Psychology194 book summaries in this topic
How does the mind work? The essence of the best psychology books – thinking, emotions and behavior – in around 15-minute summaries.
The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der Kolk 54 min
OutliersMalcolm Gladwell 45 min
Attention SpanGloria Mark 55 min
Trading in the ZoneMark Douglas 58 min
Never Split the DifferenceChris Voss 45 min
Grit: The Power of Passion and PerseveranceAngela Duckworth 62 min
Give and TakeAdam Grant 46 min
No Self, No ProblemChris Niebauer 45 min
The Alter Ego EffectTodd Herman 52 min
You are Not so SmartDavid McRaney 51 min
Talking to StrangersMalcolm Gladwell 43 min
Predictably IrrationalDan Ariely 53 min
AntifragileNassim Nicholas Taleb 51 min
The ChoiceEdith Eva Eger 38 min
InfluenceRobert Cialdini 56 min
InfluenceRobert B. Cialdini 43 min
Homo DeusYuval Noah Harari 58 min
NudgeRichard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein 54 min
The 6 Thinking HatsEdward De Bono 56 min
How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan 60 min
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckMark Manson 44 min
1984George Orwell 58 min
Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl 52 min
The Darwin EconomyRobert H. Frank 16 min
MindsetCarol Dweck 40 min
Start with WhySimon Sinek 44 min
The Rational OptimistMatt Ridley 13 min
The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. Salinger 53 min
Evolve your BrainJoe Dispenza 54 min
MasteryRobert Greene 54 min
10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media AccountJaron Lanier 49 min
10 Minute ToughnessJason Selk 51 min
The Art of SeductionRobert Greene 44 min
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli 63 min
The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene 45 min
Manipulation: Eight Ways to Control OthersJosef Kirschner 54 min
The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel 46 min
The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg 53 min
The Status GameWill Storr 53 min
Ogilvy on advertisingDavid Ogilvy 15 min
The Definitive Book of Body LanguageBarbara Pease, Allan Pease 56 min
How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingDale Carnegie 44 min
21 Lessons for the 21st CenturyYuval Noah Harari 66 min
Altered TraitsDaniel Goleman 58 min
BlinkMalcolm Gladwell 57 min
Atlas of the HeartBrené Brown 67 min
Dopamine NationAnna Lembke 61 min
Awaken your geniusOzan Varol 58 min
Everything Is F*ckedMark Manson 44 min
Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes 51 min
101 Essays that will change the way you thinkBrianna Wiest 50 min
Frames of MindHoward Gardener 61 min
Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb 45 min
Get Anyone to Do AnythingDr. David J. Lieberman 52 min
HookedNir Eyal 55 min
How to Be PerfectMichael Schur 46 min
ValidationCaroline Fleck 53 min
How To ChangeKaty Milkman 57 min
How to Sell Anything to AnybodyJoe Girard 52 min
How to Think Like a Roman EmperorDonald Robertson 55 min
The Psychology of SellingBrian Tracy 52 min
ImaginableJane Mcgonial 60 min
Influence Is Your SuperpowerZoe Chance 44 min
LimitlessJim Kwik 42 min
Made to StickChip Heath 68 min
Why man love bitches?Sherry Argov 49 min
MindreaderDavid J Liberman 53 min
What to Say When You Talk to YourselfShad Helmstetter 42 min
Never Get Angry AgainDavid J. Lieberman 42 min
NoiseDaniel Kahneman 57 min
The Six Pillars of Self-EsteemNathaniel Branden 46 min
Inherited TraumaOrvos-Tóth Noémi 41 min
The OriginalsAdam Grant 54 min
AlchemyRory Sutherland 55 min
Performing Under PressureHendrie Weisinger 44 min
Permission MarketingSeth Godin 55 min
PositioningAl Ries 46 min
LivewiredDavid Eagleman 62 min
ProcrastinationJane B. Burka 54 min
PropagandaEdward Bernays 55 min
Reality TransurfingVadim Zeland 52 min
Rebel TalentFrancesca Gino 59 min
Retrain Your BrainSeth J. Gillihan 54 min
The Moral AnimalRobert Wright 63 min
SapiensYuval Noah Harari 58 min
Same as EverMorgan Housel 43 min
Sex at DawnChristopher Ryan, Cacilda Jethá 51 min
Sex TalksVanessa Marin & Xander Marin 44 min
Skin in the GameNassim Taleb 45 min
Social IntelligenceDaniel Goleman 43 min
Be your future self nowDr Benjamin Hardy 55 min
SuperintelligenceNick Bostrom 66 min
Free WillOrvos-Tóth Noémi 42 min
Surely You are Joking Mr. FeynmanRichard P Feynman 49 min
Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche 49 min
SupercommunicatorsCharles Duhigg 51 min
The 33 Strategies of WarRobert Greene 50 min
Brave new worldAldous Huxley 51 min
ChatterEthan Kross 53 min
The Meaning of Your LifeArthur C. Brooks 53 min
The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt 57 min
The Art of Thinking ClearlyRolf Dobelli 54 min
The Better Angels of Our Nature Steven Pinker 47 min
The BodyBill Bryson 56 min
The Courage to Be DislikedIchiro Kishimi 53 min
The code of the extraordinary mindVishen Lakhiani 55 min
The Comfort BookMatt Haig 41 min
Brain RulesJohn Medina 60 min
The Decision BookMikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler 58 min
Can't Hurt MeDavid Goggins 42 min
The DipSeth Godin 52 min
The Emotional BrainJoseph LeDoux 55 min
CashvertisingDrew Eric Whitman 46 min
The Science of Self-LearningPeter Hollins 12 min
Beyond OrderJordan Peterson 51 min
Confessions of an Economic Hit ManJohn Perkins 59 min
The Hero's JourneyJoseph Campbell 46 min
The Innovators DilemmaClayton Christensen 56 min
The Laws of Human NatureRobert Greene 54 min
The Lonely CenturyNoreena Hertz 69 min
The Magic of thinking BigDavif J. Schwartz 58 min
Affective NeuroscienceJaak Panksepp 54 min
The Mind-Gut ConnectionEmeran Mayer 56 min
AttachedAmir Levine 48 min
A Mind for NumbersBarbara Oakley 53 min
Do Hard ThingsSteve Magness 59 min
The Organized MindDaniel J. Levitin 55 min
Daring GreatlyBrené Brown 53 min
The Power of FunCatherine Price 45 min
The Rational MaleRollo Tomassi 49 min
The Righteous MindJonathan Haidt 55 min
12 Rules for LifeJordan Peterson 54 min
The Selfish GeneRichard Dawkins 56 min
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage WorkJohn Gottman 46 min
The Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson 51 min
BehaveRobert Sapolsky 56 min
Do It!James R. Sherman 48 min
Civilizations and its Discontents Sigmund Freud 58 min
Don't Overthink ItAnne Bogel 39 min
DriveDaniel H Pink 44 min
The war of artSteven Pressfield 53 min
Don't Trust Your GutSeth Stephens-Davidowitz 47 min
Clear ThinkingShane Parrish 45 min
Stolen FocusJohann Hari 52 min
Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our ThinkingLeonard Mlodinow 59 min
Evolutionary PsychologyDavid M. Buss 60 min
Feeling Is The SecretNeville Goddard 56 min
Find Your WhySimon Sinek 41 min
FlowCsíkszentmihályi Mihály 56 min
Four Thousand WeeksOliver Burkeman 52 min
Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke 51 min
HappierTal Ben-Shahar 43 min
HomecomingJohn Bradshaw 51 min
How Emotions Are MadeLisa Feldman Barrett 62 min
How to Change AnybodyDr. David J. Lieberman 46 min
Inner ExcellenceJim Murphy 53 min
Just ListenMark Goulston 42 min
Made to BreakGiles Slade 44 min
Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneLori Gottileb 41 min
ModelsMark Manson 50 min
NexusYuval Noah Harari 53 min
PersuasionJane Austen 52 min
Psycho-CyberneticsMaxwell Maltz 57 min
Read People Like a BookPatrick King 45 min
Reinventing Your LifeJeffrey E. Young 43 min
MisbehavingRichard H. Thaler 50 min
Scientific AdvertisingClaude C. Hopkins 54 min
Self-Love Workbook for womenMegan Logan 53 min
Super ThinkingGabriel Weinberg 57 min
SwitchChip Heath 55 min
The 50th LawRobert Greene, 50 Cent 44 min
The Art of ImpossibleSteven Kotler 48 min
The Art of Spending MoneyMorgan Housel 43 min
The Black SwanNassim Nicholas Taleb 51 min
The Book of Five RingsMiyamoto Musashi 43 min
The Brain That Changes ItselfNorman Doidge 53 min
The Chimp ParadoxSteve Peters 52 min
The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz 49 min
The Great Mental Models 1-3Rhiannon Beaubien 66 min
The Happiness AdvantageShawn Achor 57 min
The Inner Game of TennisW Timothy Gallwey 43 min
The Molecule of MoreDaniel Z. Lieberman 57 min
The Mountain Is YouBrianna Wiest 42 min
Think AgainAdam Grant 44 min
Think Like a Rocket ScientistOzan Varol 56 min
Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman 56 min
This is marketingSeth Godin 42 min
You Can Read AnyoneDr. David J. Lieberman 44 min
TranscendScott Barry Kaufman 51 min
Twelve and a HalfGary Vaynerchuk 54 min
Unfu*k YourselfGary John Bishop 41 min
Unwinding AnxietyJudson Brewer 43 min
Why We LoveHelen Fisher 57 min
Wired for DatingDr. Stan Tatkin 43 minMore topics
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