Marginal Revolution Book Rankings

Tyler and Alex's favorites from Marginal Revolution

How it works: I scraped every post categorized under 'books'. Then extracted book titles and relevant review context from each post. I then submitted a couple million pairs of reviews to an LLM to compare and determine which book review had more positive sentiment. I used these comparisons to fit a Bradley-Terry model which produces these rankings. I racked up a gemini bill so stopped shy of exhaustive 16 million comparisons, so it's not perfect, but roughly accurate.

Genre: Psychology ×
Showing 264 books in Psychology
The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year.
1. The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year.
BT: 10.18 244 comparisons
addiction health medical memoir +1
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Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
2. Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
BT: 9.37 240 comparisons
critical thinking medicine non-fiction pseudoscience +3
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Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
3. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
BT: 8.10 87 comparisons
addiction studies behavioral economics business economics +3
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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
4. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
BT: 8.06 91 comparisons
human behavior popular science psychology science +2
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Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
5. Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
BT: 7.67 104 comparisons
economic development economics psychology public policy +1
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6. The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
BT: 7.01 190 comparisons
behavioral economics business economics psychology +2
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7. David and Goliath
BT: 6.97 96 comparisons
philosophy psychology self-help social science
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8. Talking to Strangers
BT: 6.85 144 comparisons
non-fiction psychology self-help social psychology +1
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9. Second Act: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life
BT: 6.59 101 comparisons
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10. Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays in Political Irrationality
BT: 6.46 286 comparisons
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11. Codes of the Underworld: How Criminals Communicate
BT: 5.79 122 comparisons
criminology economics psychology sociology
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12. Rational Ritual
BT: 5.75 132 comparisons
communication studies marketing political science psychology +2
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13. How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read
BT: 5.41 136 comparisons
cultural criticism literary criticism literary theory philosophy +1
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14. The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking
BT: 5.24 169 comparisons
non-fiction personal development psychology self-help
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15. Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of America’s Child Prodigies
BT: 5.13 141 comparisons
american history biography business education +4
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16. Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
BT: 5.08 152 comparisons
behavioral economics non-fiction popular economics problem solving +2
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17. Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
BT: 5.07 152 comparisons
philosophy psychology social science
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18. The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50
BT: 5.07 121 comparisons
aging positive psychology psychology self-help +1
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19. The Hit Makers
BT: 4.92 139 comparisons
behavioral economics business cultural studies marketing +1
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20. Expert Political Judgment
BT: 4.71 160 comparisons
behavioral economics decision-making political science psychology +1
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21. Life in the Sick-Room
BT: 4.30 174 comparisons
behavioral economics health philosophy psychology
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22. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Games
BT: 4.24 183 comparisons
baseball behavioral economics business business strategy +3
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23. The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
BT: 4.11 173 comparisons
autism disability studies memoir non-fiction +1
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24. Dying Inside
BT: 4.01 191 comparisons
fiction psychology science fiction speculative fiction
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25. Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi
BT: 3.90 195 comparisons
biography european history german history history +2
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26. Becoming Freud
BT: 3.82 167 comparisons
biography philosophy psychoanalysis psychology
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27. The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery
BT: 3.73 278 comparisons
chronic illness health healthcare system medicine +4
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28. Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection between Violent Extremism and Education
BT: 3.67 164 comparisons
education extremism studies islamic studies political science +3
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29. The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
BT: 3.60 394 comparisons
ethics feminism non-fiction psychology +2
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30. Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means so Much
BT: 3.35 198 comparisons
behavioral economics economics psychology
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31. The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God
BT: 3.22 229 comparisons
evolutionary biology neuroscience popular science psychology +1
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32. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
BT: 3.20 197 comparisons
behavioral economics economics non-fiction psychology +1
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33. Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
BT: 3.13 178 comparisons
psychology religious studies social science sociology
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34. Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives
BT: 3.10 668 comparisons
behavioral science creativity psychology self-help +1
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35. A Life of Experimental Economics, volume I
BT: 3.06 231 comparisons
american history biography economics experimental economics +5
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36. Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
BT: 2.95 238 comparisons
behavioral economics biology consumer behavior economics +4
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37. Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics: Mental Illness in Rural Ireland
BT: 2.69 249 comparisons
anthropology cultural studies ethnography irish studies +4
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38. Creating Language: Integrating Evolution, Acquisition, and Processing
BT: 2.66 280 comparisons
cognitive science evolutionary biology linguistics psychology +1
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39. Rituals of Dinner
BT: 2.65 203 comparisons
anthropology cultural studies psychology social commentary +1
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40. Talent: on how (and how not) to identify the talented
BT: 2.64 240 comparisons
business economics human resources management +2
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41. All Joy and No Fun
BT: 2.55 247 comparisons
family & relationships parenting psychology self-help
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42. Curious
BT: 2.53 224 comparisons
non-fiction philosophy psychology
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43. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World
BT: 2.50 294 comparisons
cultural studies psychology travel
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44. The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills
BT: 2.46 252 comparisons
criticism psychology social psychology social science +1
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45. Rush: Why You Need and Love the Rat Race
BT: 2.41 231 comparisons
economics psychology self-help social science
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46. A Beautiful Mind
BT: 2.22 251 comparisons
biography mathematics psychology science
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47. Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death
BT: 2.17 262 comparisons
animal behavior animal studies biology comparative thanatology +2
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48. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
BT: 2.15 265 comparisons
behavioral economics business cognitive science decision making +2
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49. Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum
BT: 2.15 297 comparisons
autism biography neurodiversity non-fiction +1
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50. Traffic
BT: 2.15 244 comparisons
economics psychology sociology transportation +1
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51. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
BT: 2.14 282 comparisons
big data data science economics human behavior +3
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52. Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect With Others
BT: 2.12 250 comparisons
neuroscience popular science psychology science +1
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53. The Decisive Moment
BT: 2.05 293 comparisons
behavioural economics economics neuroscience psychology +1
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54. Thrive: How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money
BT: 1.99 249 comparisons
economics healthcare mental health psychology +2
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55. Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
BT: 1.98 296 comparisons
behavioral economics cognitive science psychology science
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56. Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall — from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
BT: 1.97 500 comparisons
biography chess psychology sports
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57. How We Decide
BT: 1.88 255 comparisons
behavioral economics economics neuroscience popular science +3
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58. Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
BT: 1.84 252 comparisons
linguistics non-fiction psychology science
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59. Reading my Father
BT: 1.79 265 comparisons
biography literary biography memoir psychology
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60. Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
BT: 1.78 876 comparisons
behavioral economics economics parenting psychology +1
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61. The Viennese Students of Civilization: The Meaning and Context of Austrian Economics Reconsidered
BT: 1.75 283 comparisons
austrian economics austrian history economics european history +5
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62. A Book About Love
BT: 1.67 287 comparisons
pop psychology psychology relationships
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63. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
BT: 1.63 309 comparisons
business decision-making non-fiction psychology +2
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64. Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
BT: 1.59 276 comparisons
behavioral science non-fiction psychology social psychology
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65. Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory
BT: 1.58 298 comparisons
criminology history military history political science +3
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66. Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind
BT: 1.54 329 comparisons
anthropology biology cognitive science cultural evolution +3
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67. Foundations of Neuroeconomic Analysis
BT: 1.43 288 comparisons
cognitive science economics neuroeconomics neuroscience +1
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68. On Balance
BT: 1.35 332 comparisons
essays non-fiction psychoanalysis psychology
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69. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
BT: 1.30 361 comparisons
behavioral economics economics popular science psychology +2
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70. Stumbling on Happiness
BT: 1.28 846 comparisons
behavioral economics cognitive psychology psychology social science
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71. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
BT: 1.22 354 comparisons
behavioral science biology neuroscience psychology +1
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72. Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism
BT: 1.21 290 comparisons
anthropology health psychology social science
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73. You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism
BT: 1.19 545 comparisons
economics essays philosophy psychology +2
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74. Envy
BT: 1.12 290 comparisons
non-fiction philosophy psychology social science
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75. The Secret of Success
BT: 1.07 294 comparisons
anthropology evolutionary science psychology science
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76. Never Enough: the neuroscience and experience of addiction
BT: 1.05 470 comparisons
addiction health memoir neuroscience +2
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77. The Nurture Assumption
BT: 1.05 270 comparisons
behavioral genetics child development parenting psychology +1
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78. Nazi Literature in the Americas
BT: 0.99 286 comparisons
fiction latin american literature literary fiction philosophy +2
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79. Addiction: A Disorder of Choice
BT: 0.95 341 comparisons
addiction studies behavioral economics economics psychology +1
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80. A Brain Wider than the Sky: A Migraine Diary
BT: 0.94 304 comparisons
health medicine memoir neurology +2
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81. Intimacies
BT: 0.93 294 comparisons
non-fiction philosophy psychoanalysis psychology
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82. No Two Alike
BT: 0.90 666 comparisons
developmental psychology evolutionary psychology personality psychology psychology +2
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83. The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
BT: 0.88 321 comparisons
behavioral economics business psychology self-help
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84. The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem
BT: 0.86 485 comparisons
cultural studies literary criticism non-fiction psychology +1
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85. Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
BT: 0.85 316 comparisons
behavioral economics decision-making philosophy psychology +1
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86. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined
BT: 0.84 601 comparisons
history psychology science social science
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87. Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing
BT: 0.80 305 comparisons
behavioral economics popular science psychology science +2
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88. Our Political Nature: The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us
BT: 0.78 320 comparisons
evolutionary psychology political science politics psychology +2
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89. The Parent Trap
BT: 0.76 346 comparisons
economics education parenting psychology +3
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90. Melancholy
BT: 0.72 478 comparisons
cultural history essays intellectual history non-fiction +2
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91. A Map that Reflects the Territory: Essays from the LessWrong Community
BT: 0.63 325 comparisons
cognitive science essays philosophy psychology +1
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92. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
BT: 0.62 1184 comparisons
behavioral economics non-fiction psychology social science
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93. Why Choose This Book?: How We Make Decisions
BT: 0.48 307 comparisons
behavioral science cognitive science decision making neuroscience +2
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94. The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse
BT: 0.47 352 comparisons
economics psychology social science sociology
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95. Elephant in the Brain
BT: 0.46 352 comparisons
behavioral science psychology social science
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96. The Power of Habit
BT: 0.45 350 comparisons
business psychology self-help
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97. The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life
BT: 0.44 507 comparisons
behavioral science developmental psychology psychology science +1
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98. The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds
BT: 0.43 353 comparisons
behavioral economics biography economics history +2
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99. The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
BT: 0.41 304 comparisons
cognitive science evolutionary psychology music neuroscience +2
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100. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
BT: 0.39 346 comparisons
anthropology non-fiction politics psychology +2
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101. You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why it Matters
BT: 0.29 342 comparisons
communication psychology self-help
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102. The Blank Slate
BT: 0.29 266 comparisons
cognitive science philosophy psychology science
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103. Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
BT: 0.24 821 comparisons
history investigative journalism japanese culture japanese history +4
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104. iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy — and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood
BT: 0.23 641 comparisons
generational studies non-fiction psychology sociology +1
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105. The Secret of Our Success: How Culture is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making us Smarter
BT: 0.22 368 comparisons
anthropology biology cultural evolution evolutionary biology +2
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106. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
BT: 0.15 338 comparisons
business cognitive science psychology self-help +1
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107. The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
BT: 0.13 351 comparisons
behavioral genetics behavioral science child development developmental psychology +3
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108. Thinking Fast and Slow
BT: 0.13 1264 comparisons
behavioral economics cognitive psychology economics non-fiction +4
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109. The Happiness Project
BT: 0.12 332 comparisons
personal development psychology self-help
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110. Talent
BT: 0.10 3542 comparisons
business economics human resources management +2
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111. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
BT: 0.10 372 comparisons
behavioral economics health nutrition psychology +1
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112. Two Tales of Crow and Sparrow: A Freudian Folkloristic Essay on Caste and Untouchability
BT: 0.09 380 comparisons
anthropology folklore psychoanalysis psychology +3
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113. IQ and the Wealth of Nations
BT: 0.09 341 comparisons
cognitive science development economics economics psychology
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114. Inner Economist
BT: 0.04 322 comparisons
behavioral economics decision theory economics psychology
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115. The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer’s Next Superstars
BT: 0.04 370 comparisons
africa nonfiction psychology soccer +3
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116. The Mating Mind
BT: 0.03 317 comparisons
biology evolutionary psychology psychology science
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117. The Mind is Flat: The Illusion of Mental Depth and the Improvised Mind
BT: -0.02 491 comparisons
cognitive science non-fiction popular science psychology +1
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118. Logic of Life
BT: -0.02 2119 comparisons
behavioral economics economics psychology social science +1
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119. A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility
BT: -0.02 379 comparisons
behavioral economics economics finance psychology
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120. The Varieties of Religious Experience
BT: -0.04 382 comparisons
philosophy psychology psychology of religion religion
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121. Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creators, and Winners Around the World
BT: -0.04 910 comparisons
business economics human resources management +1
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122. Humankind: A Hopeful History
BT: -0.06 361 comparisons
history philosophy psychology social history +1
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123. Theory of Moral Sentiments
BT: -0.08 1041 comparisons
ethics philosophy psychology social theory
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124. Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
BT: -0.09 529 comparisons
cognitive science cultural studies evolutionary psychology philosophy of mind +2
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125. Grief: A Philosophical Guide
BT: -0.19 360 comparisons
ancient philosophy ethics philosophy psychology
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126. Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners
BT: -0.19 351 comparisons
cognitive science linguistics non-fiction psychology
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127. Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
BT: -0.23 328 comparisons
biology evolutionary biology motherhood psychology +2
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128. A Behavioral Theory of Elections
BT: -0.29 381 comparisons
behavioral economics economics political science politics +1
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129. The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks
BT: -0.31 377 comparisons
behavioral economics popular science psychology social science
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130. Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life
BT: -0.31 368 comparisons
memoir mental health neuroscience psychology
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131. Theatre of Envy
BT: -0.32 1079 comparisons
anthropology literary criticism philosophy psychology +2
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132. Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing
BT: -0.34 332 comparisons
cognitive science non-fiction personal development psychology +1
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133. The Black Swan
BT: -0.34 361 comparisons
behavioral economics economics finance philosophy +2
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134. Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Influence
BT: -0.39 342 comparisons
economics ethics psychology social science +1
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135. Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class
BT: -0.39 408 comparisons
anthropology behavioral genetics biology evolutionary biology +5
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136. Your Money & Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich
BT: -0.42 372 comparisons
behavioral economics economics neuroeconomics neuroscience +4
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137. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement
BT: -0.45 360 comparisons
non-fiction personal development psychology sociology
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138. A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
BT: -0.53 392 comparisons
critical thinking media studies psychology self-help
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139. The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory
BT: -0.54 386 comparisons
cognitive science neuroscience psychology science
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140. Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help
BT: -0.57 679 comparisons
collective biography ethics philosophy psychology +1
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141. Born Believers: The Science of Children’s Religious Belief
BT: -0.57 347 comparisons
cognitive science developmental psychology psychology religion +1
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142. My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey
BT: -0.59 391 comparisons
medical memoir neuroscience psychology +1
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143. Why People Die by Suicide
BT: -0.60 378 comparisons
behavioral science mental health psychology social science
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144. The Nationalization of Violence
BT: -0.61 382 comparisons
conflict studies history non-fiction philosophy +3
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145. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
BT: -0.63 392 comparisons
cognitive science non-fiction popular science psychology +2
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146. Predictably Irrational
BT: -0.65 677 comparisons
behavioral economics economics microeconomics psychology
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147. Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
BT: -0.67 448 comparisons
behavioral psychology mental health psychology self-help
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148. Discover Your Inner Economist
BT: -0.70 5751 comparisons
anthropology behavioral economics economics popular economics +1
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149. NeuroTribes
BT: -0.72 390 comparisons
autism studies disability studies history history of science +3
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150. Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular
BT: -0.72 381 comparisons
business cultural studies marketing psychology +2
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151. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
BT: -0.74 390 comparisons
non-fiction popular psychology psychology social science
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152. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
BT: -0.74 439 comparisons
personal development psychology self-help social psychology
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153. The WEIRDEST People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
BT: -0.79 459 comparisons
anthropology cultural studies economic history history +4
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154. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
BT: -0.81 700 comparisons
behavioral economics economics psychology public policy
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155. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis Theory and Technique
BT: -0.88 372 comparisons
clinical psychology lacanian psychoanalysis psychoanalysis psychology +2
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156. How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
BT: -0.88 393 comparisons
behavioral economics cognitive science neuroscience popular science +3
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157. The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
BT: -0.88 389 comparisons
philosophy psychology wisdom literature
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158. 45 Things Varlam Shalamov learned in the Gulag
BT: -0.92 365 comparisons
history memoir philosophy psychology +2
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159. Civilization and its Discontents
BT: -0.93 380 comparisons
philosophy psychoanalysis psychology social philosophy
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160. The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
BT: -0.98 736 comparisons
behavioral economics biology business economics +4
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161. Thinking in Pictures
BT: -1.04 374 comparisons
autism autobiography biography memoir +1
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162. Amazing Decisions: The Illustrated Guide to Improving Business Deals and Family Meals
BT: -1.16 373 comparisons
behavioral economics business decision making graphic novel +3
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163. The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love
BT: -1.16 368 comparisons
neuroscience psychology science social science
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164. Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
BT: -1.19 361 comparisons
ethics non-fiction philosophy psychology +1
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165. Secrets of the Soul: A Social and Cultural History of Psychoanalysis
BT: -1.20 384 comparisons
american history cultural history european history history +2
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166. The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World that Values Sameness
BT: -1.20 355 comparisons
psychology self-help social science
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167. Ivan Pavlov: A Russian Life in Science
BT: -1.20 487 comparisons
biography history of science psychology russian history +1
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168. Doctoring the Mind: Is Our Current Treatment of Mental Illness Any Good?
BT: -1.21 385 comparisons
medicine mental health psychiatry psychology +1
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169. Disorganisation & Sex
BT: -1.22 398 comparisons
philosophy psychoanalysis psychology
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170. NurtureShock
BT: -1.25 373 comparisons
child development psychology social science
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171. We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess
BT: -1.26 338 comparisons
behavioral economics non-fiction psychology self-help +1
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172. The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage And Sexuality from the Economics of a Fallen World
BT: -1.26 383 comparisons
christianity economics human sexuality marriage and relationships +6
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173. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
BT: -1.30 423 comparisons
cultural criticism current events education non-fiction +4
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174. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Out World
BT: -1.31 738 comparisons
behavioral science business cross-cultural studies cultural studies +3
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175. Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape our Work, Wages, and Well-Being
BT: -1.32 405 comparisons
behavioral economics economics psychology social science +1
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176. The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
BT: -1.32 670 comparisons
biology evolutionary biology mental health non-fiction +2
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177. Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny
BT: -1.34 761 comparisons
anthropology cognitive science developmental psychology evolutionary psychology +1
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178. Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies
BT: -1.38 395 comparisons
anthropology biology evolutionary biology gender studies +2
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179. The Bell Curve
BT: -1.40 381 comparisons
genetics psychology public policy race studies +2
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180. Nudge
BT: -1.42 1101 comparisons
behavioral economics economics law political philosophy +2
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181. The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent & Defy Effectively
BT: -1.44 395 comparisons
psychology self-help
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182. Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count
BT: -1.44 382 comparisons
education psychology social science sociology
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183. The Righteous Mind
BT: -1.47 378 comparisons
philosophy psychology religion science +1
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184. You Are What You Choose: The Habits of Mind That Really Determine How We Make Decisions
BT: -1.52 368 comparisons
behavioral economics behavioral science decision-making psychology
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199. The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy
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201. A History of Autism: Conversations with the Pioneers
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218. WEIRD book
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233. Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
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234. How Change Happens
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235. Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas
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236. The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
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245. The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
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246. The Genius Checklist: Nine Paradoxical Tips on How You! Can Become a Creative Genius
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248. The Anatomy of Disgust
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249. Going Sane
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250. Emotional Intelligence
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251. Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
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254. Henry's Demons: Living With Schizophrenia, A Father and Son's Story
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255. The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and Psychotherapy
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256. The Tipping Point
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257. Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
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258. Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious
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259. Winning Through Intimidation
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260. The 10,000 Year Explosion
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261. A Troublesome Inheritance
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262. The Sensory Order
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263. The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ is Wrong
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264. Phishing for Phools
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