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r/productivity · 2019

Most-mentioned books in r/productivity during 2019

This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/productivity within the published source unit for 2019. Counts come from the reconciled subreddit-by-month matrix; a source unit may be a bounded sample.

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Tracked mentions in 2019
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Cover of Getting Things Done #1

Getting Things Done

David Allen

A management consultant argues your brain is for having ideas, not storing them, and hands you a five-step system to empty it.

9 in 2019
Cover of Deep Work #2

Deep Work

Cal Newport

Cal Newport keeps his phone in a drawer and his calendar walled off in four-hour blocks, and argues that's the only way anyone still produces work that matters.

8 in 2019
Cover of Atomic Habits #3

Atomic Habits

James Clear

James Clear argues that habits built two minutes at a time compound, over a year, into a completely different person.

6 in 2019
Cover of The Power of Habit #4

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg explains the cue-routine-reward loop behind every habit, then argues that changing the routine is the only lever you actually control.

3 in 2019
Cover of How to Win Friends and Influence People #5

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

A 1936 salesman's manual argues you'll get further remembering someone's name and asking about their day than by being right.

1 in 2019
Cover of Spark #6

Spark

John J. Ratey

John Ratey lays out the neuroscience case that aerobic exercise changes how the brain learns, regulates mood, and manages anxiety — the primary mechanism, not a side effect.

1 in 2019
Cover of The 4-Hour Workweek #7

The 4-Hour Workweek

Timothy Ferriss

A guy quits his cubicle, outsources his own job to a virtual assistant, and starts running his business from wherever he wants.

1 in 2019
Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People #8

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

Before you fix your calendar, this book makes you write a personal mission statement about what you're scheduling around in the first place.

1 in 2019
Cover of The War of Art #9

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield names the force that keeps you from starting the novel, the workout, or the startup — he calls it Resistance — then tells you how to outlast it.

1 in 2019