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Summaries of branding books (Useful List)

September 22, 2020 · Rob Meyerson
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Blinkist is a book-summarizing subscription service with book summaries (or “blinks”) of over 2,500 bestselling, non-fiction books. Summaries are available as both text and audio, and most are only about 15 minutes long. We pored through Blinkist’s extensive catalog looking for summaries of branding books. Read on—or skip to the table below—to see what we found.

summaries of books from Blinkist

Topics covered by titles in the Blinkist catalog range from parenting to politics and from science to sex. More relevant to branding, however, are the dozens of books in each the following categories:

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Economics
  • Corporate Culture
  • Management & Leadership
  • Psychology
  • Technology & the Future
  • Creativity
  • Marketing & Sales

And if you’re specifically looking for a book about branding, you’re in luck. We’ve compiled a long list of summaries of branding books—text and audio—including some books by past guests on the podcast. Even one of the few books about brand naming is summarized.

Here’s the crazy thing about Blinkist: If you’ve got the time, you could read or listen to all of these summaries in less than four hours. It could easily take you that long just to listen to one full audiobook about brand strategy. Talk about an efficient way to download some of the latest and greatest brand thinking into your brain!

If you haven’t tried Blinkist yet, you can get 20% off. If you’re already a member, let us know what you think of the summaries of branding books listed below—post a comment with a review. And if there are other branding book summaries you think we should include in this list, drop us a line.

ImageTitleAuthorTimeAudio available?
Summary of The Brand Gap on Blinkist The Brand GapMarty Neumeier12-minute readYes
Summary of Brandwashed in Blinkist BrandwashedMartin Lindstrom18-minute readNo
Summary of Buyology on Blinkist BuyologyMartin Lindstrom15-minute readYes
Building a StoryBrand summary on Blinkist Building a StoryBrandDonald Miller16-minute readYes
Summary of Disruptive Branding on Blinkist Disruptive BrandingJacob Benbunan, Gabor Schreier, and Benjamin Knapp12-minute readYes
Summary of Eating the Big Fish on Blinkist Eating The Big FishAdam Morgan12-minute readYes
Summary of Finding Your Why on Blinkist Finding Your WhySimon Sinek, David Mead, and Peter Docker13-minute readYes
Summary of The Fortune Cookie Principle on Blinkist The Fortune Cookie PrincipleBernadette Jiwa10-minute readYes
Summary of Fusion on Blinkist FusionDenise Lee Yohn16-minute readYes
Summary of Hello, My Name is Awesome on Blinkist Hello, My Name is AwesomeAlexandra Watkins09-minute readYes
Summary of How Brands Grow on Blinkist How Brands GrowByron Sharp15-minute readYes
Summary of The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding on Blinkist The 22 Immutable Laws of BrandingAl Ries and Laura Ries16-minute readYes
Summary of Positioning on Blinkist PositioningAl Ries and Jack Trout12-minute readYes
Summary of Rethinking Prestige Branding on Blinkist Rethinking Prestige BrandingWolfgang Schaefer and J.P. Kuehlwein13-minute readYes
Summary of Start with Why on Blinkist Start with WhySimon Sinek13-minute readYes
Summary of Unconcious Branding on Blinkist Unconscious BrandingDouglas van Praet16-minute readYes
Summary of What Great Brands Do on Blinkist What Great Brands DoDenise Lee Yohn16-minute readYes

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This Useful List will be updated periodically with new list items. Please share any suggested additions in the comments section.


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  1. Boris says

    November 16, 2020 at 2:33 pm

    Hi, I just came across your blog yesterday and I love it!

    I’ve just finished reading Obsessed by Emily Heyward, founding partner of Red Antler.

    It’s a really great read about modern branding in the startup space.

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    • Rob Meyerson says

      November 16, 2020 at 5:38 pm

      That’s great to hear, Boris! I interviewed Emily for the podcast and will release her episode soon. Find the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-brands-are-built/id1355941022?mt=2

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