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
- The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer by David A. Whitsett, Forrest A. Dolgener, Tanjala Jo Kole
- The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss by Jason Fung
- Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering by Stephen Guise
- The Fitness Mindset: Eat for Energy, Train for Tension, Manage Your Mindset, Reap the Results by Brian Keane
Resolution:
Eat Healthier
- Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David Perlmutter & Kristin Loberg
- The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity by John E. Mackey, Alona Pulde, Matthew Lederman
- In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
- Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes by Mark Bittman
Resolution:
Go Plant-Based
- Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
- What the Health by Eunice Wong, Kip Anderson, & Keegan Kuhn
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollen
- How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger & Gene Stone
Resolution:
Put Down Your Phone
- Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance by Julia Angwin
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life by Catherine Price
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
Resolution:
Make More Money
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
- You are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
- Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, & Monique Tilford
- Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
Resolution:
Save More Money
- Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together by Erin Lowry
- Money Honey: A Simple 7-Step Guide for Getting Your Financial $hit Together by Rachel Richards
- Simple Money: A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance by Tim Maurer
- The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated by Helaine Olen & Harold Pollack
Resolution:
Change Your Career
- Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion by Elle Luna
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Resolution:
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
- Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
- Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David
- Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop
Resolution:
Love Yourself
- You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
- Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed by Glennon Doyle Melton
- Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
- Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton
Resolution:
Change Your Attitude
- Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin
- Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine by Derren Brown
- The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
- The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV with Desmond Tutu
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
Resolution:
Start a Business
- The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup by Noam Wasserman
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t by James C. Collins
Resolution:
Focus on Self-Care & Sleep
- Sleep: Redefine Your Rest, for Success in Work, Sport and Life by Nick Littlehales
- The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris Winter, MD
- Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
- Introducing Mindfulness: A Practical Guide by Tessa Watt
Resolution:
Get Organized
- A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax
- The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
- The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy by Chris Bailey
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Resolution:
Learn More
- What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
- How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey
Resolution:
Stress Less
- The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness by Emily Esfahani Smith
- Stress-Proof: The Scientific Solution to Protect Your Brain and Body—And Be More Resilient Every Day by Mithu Storoni
- Yoga Body, Buddha Mind by Cyndi Lee
- 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