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  "id": "atomic-habits",
  "shelfNumber": "14",
  "title": "Atomic Habits",
  "subtitle": "An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones",
  "authors": [
    "James Clear"
  ],
  "firstPublished": "2018",
  "firstPublicationNote": "US Avery hardcover appeared October 16, 2018. The UK Random House Business paperback has a separate October 18, 2018 publisher date and ISBN.",
  "kind": "Popular nonfiction about habits and personal change",
  "themes": [
    "practice",
    "attention"
  ],
  "theme": "indigo",
  "layout": "memory",
  "tagline": "A small action, seen in its setting.",
  "dek": "Clear organizes everyday behavior into a practical account of small changes, surroundings and repeated choices. Read one proposal at a time, asking what conditions make it useful and where a memorable rule needs qualification.",
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    "alt": "Cobalt ceramic blocks form modest repeating steps on a pale textured surface in gentle daylight.",
    "width": 1536,
    "height": 1024,
    "caption": "Original AI-generated atmosphere for PointCast. Not a book cover, archival image or historical document."
  },
  "context": {
    "heading": "Notice the routine before the rule.",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Clear organizes everyday behavior into a practical account of small changes, surroundings and repeated choices. Read one proposal at a time, asking what conditions make it useful and where a memorable rule needs qualification.",
      "The 2018 book is a popular synthesis and practical argument. Its examples and confident framing invite scrutiny as well as experimentation. A small routine may be a useful place to begin reading it; claims about improvement should not be treated as guarantees or explanations of every person's circumstances.",
      "Practical proposals have limits. Read examples alongside the evidence and circumstances they leave out; no personal outcome is guaranteed."
    ],
    "sourceIds": [
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      "atomic-summary",
      "atomic-us"
    ]
  },
  "authorNote": {
    "text": "James Clear presents a popular synthesis and practical argument about habits. His official summary is a useful orientation; read the book’s examples and claims with attention to the conditions around a repeated action.",
    "sourceIds": [
      "atomic-us",
      "atomic-uk",
      "atomic-author"
    ]
  },
  "entryPoints": [
    {
      "id": "routine",
      "label": "Routine",
      "title": "Begin with something ordinary.",
      "prompt": "Choose a routine you already understand. Compare the book’s proposal with what you can observe, keeping exceptions alongside examples."
    },
    {
      "id": "surroundings",
      "label": "Surroundings",
      "title": "Notice what changes the effort.",
      "prompt": "Look beyond an intended goal to the places, cues and resources around a repeated action."
    },
    {
      "id": "claim",
      "label": "Claims",
      "title": "Distinguish a heuristic from a finding.",
      "prompt": "A concise rule can help you notice a pattern. Ask what evidence supports it and where its scope needs qualification."
    }
  ],
  "pathways": [
    {
      "label": "First encounter",
      "title": "First encounter.",
      "text": "Use the author's public summary to identify the questions the book asks, then choose a chapter in a lawful copy."
    },
    {
      "label": "Read with a case",
      "title": "Read with a case.",
      "text": "Choose an ordinary routine you already understand. Compare the book's account with what you can observe; keep exceptions as well as examples."
    },
    {
      "label": "Read for limits",
      "title": "Read for limits.",
      "text": "Distinguish a practical heuristic from an empirical claim. Ask which evidence supports each and which circumstances the example leaves out."
    }
  ],
  "editions": [
    {
      "id": "atomic-avery-hardcover",
      "label": "US Avery hardcover",
      "format": "Hardcover",
      "publisher": "Avery / Penguin Random House",
      "isbn": "9780735211292",
      "publicationDate": "2018-10-16",
      "pages": 320,
      "extras": "No introduction, foreword, revised content or additional apparatus was established from the inspected publisher record.",
      "why": "A physical hardcover copy of the US edition for reading and keeping notes nearby.",
      "sourceId": "atomic-us",
      "links": [
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          "kind": "new",
          "label": "View US publisher edition",
          "url": "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/543993/atomic-habits-by-james-clear/",
          "note": "External discovery route. Check ISBN, format, seller, condition, delivery and current terms. No price, stock, fulfillment or affiliation is asserted."
        },
        {
          "kind": "used",
          "label": "Compare used hardcover copies by ISBN",
          "url": "https://www.abebooks.com/9780735211292/Atomic-Habits-Easy-Proven-Way-0735211299/plp",
          "note": "External discovery route. Check ISBN, format, seller, condition, delivery and current terms. No price, stock, fulfillment or affiliation is asserted."
        },
        {
          "kind": "borrow",
          "label": "Find a licensed library ebook",
          "url": "https://www.overdrive.com/media/3994736/atomic-habits",
          "note": "Separate US ebook ISBN 9780735211308; not this print copy. Borrowing requires an eligible card at a participating library that licenses the title. Formats, holds, loan periods and availability vary. This ebook route does not establish a local holding of the selected print ISBN."
        }
      ],
      "translator": "Not applicable — English original"
    },
    {
      "id": "atomic-rhb-paperback",
      "label": "UK Random House Business paperback",
      "format": "Paperback",
      "publisher": "Random House Business / Penguin Random House UK",
      "isbn": "9781847941831",
      "publicationDate": "2018-10-18",
      "pages": 320,
      "extras": "Publisher uses the subtitle Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results. Additional apparatus or substantive text differences from the US edition were not verified.",
      "why": "A paperback alternative identified by its UK ISBN and publisher, useful if you prefer that physical format.",
      "sourceId": "atomic-uk",
      "links": [
        {
          "kind": "new",
          "label": "View UK publisher edition",
          "url": "https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/434095/atomic-habits-by-james-clear/9781847941831",
          "note": "External discovery route. Check ISBN, format, seller, condition, delivery and current terms. No price, stock, fulfillment or affiliation is asserted."
        },
        {
          "kind": "used",
          "label": "Compare used paperback copies by ISBN",
          "url": "https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9781847941831/n/100121502",
          "note": "External discovery route. Check ISBN, format, seller, condition, delivery and current terms. No price, stock, fulfillment or affiliation is asserted."
        },
        {
          "kind": "borrow",
          "label": "Find a licensed library ebook",
          "url": "https://www.overdrive.com/media/3994736/atomic-habits",
          "note": "Separate US licensed ebook ISBN 9780735211308; not this UK paperback. Borrowing requires an eligible card at a participating library that licenses the title. Formats, holds, loan periods and availability vary. This ebook route does not establish a local holding of the selected print ISBN."
        }
      ],
      "translator": "Not applicable — English original"
    }
  ],
  "digitalRoutes": [
    {
      "id": "author-summary",
      "label": "Read James Clear's official summary",
      "url": "https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits-summary",
      "sourceId": "atomic-summary",
      "type": "authorized-summary",
      "description": "The author's publicly accessible overview of the book's main framework, not the complete book.",
      "rights": "Authorized source link; copyrighted summary and book. Free access does not establish public-domain or republication permission."
    }
  ],
  "rightsNote": "This modern book remains copyrighted. Read a purchased or lawfully borrowed copy. The author’s public summary is an overview, not the full book or a licence to republish it.",
  "readerNote": "Practical proposals have limits. Read examples alongside the evidence and circumstances they leave out; no personal outcome is guaranteed.",
  "deeper": {
    "themes": [
      {
        "title": "Intentions and repetition",
        "text": "How does the book distinguish an intended goal from the repeated actions around it?"
      },
      {
        "title": "The conditions around a routine",
        "text": "Which example makes a claim clearer, and which leaves you wanting more evidence?"
      },
      {
        "title": "Rules and exceptions",
        "text": "How do surroundings change the effort a routine requires?"
      }
    ],
    "questions": [
      "What constraints are hard to explain through individual habit design alone?",
      "Where does a concise rule help you notice a pattern, and where does it conceal a difference?",
      "What would count as evidence against a proposal you find appealing?"
    ]
  },
  "series": null,
  "related": [
    {
      "title": "As a Man Thinketh",
      "url": "/books/as-a-man-thinketh/",
      "why": "Compare a modern account of habits with a historical meditation on thought and conduct."
    },
    {
      "title": "What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars",
      "url": "/books/what-i-learned-losing-a-million-dollars/",
      "why": "Compare confidence, repetition and the evidence behind explanations of behavior."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "atomic-us",
      "label": "Penguin Random House US — Avery edition",
      "url": "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/543993/atomic-habits-by-james-clear/",
      "type": "Primary publisher record",
      "note": "Hardcover, ISBN 9780735211292, October 16, 2018, Avery, 320 pages. Other ebook/audio formats are listed but are not substituted for this print ISBN."
    },
    {
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      "label": "Penguin UK — Random House Business edition",
      "url": "https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/434095/atomic-habits-by-james-clear/9781847941831",
      "type": "Primary publisher record",
      "note": "Paperback, ISBN 9781847941831, October 18, 2018, 320 pages and UK subtitle. Regional edition identified; no text-difference claim."
    },
    {
      "id": "atomic-author",
      "label": "James Clear — official book page",
      "url": "https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits",
      "type": "Primary author resource",
      "note": "Author and full US subtitle; original overview and official book routes. Sales totals and endorsements vary between sources and are not reproduced as facts."
    },
    {
      "id": "atomic-summary",
      "label": "James Clear — official Atomic Habits summary",
      "url": "https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits-summary",
      "type": "Primary author resource",
      "note": "Author's own public explanation of the book's framework. An overview, not open full book text; no passages or diagrams copied."
    },
    {
      "id": "atomic-overdrive",
      "label": "OverDrive — title-specific discovery",
      "url": "https://www.overdrive.com/media/3994736/atomic-habits",
      "type": "Library discovery service",
      "note": "Verified title-specific licensed ebook route. Library membership, collection licensing, holds and format access apply."
    },
    {
      "id": "atomic-fulton",
      "label": "Fulton County Library — ebook format record",
      "url": "https://fulcolibrary.overdrive.com/media/3994736",
      "type": "Primary public-library catalog",
      "note": "James Clear; Penguin Publishing Group; October 16, 2018; ebook ISBN 9780735211308. Does not establish holdings of either selected print ISBN."
    },
    {
      "id": "atomic-used-us",
      "label": "AbeBooks — US hardcover ISBN",
      "url": "https://www.abebooks.com/9780735211292/Atomic-Habits-Easy-Proven-Way-0735211299/plp",
      "type": "Verified retailer access route",
      "note": "Exact hardcover ISBN and used-copy listings identified. No ratings, prices, stock, seller guarantees or first-printing claims copied."
    },
    {
      "id": "atomic-used-uk",
      "label": "AbeBooks — UK paperback ISBN",
      "url": "https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9781847941831/n/100121502",
      "type": "Verified retailer access route",
      "note": "Used-condition search for the exact UK paperback ISBN 9781847941831. Check the individual seller’s condition, binding and delivery terms."
    }
  ],
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-03",
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  "artworkProvenance": "/images/bookshelf-goodreads/provenance.json",
  "commerce": "External discovery links. Providers determine availability, prices, condition, and library eligibility. No PointCast stock, checkout, payment, or fulfilment.",
  "reproducedBookText": false,
  "quotationsUsed": 0,
  "artworkIsOfficialCover": false
}