Distraction Books

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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 192,458 ratings — published 2016
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 80,147 ratings — published 2022
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Tune Your Mind: Finding Follow-Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption Tune Your Mind: Finding Follow-Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 6 ratings — published
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Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1) Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 26,564 ratings — published 2021
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 25,045 ratings — published 2019
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 96,805 ratings — published 2019
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Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 11,294 ratings — published 2018
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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 1,186,844 ratings — published 2015
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,560,664 ratings — published 1948
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,184,935 ratings — published 2018
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Norse Mythology Norse Mythology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 344,988 ratings — published 2017
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The Camel Club (The Camel Club, #1) The Camel Club (The Camel Club, #1)
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avg rating 4.07 — 98,860 ratings — published 2005
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If You Want to See a Whale If You Want to See a Whale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,805 ratings — published 2013
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 3,417,479 ratings — published 2000
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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avg rating 3.94 — 2,543,251 ratings — published 2003
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Thoreau's Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture Thoreau's Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.27 — 15 ratings — published
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Islands in the Stream Islands in the Stream (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 17,180 ratings — published 1970
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Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 7,077 ratings — published 2017
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Mindfulness i hjärnan Mindfulness i hjärnan (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 74 ratings — published 2009
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Le vent de l'espoir - Tome 1 Vers la terre promise (French Edition) Le vent de l'espoir - Tome 1 Vers la terre promise (French Edition)
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avg rating 4.86 — 7 ratings — published
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,774,058 ratings — published 2018
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Walk on Earth a Stranger  (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 3.93 — 19,279 ratings — published 2015
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Touch of Power (Healer, #1) Touch of Power (Healer, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 47,430 ratings — published 2011
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The Rose Bargain (The Rose Bargain, #1) The Rose Bargain (The Rose Bargain, #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 54,619 ratings — published 2025
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The Thirteenth Child The Thirteenth Child (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 23,406 ratings — published 2024
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From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1) From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
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avg rating 4.21 — 869,899 ratings — published 2020
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Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1) Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)
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avg rating 4.04 — 161,246 ratings — published 2019
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Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, #1) Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 200,926 ratings — published 2018
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1) The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)
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avg rating 3.78 — 83,763 ratings — published 2011
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Ruined (Ruined, #1) Ruined (Ruined, #1)
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avg rating 3.82 — 19,492 ratings — published 2016
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Reboot (Reboot, #1) Reboot (Reboot, #1)
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avg rating 3.88 — 35,094 ratings — published 2013
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The Glass Spare (The Glass Spare, #1) The Glass Spare (The Glass Spare, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 9,741 ratings — published 2017
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The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen, #1) The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 14,580 ratings — published 2015
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The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 2,969 ratings — published 1921
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Sour Puss (Mrs. Murphy, #14) Sour Puss (Mrs. Murphy, #14)
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avg rating 3.83 — 2,940 ratings — published 2006
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 39,497 ratings — published 1985
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Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 5,941 ratings — published 2016
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Monday or Tuesday Monday or Tuesday (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 3,897 ratings — published 1921
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 83,049 ratings — published 2001
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The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 226,018 ratings — published 1969
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That Always Happens Sometimes That Always Happens Sometimes (Library Binding)
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avg rating 4.02 — 317 ratings — published
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Take Your Mama to Work Today Take Your Mama to Work Today (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.52 — 196 ratings — published 2012
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Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
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avg rating 3.78 — 209,708 ratings — published 2019
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Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
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avg rating 3.92 — 53,388 ratings — published 2008
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Fifty Sheds of Grey (Fifty Sheds #1) Fifty Sheds of Grey (Fifty Sheds #1)
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avg rating 3.55 — 1,580 ratings — published 2012
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Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #8) Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #8)
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avg rating 3.84 — 14,044 ratings — published 1932
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The Book of Life (All Souls, #3) The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
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avg rating 4.21 — 221,199 ratings — published 2014
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Murder at Little Minton (Miss Busby #1) Murder at Little Minton (Miss Busby #1)
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avg rating 4.25 — 3,918 ratings — published 2023
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Friedrich Nietzsche
“To invent fables about a world "other" than this one has no meaning at all, unless an instinct of slander, detraction, and suspicion against life has gained the upper hand in us: in that case, we avenge ourselves against life with a phantasmagoria of "another," a "better" life.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

Colson Whitehead
“I can't blame modern technology for my predilection for distraction, not after all the hours I've spent watching lost balloons disappear into the clouds. I did it before the Internet, and I'll do it after the apocalypse, assuming we still have helium and weak-gripped children.”
Colson Whitehead

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