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Peak Mind

Amishi Jha (2021)

75%
of reader questions named this book
3.5
average position when named
6/8
questions it appeared in

The questions it was named for

Each of these is a question a reader might ask an AI assistant, written from the subject of the book without reference to its title. The books listed underneath are the ones named in the same answer.

what are the best books about attention and focus?

Named at position 6

  • 1. Deep Work - Cal Newport
  • 2. Stolen Focus - Johann Hari
  • 3. Attention Span - Gloria Mark
  • 4. Hyperfocus - Chris Bailey
  • 5. The Shallows - Nicholas Carr

books on the science of how attention works in the brain

Named at position 4

  • 1. The Distracted Mind - Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen
  • 2. Attention Span - Gloria Mark
  • 3. On Task - David Badre
  • 4. Peak Mind - Amishi Jha
  • 5. Consciousness and the Brain - Stanislas Dehaene

I want to learn mindfulness meditation but I want something research-backed, not spiritual - any book recommendations?

Named at position 2

  • 1. Altered Traits - Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson
  • 2. Peak Mind - Amishi Jha
  • 3. Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World - Mark Williams and Danny Penman
  • 4. Full Catastrophe Living - Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • 5. 10% Happier - Dan Harris

my mind wanders constantly during meetings and while reading, is there a book that explains why?

Named at position 4

  • 1. The Distracted Mind - Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen
  • 2. Mindwandering - Moshe Bar
  • 3. Attention Span - Gloria Mark
  • 4. Peak Mind - Amishi Jha

looking for a book with an actual daily practice for training my concentration

Named at position 2

  • 1. Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World - Mark Williams and Danny Penman
  • 2. Peak Mind - Amishi Jha
  • 3. The Mind Illuminated - Culadasa (John Yates)
  • 4. The Attention Revolution - B. Alan Wallace
  • 5. Deep Work - Cal Newport

recommend books on rebuilding mental focus after burnout or a stressful period

Named at position 3

  • 1. Burnout - Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
  • 2. Rest - Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
  • 3. Peak Mind - Amishi Jha
  • 4. Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker

What this measures

This is one reading, taken on 2026-07-30, of whether an AI assistant names this book when asked about its subject. It is not a judgement of the book. It measures how present the book is in what the assistant has read.

Across all 100 books we tested, the average was 51% and 23 were never named at all. See the full index.

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