Clara’s Verdict
Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich (1937) and Wallace D. Wattles’s The Science of Getting Rich (1910) are two of the foundational texts of the self-help and personal finance genre – books so frequently cited that they have achieved a kind of secular scripture status. This combined edition, published in 2026, brings both texts together with Dale Carnegie’s influence woven through the editorial framing, and Marlon Percy’s narration holds the lengthy collection together across nearly twenty-one hours. If you have not read either text, this is a considered entry point.
About the Audiobook
The publisher’s concept is to present Hill, Wattles, and Carnegie as a unified “holistic system” – Hill providing the mindset architecture (his Master Mind principle, the power of burning desire), Wattles offering a quasi-metaphysical framework for wealth attraction through what he calls the “Certain Way,” and Carnegie contributing the social and interpersonal dimension through his principles of influence. The editorial scaffolding presents the three authors as complementary rather than competing, which is a legitimate reading of their respective projects.
The texts themselves remain as they were: period pieces, with all the assumptions about wealth, gender, and social mobility that implies. Modern listeners will find Hill’s language occasionally grandiose and Wattles’s metaphysical claims unfalsifiable. But the core psychological insights – about clarity of intention, persistence, the compound effect of consistent daily habits, and the importance of building a network of mutual support – have not aged badly. They are simply stated more plainly here than in more recent derivatives.
The Narration
Marlon Percy delivers a clean, authoritative narration that suits the declarative style of both Hill and Wattles. The text does not require dramatic interpretation so much as steady conviction, and Percy provides it across 20 hours and 54 minutes without flagging. The combined edition is long, and Percy’s consistency of delivery helps maintain engagement through the more repetitive passages.
What Readers Say
No reviews are published for this edition at present, which reflects its February 2026 release date. Both source texts, however, have decades of reader testimony behind them – they are among the most widely read non-fiction titles of the twentieth century.
Who Should Listen?
For listeners who want to engage with the historical roots of modern personal development thinking rather than their contemporary adaptations. Those familiar with Atomic Habits, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, or contemporary business psychology will find the lineage here illuminating. Approach the metaphysical claims with appropriate scepticism, extract the practical tools, and the twenty hours are well spent. Available on Audible UK.
