{
 "site": "Stolen From Books",
 "updated": "2026-11-15",
 "ranking": "copies sold + what people read this week + how useful the best idea is",
 "books": [
  {
   "rank": 1,
   "title": "Unreasonable Hospitality",
   "author": "Will Guidara",
   "year": 2022,
   "topic": "selling",
   "best_idea": "Give people more than they expect. They will never forget you.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 2,
   "title": "Never Split the Difference",
   "author": "Chris Voss",
   "year": 2016,
   "topic": "selling",
   "best_idea": "Don't argue. Show the other person you understand them, then ask.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 3,
   "title": "Atomic Habits",
   "author": "James Clear",
   "year": 2018,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Get 1% better every day. Tiny habits beat big goals.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 4,
   "title": "The Let Them Theory",
   "author": "Mel Robbins",
   "year": 2024,
   "topic": "people",
   "best_idea": "Stop trying to control what other people do. Let them. Then choose what you do.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 5,
   "title": "The Psychology of Money",
   "author": "Morgan Housel",
   "year": 2020,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Getting rich is about behavior, not brains. Stay patient longer than the others.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 6,
   "title": "Same as Ever",
   "author": "Morgan Housel",
   "year": 2023,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Stop guessing what will change. Bet on what never changes: people.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 7,
   "title": "The 48 Laws of Power",
   "author": "Robert Greene",
   "year": 1998,
   "topic": "people",
   "best_idea": "Power has rules. Learn them so nobody can use them on you.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 8,
   "title": "How to Win Friends and Influence People",
   "author": "Dale Carnegie",
   "year": 1936,
   "topic": "people",
   "best_idea": "Be interested in people and they will find you interesting.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 9,
   "title": "Can't Hurt Me",
   "author": "David Goggins",
   "year": 2018,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "When your brain says you're done, you're only about 40% done.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 10,
   "title": "Shoe Dog",
   "author": "Phil Knight",
   "year": 2016,
   "topic": "founders",
   "best_idea": "Nike nearly died for years. The founder just refused to stop.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 11,
   "title": "Influence",
   "author": "Robert Cialdini",
   "year": 1984,
   "topic": "selling",
   "best_idea": "People say yes for a few simple reasons. Learn them and you'll spot every trick.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 12,
   "title": "1929",
   "author": "Andrew Ross Sorkin",
   "year": 2025,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Easy loans built a giant party on Wall Street. Then the bill came.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 13,
   "title": "The Art of Spending Money",
   "author": "Morgan Housel",
   "year": 2025,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Spend on what makes your life better, not on what impresses strangers.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 14,
   "title": "Main Street Millionaire",
   "author": "Codie Sanchez",
   "year": 2024,
   "topic": "founders",
   "best_idea": "Don't start a business. Buy a boring one that already makes money.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 15,
   "title": "Think Again",
   "author": "Adam Grant",
   "year": 2021,
   "topic": "people",
   "best_idea": "Smart people change their mind. Treat your opinions like guesses to test.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 16,
   "title": "Rich Dad Poor Dad",
   "author": "Robert Kiyosaki",
   "year": 1997,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Buy things that pay you. Stop buying things that cost you.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 17,
   "title": "Thinking, Fast and Slow",
   "author": "Daniel Kahneman",
   "year": 2011,
   "topic": "people",
   "best_idea": "Your fast brain decides before you think. Slow down for big choices.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 18,
   "title": "Think and Grow Rich",
   "author": "Napoleon Hill",
   "year": 1937,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Pick one clear goal. Write it down. Chase it every single day.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 19,
   "title": "$100M Offers",
   "author": "Alex Hormozi",
   "year": 2021,
   "topic": "selling",
   "best_idea": "Make an offer so good that people feel silly saying no.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 20,
   "title": "Die With Zero",
   "author": "Bill Perkins",
   "year": 2020,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Money you never use is life you never lived. Spend it while you can enjoy it.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 21,
   "title": "Revenge of the Tipping Point",
   "author": "Malcolm Gladwell",
   "year": 2024,
   "topic": "people",
   "best_idea": "Trends spread like a virus. A tiny group of people starts most of them.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 22,
   "title": "Dopamine Nation",
   "author": "Anna Lembke",
   "year": 2021,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Too much easy pleasure makes you feel worse. Take a break to reset your brain.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 23,
   "title": "The 5 Types of Wealth",
   "author": "Sahil Bloom",
   "year": 2025,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Money is only one kind of rich. Time, health, mind and people count too.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 24,
   "title": "Four Thousand Weeks",
   "author": "Oliver Burkeman",
   "year": 2021,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "You get about 4,000 weeks. You can't do it all, so pick what matters.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 25,
   "title": "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People",
   "author": "Stephen Covey",
   "year": 1989,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Start with the end in mind. Decide where you're going before you run.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 26,
   "title": "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck",
   "author": "Mark Manson",
   "year": 2016,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "You can't care about everything. Choose a few things worth the trouble.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 27,
   "title": "$100M Leads",
   "author": "Alex Hormozi",
   "year": 2023,
   "topic": "selling",
   "best_idea": "Nobody can buy what they've never heard of. Tell more people, every day.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 28,
   "title": "Zero to One",
   "author": "Peter Thiel",
   "year": 2014,
   "topic": "founders",
   "best_idea": "Don't copy what exists. Build the one thing nobody else is building.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 29,
   "title": "Deep Work",
   "author": "Cal Newport",
   "year": 2016,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "One hour of full focus beats four hours of half attention.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 30,
   "title": "I Will Teach You to Be Rich",
   "author": "Ramit Sethi",
   "year": 2009,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Put your money on autopilot. Spend big on what you love, cut the rest.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 31,
   "title": "Never Finished",
   "author": "David Goggins",
   "year": 2022,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "There is no finish line. When you reach a goal, set a harder one.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 32,
   "title": "Hidden Potential",
   "author": "Adam Grant",
   "year": 2023,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Talent is not fixed. How far you go beats where you start.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 33,
   "title": "Supercommunicators",
   "author": "Charles Duhigg",
   "year": 2024,
   "topic": "people",
   "best_idea": "Before you answer, find out: do they want to be helped, hugged, or heard?",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 34,
   "title": "Discipline Is Destiny",
   "author": "Ryan Holiday",
   "year": 2022,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Control yourself first. Nothing else you want works without it.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 35,
   "title": "The Algebra of Wealth",
   "author": "Scott Galloway",
   "year": 2024,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Get great at one thing, spend less than you make, and let time do the rest.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 36,
   "title": "Just Keep Buying",
   "author": "Nick Maggiulli",
   "year": 2022,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Don't wait for the perfect moment to invest. Buy a little, often, for years.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 37,
   "title": "The Creative Act",
   "author": "Rick Rubin",
   "year": 2023,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Everyone is creative. Make the thing for yourself first.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 38,
   "title": "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant",
   "author": "Eric Jorgenson",
   "year": 2020,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "You won't get rich renting out your time. Own something that grows while you sleep.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 39,
   "title": "The Richest Man in Babylon",
   "author": "George S. Clason",
   "year": 1926,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "Keep one coin out of every ten you earn. Pay yourself first.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 40,
   "title": "The Way to Wealth",
   "author": "Benjamin Franklin",
   "year": 1758,
   "topic": "money",
   "best_idea": "A small leak will sink a great ship. Watch the tiny spending.",
   "idea_url": "https://stolenfrombooks.com/the-hole-in-your-piggy-bank"
  },
  {
   "rank": 41,
   "title": "Struggles and Triumphs",
   "author": "P. T. Barnum",
   "year": 1869,
   "topic": "selling",
   "best_idea": "People can't walk past a mystery. Make them curious first.",
   "idea_url": "https://stolenfrombooks.com/five-bricks-five-hundred-people"
  },
  {
   "rank": 42,
   "title": "Be Useful",
   "author": "Arnold Schwarzenegger",
   "year": 2023,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Know exactly what you want your life to look like. Then work backwards.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 43,
   "title": "Clear Thinking",
   "author": "Shane Parrish",
   "year": 2023,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Most bad decisions are made on autopilot. Pause before you react.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 44,
   "title": "The Next Conversation",
   "author": "Jefferson Fisher",
   "year": 2025,
   "topic": "people",
   "best_idea": "Stop trying to win arguments. Slow down and say what you mean, calmly.",
   "idea_url": null
  },
  {
   "rank": 45,
   "title": "The Mom Test",
   "author": "Rob Fitzpatrick",
   "year": 2013,
   "topic": "selling",
   "best_idea": "People lie to be nice. Ask about what they did, not about your idea.",
   "idea_url": "https://stolenfrombooks.com/your-mom-is-lying-to-you"
  },
  {
   "rank": 46,
   "title": "Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie",
   "author": "Andrew Carnegie",
   "year": 1920,
   "topic": "founders",
   "best_idea": "Put all your eggs in one basket. Then watch that basket.",
   "idea_url": "https://stolenfrombooks.com/all-your-eggs-in-one-basket"
  },
  {
   "rank": 47,
   "title": "Slow Productivity",
   "author": "Cal Newport",
   "year": 2024,
   "topic": "habits",
   "best_idea": "Do fewer things. Go at a natural pace. Make them great.",
   "idea_url": null
  }
 ]
}