Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| How to Win at College | 2005 | Buy |
| How to Become a Straight-A Student | 2006 | Buy |
| How to Be a High School Superstar | 2010 | Buy |
| So Good They Can’t Ignore You | 2012 | Buy |
| Deep Work | 2016 | Buy |
| Digital Minimalism | 2019 | Buy |
| The Time-Block Planner | 2020 | Buy |
| A World Without Email | 2021 | Buy |
| Slow Productivity | 2024 | Buy |
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University who has written extensively about productivity, focus, and our relationship with technology. His early books offered practical advice for students, starting with How to Win at College in 2005, but he gained widespread recognition with So Good They Can’t Ignore You (2012) and Deep Work (2016). Deep Work became a bestseller and introduced the idea that sustained, distraction-free concentration is a superpower in the modern economy.
Newport continued to build on these themes with Digital Minimalism (2019), which challenged readers to rethink their use of social media and smartphones, and A World Without Email (2021), which proposed new frameworks for workplace communication. His most recent book, Slow Productivity (2024), pushes back against the culture of constant busyness and offers an alternative approach rooted in doing fewer things at a natural pace.