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Books recommended by Common Time guests across four seasons — pedagogy, leadership, mindset, and beyond.

John Alstrin Season 1
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni
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You Are a Badass Jen Sincero
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The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt
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LeAndre Benton Season 4
Don’t Believe Everything You Think Joseph Nguyen
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Lyndsay Boysen Season 1
Atomic Habits James Clear
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168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think Laura Vanderkam
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How to Ikigai Tim Tamashiro
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Brian Britt Season 2
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey
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The ONE Thing Gary Keller
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Start With Why Simon Sinek
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Atomic Habits James Clear
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Mark Clague Season 4
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom David W. Blight
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Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson
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Billie Holiday Biography Author TBD
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David Clemmer Host
Atomic Habits James Clear
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The Art of Possibility Benjamin Zander
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey
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Colleen Conway Season 3
Free Play Stephen Nachmanovitch
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Eugene Corporon Season 4
The Musician’s Soul James Jordan
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Of Music and Music Making Bruno Walter
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What to Listen for in Music Aaron Copland
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The Silent Pulse George Leonard
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Darrin Davis Season 4
The Joy of Inspired Teaching Tim Lautzenheiser
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Todd Dixon Season 2
How to Make First Chair Author TBD
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Rodney Dorsey Season 2
Physical Expression and the Performing Artist Jerry Schwiebert
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Blink Malcolm Gladwell
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Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell
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Amanda Drinkwater Season 4
Six Thinking Hats Edward de Bono
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Meg Duke Season 2
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk
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Mindset Carol Dweck
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Jason Fettig Season 1
Musicophilia Oliver Sacks
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Teaching Music in Higher Education Colleen Conway
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Julie Giroux Season 2
Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual Wizards of the Coast
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Elizabeth Hering Season 4
In Pursuit of Great Conducting H. Robert Reynolds
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Clark Hibbs Season 2
Atomic Habits James Clear
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Laura Jackson Season 4
The Inner Game of Tennis W. Timothy Gallwey
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Lynne Jackson Season 2
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey
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Kathy Johnson Season 2
Beyond the Notes Paula Crider
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Jerry Junkin Season 1
Time and the Winds Frederick Fennell
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Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne
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Cyndy Lansford Season 1
How to Be an Assertive (Not Aggressive) Woman Jean Baer
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Rehearsing the Band (series) Stephen Meyer
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David Leach Season 3
Works by Carl Rogers Carl Rogers
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Gary Lewis Season 4
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey
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The Art of Possibility Benjamin Zander
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Larry Livingston Season 2
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Free Play Stephen Nachmanovitch
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The Art of Is Stephen Nachmanovitch
Sarah McKoin Season 3
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin
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Chris Meredith Season 2
Leading with the Heart Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K)
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Good to Great Jim Collins
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Emily Moss Season 4
Intelligent Music Teaching Robert A. Duke
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Women in Wind Band Erin Keeton-Howard & Meghan Wagner
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Linda Pulley Season 4
The Let Them Theory Mel Robbins
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Sam Quinones Season 4
On Writing Well William Zinsser
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Miguel Retto Season 3
Leaders Eat Last Simon Sinek
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman
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Richard Saucedo Season 1
Tuning for Wind Instruments Shelley Jagow
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Teaching Instrumental Music Shelley Jagow
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Robert Selaiden Season 3
The Happiness Advantage Shawn Achor
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The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune
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Kim Shuttlesworth Season 2
Creativity, Inc. Ed Catmull
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Good to Great Jim Collins
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The Talent Code Daniel Coyle
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Randall Standridge Season 3
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King
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The Champion’s Mind Jim Afremow
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Erin Cole Steele Season 1
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Haemin Sunim
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Frank Troyka Season 2
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig
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Becky Warren Season 4
Chicken Soup for the Soul (Teacher Series) Various Authors
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A Framework for Understanding Poverty Ruby Payne
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Lois Wiggins Season 3
Rehearsing the Band (series) John Williamson & Kenneth Neidig
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Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
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