Inspirational books that have really made a difference for us as content creators. We highly recommend that you add these to your list!
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About Content Creation
About Running A Business
About Content Creation
Inspirational books to help all content creators.
Understanding what it means to have a platform for your voice and creativity.
Followed: Content Creator's Guide to Being Seen
Inspirational book that everyone should read
Your Creative Career: Turn Passion into Success
Something that most of us struggle to figure out
The Guide To Going Viral: Art & Science
If you run a blog, this is super helpful to understand what is good UI.
Don't Make Me Think: Web Usability 2nd Ed
Excellent book that focuses in on building a brand.
Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand
Written in 2025 so this is a more updated view of what it takes to be a successful content creator.
The Content Creator Handbook eBook
About Running A Business
Being a content creator is essentially just like running your own business so there are a lot of valuable insights you can learn from these authors.
The book that started it all for us.
The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, ...
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A great book by Malcolm Gladwell that relates in so many different ways.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Matter
You never know where success might come from.
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Building your lifestyle business.
Click Millionaires: Work Less, Live More
An older book but still incredibly valuable.
The Founder's Dilemmas: Avoiding Pitfalls
One of the early books we read to help build our solopreneur business as a blogger.
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
This was one of our blueprints for creating our travel startup and a lot of this applies to what we do in our content creation business as well. Constantly learn and iterate!
Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A - Maurya
Another inspirational book about building something around doing what you love.
The $100 Startup: Reinvent Your Living
One of the early books I read when I was building a startup but many of its concepts apply to being your own solopreneur as a content creator.
The Lean Startup | The Movement That Is Transforming How New Products ...
