Structure

“Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World” is a non-fiction book written by sociologist, professor and author Adam Grant. “Originals” is written partly in the style of an instructional or informative text, and partly in the style of a self-help book, complete with a list of actions the author recommends the reader take at the end of the book. “Originals” is divided into eight chapters and an afterword, with a short foreword by Sheryl Sandberg.

Each chapter of “Originals” starts with an anecdote that illustrates its main topic and is then divided into between four and eight sub-sections, with a wrap up at the end that ties them all together and discusses how each point relates to the case study’s success. The anecdotes sometimes feature famous people like Martin Luther King Jr. and sometimes talk about start-ups from students Grant knows. Each chapter builds on or references...