Substacks recommended by Gunnar Habitz | Busy Book Builder ☕️

Recommended by Gunnar Habitz

Essays on wandering, notes on writing at home and abroad from New York Times bestselling author Michelle Richmond

Helping creators, coaches, consultants, side hustlers and solopreneurs create multiple income streams from one newsletter

A Slow Living Path

By Dimi From A Slow Living Path

Purposeful strategy and grounded growth for people redefining success in their own time.

IdealWealthGrower™

By Axel

When you invest in high-value assets, you get high-value returns. Join the Ideal Wealth Grower community and let us help you buy your first investment property within the next few months.

Exceedingly

By Sean Mize

Newsletters For Massive Impact and Modern Undercover Selling

The Caffeinated Writer

By Michelle Richmond (The Caffeinated Writer)

Posts on fiction writing and publishing from New York Times bestselling novelist Michelle Richmond. Craft essays, inspiration, & notes on the writing life.

Smokin' Hot Books

By Renee Puvvada

📚 Helping successful entrepreneurs build immortal authority through their self-published book.

Josefina Luna

Sydney illustrator founder and creator at Drawtrip by Josefina Luna

Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay

Where real Substack growth happens—with leading Substack Strategist Sarah Fay and the Substack DNA Growth Framework™️

The Strategy Stack

By Alex Pawlowski

Stay ahead of the curve with insights designed for Chief Strategy Officers, corporate development leads, and innovation professionals. The Strategy Stack delivers curated tech trends, enterprise use cases, and actionable frameworks.

The Writing Edge

By Orel

Write better. Grow faster. Stay human. Every week I share battle-tested tools and strategies that have helped Substackers 5x their audience growth and monetize their writing.

Escape the Cubicle

By Wes Pearce

Regular insights & community support on how to "Escape the Cubicle" & build a freedom life by growing an audience on Substack and creating digital products. 💡

Startup Growth Guide

By Andrea Palten

Chief Marketing Officer and advisor to founders and marketers. Author of the CMO Growth Guide newsletter for Startups.

NEW ECONOMIES

By Ollie Forsyth

NEW ECONOMIES is your regular newsletter that discovers the latest technology trends shaping our world.

The highest density of relevant content about startups, creators, and new business ideas I ever found on Substack.

- Gunnar Habitz

NEW HUSTLES

By Ollie Forsyth

A newsletter educating how you can earn extra money through side hustles.

Wishbox Media’s Substack

By Rana F. Sweis

Featuring the latest tools and technologies in new media. Tune into Live Talks, new media projects and the art of storytelling.

Minimalist Hustler Daily

By Jamie @ Minimalist Hustler

Join 7000+ online hustlers in receiving a daily email with 3 quick & valuable resources that will help you make more money online.

How You Profit

By Jeff Herring

Convert your content into income with Daily Profit Notes, 3-5 Weekly Profit Posts, Live Demos, and GPT-powered Creator Tools that turn what you’ve already made into what sells next.

The Irresistible Writer By Derek Hughes

Showing writers how to use words to make money and change lives. Proven tips to build an audience online.

Stella Livaniou

Funding & Growth Expert | 300+ clients | $20M raised

The Substack Bookstore

By Fleur Hull

Substack's most trusted home for indie authors. Add your book for free and increase visibility. Support authors within the Substack ecosystem.

The best place in the internet to find great books by indie authors and support them

- Gunnar Habitz

My personal Substack

The exact playbook I used to build a $5K+/mo newsletter in 12 months. Every Tuesday, I share actionable strategies to grow your subscribers, build your community, and create income that scales. You won't be doing it alone 🚀

How We Grow

By Ana Calin

The Operating System for Creator-Owners. Less posting, more profit, and a business that respects your life.

Adem Manderovic

Adem Manderovic Top 20 Sales Influencer in Australia (2025) CO - Founder | CRO School | Closed-Circuit Selling™️ Helping Enterprises Build Scalable, Aligned Revenue Systems

ILLUMINATION Writing Academy

By Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Exclusive, curated, and educational content from established writers for premium members.

Happy Habits

By Gunnar Habitz

Do you want to improve your habits? Based on my new book, Happy Habits, I'm sharing weekly tips how to eliminate bad and increase more good habits using my structured 4P model (pause, plan, practice, partner).

My newest publication takes my new book "Happy Habits" to the next level with an atomic 4-2-1 newsletter approach and longer reflections about habit building for everyone who wants to grow as a person.

- Gunnar Habitz

Eleanor's daughter

By Eleanor's Daughter

Used to contribute to SNL's Weekend Update, grad w/political science degree, very political and very personal posts.

Ideas To Income

By Matt Giaro

Daily tips to create (& monetize) your content in your spare time. Share your knowledge. Earn more. Build freedom.

Solopreneur Code

By Anfernee

Cracking the growth equation in a one person business and helping you break free. Subscribe now and receive the Solopreneur Success Hub!

The Writers' Cafe

By Sal Gallaher Author

The Writers' Café - where writers pop in for coffee and stay for the inspiration, conversations and practical support to write and self-publish their books. Through tips, templates, and much more, you’ll find guidance and community all the way to The End.

Josh Spilker

A newsletter about online writing, books, creating & culture

Unplugged by Yana G.Y.

[FREE 5k/month Masterclass] The exact model I used to build a $5k-$10k/mo newsletter with AI & Automations working 2 hours/day: Courses, Strategies, Tactics, AI Tools, Challenges & 1:1 HELP to grow, convert & scale revenues.

Yana‘s publication is one of the first I learned from with highly practical advice on how to grow on Substack towards more subscribers… and earning from that.

- Gunnar Habitz

Ditch The Templates • Andi Bitay

No-BS guidance on turning Substack into something sustainable, without burning out or spinning too many plates.

Youthing Secrets

By Kristin van Tilburg

🌟 The fountain of youth isn't a place—it's a lifestyle. Discover the Harvard-backed secrets to reversing biological age through consciousness, feminine power, and 3-minute protocols that make your cells remember they're made of light. Don't age. Youth.

Product with Attitude

By Karo

AI Product Manager turning everyone into AI builders. I help you design, build and test your product, and feature it on StackShelf.app. I connect you with a supportive 10K+ community building and learning in public.

Syndicate

By Neo

Stealth musings to the inner circle.

Author Circle

By Neera Mahajan

Author Circle is a community of committed creators who write an authority-building book in 30 days and design a profitable business model around it. Join us to go from scattered offers to published experts with businesses generating $5K-$10K/month.

The Minimalist Author HQ

By J.R. Heimbigner

The Minimalist Author HQ is your place to find everything you need to know about writing and self-publishing books. Sign up today, and get a completely non-fiction book outline to get you started writing your book!

Write • Build • Scale

By Sinem Günel

Learn how to write online, build your audience, and scale your income.

Mini Book Revenue Writers

By Chris Stanley

I help new online business owners write and publish an Amazon best-selling Mini Book that drives their first $10,000 in digital product revenue and establish their authority in their niche.

Rhody Hill

Leadership lessons, career guidance, and practical playbooks for building high-impact tech partnerships and ecosystems - distilled into bite-sized Nuggets of Gold.

Coming from the same industry and ecosystem I really enjoy reading the golden nugget stories from Rhody - worth checking it out and be inspired by her experience and writing style!

- Gunnar Habitz

StartupGTM’s Substack

By Ayush Poddar

Welcome to StartupGTM – your guide for becoming an expert in GTM, Marketing and AI to build revenues like a PRO. Subscribe now and receive "50+ Impactful Growth Initiatives List" in your Inbox.

Lighthouse

By Alexander Semenyuk

Here you will find articles about faith, spirituality, family, psychology, as well as writing prompts, podcasts and videos. Come and engage in meaningful conversations dealing with our world and wellbeing.

Modern Freedom

By Unfiltered by Tim Denning

I will help you live with less stress and more freedom by improving every aspect of your lifestyle – money, work, productivity, relationships.

Average Joe’s Guide to Substack

By Frey

I share practical tips, guides, and systems to help you grow your Substack audience and streamline your writing process. I make your writing and personal development journey easier, more efficient, and help you save time by avoiding common pitfalls.

Landon’s Letters

By Landon Poburan

A quiet rebellion against hustle culture. Learn slow, simple, and sovereign growth strategies for creators building on their own terms.

Sílvia Almeida

Lisbon-based professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and a doctoral researcher on go-to-market strategies. Exploring the intersection of academia, innovation, and global education. Join my dual journey of learning and teaching.

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One weekly essay for people stepping off the default path to build lives they love, supported by work they enjoy.

Write With AI

By Nicolas Cole

The leading paid newsletter for ChatGPT & Claude prompts, and how to turn AI platforms into your own personal Digital Writing Assistant.