IanSanders 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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Author, 365 Ways To Have a Good Day. Helping organisations create change through storytelling. Inspiring more good days at work. Into: urban wandering, coffee

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl
Reading Dave Grohl’s ‘The Storyteller’ - his tales of playing and recording music in his bedroom as a kid took me back to rewatch his 2013 keynote at SXSW. Love this story of how Dave made DIY multi-track recordings in his bedroom when he was 12. https://t.co/wSgnWuXViv
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Succession: Season One: The Complete Scripts
Jesse Armstrong
I'm enjoying catching up on this conversation. @TinaBrownLM has been interviewing HBO's @succession creator Jesse Armstrong at today's #sirharrysummit - you can catch it on the livestream here (you'll need to scroll back to find it!) https://t.co/BuqWjwgolw
Paperback, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
You Coach You: How to Overcome Challenges and Take Control of Your Career
Helen Tupper
Such a shame that I couldn’t make @Amazing_If’s launch event last night for @HelenTupper and Sarah Ellis’s new book ‘You Coach You.’ Do check it out and discover how to become your very own career coach https://t.co/QDkaK4KVfJ
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
Jeremy Utley
Finally I go into my MacBook and tidy up the doc to create a one or two page summary of the book. (The example I have used in this thread is Ideaflow by @jeremyutley and Perry Klebahn)
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Joy: A 6x9 Matte Soft Cover Vintage Style Upcycled Dictionary Art Notebook with 120 Dot Grid Pages
Casi Art
If you’re in central London and near Euston Road, @ExploreWellcome has the perfect (free!) lunch-hour exhibition: ‘Joy.’ Some of my highlights: Barry Lewis’ photo of Butlin’s Skegness; Joy Labinjo’s portrait inspired by a stash of family photographs; and some fab David Shrigley. https://t.co/CXUTxYtVR6
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The Mare
Mary Gaitskill
Well I read 29 books in 2022. Here are my favourite novels I read this year (along with The Mare by Mary Gaitskill - one that I borrowed from the library) https://t.co/jn4JJQYjVM
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Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Douglas Stuart
I loved reading ‘Shuggie Bain.’ Also I’m really interested in Douglas Stuart’s story. He wrote Shuggie, much of it on the M train to work, whilst still working in fashion in NYC. This is a wonderful episode of Imagine https://t.co/sQqkW2X6I1
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Will Survive: Desert Island Discord
Simon Northouse
This is wonderful. Roy Plomley (then a freelancer) pitches his Desert Island Discs programme idea to the BBC in 1941. Love the simplicity of his one-page pitch. (via @Storythings newsletter) https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/100objectsdesertislanddiscs/?utm_source=pocket_mylist https://t.co/CX4Z2ZBy3H
Paperback, 2021
$13.54$6.77 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leap!: Ditch Your Job, Start Your Own Business and Set Yourself Free
Ian Sanders
This is me and Iain. Iain worked on my first book ‘Leap! Ditch your job, start your own business and set yourself free,’ 15 years ago. Now Iain is the editor of my latest book ‘365 Ways to Have a Good Day.’ Today we had our first post-pandemic reunion. https://t.co/ygSsXazLXU https://t.co/ME7Bkwz04Z
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Notebook: It's My Job To Play With Nipples
Work Life
If there's one habit I'm pleased I've kept up over the last twenty five years, it's this: always have a notebook at my side. In these books are my weekly Good Times lists, observations, doodles, notes, stories and newspaper clippings. Work. Family. Life. It's all here. https://t.co/hlhxs5tEXy
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