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40 Best Books About Learning and Studying – The 2025 Student Guide
Are you trying to improve your learning style and study techniques? Check out the best books about learning and studying.
What makes a great student is more than just natural smarts. Good students know how to learn correctly and often perform specific habits to help them retain information.
You have to learn how to learn before you can be successful. I find this especially true whenever I start a new course.
I never know what to expect from a professor—how they’ll lead lectures or how much homework, quizzes or tests I’ll have.
So, I have to find the best way to learn for my classes. On a larger scale, becoming a good student is more than succeeding in individual classes.
Perfecting study habits like the specific way you color code your notes and structure your study guides comes with practice and advice from others.
Once you learn what works for you, learning becomes straightforward and fun. Personally, for me, books have been life-changing.
There are so many books out there that can help you make improvements to your learning style and study techniques.
That is why I have compiled the best list of books about learning and studying.
Whether you are trying to sharpen your study habits. improve your memory, or get inspiration, there is certainly one book on this list that will be perfect for you.
Table of Contents:
• Best Books on Learning
• Best Books on Study Habits
• Best Books on Memory Techniques
• Best Inspirational Books
• Best Leadership Books
• Best Books about Life in Your 20s
Best Books on Learning
Make It Stick by Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel and Peter C Brown
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How to Learn Almost Anything in 48 Hours by Tansel Ali
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What Smart Students Know by Adam Robinson
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Learning How to Learn by Barbara Oakley PhD and Terrence Sejnowski PhD
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Uncommon Sense Teaching by Barbara Oakley PhD, Beth Rogowsky EdD, and Terrence Sejnowski PhD
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The Mind is Flat by Nick Chater
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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
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Best Books on Study Habits
How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport
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The Study Skills Handbook by Stella Cottrell
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Study Smart, Study Less by Anne Crossman
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How to Win at College by Cal Newport
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College Rules! by Sherrie Nist-Olejnik and Jodi Patrick Holschuh
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Study with Me by Jasmine Shao, Alyssa Jagan
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Best Books on Memory Techniques
How to Remember Everything by Jacob Sager Weinstein, Odd Dot, Barbara Malley (Illustrator)
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The Neuroethics of Memory by Walter Glannon
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How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Toolkit by Dominic O’Brien
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Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
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Memory Tips & Tricks by Calistoga Press
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Unlimited Memory by Kevin Horsley
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
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Best Inspirational Books
Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
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Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
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I Used to Have a Plan by Alessandra Olanow
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Becoming by Michelle Obama
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How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
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You Are Awesome by Neil Pasricha
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Read This for Inspiration by Ashly Perez
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Best Leadership Books
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
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The Servant Leader’s Manifesto by Omar L. Harris
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Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say–and What You Don’t by L. David Marquet
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The Truth about Leadership by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
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Find Your Leadership Voice In 90 Days by Kadi Cole
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The Power of a Graceful Leader by Alexsys Thompson
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Best Books about Life in Your 20s
The Her Campus Guide to College Life by Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, Annie Chandler Wang, Windsor Hanger Western, and Her Campus Editors
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Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
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F*ck! I’m in My Twenties by Emma Koenig
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
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I Will Teach You How To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
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101 Secrets For Your Twenties by Paul Angone
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That’s a wrap. That was my list of best books about learning and studying.
Implementing the habits and techniques discussed in these books will be sure to improve any student with their study skills.
Learning is more than just reading- these books show that understanding how we think and feel will have lasting effects on our intelligence.
Learning happens in and out of school: from classrooms to real-life experiences, we are constantly learning about ourselves and the world around us.
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