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Seth Godin Book Recommendations (49 Books)

Seth Godin is an American author and former dot com business executive.

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Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

Geoffrey A. Moore

Source: "Helps us understand that it is a myth — an incorrect myth, a false myth — to believe that we can start with an idea for a few people and ride it from early adopter to early majority to late majority to laggard." - Seth Godin
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Snow Crash

Snow Crash

A Novel

Neal Stephenson

Source: "Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet." - Seth Godin
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Traction

Traction

How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

Gabriel Weinberg

Source: "The latest, most specific tactics from the red-hot center of the internet marketing universe. From someone who has done it. Twice." - Seth Godin
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B

B

Sarah Kay

Source: "A simple poem from a mother to her daughter. And I have to confess, I get choked up every single time I read it." - Seth Godin
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Walk in Their Shoes

Walk in Their Shoes

Can One Person Change the World?

Jim Ziolkowski

Source: "About how [the author] from a job at GE built an institution that’s in countries around the world, changing the lives of underprivileged kids." - Seth Godin
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Rework

Rework

David “DHH” Heinemeier Hansson

Source: "I can't imagine what possible excuse you can dream up for not buying this book for every single person you work with, right now." - Seth Godin
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Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition

Blue Ant, Book 1

William Gibson

Source: "You don’t even have to finish it; just read the first five chapters and suddenly, you will now understand what a brand is." - Seth Godin
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The Gift

The Gift

Vladimir Nabokov

Source: "Every once in a while I feel a little bit burnt out and I’ll open up any section of [this book], and it will stick with me." - Seth Godin
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Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life

Ozan Varol

Source: "Makes a compelling case for each of us to level up and to contribute at a level we've talked ourselves out of." - Seth Godin
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Growth IQ

Growth IQ

Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business

Tiffani Bova

Source: "No glib answers here, simply hard-won wisdom that will provoke big changes for organizations large and small." - Seth Godin
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Everything Is Figureoutable

Everything Is Figureoutable

Marie Forleo

Source: "If you're looking for the next step on your journey to make a difference for others, here it is." - Seth Godin
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The Long Tail

The Long Tail

Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More

Chris Anderson

Source: "There aren’t many books I haven’t written that I wish I had written and this is one of them." - Seth Godin
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The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age

Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

Neal Stephenson

Source: "If you read [this book] before you’ve thought about molecular anything or 3D printing, then it changes your mind." - Seth Godin
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The True Believer

The True Believer

Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Eric Hoffer

Source: "It’s dense, it’s more than fifty years old, it’s an easy read and it’s urgently important." - Seth Godin
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Originals

Originals

How Non-Conformists Move the World

Adam Grant

Source: "An urgent must read, a seminal work that will surprise you on every single page." - Seth Godin
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The Art of Possibility

The Art of Possibility

Transforming Professional and Personal Life

Rosamund Stone Zander

Source: "Will completely change the way you think about possibility, about enrollment, about leadership." - Seth Godin
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Just Kids

Just Kids

Patti Smith

Source: "It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live." - Seth Godin
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The Pursuit of Wow!

The Pursuit of Wow!

Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times

Tom Peters

Source: "You don’t have to read many of the books I’ve written if you just read [this book]." - Seth Godin
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Stone Age Economics

Stone Age Economics

Marshall Sahlins

Source: "What [the author] was able to show is that cavemen didn’t work very hard." - Seth Godin
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Give and Take

Give and Take

Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

Adam Grant

Source: "A milestone! Well-researched, generous, actionable and important." - Seth Godin
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The Blue Sweater

The Blue Sweater

Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World

Jacqueline Novogratz

Source: "By a woman who has changed my life since the day I met her." - Seth Godin
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Start Here Now

Start Here Now

An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation

Susan Piver

Source: "You need it—right now and forever. (When in doubt, see page 99)." - Seth Godin
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How to Decide

How to Decide

Simple Tools for Making Better Choices

Annie Duke

Source: "Simple, powerful and generous, it should be required reading." - Seth Godin
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99% True

99% True

Almost a National Bestseller

Paul McGowan

Source: "Will make you laugh and push you to do something remarkable." - Seth Godin
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Debt

Debt

The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

Source: "The most fascinating book I've read all year [in 2015]." - Seth Godin
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Management Mess to Leadership Success

Management Mess to Leadership Success

Scott Jeffrey Miller

Source: "The inimitable [author] has written his first leadership book." - Seth Godin
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Three New People

Three New People

Make the Most of Your Daily Interactions and Stop Missing Amazing Opportunities

Brian Miller

Source: "Helps us think differently about human engagement." - Seth Godin
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Thinking in Bets

Thinking in Bets

Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

Annie Duke

Source: "The first chapter alone will change your life." - Seth Godin
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The Creative Curve

The Creative Curve

How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time

Allen Gannett

Source: "A juicy, rollicking tour along the path toward creativity." - Seth Godin
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Understanding Comics

Understanding Comics

The Invisible Art

Scott McCloud

Source: "I have given away many, many copies." - Seth Godin
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The War of Art

The War of Art

Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Steven Pressfield

Source: Seth Godin mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
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Secrets of Closing the Sale

Secrets of Closing the Sale

Zig Ziglar

Source: Seth Godin mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
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Zilch

Zilch

How Businesses and Not-for-Profits Can Get More Bang with Less Buck

Nancy Lublin

Source: "A classic about a new kind of non-profit." - Seth Godin
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Meaningful Work

Meaningful Work

A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul

Shawn Askinosie

Source: "[The author] runs a chocolate company." - Seth Godin
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Word Glue

A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul

Shawn Askinosie

Source: "A modern-day classic on naming." - Seth Godin
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Reboot

Reboot

Leadership and the Art of Growing Up

Jerry Colonna

Source: "Raw, personal and life-altering." - Seth Godin
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Makers

Makers

Cory Doctorow

Source: "If you’re into 3D printing and stuff." - Seth Godin
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Little Brother

Little Brother

Little Brother, Book 1

Cory Doctorow

Source: "If you’re into security and privacy." - Seth Godin
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Thirst

Thirst

A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World

Scott Harrison

Source: "The autobiography of charity: water." - Seth Godin
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Made in India

Made in India

Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen

Meera Sodha

Source: Seth Godin recommended this book in a blog post.
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Creative Calling

Creative Calling

Chase Jarvis

Source: Seth Godin mentioned this book in a blog post.
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A Primer for Forgetting

A Primer for Forgetting

Getting Past the Past

Lewis Hyde

Source: Seth Godin mentioned this book in a blog post.
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Start Finishing

Start Finishing

How to Go from Idea to Done

Charlie Gilkey

Source: "An important new book." - Seth Godin
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Caste

Caste

The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

Source: "An extraordinary book." - Seth Godin
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Endeavor

Endeavor

Cultivate Excellence While Making a Difference

Scott Perry

Source: "On our journey." - Seth Godin
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Save Our Science

Cultivate Excellence While Making a Difference

Scott Perry

Source: "Don’t miss [this book]." - Seth Godin
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A Second Chance

A Second Chance

For You, For Me, And For The Rest Of Us

Catherine Hoke

Source: "Magnificent." - Seth Godin
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The Food Lab

The Food Lab

Better Home Cooking Through Science

J. Kenji López-Alt

Source: "Genius." - Seth Godin
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New Rules for the New Economy

New Rules for the New Economy

10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World

Kevin Kelly

Source: "Classic." - Seth Godin
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