Psychology207 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.
Positive DisciplineJane Nelsen 70 min
Bringing Up BébéPamela Druckerman 73 min
Have a New Kid by FridayKevin Leman 67 min
Notes from UndergroundFjodor Mihajlovics Dosztojevszkij 67 min
The Brothers KaramazovFjodor Mihajlovics Dosztojevszkij 117 min
Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche 65 min
SapiensYuval Noah Harari 47 min
Social IntelligenceDaniel Goleman 44 min
Never Split the DifferenceChris Voss 47 min
You Can Read AnyoneDr. David J. Lieberman 44 min
Homo DeusYuval Noah Harari 48 min
The Courage to Be DislikedIchiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga 44 min
SuperintelligenceNick Bostrom 54 min
AttachedAmir Levine 49 min
NoiseDaniel Kahneman 48 min
The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel 46 min
Beyond OrderJordan Peterson 43 min
PositioningAl Ries 49 min
Evolutionary PsychologyDavid M. Buss 49 min
The Psychology of SellingBrian Tracy 43 min
The Laws of Human NatureRobert Greene 44 min
What to Say When You Talk to YourselfShad Helmstetter 43 min
The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg 44 min
Do It!James R. Sherman 68 min
Start with WhySimon Sinek 44 min
MasteryRobert Greene 45 min
LimitlessJim Kwik 42 min
You are Not so SmartDavid McRaney 42 min
Can't Hurt MeDavid Goggins 42 min
AntifragileNassim Nicholas Taleb 43 min
FlowCsíkszentmihályi Mihály 45 min
The Better Angels of Our NatureSteven Pinker 39 min
Get Anyone to Do AnythingDr. David J. Lieberman 69 min
Brain RulesJohn Medina 50 min
The DipSeth Godin 43 min
The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz 41 min
Why man love bitches?Sherry Argov 41 min
This is marketingSeth Godin 44 min
12 Rules for LifeJordan Peterson 44 min
Performing Under PressureHendrie Weisinger 44 min
BlinkMalcolm Gladwell 48 min
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckMark Manson 45 min
The Chimp ParadoxSteve Peters 54 min
Find Your WhySimon Sinek 42 min
ModelsMark Manson 42 min
The Definitive Book of Body LanguageBarbara Pease, Allan Pease 62 min
Everything Is F*ckedMark Manson 44 min
Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our ThinkingLeonard Mlodinow 49 min
The Six Pillars of Self-EsteemNathaniel Branden 47 min
HappierTal Ben-Shahar 44 min
Sex at DawnChristopher Ryan, Cacilda Jethá 41 min
The 33 Strategies of WarRobert Greene 41 min
10 Minute ToughnessJason Selk 43 min
The code of the extraordinary mindVishen Lakhiani 46 min
The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene 44 min
Talking to StrangersMalcolm Gladwell 48 min
Made to StickChip Heath 57 min
Pre-SuasionRobert Cialdini 47 min
The war of artSteven Pressfield 44 min
Twelve and a HalfGary Vaynerchuk 44 min
Just ListenMark Goulston 45 min
The Art of SeductionRobert Greene 45 min
How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingDale Carnegie 44 min
How to Sell Anything to AnybodyJoe Girard 44 min
The OriginalsAdam Grant 44 min
How to Change AnybodyDr. David J. Lieberman 47 min
Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl 43 min
Super ThinkingGabriel Weinberg 46 min
Unwinding AnxietyJudson Brewer 45 min
NudgeRichard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein 44 min
Think AgainAdam Grant 45 min
The Art of Thinking ClearlyRolf Dobelli 44 min
Atlas of the HeartBrené Brown 53 min
Psycho-CyberneticsMaxwell Maltz 47 min
How Emotions Are MadeLisa Feldman Barrett 51 min
The Decision BookMikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler 49 min
The Great Mental Models 1-3Rhiannon Beaubien 53 min
Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman 46 min
AlchemyRory Sutherland 44 min
Trading in the ZoneMark Douglas 47 min
MindreaderDavid J. Lieberman 44 min
Daring GreatlyBrené Brown 44 min
Why We LoveHelen Fisher 47 min
Predictably IrrationalDan Ariely 45 min
Skin in the GameNassim Taleb 45 min
Rebel TalentFrancesca Gino 49 min
The Alter Ego EffectTodd Herman 42 min
21 Lessons for the 21st CenturyYuval Noah Harari 54 min
The Innovators DilemmaClayton Christensen 48 min
The Rational MaleRollo Tomassi 40 min
Attention SpanGloria Mark 45 min
Be your future self nowDr Benjamin Hardy 45 min
A Mind for NumbersBarbara Oakley 44 min
Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche 48 min
The Brain That Changes ItselfNorman Doidge 44 min
CashvertisingDrew Eric Whitman 46 min
1984George Orwell 49 min
ProcrastinationJane B. Burka 44 min
Scientific AdvertisingClaude C. Hopkins 45 min
The Organized MindDaniel J. Levitin 45 min
Permission MarketingSeth Godin 45 min
Give and TakeAdam Grant 46 min
HookedNir Eyal 45 min
101 Essays that will change the way you thinkBrianna Wiest 41 min
Altered TraitsDaniel Goleman 47 min
The Emotional BrainJoseph LeDoux 45 min
Never Get Angry AgainDavid J. Lieberman 43 min
Self-Love Workbook for womenMegan Logan 44 min
The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der Kolk 46 min
SwitchChip Heath 47 min
The 6 Thinking HatsEdward De Bono 46 min
The Science of Self-LearningPeter Hollins 16 min
The Magic of thinking BigDavid J. Schwartz 47 min
The Darwin EconomyRobert H. Frank 22 min
The Black SwanNassim Nicholas Taleb 42 min
How To ChangeKaty Milkman 48 min
Evolve your BrainJoe Dispenza 44 min
The 50th LawRobert Greene, 50 Cent 44 min
Unfu*k YourselfGary John Bishop 42 min
10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media AccountJaron Lanier 41 min
Ogilvy on advertisingDavid Ogilvy 15 min
Awaken your geniusOzan Varol 48 min
Retrain Your BrainSeth J. Gillihan 46 min
Don't Overthink ItAnne Bogel 41 min
Feeling Is The SecretNeville Goddard 46 min
Affective NeuroscienceJaak Panksepp 44 min
The Art of ImpossibleSteven Kotler 47 min
Think Like a Rocket ScientistOzan Varol 47 min
No Self, No ProblemChris Niebauer 46 min
Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb 46 min
How to Think Like a Roman EmperorDonald Robertson 45 min
The Lonely CenturyNoreena Hertz 58 min
Inherited TraumaOrvos-Tóth Noémi 43 min
PropagandaEdward Bernays 45 min
The Book of Five RingsMiyamoto Musashi 42 min
NexusYuval Noah Harari 48 min
Influence Is Your SuperpowerZoe Chance 44 min
DriveDaniel H Pink 45 min
Sex TalksVanessa Marin, Xander Marin 45 min
ImaginableJane Mcgonial 50 min
The Power of FunCatherine Price 45 min
TranscendScott Barry Kaufman 50 min
Four Thousand WeeksOliver Burkeman 43 min
The Molecule of MoreDaniel Z. Lieberman 47 min
Read People Like a BookPatrick King 45 min
InfluenceRobert B. Cialdini 43 min
The Inner Game of TennisW Timothy Gallwey 44 min
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage WorkJohn Gottman, Nan Silver 48 min
The Dictator's HandbookBruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith 48 min
The ChoiceEdith Eva Eger 38 min
Reality TransurfingVadim Zeland 43 min
MindsetCarol Dweck 41 min
Grit: The Power of Passion and PerseveranceAngela Duckworth 50 min
The Comfort BookMatt Haig 41 min
The Mountain Is YouBrianna Wiest 44 min
Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneLori Gottileb 41 min
The Mind-Gut ConnectionEmeran Mayer 46 min
The Hero's JourneyJoseph Campbell 45 min
How to Be PerfectMichael Schur 47 min
The Happiness AdvantageShawn Achor 47 min
OutliersMalcolm Gladwell 45 min
Don't Trust Your GutSeth Stephens-Davidowitz 47 min
Wired for DatingDr. Stan Tatkin 45 min
Same as EverMorgan Housel 44 min
The Charisma MythOlivia Fox Cabane 46 min
The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt 47 min
The Art of Spending MoneyMorgan Housel 44 min
Clear ThinkingShane Parrish 46 min
Inner ExcellenceJim Murphy 54 min
The Meaning of Your LifeArthur C. Brooks 52 min
ValidationCaroline Fleck 45 min
The Moral AnimalRobert Wright 51 min
Do Hard ThingsSteve Magness 49 min
LivewiredDavid Eagleman 51 min
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli 51 min
HomecomingJohn Bradshaw 51 min
Manipulation: Eight Ways to Control OthersJosef Kirschner 54 min
MisbehavingRichard H. Thaler 50 min
Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke 51 min
The Selfish GeneRichard Dawkins 47 min
SupercommunicatorsCharles Duhigg 51 min
ChatterEthan Kross 53 min
Stolen FocusJohann Hari 52 min
The Status GameWill Storr 53 min
Dare to LeadBrené Brown 70 min
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit ManJohn Perkins 70 min
Crime and PunishmentFjodor Mihajlovics Dosztojevszkij 65 min
The Righteous MindJonathan Haidt 45 min
The Rational OptimistMatt Ridley 13 min
PersuasionJane Austen 44 min
Surely You are Joking Mr. FeynmanRichard P. Feynman 41 min
How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan 49 min
Civilizations and its DiscontentsSigmund Freud 47 min
The Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson 42 min
Confessions of an Economic Hit ManJohn Perkins 48 min
Brave new worldAldous Huxley 43 min
Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes 42 min
Made to BreakGiles Slade 46 min
The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. Salinger 44 min
Six Easy PiecesRichard P. Feynman 47 min
BehaveRobert Sapolsky 47 min
The BodyBill Bryson 56 min
SociologiaPierre Bourdieu 64 min
Dopamine NationAnna Lembke 50 min
Frames of MindHoward Gardener 50 min
Reinventing Your LifeJeffrey E. Young 44 min
Free WillOrvos-Tóth Noémi 44 minMore topics
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