NEW YEAR,
NEW ME

Whether your 2019 new years resolution has to do with dropping a few pounds, changing your attitude, saving money, or starting a new career – this list of books will motivate anyone to turn their resolution into a permanent lifestyle change.

Resolution:
Lose Weight/Get Fit

1. The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer by David A. Whitsett, Forrest A. Dolgener, Tanjala Jo Kole
2. The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss by Jason Fung
3. Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering by Stephen Guise
4. The Fitness Mindset: Eat for Energy, Train for Tension, Manage Your Mindset, Reap the Results by Brian Keane

Resolution:
Eat Healthier

1. Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David Perlmutter & Kristin Loberg
2. The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity by John E. Mackey, Alona Pulde, Matthew Lederman
3. In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
4. Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes by Mark Bittman

Resolution:
Go Plant-Based

1. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
2. What the Health by Eunice Wong, Kip Anderson, & Keegan Kuhn
3. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollen
4. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger & Gene Stone

Resolution:
Put Down Your Phone

1. Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance by Julia Angwin
2. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
3. How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life by Catherine Price
4. The Circle by Dave Eggers

Resolution:
Make More Money

1. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
2. You are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
3. Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, & Monique Tilford
4. Do the Work by Steven Pressfield

Resolution:
Save More Money

1. Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together by Erin Lowry
2. Money Honey: A Simple 7-Step Guide for Getting Your Financial $hit Together by Rachel Richards
3. Simple Money: A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance by Tim Maurer
4. The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated by Helaine Olen & Harold Pollack

Resolution:
Change Your Career

1. Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
2. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
3. The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion by Elle Luna
4. Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Resolution:
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone

1. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
2. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
3. Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David
4. Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop

Resolution:
Love Yourself

1. You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
2. Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed by Glennon Doyle Melton
3. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
4. Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

Resolution:
Change Your Attitude

1. Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin
2. Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine by Derren Brown
3. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
4. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV with Desmond Tutu
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
6. Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

Resolution:
Start a Business

1. The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup by Noam Wasserman
2. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
3. The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
4. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t by James C. Collins

Resolution:
Focus on Self-Care & Sleep

1. Sleep: Redefine Your Rest, for Success in Work, Sport and Life by Nick Littlehales
2. The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris Winter, MD
3. Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
4. Introducing Mindfulness: A Practical Guide by Tessa Watt

Resolution:
Get Organized

1. A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax
2. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
3. The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy by Chris Bailey
4. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Resolution:
Learn More

1. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
2. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
3. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
4. How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey

Resolution:
Stress Less

1. The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness by Emily Esfahani Smith
2. Stress-Proof: The Scientific Solution to Protect Your Brain and Body—And Be More Resilient Every Day by Mithu Storoni
3. Yoga Body, Buddha Mind by Cyndi Lee
4. 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works by Dan Harris