Arthur C. Brooks Books In Order

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Publication Order of Anthologies

Arthur C. Brooks is a bestselling author, a social scientist with a doctorate degree, a professor at Harvard, and a columnist at The Atlantic.

He is a specialist in making use of the best philosophy and science to offer people some actionable strategies that will help enhance their lives.

Over the years, he has made a name for himself writing books and speaking all over the world on human happiness. He has also been invited to raise well-being within community organizations, private companies, public agencies, and universities.
Since 2009, he has been the president of the AEI – the American Enterprise Institute. Before that, he worked at Syracuse University as a Louis A. Bantle Professor of Government Policy and Business.

For much of his career, he has been involved in conducting research on the links between economic life, politics, and culture.

Over the years, he has published tens of books and tons of articles on a variety of subjects that range from military operations research to the economics of the arts.

Brooks had an unconventional and varied career path. The man was born in 1964 and spent much of his childhood in Seattle, in a family that did not have much interest in the arts and instead had a preference for free enterprise.

Aged just 19, he dropped out of college to go study and become a professional hornist. For a time, Arthur performed and toured with Charlie Byrd the famous jazz guitarist, and the “Annapolis Brass Quintet” in addition to spending several years with the “Barcelona City Orchestra.”

He married Ester Munt-Brooks while he was living in Barcelona in 1991 and in 1992, he moved to the United States. In the US, Arthur went back to college which he did at night, and taught music in the daytime while his wife taught languages.
He studied languages, mathematics, and economics and ultimately earned a master’s and bachelor’s degree in economics and a public policy doctorate.

While he was still studying, he got interested in the works of Milton Friedman, Charles Murray, Irving Kristol, James Q. Wilson, and Michael Novak, all of whom were connected to The American Enterprise Institute.
He became convinced that free enterprise was the best way for everyone to better their lives. Arthur would then quit the music business and commit himself to studying free enterprise.

When Arthur C. Brooks was done with his doctorate, he became a university professor which was something that he did for more than a decade. During his time as a professor, he taught social entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, and economics.
He also published all manner of articles on technical topics, even as he began writing for the likes of Wall Street Journal among several other prestigious publications. He published his debut work “Who Really Cares” in 2006 and has been writing ever since.
In 2008, he left academia to join the American Enterprise Institute and became the eleventh president of the institution. Since that time he has been working with the staff and scholars of the institution to fight for better policies according to what American Founders envisioned.

He speaks widely on behalf of the free enterprise movement and the AEI across the world and in the United States and continues to write articles and books.
Dick Cheney the former American vice president called “The Battle” his 2010 book a playbook for how to revive the free enterprise movement.

Arthur C. Brooks and his wife Ester currently make their home in Bethesda Maryland alongside Marina, Carlos, and Joaquin their three children.

“From Strength to Strength” by Arthur C. Brooks is a roadmap for finding success, meaning, and purpose as we age.

Many people make the assumption that the more successful they are, the less vulnerable they will be to a sense of social and professional irrelevance as they age. However, it asserts that if we achieve a lot, we tend to get more attached to them and feel more pain when we inevitably face the decline.

This work asks what we can do immediately to ensure that our older years are a time of success, purpose, and happiness.

When he was 50 and at the height of his success, Brooks went on a seven-year quest to find out how he could ensure his future would not be one of regret over waning abilities, into one of opportunity for progress.

In his roadmap for how to live one’s life, he draws on Eastern wisdom, social science, theology, biography, and philosophy in addition to dozens of interviews.

He asserts that by refocusing on certain habits and priorities such as spiritual progress, deep wisdom, service to others, connection, and detachment from empty rewards, we set ourselves up for a lot more happiness.

“Love Your Enemies” by Arthur C. Brooks goes against conventional wisdom that says you have to be a jerk to get ahead.

Living in a world with an “outrage industrial complex” creates a culture of contempt and thrives by setting Americans against each other. While there are many people who hate it, most believe they either have to be left behind or just play along which could not be more wrong.
In this work, Arthur Brooks shows that outrage and abuse are not the best formula for long-lasting success. He makes use of decades of experience, ancient wisdom, and cutting-edge behavioral research to offer a better way that will result in mended relationships and bridge the divides.

Brooks offers some unconventional prescriptions as he asserts that we do not have to be forced to agree or moderate our speech when disagreement more often than not results in excellence.
He asserts that we should not aim for tolerance and civility since these are very low standards but instead, what is more important is how we choose to act.

Brooks offers a clear strategy and rallying cry for getting a new roadmap toward happiness that we can get to when we choose to love each other, even if we have so many differences.

Arthur C. Brooks’ novel “Build the Life You Want” asserts that it is possible to get happier while having a great adventure getting there.

In this work, Brooks joins forces with Oprah Winfrey as they invite you on a journey toward greater happiness which he asserts anyone can achieve despite their circumstances.

Drawing on years of helping people turn their ideas into reality in addition to cutting-edge science, Brooks shows you how to get a better life rather than waiting for circumstances outside your control to change.
With hope, compassion, and insight, the authors show how you can immediately change your life using the tools of emotional self-management.

The work recommends research-based and practical practices to build faith, family, work, and faith which are the four fundamentals of family.

Along the way, they share hard-earned wisdom from their own careers and lives in addition to the experiences of ordinary people who turned their lives around despite many hardships and challenges.
Equipped with tools that will help you build the fundamentals and those of emotional self-management, you can take control of your future and present instead of waiting and hoping for circumstances to get better.