Oct 14, 2025

13 Game-Changing Personal Growth Books to Transform Your Life from The Seen and Unseen Podcast

"The Seen and the Unseen" is India's premier long-form podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The podcast, which has been running since 2017, features long-form conversations with intellectuals, writers, economists, historians, and thought leaders from India and around the world.

Amit Varma is a respected journalist and writer, a two-time winner of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The show is renowned for its rich intellectual content and the diversity of its guests, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in public policy, history, culture, or economics in contemporary India. I am only sharing the books recommended related to Psychology  and personal growth: 

  1. Four Thousand Weeks — Oliver Burkeman
  2. Wanting — Luke Burgis
  3. Start With Why — Simon Sinek
  4. The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben Horowitz
  5. Zero to One — Peter Thiel
  6. Atomic Habits — James Clear
  7. How to Know a Person — David Brooks
  8. The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt
  9. Good to Great — Jim Collins
  10. The Lean Startup — Eric Ries
  11. The Goal — Eliyahu Goldratt
  12. The Nurture Assumption — Judith Rich Harris
  13. Waking Up: A New Operating System for Your Mind — Sam Harris
For readers seeking to dive deeper into the themes discussed on the podcast, the book recommendations serve as a comprehensive guide to engaging with the complex ideas Amit Varma and his guests explore.