The host's picks

Steven Bartlett book recommendations

17 books Steven recommended himself on The Diary of a CEO, ranked by how many episodes he recommended them in.

  1. #1

    Lost Connections

    Johann Hari

    Recommended in 6 episodes · latest Rebel Wilson, 6 May 2024

  2. #2

    The Courage to Be Disliked

    Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

    Recommended in 3 episodes · latest Lisa Feldman Barrett, 17 Apr 2025

  3. #3

    The Slight Edge

    Jeff Olson

    Recommended in 2 episodes · latest James Smith, 1 Sept 2022

  4. #5

    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari

    From Jiang, 7 May 2026

Recommendations are matched from episode transcripts. Books written by the guest of that episode are left out. See the most-mentioned books for everything that comes up on the show.