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24 alternatives to The 4-Hour Workweek (Expanded & Updated Edition)

Escape the 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The 4-Hour Workweek (Expanded & Updated Edition) launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The 4-Hour Workweek▲9
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The 4-Hour Workweek▲3
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the▲3
The ultimate guide to lifestyle design by Tim Ferriss.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Productive Habits▲100
Learn how to work smarter, not harder, in four weeks
2016 · its alternatives →
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Frugal Innovation (AMA Today at 3PM)▲147
How to do more with less
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Four Hour Book Club▲396
300+ Books recommended on the Tim Ferriss Show 📚
2016 · fourhourbook.club · its alternatives →
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Less Doing, More Living▲64
Optimize, Automate, and Outsource Everything in Your Life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Getting Things Done▲124
Revised 2015 edition of the popular productivity book
2015 · store.gettingthingsdone.com · its alternatives →
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Right Now▲64
Increase the quality of your life
2016 · lukeharris.me · its alternatives →
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Faster, Smarter, Higher▲69
Managing your career
2016 · amazon.in · its alternatives →
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Flex▲53
The new playbook form managing across differences
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Upgrade Your Life▲72
The lifehacker guide to working smarter, faster, better
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
80,000 Hours book giveaway▲65
Research-backed guide to a fulfilling career that does good
2016 · book.80000hours.org · its alternatives →
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The Alliance▲68
Redefining the work place.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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8,760 Hours 2.0▲135
How to get the most out of next year
2016 · alexvermeer.com · its alternatives →
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The Seven-Day Weekend▲3
Changing the way work works
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Living at 100 Podcast - #15▲60
Books, being "you" and propelling to "Outer Space"
2017 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Overlap▲100
Start a business at your full-time job. A free audiobook.
2017 · edilangit.com · its alternatives →
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The Todoist Ninja▲79
Work Smarter and Increase Your Productivity
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Peak▲73
How to acquire new skills + be at the top of your game
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Hello Tech Pros: How to Have a 4 Day Weekend Every Week▲61
by outsourcing the crap you don't want to do
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
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The Sleep Revolution▲82
Transforming your life, one night at a time
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Stretch▲62
How to future-proof yourself for tomorrow's workplace
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Long Walk▲60
A gruelling march at four miles per hour...
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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