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Psychology Book Summaries

Neuromarketing
by Patrick Renvoisé • 2005
The reptile brain decides. Your pitch aims at the wrong one. Aim lower and sell.
3.90
500+
Neuromarketing Summary
Neuromarketing
The reptile brain decides. Your pitch aims at the wrong one. Aim lower and sell.
by Patrick Renvoisé 2005 256 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
The Concise Mastery
by Robert Greene • 2014
Mastery is trainable. The apprenticeship model from history's greatest minds shows you how.
4.37
1k+
The Concise Mastery Summary
The Concise Mastery
Mastery is trainable. The apprenticeship model from history's greatest minds shows you how.
by Robert Greene 2014 220 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Chop Wood Carry Water
by Joshua Medcalf • 2015
Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.
4.09
9k+
Chop Wood Carry Water Summary
Chop Wood Carry Water
Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.
by Joshua Medcalf 2015 114 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
The Feeling Good Handbook
by David D. Burns • 1999
Catch the thinking errors behind depression. Challenge them with CBT exercises. Feel better.
3.95
6k+
The Feeling Good Handbook Summary
The Feeling Good Handbook
Catch the thinking errors behind depression. Challenge them with CBT exercises. Feel better.
by David D. Burns 1999 729 pages
3.95
6k+ ratings
Getting Past Your Breakup
by Susan J. Elliott • 2009
The breakup recovery method: why contact stalls healing, and the inner work that fills the silence.
4.18
2k+
Getting Past Your Breakup Summary
Getting Past Your Breakup
The breakup recovery method: why contact stalls healing, and the inner work that fills the silence.
by Susan J. Elliott 2009 272 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Surrounded by Narcissists
by Thomas Erikson • 2022
Spot the narcissist before they spot you: the tactics, the traps, and the exit strategy.
3.47
4k+
Surrounded by Narcissists Summary
Surrounded by Narcissists
Spot the narcissist before they spot you: the tactics, the traps, and the exit strategy.
by Thomas Erikson 2022 307 pages
3.47
4k+ ratings
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
by Dan Ariely • 2012
Everyone cheats a little and still feels honest. The hidden forces that widen that gap.
3.93
16k+
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Summary
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
Everyone cheats a little and still feels honest. The hidden forces that widen that gap.
by Dan Ariely 2012 264 pages
3.93
16k+ ratings
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace • 1996
A lethal film, a mute tennis prodigy, a recovering addict, and an America addicted to distraction.
4.25
100k+
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
A lethal film, a mute tennis prodigy, a recovering addict, and an America addicted to distraction.
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Change
by John P. Kotter • 2021
Two brain systems govern organizational change. Most leaders overuse one and ignore the other.
3.71
365
Change Summary
Change
Two brain systems govern organizational change. Most leaders overuse one and ignore the other.
by John P. Kotter 2021 224 pages
3.71
365 ratings
Social Engineering
by Christopher Hadnagy • 2010
Your firewall is fine. Your people are the vulnerability, and this is how attackers exploit them.
3.83
3k+
Social Engineering Summary
Social Engineering
Your firewall is fine. Your people are the vulnerability, and this is how attackers exploit them.
by Christopher Hadnagy 2010 410 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
Freedom Evolves
by Daniel C. Dennett • 2003
Evolution didn't just build bodies. It built choice itself, and determinism was never the enemy.
3.82
2k+
Freedom Evolves Summary
Freedom Evolves
Evolution didn't just build bodies. It built choice itself, and determinism was never the enemy.
by Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Fair Play
by Eve Rodsky • 2019
End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.
3.58
26k+
Fair Play Summary
Fair Play
End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.
by Eve Rodsky 2019 352 pages
3.58
26k+ ratings
Unfair
by Adam Benforado • 2015
Justice assumes rational minds and perfect memories. Neuroscience shows we have neither.
4.05
1k+
Unfair Summary
Unfair
Justice assumes rational minds and perfect memories. Neuroscience shows we have neither.
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
by John C. Maxwell • 2010
Connection beats communication: the four practices that make people feel valued and ready to act.
4.11
5k+
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect Summary
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
Connection beats communication: the four practices that make people feel valued and ready to act.
by John C. Maxwell 2010 288 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Dangerous Personalities
by Joe Navarro • 2014
An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.
3.88
2k+
Dangerous Personalities Summary
Dangerous Personalities
An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.
by Joe Navarro 2014 242 pages
3.88
2k+ ratings
Ultimate Guide to Kink
by Tristan Taormino • 2012
A practical guide to BDSM: how to play hard, communicate clearly, and care deeply.
4.06
500+
Ultimate Guide to Kink Summary
Ultimate Guide to Kink
A practical guide to BDSM: how to play hard, communicate clearly, and care deeply.
by Tristan Taormino 2012 464 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp • 2003
A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.
4.09
42k+
The Creative Habit Summary
The Creative Habit
A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.
by Twyla Tharp 2003 268 pages
4.09
42k+ ratings
I and Thou
by Martin Buber • 1923
Life divides into two modes: treating the world as an object, or meeting it as a presence.
4.07
11k+
I and Thou Summary
I and Thou
Life divides into two modes: treating the world as an object, or meeting it as a presence.
by Martin Buber 1923 192 pages
4.07
11k+ ratings
Rewire Your Brain
by John B. Arden • 2010
Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.
3.88
1k+
Rewire Your Brain Summary
Rewire Your Brain
Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.
by John B. Arden 2010 256 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
The Birth Order Book
by Kevin Leman • 1984
Your birth order explains your personality, career, and marriage. Learn the pattern and use it.
3.79
8k+
The Birth Order Book Summary
The Birth Order Book
Your birth order explains your personality, career, and marriage. Learn the pattern and use it.
by Kevin Leman 1984 352 pages
3.79
8k+ ratings
My Grandmother's Hands
by Resmaa Menakem • 2017
Racism lives in the body, not the mind. Healing starts with the nervous system.
4.38
11k+
My Grandmother's Hands Summary
My Grandmother's Hands
Racism lives in the body, not the mind. Healing starts with the nervous system.
by Resmaa Menakem 2017 311 pages
4.38
11k+ ratings
The Worry Trick
by David A. Carbonell • 2016
Your mind's alarm system has been tricked. The counterintuitive way to disarm chronic worry.
3.78
2k+
The Worry Trick Summary
The Worry Trick
Your mind's alarm system has been tricked. The counterintuitive way to disarm chronic worry.
by David A. Carbonell 2016 232 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
Bounce
by Matthew Syed • 2010
World-class performance is earned, not inborn: ten years of structured, feedback-driven failure.
4.06
9k+
Bounce Summary
Bounce
World-class performance is earned, not inborn: ten years of structured, feedback-driven failure.
by Matthew Syed 2010 320 pages
4.06
9k+ ratings
Transforming School Culture
by Anthony Muhammad • 2009
Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.
4.08
500+
Transforming School Culture Summary
Transforming School Culture
Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.
by Anthony Muhammad 2009 235 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Gestalt Therapy Verbatim
by Frederick Salomon Perls • 1968
Therapy transcripts that proved a risky claim: awareness itself is the cure, not a step toward it.
4.12
1k+
Gestalt Therapy Verbatim Summary
Gestalt Therapy Verbatim
Therapy transcripts that proved a risky claim: awareness itself is the cure, not a step toward it.
by Frederick Salomon Perls 1968 322 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Football Hackers
by Christoph Biermann • 2019
Football's gut instincts are surrendering to data and psychology, and it will never be the same.
4.23
1k+
Football Hackers Summary
Football Hackers
Football's gut instincts are surrendering to data and psychology, and it will never be the same.
by Christoph Biermann 2019 304 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Beyond Order
by Jordan B. Peterson • 2021
Order alone will not save you. Twelve rules for navigating the chaos that comes anyway.
4.14
30k+
Beyond Order Summary
Beyond Order
Order alone will not save you. Twelve rules for navigating the chaos that comes anyway.
by Jordan B. Peterson 2021 432 pages
4.14
30k+ ratings
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
by Tony Attwood • 2006
Not broken, just a different operating system. A lifetime guide to supporting the Asperger's mind.
4.23
3k+
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome Summary
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
Not broken, just a different operating system. A lifetime guide to supporting the Asperger's mind.
by Tony Attwood 2006 400 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
The Optimism Bias
by Tali Sharot • 2011
Your brain overestimates good outcomes; a neuroscientist reveals how this bias shapes memory.
3.78
1k+
The Optimism Bias Summary
The Optimism Bias
Your brain overestimates good outcomes; a neuroscientist reveals how this bias shapes memory.
by Tali Sharot 2011 272 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Workbook for James Clear's Atomic Habits
by Companion Works • 2021
A workbook that turns behavior-change principles into daily exercises, so tiny habits stick.
4.17
176
Workbook for James Clear's Atomic Habits Summary
Workbook for James Clear's Atomic Habits
A workbook that turns behavior-change principles into daily exercises, so tiny habits stick.
by Companion Works 2021 118 pages
4.17
176 ratings
The Magic of Believing
by Claude M. Bristol • 1948
Your subconscious takes orders. Here is the 1948 playbook for giving it the right ones.
4.21
5k+
The Magic of Believing Summary
The Magic of Believing
Your subconscious takes orders. Here is the 1948 playbook for giving it the right ones.
by Claude M. Bristol 1948 126 pages
4.21
5k+ ratings
The Vagus Nerve Reset
by Anna Ferguson • 2023
Polyvagal theory, practical: daily exercises that coax your nervous system out of survival mode.
3.56
1k+
The Vagus Nerve Reset Summary
The Vagus Nerve Reset
Polyvagal theory, practical: daily exercises that coax your nervous system out of survival mode.
by Anna Ferguson 2023 272 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Into the Magic Shop
by James R. Doty • 2016
A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.
4.23
28k+
Into the Magic Shop Summary
Into the Magic Shop
A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.
by James R. Doty 2016 287 pages
4.23
28k+ ratings
Black Box Thinking
by Matthew Syed • 2015
Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.
4.28
14k+
Black Box Thinking Summary
Black Box Thinking
Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.
by Matthew Syed 2015 336 pages
4.28
14k+ ratings
To Sell Is Human
by Daniel H. Pink • 2012
You spend 40% of your workday selling. You just don't call it that.
3.87
26k+
To Sell Is Human Summary
To Sell Is Human
You spend 40% of your workday selling. You just don't call it that.
by Daniel H. Pink 2012 272 pages
3.87
26k+ ratings
Into the Woods
by John Yorke • 2013
Every story hides a fractal skeleton. From Greek tragedy to prestige TV, the bones are identical.
4.18
4k+
Into the Woods Summary
Into the Woods
Every story hides a fractal skeleton. From Greek tragedy to prestige TV, the bones are identical.
by John Yorke 2013 256 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
The Little Book of Market Wizards
by Jack D. Schwager • 2014
Risk discipline, self-knowledge, and patience: the real edge of the world's best traders, distilled.
4.24
1k+
The Little Book of Market Wizards Summary
The Little Book of Market Wizards
Risk discipline, self-knowledge, and patience: the real edge of the world's best traders, distilled.
by Jack D. Schwager 2014 208 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Wild Mind
by Bill Plotkin • 2013
The psyche has four compass points. Most people barely use two and wonder why they feel incomplete.
4.32
500+
Wild Mind Summary
Wild Mind
The psyche has four compass points. Most people barely use two and wonder why they feel incomplete.
by Bill Plotkin 2013 320 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
30 Days—Change Your Habits, Change Your Life
by Marc Reklau • 2014
One small daily exercise for 30 days: a habit reboot that works when motivation doesn't.
4.12
4k+
30 Days—Change Your Habits, Change Your Life Summary
30 Days—Change Your Habits, Change Your Life
One small daily exercise for 30 days: a habit reboot that works when motivation doesn't.
by Marc Reklau 2014 202 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
Multipliers
by Liz Wiseman • 2010
Two leaders, comparable teams: one gets twice the brainpower. Five habits explain the gap.
3.99
16k+
Multipliers Summary
Multipliers
Two leaders, comparable teams: one gets twice the brainpower. Five habits explain the gap.
by Liz Wiseman 2010 288 pages
3.99
16k+ ratings
The Go-Giver
by Bob Burg • 2007
A sorcerer teaches his student that reality is a bubble, and how to step outside it.
4.33
30k+
The Go-Giver Summary
The Go-Giver
A sorcerer teaches his student that reality is a bubble, and how to step outside it.
by Bob Burg 2007
4.33
30k+ ratings
The Universe Has Your Back
by Gabrielle Bernstein • 2016
Stop fighting. A surrender practice that rewires fear into faith, one day at a time.
3.99
27k+
The Universe Has Your Back Summary
The Universe Has Your Back
Stop fighting. A surrender practice that rewires fear into faith, one day at a time.
by Gabrielle Bernstein 2016 200 pages
3.99
27k+ ratings
The Power of Attachment
by Diane Poole Heller • 2019
Your childhood wired your relationship patterns. Skills to rewire them for lasting intimacy.
4.26
3k+
The Power of Attachment Summary
The Power of Attachment
Your childhood wired your relationship patterns. Skills to rewire them for lasting intimacy.
by Diane Poole Heller 2019 224 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
Your Erroneous Zones
by Wayne W. Dyer • 1978
You manufacture your own unhappiness. This 1970s blueprint shows you how to stop the assembly line.
4.01
21k+
Your Erroneous Zones Summary
Your Erroneous Zones
You manufacture your own unhappiness. This 1970s blueprint shows you how to stop the assembly line.
by Wayne W. Dyer 1978 320 pages
4.01
21k+ ratings
Never Enough
by Jennifer Breheny Wallace • 2023
High-achieving schools now produce an at-risk generation, and the fix isn't what parents expect.
4.13
7k+
Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
High-achieving schools now produce an at-risk generation, and the fix isn't what parents expect.
by Jennifer Breheny Wallace 2023 320 pages
4.13
7k+ ratings
Reframing Organizations
by Lee G. Bolman • 1990
Leaders fail when they see only one version of the truth. Four lenses fix that.
3.90
2k+
Reframing Organizations Summary
Reframing Organizations
Leaders fail when they see only one version of the truth. Four lenses fix that.
by Lee G. Bolman 1990 512 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
The Inner Work of Relationships
by Mathew Micheletti • 2024
Your fights are symptoms of childhood wounds; healing them together is how conscious love is built.
4.27
279
The Inner Work of Relationships Summary
The Inner Work of Relationships
Your fights are symptoms of childhood wounds; healing them together is how conscious love is built.
by Mathew Micheletti 2024 438 pages
4.27
279 ratings
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect
by Bob Rotella • 1995
A sports psychologist explains why the golfers who score lowest think least about their swing.
4.36
7k+
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect Summary
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect
A sports psychologist explains why the golfers who score lowest think least about their swing.
by Bob Rotella 1995 234 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
The Storytelling Animal
by Jonathan Gottschall • 2012
Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.
3.70
7k+
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.70
7k+ ratings
Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know
by Jim Camp • 2002
Invite an early no. The system where rejection, not agreement, drives the real conversation.
4.11
2k+
Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know Summary
Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know
Invite an early no. The system where rejection, not agreement, drives the real conversation.
by Jim Camp 2002 288 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
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