The Best Books About Productivity and Time Management

A guide to the art of journaling — and a meditation on the central questions of life — by the bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms, with contributions from Hanif Abdurraqib, Jon Batiste, Salman Rushdie, Gloria Steinem, George Saunders, and many more. Whether you’re a lifelong journaler or new to the practice, this book gives you the tools, direction, and encouragement to engage with discomfort, ask questions, peel back the layers, dream daringly, uncover your truest self — and in doing so, to learn to hold the unbearably brutal and astonishingly beautiful facts of life in the same palm.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn’t you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words — Let Them — will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands — and this book will show you exactly how to do it.

The ideal gift for both newcomers to Stoic philosophy and seasoned practitioners seeking to strengthen their understanding, this boxed set brings together Ryan Holiday’s #1 New York Times bestselling Stoic Virtues Series — Courage Is Calling, Discipline Is Destiny, Right Thing, Right Now, and Wisdom Takes Work — in a beautiful and enduring collection.

Every relationship is a balancing act. From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a relatable guide to understanding codependency, enmeshment, and what it means to get our needs met for real. Discover new ways to identify your needs, navigate conflict, and find more harmony and trust with your spouse or partner, close friends, family members, and the other important people in your life.

This interactive companion to the New York Times bestselling book The 5 Types of Wealth will help you establish your priorities and achieve true wealth for a happier, more fulfilled life. Most planners help you get more done. This one helps you live better. Building on the principle that a truly wealthy life is filled with time, social connections, mental well-being, physical health, and financial freedom, this one-of-a-kind planner is your toolkit to build a truly meaningful and fulfilling life.

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. The world of work is due for a new revolution. Slow productivity is exactly what we need.

This dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book offers us different ways to experience time — inspired by pre-industrial cultures, ecological cues, and geological timescales — that can bring within reach a more humane, responsive way of living. Saving Time tugs at the seams of reality as we know it — the way we experience time itself — and rearranges it, imagining a world not centered on work, the office clock, or the profit motive. If we can “save” time by imagining a life, identity, and source of meaning outside these things, time might also save us.

From the New York Times bestselling author of I’m Judging You, a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear — that everlasting hater — and audaciously step into lives, careers, and legacies that go beyond even our wildest dreams. The point is not to be fearless, but to know we are afraid and charge forward regardless. It is to recognize that the things we must do are more significant than our fears. This book is about how to live boldly in spite of all the reasons we have to cower. Let’s go!

In How to Break Up with Your Phone, award-winning health and science journalist and TED speaker Catherine Price presents a hands-on 30-day digital detox guide to breaking up — and then making up — with your phone. The goal: Better mental health, improved screen-life balance, and a long-term relationship with technology that feels good. Whether you’re seeking refuge from an exhausting news cycle or you’re concerned about the negative effects of social media, How to Break Up with Your Phone offers practical solutions. It’s guaranteed to help you put down your phone — and come back to life.

First published twenty-five years ago, The Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve-week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves.

Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech giants from Intel to Google achieve explosive growth—and how it can help any organization thrive.

Laura Vanderkam has combined her three popular mini e-books into one comprehensive guide, with a new introduction. It will help readers build habits that lead to happier, more productive lives, despite the pressures of their busy schedules.

From the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls: The path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you’ve dreamed of. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity.

From the author of The Power of Habit comes a fascinating book that explores the science of productivity, and why managing how you think is more important than what you think—with an appendix of real-world lessons to apply to your life.

An inspiring and thought-provoking graduation gift: At last, a book that shows you how to build — design — a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage.

With practical exercises and interactive tools, this book challenges you to ask hard questions and make life-changing decisions — and ultimately guides you to the fulfillment you have been seeking.

Find Your Why picks up where Start With Why left off. It shows you how to apply Simon Sinek’s powerful insights so that you can find more inspiration at work — and in turn inspire those around you.

Jon Acuff, bestselling author of Do Over, Quitter, and Start, offers strategies for anyone who’s ever wondered, “Why can’t I finish what I started?”