How to win friends and influence people is 70 years old now. Shouldn't there be some updates on this topic meanwhile? Have any other books on the topic been released that are highly popular?
> How to win friends and influence people is 70 years old now.<p>Actually, it's 78 years old (2014-1936 = 78).<p>In any case, the book has been revised significantly. If you buy a new copy today, then you're not getting the 1936 text. Wikipedia[1] indicates that the most recent major update was in 1981.<p>> Have any other books on the topic been released that are highly popular?<p>That seems likely, although I doubt that any single book has had anything like the popularity of HtWFaIP (if only because HtWFaIP was published in a time when bookstore shelves were <i>not</i> overflowing with self-help books).<p>I'd be interested in an answer to this question, too.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influen...</a>
Make sure you get a copy from the 1930s! Everything else has been edited from the original text.<p>On another note, get a copy! I read it and was surprised a book nearly 80 years old is still highly relevant. It was actually pleasing to read the way people "spoke in books" back then as to today's book.
I think much better question is, which self-improvement books do HN recommend? I haven't read a lot of them but I'm planning on reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.