20 best-selling nonfiction books like Understand Psychology by Nicky Hayes

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Understand Psychology

By: Nicky Hayes

3.89

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

Psychology is about understanding people – ordinary people as well as people who are extraordinary …

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1. Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do

By: Matthew Syed

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Creativity is, in many respects, a response."

-Matthew Syed, Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do

"Overcoming the blame tendency is a defining issue in the corporate world. Ben Dattner, a psychologist and organizational consultant, tells of an experience when he was working at the Republic Nationa…"

-Matthew Syed, Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do

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2. A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

By: Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.94

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

His life was like a recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taki… read more

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"I’m forever realizing things too late."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"A friend to kill time is a friend sublime."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"The light of morning decomposes everything."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

Cover of Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them by None, Steve   Peters

3. Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

By: None , Steve Peters

3.99

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Leading consultant psychiatrist Steve Peters knows more than anyone how impulsive behaviour or nagg… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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4. Dance Dance Dance

By: Haruki Murakami

4.05

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition here. High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old … read more

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"I often dream about the Dolphin Hotel."

-Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

"What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with."

-Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

"I'm your phantom dance partner. I'm your shadow. I'm not anything more."

-Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

"We keep moving. And as we do, the things around us, well, they disappear."

-Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

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5. Bad Science

By: Ben Goldacre

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Full of spleen, this is a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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6. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.35

Format: 26 pages,

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Timesbestseller and international ph… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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7. Long Walk to Freedom

By: Nelson Mandela

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method

By: Allen Carr

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A new edition of the revolutionary bestseller, with four million copies in print. Allen Carr's inno… read more

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  • reference
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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9. Psychology: A Complete Introduction

By: Sandi Mann

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Written by Dr Sandi Mann, Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, Psychology: A Co… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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10. On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

By: Carl R. Rogers , Peter D. Kramer

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy w… read more

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  • self help
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science

11. On the Shortness of Life

By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more

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12. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

By: Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

3.00

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs gives you the… read more

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13. Why Torture Doesn't Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation

By: Shane O'Mara

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Torture is banned because it is cruel and inhumane. But as Shane O'Mara writes in this account of t… read more

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14. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

By: Dan Ariely

3.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent a… read more

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15. How to Lie with Statistics

By: Darrell Huff , Irving Geis

4.36

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sa… read more

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16. The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness

By: R.D. Laing

3.78

Format: None pages,

In The Divided Self (1960), Laing contrasted the experience of the "ontologically secure" person wi… read more

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17. The Art of Happiness

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Howard C. Cutler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else aroun… read more

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18. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

By: David A. Sinclair

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taugh… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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19. The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

By: Ichiro Kishimi

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our re… read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"All you can do in regard to your own life is choose the best path that you believe in."

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"But is being normal, being ordinary, really such a bad thing? Is it something inferior? Or, in truth, isn't everybody normal?"

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. And it isn’t that you lack competence. You just lack courage. One might say you are lacking in the courage to be happy."

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"Look, no matter how much you want to be Y, you cannot be reborn as him. You are not Y. It's okay for you to be you. However, I am not saying it's fine to be 'just as you are'. If you are unable to re…"

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

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20. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

By: Hans Rosling

4.36

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporti… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Free access to data doesn’t turn into knowledge without effort"

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"Something frightening poses a perceived risk. Something dangerous poses a real risk."

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"We like to believe that things happen because someone wanted them to, that individuals have power and agency: otherwise, the world feels unpredictable, confusing, and frightening."

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"Does saying "things are improving" imply that everything is fine, and we should all relax and not worry? No, not at all. Is it helpful to have to choose between bad and improving? Definitely not. It'…"

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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21. Don't Believe Everything You Think

By: Joseph Nguyen

3.76

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn how to overcome anxiety, self-doubt & self-sabotage without needing to rely on motivation or … read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life by Steven Bartlett

22. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

By: Steven Bartlett

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (The Path to Calm Book 1) by Nick Trenton

23. Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (The Path to Calm Book 1)

By: Nick Trenton

3.76

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Overcome negative thought patterns, reduce stress, and live a worry-free life.Overthinking is the b… read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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24. The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness

By: Jonas Salzgeber

4.18

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”– Epictetus, Stoic philoso… read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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25. Cuentos de navidad

By: Charles Dickens

3.80

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Junto a la célebre Canción de Navidad, este volumen reúne otros tres cuentos de Charles Dickens (18… read more

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"Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!"

-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad

"A la hermosa vida de un plácido crepúsculo otoñal, a la vida tranquila una habitación silenciosa, con un enorme ventanal abierto; más allá, una terraza donde se movían las hojas y las flores perfumab…"

-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad

"She was very pretty: exceedingly pretty. With a dimpled, surprised-looking, capital face; a ripe little mouth, that seemed made to be kissed — as no doubt it was; all kinds of good little dots about …"

-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad

"The Grocers'! oh the Grocers'! nearly closed, with perhaps two shutters down, or one; but through those gaps such glimpses! It was not alone that the scales descending on the counter made a merry sou…"

-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad

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26. The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

By: Daniel Z. Lieberman

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them? Why is addiction "perfect… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"It’s better to be smart than strong."

-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

"Success inspired confidence; confidence produced success."

-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

"Having a confident expectation of success can make obstacles melt before your eyes."

-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

"As the German philosopher Arthur Schoppenhauer wrote, "Dreams are brief madness and madness a long dreams."

-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

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27. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

By: Daniel Kahneman

3.66

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a groundbreaking… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life by Jordan B. Peterson

28. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

By: Jordan B. Peterson

4.17

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the periolus path of modern life. I… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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29. The Psychology of Stupidity

By: Jean-François Marmion

3.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Stupidity is all around us. But in order to vanquish it, we must first understand it. In The Psycho… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Fighting stupidity tends to reinforce it."

-Jean-François Marmion, The Psychology of Stupidity

30. Cercul Mincinoșilor

By: Jean-Claude Carrière

4.17

Format: None pages, None

Historias de todos los tiempos y de todas las tradiciones se trenzan en este libro para conformar u… read more

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31. Understand Psychology

By: Nicky Hayes

3.89

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

Psychology is about understanding people – ordinary people as well as people who are extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Nicky Hayes's Understand Psychology book and Nicky Hayes's Understand Psychology

  • science
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • self help

16 best-selling self help books like Understand Psychology by Nicky Hayes

Transform Your Habits

Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do

Matthew Syed

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

None , Steve Peters

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method

Allen Carr

3.16

Transform Your Habits

On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

Carl R. Rogers , Peter D. Kramer

4.35

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16 best-selling audiobook books like Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair

Transform Your Habits

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

Jessie Inchauspé

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

4.37

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