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Alex Hormozi books: every book Alex Hormozi wrote and recommended
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Books by Alex Hormozi
Alex Hormozi’s most recommended books
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis
- On Writing by Stephen King
- Relentless by Tim Grover, Tim S. Grover, Shari Wenk
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
- Slumdog millionaire by Vikas Swarup
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Alex Hormozi is an entrepreneur, investor, and business educator. He has shared his insights and book recommendations across multiple podcast appearances, including Modern Wisdom, My First Million, and How I Write. Hormozi recommended Relentless by Tim Grover, noting that it was the first book that gave him permission to utilize what he described as his dark side to accomplish tasks during his early hustle. He also recommended Felix Dennis's How to Get Rich, highlighting it as an example of great and tactical business writing. Additionally, Hormozi pointed to Stephen King's On Writing as one of the best books on the subject of writing. Essentialism by Greg McKeown was repeatedly singled out by Hormozi, who named it one of his top five books of all time and praised it as a vital antidote to type A burnout and overworking, focusing on intentionality and focus. He also brought up Steven Pressfield's The War of Art and Turning Pro in podcast discussions about commitment and turning professional in creative endeavors. Furthermore, Hormozi discussed Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, citing it as very tactical and praising its advice on remembering and using people's names in everyday interactions.
Books recommended by Alex Hormozi
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Essentialism
Essentialism by Greg McKeown is a practical guide that encourages readers to focus on the vital few pursuits rather than the trivial many, aiming to achieve more through deliberate elimination.
Recommended“one of the concepts that the book will be focused on intentionalism mhm and essentialism by Greg mccuan is one of my favorite a buck”
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How to Get Rich
How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis is a frank and practical exploration of wealth accumulation written by a successful magazine publishing mogul.
Recommended“You know who's the best, I think, is Felix Dennis. Have you read Felix Dennis? How to get rich?”
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On Writing
Stephen King's On Writing is a celebrated hybrid of memoir and practical manual that chronicles the author's formative struggles and recovery while offering direct, invaluable advice for aspiring writers on craft, discipline, and the mechanics of prose.
Recommended“and I would probably be paring a lot of Stephen King's ‘on writing’ if I were to say”
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Relentless
Relentless by Tim Grover, written with Shari Wenk, explores the extreme mindset, obsessive drive, and unyielding psychological traits required to achieve absolute greatness, drawing heavily on the author's experiences training elite athletes like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
Recommended“I um I read uh Relentless by Tim Grover and it was basically the first book that I think gave me permission to use called The Dark Side to get things done.”
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield's The War of Art serves as a profound guide for creatives, entrepreneurs, and thinkers seeking to understand and conquer the psychological barriers that hinder productivity and inspiration.
Recommended“I read Steven pressfield war of art then I read turning pro I want to turn pro with the show”
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Turning Pro
Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield is a motivational manual that challenges individuals to overcome internal resistance, drop amateur habits, and fully commit to their creative work.
Recommended“then I read turning pro”
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Gym Launch Secrets
Gym Launch Secrets by Alex Hormozi is a business manual detailing practical strategies for starting and scaling a gym business.
Discussed“So I was just kind of like founder talking to customers to get an idea of what was going on. But he knew me enough from just like I'd written a small book in the gym space called Gym Launch Secrets that he had read that book like loved it applied it to his photography business and she took a”
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help book focused on interpersonal communication, empathy, and building genuine human connections.
Discussed“Dude, this is why I like by the way Dale Cardig, how to win friends and influence people very tactical. So like the the takeaway that everyone will have for that book, well at least one of them will be you say someone's name. Say someone's name because that's the most beautiful sound in in the English language.”
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T.
Discussed“and so the fact that like Rich Dad Poor Dad still sells 100,000 copies a month 40 years I 50 years later than when he originally wrote it”
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Slumdog millionaire
Discussed“Slumdog Millionaire If you've seen that movie where he I'll give you the tldr he goes through his entire life of Randomness and he gets on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire version in India and has 12 questions to make a million dollars”
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a highly influential lifestyle design manual that challenges conventional career paths and encourages readers to automate, delegate, and escape the traditional nine-to-five grind.
Discussed“I think the first time I heard about this was I think Tim Ferris tested 4our a 4our work week yeah for his book and he hated the title but it it crushed all the other titles”
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The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a bestselling novel about a depressed woman who finds herself in a magical library where every book offers an alternate version of her life choices.
Discussed“I think there's a um there's a [ __ ] there's a book that where a girl lives many different versions of her life and Midnight Library yes”
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Questions about Alex Hormozi’s book recommendations
What book does Alex Hormozi recommend most?
Essentialism by Greg McKeown. Alex Hormozi recommended it in 2 episodes, with 2 explicit recommendations.
How many books has Alex Hormozi recommended on podcasts?
We have found 12 books Alex Hormozi recommended or discussed, across 8 episodes of 3 podcasts. Ad reads and passing mentions are not counted.
What books are on Alex Hormozi's reading list?
The books Alex Hormozi has recommended most on podcasts are Essentialism by Greg McKeown, How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis, On Writing by Stephen King, Relentless by Tim Grover, Tim S. Grover, Shari Wenk and The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. The full book list below has all 12.
What books has Alex Hormozi written?
$100M Offers (2021), $100M Leads (2023), $100M Money Models (2025) and Gym Launch Secrets.
What did Alex Hormozi recommend on Modern Wisdom?
Essentialism, Relentless and The War of Art, among 6 books in all.
What is the latest book Alex Hormozi recommended?
Relentless, recommended on Modern Wisdom (2026-06-29).
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Other mentions (19: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I read most of the self-help books that you've heard of. Um, hund00 million offers, $100 million leads. Those were the books I kidding. I wasn't reading.”
“I read most of the self-help books that you've heard of. Um, hund00 million offers, $100 million leads. Those were the books I kidding. I wasn't reading.”
“So you've got you've got warm outreach, you've got cold outreach, you've got content, and then you've got ads. Have you read the book?”
“You will love this book if you liked offers.”
“but the mechanism of doing it is part of uh like part of the money models book.”
“and so that's one of the chapters in in in the leads book which is okay now that you have the core four right these are the four things that you can do you can post content you can run ads you can do Outreach to strangers you can do Outreach to people you know those are the four things”
“like the leads book um I didn't know what to name it so it's about advertising so I ran story tests for like a week or two just saying $100 million promotions $100 million uh advertising”
“and so if I like the the best frame like the value equation was is probably the core framework of the offerus book right”
“and from only 12 random experiences in his life that seemed meaningless at the time was he able to answer all of the questions and then ultimately win”
“version in India and has 12 questions to make a million dollars”
“but later on in the book $100 million leads um I talk about the rule of 100 on steroids”
“I say it in my book in the the Offers book, the last the last chapter is the first 100,000.”
“Also I'll say, because of what you said, I wrote a summary and workbook of offers so that they can finish it in one sitting.”
“And so a lot of those things that you can make an irresistible offer or a grand slam offer from the book is by looking at each of those problems...”
“he read this book he just told me the title and just like stuck with me he said too good to fail”
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“which is why it was the first book because answering the question what do I sell is the first book the second book leads is to whom do I sell it”
“I got to get leads right and that's the second book”