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This is my Audible list: the books I've listened to recently, grouped by subject, and the ones queued up next. Most are also available in print.
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Recently listened
Business & sales
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Profit First
A simple system for managing cash, setting aside profit, tax and pay first, so you always know where the business stands.
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$100M Offers
How to build and price an offer, covering the value it delivers, guarantees, bonuses and naming.
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
The 1936 classic on handling people, building rapport and bringing others round to your point of view.
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Influence (New and Expanded)
A psychologist's account of the principles that lead people to say yes, updated in 2021 with a chapter on unity.
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Your Next Five Moves
A business strategy book on knowing what you want, building a team and thinking several moves ahead.
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The Diary of a CEO
Thirty-three short ‘laws’ drawn from Bartlett's own businesses and the guests on his podcast.
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The 10X Rule
Cardone's case for setting targets ten times higher than you think you need and matching them with action. (Listed on Audible as The TenX Rule.)
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Be Obsessed or Be Average
A follow-up to The 10X Rule on turning obsession into focus at work and in your goals.
Formats: Audiobook
Mindset & habits
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
A blunt take on choosing what to care about, taking responsibility and accepting your limits.
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Get Out of Your Own Way
An audio programme, read by Winget, on the ways people hold themselves back at work, with money and at home.
Formats: Audiobook
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Derren Brown's Boot Camp for the Brain
An eight-part Audible Original on the brain's biases and blind spots. The last episode is ‘Building a Better Brain’.
Formats: Listen on Audible
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Tools of Titans
Routines and tactics gathered from guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, grouped under healthy, wealthy and wise.
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Positively Unstoppable
The former wrestler on taking ownership of your choices, with a 13-week fitness and food plan based on DDP Yoga.
Investing
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The Little Book That Still Beats the Market
A short explanation of Greenblatt's ‘magic formula’: buying good companies at low prices and sticking with it.
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The Dhandho Investor
A value investing approach built around low-risk bets, drawing on Patel family motel owners in the US and on Buffett and Munger.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
Kiyosaki contrasts two father figures' attitudes to money, assets and work.
Lives & stories
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Total Recall
His autobiography, from post-war Austria to bodybuilding, Hollywood and the governorship of California.
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Will
Smith's memoir of growing up in West Philadelphia, music, film and family.
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Before & Laughter
The comedian's mix of memoir and life advice.
Up next
These are on my list. I haven't listened to them yet, so no verdicts.
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The Holy Grail of Investing
Interviews with investors in private equity, private credit, property and other alternative investments.
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The Steps
Stallone's memoir, published in September 2026 and read by him on the audiobook.
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The 5 Second Rule
Robbins's countdown technique for acting before hesitation sets in.
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The Let Them Theory
Robbins on letting go of what other people do and putting your energy into what you control.
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Atomic Habits
How small, repeated changes in behaviour add up, and how to set up habits that stick.
Watching
YouTube channels I rate.
Business
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The Diary Of A CEO
Steven Bartlett gets the world's most successful people to open up about how they really did it. I've listened to the book too, and both are worth your time.
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James Sinclair
A UK business owner who shows the real graft behind growing a company, mistakes included. No polish, just what works.
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Business Leader
British founders talking honestly about how they built their businesses. I always come away with something I can use on Monday morning.
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Heelan Associates
Straight-talking advice for people running a business or thinking about starting one. Practical, not theory.
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Your Accountant
Makes tax and accounts simple. Every business owner should understand their numbers, wherever they are.
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Codie Sanchez
Shows how ordinary people buy and grow unglamorous businesses. Right up my street.
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My First Million
Two founders throwing around business ideas. I always leave with three new ones.
Personal development
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Chris Williamson
Long, thoughtful conversations about how to live and think better. Great for the car or a dog walk.
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Ali Abdaal
A doctor turned entrepreneur on productivity and building a business without burning out. Useful systems, easy to watch.
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Tony Robbins
The original. When I need a kick up the backside on mindset, this is where I go.
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Lewis Howes
The School of Greatness. Big-name guests on what it really takes to succeed, on and off the pitch.
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Jay Shetty
Calm, grounded conversations about purpose and mental health. A good balance to all the hustle content.
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Jordan B Peterson
Makes you think hard about responsibility and taking charge of your own life. You won't agree with everything, and that's the point.
What I'm learning about
Buying businesses
I'd rather buy an asset than start from scratch.
AI tools
Finding where they save my team time.
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