14 must-read science books like How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind by David G. Myers

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How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind

By: David G. Myers

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A delightful tour of the wonders of our humanity from David G. Myers, the award-winning professor a…

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Cover of Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman

1. Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior

By: Ori Brafman , Rom Brafman

3.78

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating journey into the hidden psychological influences that derail our decision-making, Swa… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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2. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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3. A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

By: Joanna Biggs

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times , The Week , Vulture , Elle, and The Mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The wound my unsuspecting heart formerly received is not healed,"

-Joanna Biggs, A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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4. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Cover of Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters by Charan Ranganath

5. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

By: Charan Ranganath

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • brain
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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6. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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7. The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams

By: Seth Godin

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A soulful re-envisioning of what work and leadership can be, from the visionary mind of renowned au… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

By: Susan Magsamen

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brai… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • brain
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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9. This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

By: Susan Rogers

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secret… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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10. Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

By: Amy C. Edmondson

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering resea… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
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  • self help
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11. Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

By: Dan Ariely

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

“In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and profession… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
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  • self help
"A higher level of income inequality in our community can fray our sense of social trust."

-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

"How can science - which is slow and methodical, providing only an occasional breakthrough - compete with creative minds unfettered by facts?"

-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

"Would you enthusiastically recommend that a friend purchase something you'd never tested yourself? Probably not. But you may be unwittingly doing this with information every day."

-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

"[M]isbelief is enormously engaging and even fun for those who become deeply involved in its cleverly constructed alternate worlds. People who work in the gaming industry have drawn striking parallels…"

-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

Cover of Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness by Nicholas Humphrey

12. Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness

By: Nicholas Humphrey

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of a quest to uncover the evolutionary history of consciousness from one of the world's l… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most by Steven Johnson

13. Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

By: Steven Johnson

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The hardest choices are also the most consequential. So why do we know so little about how to get t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind by David G. Myers

14. How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind

By: David G. Myers

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A delightful tour of the wonders of our humanity from David G. Myers, the award-winning professor a… read more

Similar categories in David G. Myers's How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind book and David G. Myers's How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind

  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • brain
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity by Gloria Mark

15. Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

By: Gloria Mark

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

AS SEEN ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD, WALL STREET JOURNAL , NEW YORK TIMES AND MORE **A COS… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"…it is time to rethink our relationship with our personal technologies. We need to reframe our goal from that of maximizing human productivity with our devices, to instead using them in maintaining a…"

-Gloria Mark, Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

"We know from project management that there is usually slippage, and tasks almost always take longer than what one envisions. There is also no room for fitting human well-being into task schedules. We…"

-Gloria Mark, Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

"Design your day thinking that you have limited mental resources, knowing that taking time to replenish them will not only help you be less stressed and better able to resist distractions, but also mo…"

-Gloria Mark, Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

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16. Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

By: Bo Seo

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter--and everyone around you wiser." --Adam G… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure by Maggie   Jackson

17. Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure

By: Maggie Jackson

3.72

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary guide to flourishing in times of flux and angst by harnessing the overlooked power … read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
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  • self help
Cover of Lessons for Living: What Only Adversity Can Teach You by Phil Stutz

18. Lessons for Living: What Only Adversity Can Teach You

By: Phil Stutz

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Profound essays that cut through the messiness of life to help you get the good from the bad—by fam… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most by Adam Alter

19. Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most

By: Adam Alter

3.96

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even bu… read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions by Michael Norton

20. The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions

By: Michael Norton

3.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit and Angela Duckworth’s Grit, a … read more

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  • mental health
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Cover of Selfless: The Social Creation of “You” by Brian Lowery

21. Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”

By: Brian Lowery

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Social psychologist and Stanford professor Brian Lowery presents a provocative, powerful theory of … read more

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20 Top audiobook books like How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind by David G. Myers

Transform Your Habits

Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior

Ori Brafman , Rom Brafman

3.78

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath

3.95

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8 must-read neuroscience books like Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness by Nicholas Humphrey

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Consciousness Explained

Daniel C. Dennett

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

Anil Seth

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

Donald D. Hoffman

3.86

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