BOOKS FOR DADS

Must read books from guests of The Dad Edge Podcast

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Daddy Will Always Love and Protect You

LARRY HAGNER

The Dad’s Edge: 9 Simple Ways to Have: Unlimited Patience, Improved Relationships, and Positive Lasting Memories

LARRY HAGNER

Never Give Up No Matter What

MASON HAGNER

Superfans: The Easy Way to Stand Out, Grow Your Tribe, And Build a Successful Business

PAT FLYNN

No More Mr. Nice Guy

DR. ROBERT GLOVER

Dating Essentials for Men: The Only Dating Guide You Will Ever Need

DR. ROBERT GLOVER

Mia and The Go Away Monster Spray (1)

EVAN DEMARCO

7 Secrets to an Awesome Marriage: Strengthen Your Most Intimate Relationship

DR. KIM KIMBERLING

Fit2Fat2Fit: The Unexpected Lessons from Gaining and Losing 75 lbs on Purpose

DREW MANNING

Own Your Career Own Your Life: Stop Drifting and Take Control of Your Future

ANDY STORCH

Screen Kids: 5 Relational Skills Every Child Needs in a Tech-Driven World

ARLENE PELLICANE, GARY CHAPMAN

Know Yourself, Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

RACHEL CRUZE

SEAL of God

CHAD WILLIAMS

Naked Marriage: Uncovering Who You Are And Who You Can Be Together

DR. COREY ALLAN

The Core Value Equation: A Framework to Drive Results, Create Limitless Scale and Win the War for Talent

DARIUS MIRSHAHZADEH

Motivate the Unmotivated: A proven system for sustainable motivation

MATT GRANADOS

The Process, Art, and Science of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire Confidence and Clarity in Combat, in the Boardroom, and at the Kitchen Table

ERROL DOEBLER

The Positivity Tribe: “The Power of Positivity” One Person at a Time

CHRISTOPHER WIRTH

This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide For Men Who Refuse to Settle

TRIPP LANIER

What to Expect When Parenting Children with ADHD: A 9-step plan to master the struggles and triumphs of parenting a child with ADHD

PENNY WILLIAMS

Boy Without Instructions: Surviving the Learning Curve of Parenting a Child with ADHD

PENNY WILLIAMS

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

GARY CHAPMAN

5 Simple Ways to Strengthen Your Marriage: …When You’re Stuck at Home Together

GARY CHAPMAN

Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age

BRUCE FEILER

Becoming a King: The Path to Restoring the Heart of a Man

MORGAN SNYDER

The Kid Upstairs

KEVIN GILROY

How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: 43 Weird & Wonderful Ways to Build a Strong, Resilient Mindset

BEN ALDRIDGE

Unleashed Potential: Simple Steps to Be the Best Version of Yourself

JEFF FORRESTER

Men on Fire: Restoring the Forces That Forge Noble Manhood

STEPHEN MANSFIELD

Unicorn Dreams

LAWRENCE GORDON

In Awe: Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning, and Joy

JOHN O’LEARY

On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life

JOHN O’LEARY

Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life

ARLENE PELLICANE

Parents Rising: 8 Strategies for Raising Kids Who Love God, Respect Authority, and Value What’s Right

ARLENE PELLICANE

31 Days to a Happy Husband

ARLENE PELLICANE

The Dad Difference: The 4 Most Important Gifts You Can Give to Your Kids

BRYAN LORITTS

Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams

MARK DIVINE

Why Should I Forgive?: And the next question: How can I? Answers just inside…

DEREK STONE

Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power

ALEXANDRA POPE AND SJANIE HUGO WURLITZER

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know

MEG MEEKER

No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame

JANET LANSBURY

MORE THAN ALL THE GLORIES: A Memoir of Love and Redemption

NATE EDMONDS

How to Shoot Like a Navy SEAL: Combat Marksmanship Fundamentals

CHRIS SAJNOG

The Imposter in Charge.

MIKE KITKO

All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success

WAYNE BAKER

The Stone Boys

DR. MICHAEL GURIAN

Becoming the World’s Toughest Lifelong Learner: A Book for Anyone Who Wants to Pursue Anything

CHARLIE “THE SPANIARD” BRENNEMEN

Habit That!: How You Can Health Up in Just 5 Minutes a Day

JAIME HOPE MD

Modern Manhood: Conversations About the Complicated World of Being a Good Man Today

CLEO STILLER

The 5 Money Conversations to Have with Your Kids at Every Age and Stage

SCOTT AND BETHANY PALMER

The 5 Money Personalities: Speaking the Same Love and Money Language

SCOTT AND BETHANY PALMER

Stop Doing That Sht: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back (Unfuk Yourself series)

GARY JOHN BISHOP

Unfuk Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Unfuk Yourself series)

GARY JOHN BISHOP

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

JAMES CLEAR

Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence

BRAD BARRETT

The Miracle Morning for Parents and Families: How to Bring Out the Best in Your KIDS and Your SELF

MIKE AND LINDSAY MCCARTHY

Do the Work: The Official Unrepentant, Ass-Kicking, No-Kidding, Change-Your-Life Sidekick to Unfuk Yourself (Unfuk Yourself series)

GARY JOHN BISHOP

Design Your Future: 3 Simple Steps to Stop Drifting and Start Living

DOMINICK QUARTUCCIO

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems

DR. DANIEL AMEN

Open Her: Activate 7 Masculine Powers to Arouse Your Woman’s Love & Desire

KAREN BRODY

Do a Day: How to Live a Better Life Every Day

BRYAN FALCHUK

The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life

TODD HERMAN

The Seven Longest Yards: Our Love Story of Pushing the Limits while Leaning on Each Other

CHRIS NORTON

Transformed: A Navy SEAL’s Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds

REMI ADELEKE

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

NIR EYAL

Redeployed: How Combat Veterans Can Fight the Battle Within and Win the War at Home

CHAD ROBICHAUX

The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win

JOCKO WILLINK

Resilience Parenting: Raising Resilient Children in an Era of Detachment and Dependence

CHRIS AND HOLLY SANTILLO

Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement

RICHARD KARLGAARD

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

CAL NEWPORT

The Leap of Your Life: How to Redefine Risk, Quit Waiting For ‘Someday,’ and Live Boldly

TOMMY BAKER

How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler

NATASHA DANIELS

Embrace Your Past Win Your Future: The Difference Between Being A Victim And Playing One

MARK CRANDALL

The Miracle Morning for Couples: Create Legendary Connections One Morning at a Time

BRANDY AND LANCE SALZAR, HAL ELROD

Master the Key: A Story to Free Your Potential, Find Meaning and Live Life on Purpose

MIKE FLYNN

Driven: My Unlikely Journey from Classroom to Cage

CHARLIE “THE SPANIARD” BRENNEMEN

Get Momentum: How to Start When You’re Stuck

JASON WOMACK

Out of the Blur: A Delirious Dad’s Search for the Holy Grail of Work-Life Balance

JAMES SUDAKOW

I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck: An Everyman’s Guide to a Meaningful Life

JOHN KIM

Relentless Success: 7-Point System for Major League Achievement

TODD STOTTLEMYRE

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

LEIF BABIN AND JOCKO WILLINK

Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

GRANT SABATIER

F*ck Your Feelings: Master Your Mind, Accomplish Any Goal, and Become A More Significant Human

RYAN MUNSEY

Game Changing Dads: Get Off the Bench and into the Game!

RAY MATZ

Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level

MARK DIVINE

Black Belt Husband: A Marriage Book for Men

QUENTIN HAFNER

Diets Suck: The Ultimate Blueprint on Enjoying Food and Getting Lean.

JOSIAH NOVAK

unHIDDEN: A Book For Men and Those Confused by Them

ROBERT KANDELL

Stop Running Away: Break Free from Porn and Let God Do More in Your Life Than Ever Before

SCOTT SWANSON

The 7-Day Real Estate Survival Blueprint

RYAN ENK

The Art of Allowance: A Short, Practical Guide to Raising Money-Smart, Money-Empowered Kids

JOHN LANZA

Unfuk Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Unfuk Yourself series)

GARY JOHN BISHOP

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

CHRIS VOSS

Today I Rise: How To Overcome The Gut-Wrenching Pain Of Your Breakup Or Divorce & Reclaim Your LifeSummary: Never Split the Difference – Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss

TRAVER BOEHM

You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want

JESSE MECHAM

Be the Man

GARRETT J. WHITE

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul

JOHN ELDREDGE

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

GREG MCKEOWN

Sobered Up, So Now What?: 3 Keys To Staying Sober & Succeeding At Life

STEVEN A. GALATIOTO

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

HAL ELROD

The Ranger Way: Living the Code On and Off the Battlefield

KRIS ‘TANTO’ PARONTO

Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids

KRISTEN JENSON

Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds

KRISTEN JENSON

Man Up!: The Quest for Masculinity

JEFF HEMMER

The Front Row Factor: Transform Your Life with the Art of Moment Making

JON VROMAN

The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader

JASON REDMAN

Sovereignty: The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Men

RYAN MICHLER

13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do: Raising Self-Assured Children and Training Their Brains for a Life of Happiness, Meaning, and Success

AMY MORIN