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24 alternatives to Made to Stick

Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Made to Stick launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   As We Speak▲64

   How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Mindset▲84

   How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Little Bets▲89

   How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Idea Makers▲53

   Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Notable People

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Design of Everyday Things▲165

   Good, usable design is possible

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Power of Habit ▲112

   Why we do what we do in life and business

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Make It Stick▲5

   The Science of Successful Learning

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Idea Makers▲58

   Insights into some of our greatest thinkers + makers

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

   (and how to build them)

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Book In A Box▲210

    Book writing & publishing as a service

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Make It Stick▲5

    The Science of Successful Learning

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming▲69

    How can design inspire us to think about our future?

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Alone Together▲71

    Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Idea Swap▲85

    The sticky note way of exchanging ideas

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Innovator's Dilemma▲202

    The seminal business book

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Envisioning Information▲87

    A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Lateral Thinking▲74

    Practical explanation of how creativity works

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Checklist Manifesto▲108

    How to get things right

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Create Or Hate: Successful People Make Things▲128

    We are all creative — there is a creator in you.

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Payoff▲9

    The hidden logic that shapes our motivations

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Designing Interactions▲91

    Interviews with influential designers

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Thinking Outside The Box▲62

    How to Think Creatively By Applying Critical Thinking

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →