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Psychology Book Summaries

Assertiveness Training
by Chase Hill • 2020
End people pleasing in 21 days: the scripts, boundaries, and confidence reset.
3.86
127
Assertiveness Training Summary
Assertiveness Training
End people pleasing in 21 days: the scripts, boundaries, and confidence reset.
by Chase Hill 2020 192 pages
3.86
127 ratings
Big Talk
by Kalina Silverman • 2026
Three rules for a question that turns strangers into confidants and cures the loneliness epidemic.
4.47
45
Big Talk Summary
Big Talk
Three rules for a question that turns strangers into confidants and cures the loneliness epidemic.
by Kalina Silverman 2026 288 pages
4.47
45 ratings
The Watchman's Rattle
by Rebecca D. Costa • 2009
Civilizations do not fail from scarcity or war. They fail when problems outthink brains.
3.96
500+
The Watchman's Rattle Summary
The Watchman's Rattle
Civilizations do not fail from scarcity or war. They fail when problems outthink brains.
by Rebecca D. Costa 2009 347 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
The Femdom Experience
by Elise Sutton • 2006
How to build a female-led relationship that doesn't collapse once the novelty wears off.
4.04
98
The Femdom Experience Summary
The Femdom Experience
How to build a female-led relationship that doesn't collapse once the novelty wears off.
by Elise Sutton 2006 318 pages
4.04
98 ratings
Informal Learning
by Jay Cross • 2006
Four-fifths of training budgets chase the sliver of learning classrooms actually produce.
4.03
63
Informal Learning Summary
Informal Learning
Four-fifths of training budgets chase the sliver of learning classrooms actually produce.
by Jay Cross 2006 320 pages
4.03
63 ratings
Learning That CLICS
by Mary Slaughter • 2022
Most training ignores how the brain learns. CLICS fixes it with five principles.
4.50
4
Learning That CLICS Summary
Learning That CLICS
Most training ignores how the brain learns. CLICS fixes it with five principles.
by Mary Slaughter 2022 268 pages
4.50
4 ratings
Anatomy of an Epidemic
by Robert Whitaker • 2010
Mental disability rates spiked after psychiatric drugs became standard. The cure may be the cause.
4.15
4k+
Anatomy of an Epidemic Summary
Anatomy of an Epidemic
Mental disability rates spiked after psychiatric drugs became standard. The cure may be the cause.
by Robert Whitaker 2010 404 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
Secrets to last longer in bed
by Rajat Sharma • 2018
The acidity fix for lasting longer: homeopathy, acupressure, and breathwork from three traditions.
4.44
9
Secrets to last longer in bed Summary
Secrets to last longer in bed
The acidity fix for lasting longer: homeopathy, acupressure, and breathwork from three traditions.
by Rajat Sharma 2018 95 pages
4.44
9 ratings
Building a Resilient Life
by Rebekah Lyons • 2023
Name the grief you can't name, break shame's silence, and build brains that bend without breaking.
4.07
500+
Building a Resilient Life Summary
Building a Resilient Life
Name the grief you can't name, break shame's silence, and build brains that bend without breaking.
by Rebekah Lyons 2023 272 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Mind Manipulation
by Haha Lung • 2001
Five emotions every manipulator exploits: a ninja playbook for spotting and shutting them down.
3.69
310
Mind Manipulation Summary
Mind Manipulation
Five emotions every manipulator exploits: a ninja playbook for spotting and shutting them down.
by Haha Lung 2001
3.69
310 ratings
The Socially Confident Teen
by Christina Reese • 2022
Uncover your attachment style and finally feel at home in your friendships.
2.50
2
The Socially Confident Teen Summary
The Socially Confident Teen
Uncover your attachment style and finally feel at home in your friendships.
by Christina Reese 2022 184 pages
2.50
2 ratings
Life After Narcissistic Abuse
by Cynthia Bailey-Rug • 2015
The abuser stays well; you get sick. A faith-anchored recovery for body, mind, and spirit.
Life After Narcissistic Abuse Summary
Life After Narcissistic Abuse
The abuser stays well; you get sick. A faith-anchored recovery for body, mind, and spirit.
by Cynthia Bailey-Rug 2015
Que tu vida no sea un dolor de cabeza
by Carolina Novoa Arias • 2023
Your body stores what your mind ignores: a guide to breaking the migraine cycle for good.
4.07
15
Que tu vida no sea un dolor de cabeza Summary
Que tu vida no sea un dolor de cabeza
Your body stores what your mind ignores: a guide to breaking the migraine cycle for good.
by Carolina Novoa Arias 2023 216 pages
4.07
15 ratings
The Urge
by Carl Erik Fisher • 2022
Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.
4.03
2k+
The Urge Summary
The Urge
Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.
by Carl Erik Fisher 2022 400 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
The Broom of the System
by David Foster Wallace • 1987
When her great-grandmother vanishes, a phone operator discovers that words are all she is.
3.85
24k+
The Broom of the System Summary
The Broom of the System
When her great-grandmother vanishes, a phone operator discovers that words are all she is.
by David Foster Wallace 1987 467 pages
3.85
24k+ ratings
Open City
by Teju Cole • 2011
A psychiatrist walks Manhattan, collecting others' stories, until one makes him face his own.
3.49
17k+
Open City Summary
Open City
A psychiatrist walks Manhattan, collecting others' stories, until one makes him face his own.
by Teju Cole 2011 259 pages
3.49
17k+ ratings
Emotional Disorders and Metacognition
by Adrian Wells • 2000
The therapeutic target most clinicians miss: beliefs about thinking, not the thoughts themselves.
3.63
16
Emotional Disorders and Metacognition Summary
Emotional Disorders and Metacognition
The therapeutic target most clinicians miss: beliefs about thinking, not the thoughts themselves.
by Adrian Wells 2000 256 pages
3.63
16 ratings
Public Speaking for Dummies
by Malcolm Kushner • 1998
Public speaking from start to finish: how to prepare, deliver, and survive any audience reaction.
3.61
83
Public Speaking for Dummies Summary
Public Speaking for Dummies
Public speaking from start to finish: how to prepare, deliver, and survive any audience reaction.
by Malcolm Kushner 1998 288 pages
3.61
83 ratings
The Securitarian Personality
by John R. Hibbing • 2020
Trump's most loyal voters aren't authoritarians. An ancient instinct to guard their own drives them.
3.66
29
The Securitarian Personality Summary
The Securitarian Personality
Trump's most loyal voters aren't authoritarians. An ancient instinct to guard their own drives them.
by John R. Hibbing 2020 304 pages
3.66
29 ratings
The Connected Life
by Todd W. Hall • 2022
Your earliest relationships built a filter through which you experience God. Change starts there.
4.27
195
The Connected Life Summary
The Connected Life
Your earliest relationships built a filter through which you experience God. Change starts there.
by Todd W. Hall 2022 224 pages
4.27
195 ratings
Putting Stories to Work
by Shawn Callahan • 2016
Sixty-five percent of office talk is already story. A system to make your stories stick.
3.96
186
Putting Stories to Work Summary
Putting Stories to Work
Sixty-five percent of office talk is already story. A system to make your stories stick.
by Shawn Callahan 2016 273 pages
3.96
186 ratings
You Can't Hurt Me
by Emma Cook • 2024
To write a dead wife's story, a ghostwriter must first survive the husband who controls it.
2.96
2k+
You Can't Hurt Me Summary
You Can't Hurt Me
To write a dead wife's story, a ghostwriter must first survive the husband who controls it.
by Emma Cook 2024 304 pages
2.96
2k+ ratings
Party of One
by Anneli Rufus • 2003
Your preference for solitude isn't a disorder. Society just needs you to believe it is.
3.71
3k+
Party of One Summary
Party of One
Your preference for solitude isn't a disorder. Society just needs you to believe it is.
by Anneli Rufus 2003 286 pages
3.71
3k+ ratings
Gurdjieff
by Joseph Azize • 2020
Gurdjieff's contemplative method was adapted, breath by breath, from the monks of Mount Athos.
4.69
16
Gurdjieff Summary
Gurdjieff
Gurdjieff's contemplative method was adapted, breath by breath, from the monks of Mount Athos.
by Joseph Azize 2020 346 pages
4.69
16 ratings
The Strength to Dream
by Colin Wilson • 1962
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
3.93
123
The Strength to Dream Summary
The Strength to Dream
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
by Colin Wilson 1962 277 pages
3.93
123 ratings
Mapping the Darkness
by Kenneth Miller • 2023
A grad student watching his son's eyes discovered REM and revealed the brain's hidden third state.
3.89
230
Mapping the Darkness Summary
Mapping the Darkness
A grad student watching his son's eyes discovered REM and revealed the brain's hidden third state.
by Kenneth Miller 2023 432 pages
3.89
230 ratings
Children of the Self-Absorbed
by Nina W. Brown • 2000
How to shield yourself from a narcissistic parent and finish the growing up they interrupted.
3.91
1k+
Children of the Self-Absorbed Summary
Children of the Self-Absorbed
How to shield yourself from a narcissistic parent and finish the growing up they interrupted.
by Nina W. Brown 2000 180 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Embracing Change
by Tony Buzan • 2005
Change happens. A brain-based system to stop reacting and start designing your future.
3.57
42
Embracing Change Summary
Embracing Change
Change happens. A brain-based system to stop reacting and start designing your future.
by Tony Buzan 2005 280 pages
3.57
42 ratings
Destructive Trends in Mental Health
by Rogers H. Wright • 2005
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
3.95
21
Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary
Destructive Trends in Mental Health
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
by Rogers H. Wright 2005 384 pages
3.95
21 ratings
Think For Yourself
by Thibaut Meurisse • 2025
Conformity, confirmation bias, and false experts: a practical manual for seeing past your own mind.
3.94
31
Think For Yourself Summary
Think For Yourself
Conformity, confirmation bias, and false experts: a practical manual for seeing past your own mind.
by Thibaut Meurisse 2025 176 pages
3.94
31 ratings
Coaching for Transformation
by Martha Lasley • 2016
Beyond asking questions: presence, shadow work, and unlocking a client's deepest potential.
4.52
23
Coaching for Transformation Summary
Coaching for Transformation
Beyond asking questions: presence, shadow work, and unlocking a client's deepest potential.
by Martha Lasley 2016
4.52
23 ratings
Unlocked
by Katie White • 2018
The creative process can be assessed, not just admired. A practical cycle for any K-12 classroom.
4.14
7
Unlocked Summary
Unlocked
The creative process can be assessed, not just admired. A practical cycle for any K-12 classroom.
by Katie White 2018 370 pages
4.14
7 ratings
Will the Drama Ever End?
by Karyl McBride • 2024
Healing from a narcissistic parent: the five-stage program for undoing the damage, contact or no.
4.34
372
Will the Drama Ever End? Summary
Will the Drama Ever End?
Healing from a narcissistic parent: the five-stage program for undoing the damage, contact or no.
by Karyl McBride 2024 272 pages
4.34
372 ratings
The Development of a Therapist
by Louis Cozolino • 2021
The therapist is the instrument. A neuroscientist-clinician shows how to tune it.
4.19
212
The Development of a Therapist Summary
The Development of a Therapist
The therapist is the instrument. A neuroscientist-clinician shows how to tune it.
by Louis Cozolino 2021 240 pages
4.19
212 ratings
Breakthrough Goals!
by A.K. Spencer • 2021
Year-to-day planning, mind training, ally building, and how to beat self-sabotage when it shows up.
4.20
5
Breakthrough Goals! Summary
Breakthrough Goals!
Year-to-day planning, mind training, ally building, and how to beat self-sabotage when it shows up.
by A.K. Spencer 2021 285 pages
4.20
5 ratings
Non-Verbal Communication
by Phillip Roy • 2012
The silent signals that decide if you get the job, the sale, or the date.
5.00
1
Non-Verbal Communication Summary
Non-Verbal Communication
The silent signals that decide if you get the job, the sale, or the date.
by Phillip Roy 2012 16 pages
5.00
1 ratings
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
by Michelle McNamara • 2018
A masked predator terrorized California for a decade. One woman worked every night to find his name.
4.11
200k+
I'll Be Gone in the Dark Summary
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
A masked predator terrorized California for a decade. One woman worked every night to find his name.
by Michelle McNamara 2018 352 pages
4.11
200k+ ratings
Know Thyself
by Lisa Lawmaster Hess • 2019
Six organizing personalities. Yours decides whether the system sticks. Work with it, not against it.
4.50
6
Know Thyself Summary
Know Thyself
Six organizing personalities. Yours decides whether the system sticks. Work with it, not against it.
by Lisa Lawmaster Hess 2019 179 pages
4.50
6 ratings
Freeing the Captives
by Louise Ireland-Frey • 1999
Psychiatry failed them. A doctor tried spirit release, and they got better.
4.33
18
Freeing the Captives Summary
Freeing the Captives
Psychiatry failed them. A doctor tried spirit release, and they got better.
by Louise Ireland-Frey 1999 333 pages
4.33
18 ratings
The Control Theory Manager
by William Glasser • 1994
Coercion gets compliance, not quality. Meet needs, build trust, and workers choose excellence.
3.66
32
The Control Theory Manager Summary
The Control Theory Manager
Coercion gets compliance, not quality. Meet needs, build trust, and workers choose excellence.
by William Glasser 1994 160 pages
3.66
32 ratings
Age Like a Girl
by Dr. Mindy Pelz • 2025
Menopause remodels your brain for a sharper, freer chapter. Here's how to fuel the renovation.
4.02
100
Age Like a Girl Summary
Age Like a Girl
Menopause remodels your brain for a sharper, freer chapter. Here's how to fuel the renovation.
by Dr. Mindy Pelz 2025 317 pages
4.02
100 ratings
The Secret of Childhood
by Maria Montessori • 1936
Children are driven toward self-perfection; the loving adult is often their greatest obstacle.
4.15
1k+
The Secret of Childhood Summary
The Secret of Childhood
Children are driven toward self-perfection; the loving adult is often their greatest obstacle.
by Maria Montessori 1936 256 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
R.E.D. Marketing
by Greg Creed • 2021
Taco Bell added four billion in sales. The framework that did it has only three parts.
3.90
182
R.E.D. Marketing Summary
R.E.D. Marketing
Taco Bell added four billion in sales. The framework that did it has only three parts.
by Greg Creed 2021 288 pages
3.90
182 ratings
NAGOMI
by Ken Mogi • 2024
Japan's philosophy for whole living: acceptance plus creativity, mixed daily until life tastes right
3.55
185
NAGOMI Summary
NAGOMI
Japan's philosophy for whole living: acceptance plus creativity, mixed daily until life tastes right
by Ken Mogi 2024
3.55
185 ratings
On the Threshold of Hope
by Diane Langberg • 1999
Abuse taught you lies about body, worth, and God. A Christian psychologist rewrites the lessons.
4.57
348
On the Threshold of Hope Summary
On the Threshold of Hope
Abuse taught you lies about body, worth, and God. A Christian psychologist rewrites the lessons.
by Diane Langberg 1999 240 pages
4.57
348 ratings
Smart Talk for Achieving Your Potential
by Lou Tice • 1998
Five steps to rewrite the beliefs that cap your potential, starting with the pictures in your head.
3.71
21
Smart Talk for Achieving Your Potential Summary
Smart Talk for Achieving Your Potential
Five steps to rewrite the beliefs that cap your potential, starting with the pictures in your head.
by Lou Tice 1998 304 pages
3.71
21 ratings
Difficult Mothers
by Terri Apter • 2012
A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.
3.82
479
Difficult Mothers Summary
Difficult Mothers
A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.
by Terri Apter 2012 256 pages
3.82
479 ratings
What's Your Problem?
by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg • 2020
Stop solving faster; start finding better problems. A method for rethinking any business challenge.
4.23
500+
What's Your Problem? Summary
What's Your Problem?
Stop solving faster; start finding better problems. A method for rethinking any business challenge.
by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg 2020 232 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
The Man Who Tasted Words
by Guy Leschziner • 2022
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
4.04
500+
The Man Who Tasted Words Summary
The Man Who Tasted Words
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
by Guy Leschziner 2022 336 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Ni me explico ni me entiendes
by Xavier Guix • 2004
Reality is built in conversation, not described. Tools to stop misreading everyone you meet.
3.46
136
Ni me explico ni me entiendes Summary
Ni me explico ni me entiendes
Reality is built in conversation, not described. Tools to stop misreading everyone you meet.
by Xavier Guix 2004 187 pages
3.46
136 ratings
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