Best Books On Procrastination [Top 10] [2024 Update]

What are the best books to learn how to unlearn procrastination and become more productive? Here are our top 10 picks for tackling procrastination with psychology. Read along…

Discover the ten best books on procrastination

We’ve put together an overview of the best books on procrastination. Whether it’s homework, a big project at work, or household chores, there is always something you don’t feel like doing. To help you improve your productivity, we have listed a number of recommendations.

We start our recommendations with the top 10 best books on Procrastination of all time. This list has been updated this year, including all the recent titles.

Best Books On Procrastination	Author
Eat That Frog	Brian Tracy
The Willpower Instinct	Kelly McGonigal
How to Stop Procrastinating	Steve Scott
Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way	Steven Pressfield
Exceptional: Build Your Personal Highlight Reel and Unlock Your Potential	Daniel M. Cable
15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management	Kevin Kruse
Getting Things Done	David Allen
Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction	Chris Bailey
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us	Daniel H. Pink
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life	Robin Sharma

The updated top 10 list: the best books about procrastination

Conquer Procrastination: Proven Strategies to Maintain Productivity and Take Control of Your Life

We love this book because of its simple strategies that will help you stop procrastinating and start living without the stress and poor results that come with procrastinating. Once you understand the psychology behind it, you will find the drive to tackle procrastination.

The Psychology of Procrastination: Understand Your Habits, Find Motivation, and Get Things Done

Research has shown that you can change your habits if you want to, even if it concerns procrastination. Want to stop hearing people say you are lazy? Dive into this book and get to work.

The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination

This book has a philosophical approach when looking at procrastinating. Many questions are being answered, and those answers can help you understand what strategy is best for you to move away from procrastinating and start getting results without a hassle.

Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U)

We recommend this book, because the toolkit mentioned is easy to work with and developed by 20 creative people that are all experts on the subject of how to manage your day in the workplace.

Master Your Focus: A Practical Guide to Stop Chasing the Next Thing and Focus on What Matters Until It’s Done (Mastery Series)

Lost your focus? Then we think this is just the right book for you. The writer teaches you how to get your focus back, so you can finally reach the goals that you had set for yourself. We found the 3 types of focus especially interesting.

Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change

You don’t always know why you are self-sabotaging yourself, but the fact is that many people do this. In order to change, you can read the tips in this book and try some of them to see which one works best for you.

The Procrastination Cure: 21 Proven Tactics For Conquering Your Inner Procrastinator, Mastering Your Time, And Boosting Your Productivity! 

If you want to do a task, but find it hard to get started, this book could help you improve yourself. Making a to-do list and crossing items off will never be the same again once you have read this book.

5-Minute Self-Discipline Exercises: Stay Motivated, Cultivate Good Habits, and Achieve Your Goals

We like this book because it includes exercises that take no more than five minutes each day. And let’s be honest, no one wants to invest too much time in what distracts you from doing the job anyway.

The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage

Wow, this book doesn’t even speak about five minutes anymore, now it’s five seconds. Mel Robbins discusses a tool that takes only five seconds. We think you should definitely take the time to read this.

The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done

With more and more objects of distraction around us, it is getting harder and harder to not procrastinate. We find the test in this book very valuable, because not everyone is even aware of their habits of procrastinating. The techniques given in this book might just do the trick for you.