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Psychology Book Summaries

Find Your Strongest Life
by Marcus Buckingham • 2009
More choices, more success, yet women are unhappier than ever. The answer is not balance.
3.85
500+
Find Your Strongest Life Summary
Find Your Strongest Life
More choices, more success, yet women are unhappier than ever. The answer is not balance.
by Marcus Buckingham 2009 288 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Neurodharma
by Rick Hanson • 2020
Brain science meets Buddhism: a path to unshakable calm, deep compassion, and lasting contentment.
3.88
500+
Neurodharma Summary
Neurodharma
Brain science meets Buddhism: a path to unshakable calm, deep compassion, and lasting contentment.
by Rick Hanson 2020 352 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
The Articulate Advocate
by Marsha Hunter • 2009
Nervous energy is raw persuasion material: how to channel it into courtroom command.
4.08
170
The Articulate Advocate Summary
The Articulate Advocate
Nervous energy is raw persuasion material: how to channel it into courtroom command.
by Marsha Hunter 2009 248 pages
4.08
170 ratings
Quantum Reality
by Jim Baggott • 2020
Quantum mechanics works. What it means is a philosophical war with no winner, only trade-offs.
4.07
162
Quantum Reality Summary
Quantum Reality
Quantum mechanics works. What it means is a philosophical war with no winner, only trade-offs.
by Jim Baggott 2020 320 pages
4.07
162 ratings
The Science of Self Talk
by Ian Tuhovsky • 2018
Talking to yourself in the third person feels strange, but it works. Master your inner voice.
4.08
500+
The Science of Self Talk Summary
The Science of Self Talk
Talking to yourself in the third person feels strange, but it works. Master your inner voice.
by Ian Tuhovsky 2018 85 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Understanding Digital Marketing
by Damian Ryan • 2009
Your website is your most valuable asset: how to build a digital marketing engine around it.
3.78
343
Understanding Digital Marketing Summary
Understanding Digital Marketing
Your website is your most valuable asset: how to build a digital marketing engine around it.
by Damian Ryan 2009 432 pages
3.78
343 ratings
The Power of Strangers
by Joe Keohane • 2021
Talking to strangers terrifies us, yet reliably makes us happier. The research on why.
3.92
1k+
The Power of Strangers Summary
The Power of Strangers
Talking to strangers terrifies us, yet reliably makes us happier. The research on why.
by Joe Keohane 2021 328 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Elderhood
by Louise Aronson • 2019
A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.
3.96
2k+
Elderhood Summary
Elderhood
A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.
by Louise Aronson 2019 464 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Broken Open
by Elizabeth Lesser • 2004
Your crisis is a curriculum. A spiritual map through loss, failure, and heartbreak.
4.03
8k+
Broken Open Summary
Broken Open
Your crisis is a curriculum. A spiritual map through loss, failure, and heartbreak.
by Elizabeth Lesser 2004 307 pages
4.03
8k+ ratings
The Ultimate Happiness Prescription
by Deepak Chopra • 2009
Happiness isn't a reward. It's a practice. Seven keys to reroute the chase inward.
3.95
2k+
The Ultimate Happiness Prescription Summary
The Ultimate Happiness Prescription
Happiness isn't a reward. It's a practice. Seven keys to reroute the chase inward.
by Deepak Chopra 2009 146 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
Build Your Resilience
by Donald J. Robertson • 2012
Resilience is trainable. Stoicism meets CBT: accept distress, clarify your values, bounce back.
4.13
126
Build Your Resilience Summary
Build Your Resilience
Resilience is trainable. Stoicism meets CBT: accept distress, clarify your values, bounce back.
by Donald J. Robertson 2012 288 pages
4.13
126 ratings
Wisdom from the Mastery of Love
by Miguel Ruiz • 2003
Stop chasing love you don't have. Build it inside first, and everything else follows.
4.39
500+
Wisdom from the Mastery of Love Summary
Wisdom from the Mastery of Love
Stop chasing love you don't have. Build it inside first, and everything else follows.
by Miguel Ruiz 2003 80 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Chemistry
by Weike Wang • 2017
A Chinese-American PhD student freezes when her boyfriend proposes. Her silence corrodes everything.
3.73
26k+
Chemistry Summary
Chemistry
A Chinese-American PhD student freezes when her boyfriend proposes. Her silence corrodes everything.
by Weike Wang 2017 224 pages
3.73
26k+ ratings
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
by Charles B. Handy • 2019
Twenty-one letters rethinking success, enough, and why your final decades could be your richest.
4.32
424
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges Summary
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
Twenty-one letters rethinking success, enough, and why your final decades could be your richest.
by Charles B. Handy 2019
4.32
424 ratings
How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie • 2022
A revised guide to winning cooperation and building trust by making others feel truly valued.
4.38
3k+
How to Win Friends and Influence People Summary
How to Win Friends and Influence People
A revised guide to winning cooperation and building trust by making others feel truly valued.
by Dale Carnegie 2022 317 pages
4.38
3k+ ratings
Daily Creative
by Todd Henry • 2022
Why daily rituals beat inspiration: a creative pro's guide to staying prolific without burning out.
4.34
104
Daily Creative Summary
Daily Creative
Why daily rituals beat inspiration: a creative pro's guide to staying prolific without burning out.
by Todd Henry 2022 387 pages
4.34
104 ratings
Design a Better Business
by Patrick van der Pijl • 2016
Replace business plans with business experiments: the visual toolkit for strategy and innovation.
4.14
318
Design a Better Business Summary
Design a Better Business
Replace business plans with business experiments: the visual toolkit for strategy and innovation.
by Patrick van der Pijl 2016 272 pages
4.14
318 ratings
The Joy of Missing Out
by Tanya Dalton • 2019
The productivity fix that runs on rest and ruthless subtraction.
3.79
3k+
The Joy of Missing Out Summary
The Joy of Missing Out
The productivity fix that runs on rest and ruthless subtraction.
by Tanya Dalton 2019 240 pages
3.79
3k+ ratings
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse
by Gregory L. Jantz • 1995
Invisible but devastating: how to recognize emotional abuse and reclaim the self-worth it took.
4.09
250
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse Summary
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse
Invisible but devastating: how to recognize emotional abuse and reclaim the self-worth it took.
by Gregory L. Jantz 1995 224 pages
4.09
250 ratings
Trick or Treatment
by Simon Singh • 2008
Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.
4.11
4k+
Trick or Treatment Summary
Trick or Treatment
Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.
by Simon Singh 2008 352 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
How to Change Minds
by Rob Jolles • 2013
Stop selling, start asking: a process for changing minds that feels like help, not pressure.
3.78
500+
How to Change Minds Summary
How to Change Minds
Stop selling, start asking: a process for changing minds that feels like help, not pressure.
by Rob Jolles 2013 216 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Introducing Game Theory
by Ivan Pastine • 2017
Every time your best move depends on what someone else does, game theory has a name for it.
3.89
2k+
Introducing Game Theory Summary
Introducing Game Theory
Every time your best move depends on what someone else does, game theory has a name for it.
by Ivan Pastine 2017 279 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
The Unabomber Manifesto
by Theodore John Kaczynski • 1995
Industrial civilization cannot be saved. Its endpoint is humans rebuilt to fit the machine.
3.85
12k+
The Unabomber Manifesto Summary
The Unabomber Manifesto
Industrial civilization cannot be saved. Its endpoint is humans rebuilt to fit the machine.
by Theodore John Kaczynski 1995 90 pages
3.85
12k+ ratings
How Change Happens
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2019
Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.
3.11
197
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 344 pages
3.11
197 ratings
Grit to Great
by Linda Kaplan Thaler • 2015
Four traits that outperform talent: how to build them and leave average behind.
3.66
500+
Grit to Great Summary
Grit to Great
Four traits that outperform talent: how to build them and leave average behind.
by Linda Kaplan Thaler 2015 160 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Perfectly Hidden Depression
by Margaret Robinson Rutherford • 2019
Outwardly driven, inwardly crumbling. The perfectionism masking your depression, and how to heal.
3.84
500+
Perfectly Hidden Depression Summary
Perfectly Hidden Depression
Outwardly driven, inwardly crumbling. The perfectionism masking your depression, and how to heal.
by Margaret Robinson Rutherford 2019 218 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
How to Own the Room
by Viv Groskop • 2018
Confidence, not a flawless script, commands the room. Here is how women build it.
3.67
2k+
How to Own the Room Summary
How to Own the Room
Confidence, not a flawless script, commands the room. Here is how women build it.
by Viv Groskop 2018 243 pages
3.67
2k+ ratings
Practical Thinking
by Edward de Bono • 1971
Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.
3.77
133
Practical Thinking Summary
Practical Thinking
Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.
by Edward de Bono 1971 210 pages
3.77
133 ratings
The Power of Spiritual Intelligence
by Tony Buzan • 2012
Ten practices to develop the intelligence that IQ and EQ miss, and why it changes everything.
3.68
275
The Power of Spiritual Intelligence Summary
The Power of Spiritual Intelligence
Ten practices to develop the intelligence that IQ and EQ miss, and why it changes everything.
by Tony Buzan 2012 161 pages
3.68
275 ratings
Living Through the Meantime
by Iyanla Vanzant • 2001
Life's messiest transitions are where the real work happens. A guide for the meantime.
4.26
500+
Living Through the Meantime Summary
Living Through the Meantime
Life's messiest transitions are where the real work happens. A guide for the meantime.
by Iyanla Vanzant 2001 224 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking Without Willpower - Includes Quit Vaping
by Allen Carr • 2009
Quit smoking without willpower or withdrawal by removing the one belief that traps you.
4.43
325
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking Without Willpower - Includes Quit Vaping Summary
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking Without Willpower - Includes Quit Vaping
Quit smoking without willpower or withdrawal by removing the one belief that traps you.
by Allen Carr 2009 288 pages
4.43
325 ratings
Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world
by James Lee • 2014
How to use food, movement, and supplements to optimize your brain's key mood chemicals.
4.31
124
Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world Summary
Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world
How to use food, movement, and supplements to optimize your brain's key mood chemicals.
by James Lee 2014 97 pages
4.31
124 ratings
How to Have Courage, Calmness and Confidence
by Paramahansa Yogananda • 2010
The soul already owns courage, calmness, and confidence; you just forgot how to access them.
4.51
118
How to Have Courage, Calmness and Confidence Summary
How to Have Courage, Calmness and Confidence
The soul already owns courage, calmness, and confidence; you just forgot how to access them.
by Paramahansa Yogananda 2010 158 pages
4.51
118 ratings
Happier than God
by Neale Donald Walsch • 2008
You are God in human form. A method for manifesting desires and staying happy regardless.
4.20
500+
Happier than God Summary
Happier than God
You are God in human form. A method for manifesting desires and staying happy regardless.
by Neale Donald Walsch 2008 274 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need
by Larry E. Swedroe • 1998
Most active funds underperform. The passive, evidence-based portfolio that wins by costing less.
4.09
293
The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need Summary
The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need
Most active funds underperform. The passive, evidence-based portfolio that wins by costing less.
by Larry E. Swedroe 1998 352 pages
4.09
293 ratings
Undoing Depression
by Richard O'Connor • 1997
Depression is a set of learned habits. Here's how to unlearn them.
4.01
1k+
Undoing Depression Summary
Undoing Depression
Depression is a set of learned habits. Here's how to unlearn them.
by Richard O'Connor 1997 384 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
The Genie in Your Genes
by Dawson Church • 2007
Genes are switches, not destiny: thoughts and tapping can flip the ones that heal you.
4.17
419
The Genie in Your Genes Summary
The Genie in Your Genes
Genes are switches, not destiny: thoughts and tapping can flip the ones that heal you.
by Dawson Church 2007 467 pages
4.17
419 ratings
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
by Pamela Paul • 2021
A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.
3.39
2k+
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.
by Pamela Paul 2021 234 pages
3.39
2k+ ratings
Teaching Gifted Children
by Jeff Danielian • 2020
Giftedness hides in sight. How to spot it in any child and feed it every day.
3.00
4
Teaching Gifted Children Summary
Teaching Gifted Children
Giftedness hides in sight. How to spot it in any child and feed it every day.
by Jeff Danielian 2020 574 pages
3.00
4 ratings
The Customer Service Survival Kit
by Richard S. Gallagher • 2013
The exact words that defuse an angry customer: a frontline survival guide for the worst moments.
3.94
142
The Customer Service Survival Kit Summary
The Customer Service Survival Kit
The exact words that defuse an angry customer: a frontline survival guide for the worst moments.
by Richard S. Gallagher 2013 208 pages
3.94
142 ratings
Maxims for Thinking Analytically
by Dan Levy • 2021
Extreme cases and simple division: Harvard legend's toolkit for sharper thinking amid uncertainty.
3.92
500+
Maxims for Thinking Analytically Summary
Maxims for Thinking Analytically
Extreme cases and simple division: Harvard legend's toolkit for sharper thinking amid uncertainty.
by Dan Levy 2021 211 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
How to Be an Adult in Love
by David Richo • 2013
The five habits that transform romantic need into adult love, starting with how you treat yourself.
4.01
500+
How to Be an Adult in Love Summary
How to Be an Adult in Love
The five habits that transform romantic need into adult love, starting with how you treat yourself.
by David Richo 2013 272 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Stories Are Weapons
by Annalee Newitz • 2024
Culture wars are not chaos. They are a century-long psyop that America has been running on itself.
4.00
500+
Stories Are Weapons Summary
Stories Are Weapons
Culture wars are not chaos. They are a century-long psyop that America has been running on itself.
by Annalee Newitz 2024 246 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
The Art of Living Consciously
by Nathaniel Branden • 1997
Mindfulness without mysticism: why reason is the real path to self-awareness and self-worth.
4.14
260
The Art of Living Consciously Summary
The Art of Living Consciously
Mindfulness without mysticism: why reason is the real path to self-awareness and self-worth.
by Nathaniel Branden 1997 288 pages
4.14
260 ratings
The Life Plan
by Jeffry S. Life • 2011
Reversed aging at 59: a doctor's blueprint for a stronger body and better sex.
3.63
168
The Life Plan Summary
The Life Plan
Reversed aging at 59: a doctor's blueprint for a stronger body and better sex.
by Jeffry S. Life 2011 352 pages
3.63
168 ratings
How To Kill A Narcissist
by J.H. Simon • 2016
Narcissists run on your emotional reaction. Starve them by disengaging and rebuild your life.
4.19
500+
How To Kill A Narcissist Summary
How To Kill A Narcissist
Narcissists run on your emotional reaction. Starve them by disengaging and rebuild your life.
by J.H. Simon 2016 171 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Mathematica
by David Bessis • 2024
Real math isn't done with symbols. It's done with mental images, physical intuition, and curiosity.
4.18
500+
Mathematica Summary
Mathematica
Real math isn't done with symbols. It's done with mental images, physical intuition, and curiosity.
by David Bessis 2024 344 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Abundant Ever After
by Cathy Heller • 2024
Manifestation got it backwards. Abundance is already here; the work is clearing your receiver.
4.45
500+
Abundant Ever After Summary
Abundant Ever After
Manifestation got it backwards. Abundance is already here; the work is clearing your receiver.
by Cathy Heller 2024 272 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Simply Managing
by Henry Mintzberg • 2013
Management isn't heroic. It's fragmented, oral, and learned in the mess, not the classroom.
3.64
338
Simply Managing Summary
Simply Managing
Management isn't heroic. It's fragmented, oral, and learned in the mess, not the classroom.
by Henry Mintzberg 2013 216 pages
3.64
338 ratings
What to Say When you Talk To Yourself
by Shad Helmstetter • 1986
The voice in your head has bad programming. Change the words, change the wiring, change the results.
4.15
17k+
What to Say When you Talk To Yourself Summary
What to Say When you Talk To Yourself
The voice in your head has bad programming. Change the words, change the wiring, change the results.
by Shad Helmstetter 1986 256 pages
4.15
17k+ ratings
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