings https://t.co/1LKCqAvavv

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Family Outing: A Memoir

Jessi Hempel

Charles Duhigg

If you know @jessiwrites, you know why you should be so excited to read this book. And if you don't then take my advice: READ THIS BOOK.

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

Charles Duhigg

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Opaque to Ourselves: Milan Kundera on Writing and the Key to Great Storytelling https://t.co/vKwHeR6UiJ from @brainpickings https://t.co/eENbrHAt6v

Paperback, 2005

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Life

Isabel Florence Hapgood

Charles Duhigg

Life and Death and More Life: Leo Tolstoy on Science, Spirituality, and Our Search for Meaning https://t.co/95aif3y6mQ from @brainpickings https://t.co/tpXDZzBqQp

Paperback, 2023

$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Orwell's Roses

Rebecca Solnit

Charles Duhigg

Orwell’s Roses: Rebecca Solnit on How Nature Sustains Us, Beauty as Fuel for Change, and the Value of the Meaningless Things That Give Our Lives Meaning https://t.co/jlXFVYI1ld from @brainpickings https://t.co/K9Y9vliYRt

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book