You can probably now see why I’ve found myself recommending The War of Art so much more frequently than Hemingway’s Boat, despite loving both equally. It’s because the former (1) convincingly solves (2) a painful problem (3) for a certain type of reader (4) who often mentions it to me. At which point, how could I not recommend it? In other words, despite being broadly “about” the same topic, The War of Art has a recommendation loop, and Hemingway’s Boat doesn’t.
