Books Like The Power of Habit

Based on The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Books about behavioral science, habit formation, and understanding why we do what we do.

📚 9 recommendations

If you loved The Power of Habit, try these:

James Clear

Why it's similar: The most practical habit book ever — tiny changes compound into remarkable results.

322 pages

Daniel Kahneman

Why it's similar: The foundational science of how automatic (habitual) and deliberate thinking govern behavior.

432 pages

Richard H. Thaler

Why it's similar: How small environmental changes can dramatically shift habitual behavior and decisions.

312 pages

Robert B. Cialdini

Why it's similar: Six principles of automatic persuasion that exploit our habitual mental shortcuts.

287 pages

Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Why it's similar: How to change things when change is hard — by directing the rider and motivating the elephant.

322 pages

BJ Fogg

Why it's similar: A Stanford researcher's method for making habits stick by starting absurdly small.

317 pages

Dan Ariely

Why it's similar: The hidden forces that shape our habitual decisions in predictably irrational patterns.

363 pages

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Roy F. Baumeister

Why it's similar: The science of self-control — why willpower is like a muscle that gets tired and how to strengthen it.

Nir Eyal

Why it's similar: How tech companies engineer habit-forming products — understand the loop to break or build habits.

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