Adam Grant Bestselling 3 Books Collection - Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know; Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success; Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Why it's worth it

This set collects Think Again, Give and Take and Originals — Adam Grant's three big titles on rethinking, generosity and getting new ideas past institutions. It's a working library for anyone who wants ideas rather than routines.

Think Again is the reason to buy the set. Grant's case is that noticing you're wrong and updating — thinking like a scientist rather than a preacher, prosecutor or politician — predicts how far you get better than raw intelligence does. It's a genuinely uncomfortable read if you're good at winning arguments. Most people who are will find themselves somewhere in it.

The other two round it out instead of repeating it. Give and Take looks at how generosity plays out at work, including the ways it backfires on people who can't say no. Originals is about how non-conformists actually push ideas through organizations, which turns out to be more procedural and less romantic than the framing suggests. Read together, they cover a lot of professional ground.

From our review of 10 self-help books for personal growth, by Genevieve Dubois, Home & Living Expert

What we like

• +Think Again is the reason to buy the set
• +The other two round it out instead of repeating it
• +Buy this one only if all three are new to you

What to know

• –This is a bundle assembled by a reseller, not a publisher box set
• –Three books is also a real commitment