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
2,000 Miles Together: The Story of the Largest Family to Hike the Appalachian Trail
BEN CRAWFORD
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 Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back (Unfu*k Yourself series)
GARY JOHN BISHOP
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Unfu*k 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 Unfu*k Yourself (Unfu*k 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
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Unfu*k 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
