The 10 Best Books on Productivity, According to People Who Get Things Done

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For this reading list on the best productivity books and books on time management, I reached out to a broad range of experts from academia, business, journalism, and tech.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey, 2016

Best book about day-to-day productivity strategies

Getting Things Done B

David Allen, 2015

Most hard-core productivity book

The 4-hour Workweek

Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Timothy Ferriss, 2009

Best productivity book for defining what’s important

Essentialism

The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Greg McKeown, 2020

Best historical productivity book

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, 2015

Best productivity book to spark creativity

The War of Art

Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Steven Pressfield, 2002

Best personal narrative about living better

The Happiness Project (Revised Edition)

Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

Gretchen Rubin, 2015

Strat honorable mentions

The 10 Best Books on Productivity, According to People Who Get Things Done

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Getting Things Done B

Getting Things Done B

The 4-hour Workweek

The 4-hour Workweek

Essentialism

Essentialism

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The War of Art

The War of Art

The Happiness Project (Revised Edition)

The Happiness Project (Revised Edition)

Daily Rituals

The Power of Habit

Deep Work

Daily Rituals

The Power of Habit

Deep Work