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Each episode Joe and Mike read a book, discuss ways to apply the author's lessons to their lives and give it a rating. All of those ratings are listed below for an easy overview!

Episodes

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No Title Mike's Rating Joe's Rating CombinedAvg
165 The Creative Act by Rick Rubin 5.0 4.5 4.75
164 Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith
163 How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey 5.0 5.0 5.0
162 Ikigai by Héctor García & Francesc Miralles 4.0 4.0 4.0
161 The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell 4.5 4.5 4.5
160 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene 3.5 4.0 3.75
159 Mind Management, Not Time Management by David Kadavy 4.0 3.5 3.75
158 Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday 4.5 5.0 4.75
157 The Laws of Creativity by Joey Cofone 5.0 5.0 5.0
156 Ritual by Dimitris Xygalatas 3.5 4.0 3.75
155 Where Good Ideas Come From by Stephen Johnson 5.0 5.0 5.0
154 The Great Mental Models Volume 2 by Rhiannon Beaubien and Shane Parrish 5.0 5.0 5.0
153 I Didn’t Do the Thing Today by Madeline Dore 5.0 5.0 5.0
152 Mind Map Mastery by Tony Buzan 4.0 3.0 3.5
151 The Story of You by Ian Morgan Cron 4.0 4.0 4.0
150 Do the Hard Things First by Scott Allan 2.5 2.5 2.5
149 Love + Work by Marcus Buckingham 4.0 3.5 3.75
148 Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte 4.5 4.0 4.25
147 Hero on a Mission by Donald Miller 4.5 4.0 4.25
146 Bittersweet by Susan Cain 3.0 4.0 3.5
145 Things That Matter by Joshua Becker 4.5 5.0 4.75
144 Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon 4.5 4.5 4.5
143 The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky 4.5 4.5 4.5
142 Yes to Life by Victor Frankl 5.0 5.0 5.0
141 Creative Calling by Chase Jarvis 4.0 4.0 4.0
140 Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer 3.5 2.5 3.0
139 Personal Socrates by Marc Champagne 5.0 5.0 5.0
138 How to Change by Katy Milkman 3.5 4.0 3.75
137 Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown 5.0 5.0 5.0
136 Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows 3.5 4.0 3.75
135 Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 5.0 5.0 5.0
134 Self Control – It’s Kingship and Majesty by William George Jordan 4.0 4.5 4.25
133 Soundtracks by Jon Acuff 3.5 3.5 3.5
132 So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport 5.0 4.0 4.5
131 A Minute to Think by Juliet Funt 4.0 4.0 4.0
130 Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday 5.0 5.0 5.0
129 The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul 5.0 5.0 5.0
128 Daily Rituals by Mason Currey 4.5 4.0 4.25
127 The Art of the Idea by John Hunt 4.0 4.0 4.0
126 The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest 3.5 3.0 3.25
125 Willpower Doesn’t Work by Benjamin Hardy 4.0 4.0 4.0
124 Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray 4.5 5.0 4.75
123 Procrastinate on Purpose by Rory Vaden 4.0 3.0 3.5
122 Digital Body Language by Erica Dhawan 4.5 4.5 4.5
121 Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek 5.0 5.0 5.0
120 The Now Habit by Neil Fiore 3.5 3.0 3.25
119 Effortless by Greg McKeown 4.0 4.0 4.0
118 Work the System by Sam Carpenter 4.0 3.5 3.75
117 Think Again by Adam Grant 4.5 4.5 4.5
116 The Art of Witty Banter by Patrick King 2.5 3.5 3.0
115 A World Without Email by Cal Newport 4.5 4.5 4.5
114 Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke 4.5 5.0 4.75
113 The Great Mental Models Volume 1 by Rhiannon Beaubien and Shane Parrish 5.0 5.0 5.0
112 The Organised Writer by Antony Johnston 3.0 3.0 3.0
111 Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink 4.0 4.0 4.0
110 Lead Yourself First by Raymond Kethledge & Michael Erwin 4.0 3.5 3.75
109 Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam 3.5 2.5 3.0
108 The Practice by Seth Godin 5.0 4.5 4.75
107 The Motivation Code by Todd Henry 2.5 4.0 3.25
106 Brain Wash by David & Austin Perlmutter 3.5 3.5 3.5
105 Shorter by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 4.0 4.0 4.0
104 The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker 3.5 4.0 3.75
103 How to Be Everything by Emilie Wapnick 4.0 4.0 4.0
102 Pick Three by Randi Zuckerberg 3.0 2.5 2.75
101 Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss 4.5 4.5 4.5
100 Ratings Adjustments & Trivia
99 The Motive by Patrick Lencioni 4.0 4.0 4.0
98 The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna 4.0 2.0 3.0
97 Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle 4.0 3.5 3.75
96 Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith 4.5 4.0 4.25
95 Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday 5.0 5.0 5.0
94 Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg 5.0 4.5 4.75
93 Nudge by Richard Thaler 3.5 3.0 3.25
92 The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll 4.5 5.0 4.75
91 The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman 3.0 3.5 3.25
90 Good to Great by Jim Collins 4.5 4.5 4.5
89 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig 1.5 3.5 2.5
88 It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work 4.0 4.0 4.0
87 Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 3.0 3.5 3.25
86 The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker 5.0 5.0 5.0
85 Making It All Work by David Allen 3.5 3.5 3.5
84 Indistractable by Nir Eyal 4.0 4.0 4.0
83 The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek 4.5 4.5 4.5
82 Margin by Richard Swenson 4.5 4.0 4.25
81 You Are Awesome by Neil Pasricha 4.5 4.5 4.5
80 Principles by Ray Dalio 5.0 5.0 5.0
79 SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal 4.0 4.0 4.0
78 Ultralearning by Scott Young 3.0 4.0 3.5
77 Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull 5.0 4.0 4.5
76 Range by David Epstein 4.5 5.0 4.75
75 Getting Results the Agile Way by J.D. Meier 3.0 2.0 2.5
74 The Second Mountain by David Brooks 4.5 4.5 4.5
73 The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss 3.0 4.0 3.5
72 Make Time by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky 5.0 4.5 4.75
71 Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott 3.5 4.5 4.0
70 Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt 4.0 4.5 4.25
69 Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman 4.0 4.0 4.0
68 How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens 4.5 2.5 3.5
67 Quiet by Susan Cain 4.5 4.0 4.25
66 Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin 5.0 5.0 5.0
65 Drunk Tank Pink by Adam Alter 3.0 4.0 3.5
64 Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport 4.0 5.0 4.5
63 Atomic Habits by James Clear 5.0 5.0 5.0
62 The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 3.5 4.0 3.75
61 Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 3.0 3.5 3.25
60 The One Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan 5.0 4.0 4.5
59 Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 4.0 5.0 4.5
58 Scrum by Jeff & J.J. Sutherland 4.0 4.0 4.0
57 Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely 3.0 2.5 2.75
56 Hyperfocus by (and with) Chris Bailey 4.5 4.5 4.5
55 The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor 4.5 4.5 4.5
54 Work Clean by Dan Charnas 4.0 4.0 4.0
53 Boundaries by Henry Cloud 4.0 3.5 3.75
52 The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg 3.5 4.0 3.75
51 Great at Work by Morten Hansen 4.0 4.0 4.0
50 2018 Bookworm Draft
49 Peak by Anders Ericsson 5.0 4.0 4.5
48 How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie 4.5 5.0 4.75
47 The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family by Patrick Lencioni 3.5 4.0 3.75
46 Busy by Tony Crabbe 4.5 4.0 4.25
45 What’s Best Next by Matt Perman 3.0 3.5 3.25
44 Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl 5.0 5.0 5.0
43 Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 4.5 4.0 4.25
42 How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler 4.0 5.0 4.5
41 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam 3.0 3.5 3.25
40 The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron 4.5 4.5 4.5
39 The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Jim Huling, Sean Covey 3.0 4.0 3.5
38 Mindset by Carol Dweck 5.0 5.0 5.0
37 Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 3.0 3.5 3.25
36 Paid to Think by David Goldsmith 4.0 4.0 4.0
35 The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer 2.0 3.5 2.75
34 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill 5.0 4.0 4.5
33 The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant by Terry Felber 4.0 4.5 4.25
32 The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli 4.0 4.0 4.0
31 The Power of a Positive No by William Ury 4.5 4.0 4.25
30 The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (with Josh Rensch) 5.0 4.0 4.5
29 The Go-Getter by Peter Kyne 3.5 4.0 3.75
28 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey 5.0 4.5 4.75
27 Out of Our Minds by Ken Robinson 2.5 2.5 2.5
26 The Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington 4.5 5.0 4.75
25 Grit by Angela Duckworth 4.5 5.0 4.75
24 Step by Chris Capehart (with Chris Capehart)
23 Rhinoceros Success by Scott Alexander 4.0 4.5 4.25
22 The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone (with Shawn Blanc) 5.0 4.0 4.5
21 The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman 4.5 4.0 4.25
20 Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson 3.0 4.0 3.5
19 The Shallows by Nicholas Carr 3.5 4.5 4.0
18 Decisive by Chip Heath, Dan Heath 5.0 5.0 5.0
17 QBQ! The Question Behind The Question by John Miller 3.5 4.5 4.0
16 The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande 4.5 5.0 4.75
15 BrainChains by Theo Compernolle 3.5 3.0 3.25
14 The 12 Week Year by Brian Moran, Michael Lennington 4.5 4.0 4.25
13 Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker 5.0 5.0 5.0
12 The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey 4.5 4.5 4.5
11 The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen 4.5 3.0 3.75
10 Start With Why by Simon Sinek 4.5 4.0 4.25
9 Daring Greatly by Brené Brown 4.0 4.5 4.25
8 The Power Of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz 4.5 3.5 4.0
7 Deep Work by Cal Newport 5.0 5.0 5.0
6 The More Of Less by Joshua Becker 4.0 4.0 4.0
5 Essentialism by Greg McKeown 4.5 5.0 4.75
4 The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday 5.0 4.0 4.5
3 The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield 4.5 4.5 4.5
2 The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal 4.0 5.0 4.5
1 Getting Things Done by David Allen 4.0 5.0 4.5

Bookworm Trivia

Fun facts and trivia about the podcast.

Golden Books: Out of 161 ratings, 23 books have been given a double five stars. That's 14%, or every 7th book on average!

The most recent book to be awarded full stars by both Mike and Joe was 163: How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey, 2 episodes ago.

Mike's average rating is 4.12/5.

He gave 36 books five stars.

Joe's average rating is 4.13/5.

He gave 39 books five stars.

The biggest difference in rating is two stars on episode 98: The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna. Mike gave 4.0 stars and Joe gave 2.0 stars.

Both gave the same rating on 66 books. That's 41% of books rated.