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Book · 2006 · Biography & Autobiography

How to Get Rich

One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

by Felix Dennis · Recommended by 11 people on 7 podcasts

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One of the most impactful books that I recommend to every entrepreneur is a book called How to Get Rich.
Andrew Wilkinson · Modern Wisdom · Jul 2024 Listen at 35:08

What they say about it

Grouped from 24 mentions
  • Badly titled book
    4
  • Best book ever“best book I've ever read”
    3
  • Changed my life“changed my life”
    2
  • Recommend to everyone“recommend that book to everyone”
    2
  • One of my favorite books“favorite books of all time”
    2

The best things said about it

6 of 24 · every mention
Recommended
That book changed my life. That book changed my life. It's the best. It's probably the best book I've ever read because it's beautiful.
Sam Parr This Week in Startups · Dec 2025
Recommended
It changed my life. Whenever we talk about that book, it like goes up to like number 10, top 10 in the business category, so go read it.
Shaan Puri My First Million · Mar 2023
Recommended
How to Get Rich was like the best. I don't read business books, but I used to and that's the best one I've ever read hands down.
Sam Parr How I Write · Oct 2023
Recommended
I was super, super influenced by Felix Dennis’s book called How to Get Rich.
Derek Sivers The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2023
Discussed
It's cuz one of my favorite books of all time is Felix Dennis's uh and I always confuse you you two. His is How to Get Rich.
Ramit Sethi My First Million · Apr 2023
Recommended
It's horribly titled, but it's the best book I've ever.
On the show My First Million · Feb 2023

Where and when it comes up

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Counted mentions by episode date. Our archive is deeper for recent years; 2026 so far.

How it comes up

Recommended means the speaker tells listeners to read it.

Most mentions, by podcast

7 shows

11 people who brought it up

Most recommendations first

Why people recommend it

Felix Dennis's book How to Get Rich is a candid and unconventional guide offering pragmatic advice on building wealth from the perspective of an experienced magazine publishing mogul. The book has garnered enthusiastic praise from numerous entrepreneurs and podcast guests. On My First Million, Shaan Puri recommended the work to listeners while discussing publishing businesses, a sentiment echoed by David Senra, who highlighted the author's brutal honesty regarding wealth creation. Sam Parr strongly endorsed the book on This Week in Startups and How I Write, describing it as the best business book he had ever read and noting that its style heavily influenced his own website copywriting, despite his aversion to typical business literature. Alex Hormozi also praised the author's tactical business writing during an appearance on My First Million. Andrew Wilkinson recommended the work on Modern Wisdom as an essential tool for entrepreneurs looking to utilize inversion. Finally, the host of Never Enough encouraged the audience to read the publication, cementing its reputation among podcasters as an impactful and unusually honest manual for financial success.

Every mention

24 counted mentions · 1 passing or ad reads below
Sam Parr That book changed my life. That book changed my life. It's the best. It's probably the best book I've ever… 5
Recommended
“That book changed my life. That book changed my life. It's the best. It's probably the best book I've ever read because it's beautiful. I hate um recommending it cuz the title is so vulgar, but it's a beautiful book because he's a beautiful man.”
Recommended
“and then I like was trying to craft the phrasing and the copy on the website to be uh like Felix Dennis who wrote This Book how to get rich um it's almost like Richard Branson and Mick Jagger had a baby like he founded Maxim yeah Maxim magazine”
Discussed
“or Felix Dennis this author of how to get rich tell me about Galloway what does he do”
Recommended
“I like Felix Dennis because he talks about like some serious topics in a fun way uh I mean how to get rich was like the best I don't read business books but I used to and that's the best one I've ever read hands down”
Recommended
“how to get rich is now number 30 in all of audible and originals it's number one in the small business category yeah look up how to get rich go look at right now look at the categories like it like skyrocketed after this video”
Shaan Puri and if you haven't read his book how to get rich we've talked about a bunch here it changed my life wheneve… 5
Recommended
“Have you guys ever read this book called How to Get Rich? No. It's by an author called Felix Dennis. Felix Dennis, you guys have to read his book.”
Discussed
“One of my heroes is this guy named Felix Dennis. He wrote the book How to Get Rich. Felix Dennis was a publisher in England where he founded a bunch of companies, a bunch of publishing companies.”
Recommended
“and if you haven't read his book how to get rich we've talked about a bunch here it changed my life whenever we talk about that book it like goes up to like number uh 10 top 10 in the business category so go read it”
Recommended
“he's got this book called how to get rich it's kind of poorly titled in a way that it's like embarrassing to talk about but it's quite a good book”
Recommended
“it's called how to get rich and the reason why I don't mind it is cuz he was really successful”
David Senra There's this great book called How to Get Rich. Have you read that one? Felix Dennis, episode 129. 3
Recommended
“There's this great book called How to Get Rich. Have you read that one? Felix Dennis, episode 129.”
Discussed
“Because often times, for example, my favorite author business author is Felix Dennis. He wrote the book how how to get rich. He's not nearly as serious as these other guys.”
Discussed
“and like I I like listen I was like all right and he and he was uh he had cancer I believe or uh I don't know if he had a cancer when he wrote it”
Alex Hormozi You know who's the best, I think, is Felix Dennis. Have you read Felix Dennis? How to get rich? 1
Recommended
“You know who's the best, I think, is Felix Dennis. Have you read Felix Dennis? How to get rich?”
Andrew Wilkinson one of the most impactful books that I recommend to every entrepreneur is a book called How to get rich It… 1
Recommended
“one of the most impactful books that I recommend to every entrepreneur is a book called How to get rich It Is by a guy named Felix Dennis who was a magazine publishing Mogul”
Derek Sivers I was super, super influenced by Felix Dennis’s book called How to Get Rich. 1
Recommended
“I was super, super influenced by Felix Dennis’s book called How to Get Rich.”
Nick Huber there's this guy named Felix Dennis have you ever read this awesome book called How to get rich I love that… 1
Recommended
“there's this guy named Felix Dennis have you ever read this awesome book called How to get rich I love that book yeah I love that book I recommend that book to everyone”
Chris Williamson Felix Dennis has a book called How to Get Rich, which is he's he's made it really like distasteful in the w… 1
Discussed
“Felix Dennis has a book called How to Get Rich, which is he's he's made it really like distasteful in the way that it's branded and stuff and he's sat there like like a maniacal like monocle and …”
Jason Calacanis You and I have a a famous book in common and I heard you talk about it and I it's so funny because I've lis… 1
Discussed
“You and I have a a famous book in common and I heard you talk about it and I it's so funny because I've listened to this book twice. And the book is How to Get Rich.”
Morgan Housel there's an entrepreneur named Felix Dennis who wrote A book many years ago called how to get rich 1
Discussed
“there's an entrepreneur named Felix Dennis who wrote A book many years ago called how to get rich”
Ramit Sethi It's cuz one of my favorite books of all time is Felix Dennis's uh and I always confuse you you two. His is… 1
Discussed
“It's cuz one of my favorite books of all time is Felix Dennis's uh and I always confuse you you two. His is How to Get Rich.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker3
Recommended
“I would read how to get rich by Felix Dennis as well highly recommend”
Recommended
“There's this guy named Felix Dennis. Have you ever read uh this awesome book called How to get rich? I love that book. Yeah I love that book. I recommend that book to everyone. It's horribly titled but it's the best book I've ever”
Recommended
“and uh it was it was the book called how to get rich that that tweet reached two million people This other video that i did i talked about the same book and it shot up I think now it's number one in entrepreneurship again and it's uh that video has been viewed 500 000 bro Let's write our own”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“publisher of Oz and author of how to be rich so he built this house for five million pounds”

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Andrew Wilkinson, University of the Fraser Valley / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Derek Sivers, DerekSivers / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Ramit Sethi, Jeremy Vohwinkle / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Chris Williamson, CiaPeterson / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Jason Calacanis, Christopher Michel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).