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24 alternatives to The Box

How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the Wo

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Box launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Box: Impact of the Shipping Container▲66

   Shipping containers made the world smaller

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Book In A Box▲210

   Book writing & publishing as a service

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TED Books box sets▲73

   Small books, big ideas

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Black Box Thinking▲66

   Why most people never learn from their mistakes--but some do

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Scarcity▲71

   Why having too little means so much

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Little Bets▲89

   How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Meaningful▲69

   The story of ideas that fly

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Prosper!▲55

   How to create a world worth inheriting

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The More of Less▲68

    Finding the Life you Want Under Everything you Own

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Book In a Box Method▲72

    Tucker Max's System to Write Your Book

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Made to Stick▲71

    Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Essentialism▲80

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Scaling Up▲71

    How a few companies make it...and why the rest don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Made to Stick▲82

    Why some ideas survive and others die

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Essentialism▲70

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Decoded▲62

    The science behind why we buy

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Ungifted▲63

    Intelligence redefined

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Way the World Works▲61

    What troubles us, what brings us joy?

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Brick by Brick▲65

    How LEGO rewrote the rules of innovation

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Meaningful: The Story of Ideas that Fly▲61

    Building ideas that make successful products

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    House of Leaves▲69

    Layered narration about a house that is bigger on the inside

    2015 · 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 →