22 Books like How We Decide

The Art of Risk

by Kayt Sukel • 2016

Risk is a brain calculation, not a character trait. The neurobiology of better decisions.

3.56

141

🧐 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Neuroscience Of Choice 🔍 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Emotional Regulation 📈 Stress And Performance

The Art of Risk 97%

Risk is a brain calculation, not a character trait. The neurobiology of better decisions.

by Kayt Sukel 2016

3.56

141 ratings

🧐 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Neuroscience Of Choice 🔍 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Emotional Regulation 📈 Stress And Performance

Mindware

by Richard E. Nisbett • 2015

You don't perceive reality. You construct it, using mental shortcuts you never knew you had.

3.75

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 💰 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Decision Science 🌏 Cultural Psychology

Mindware 97%

You don't perceive reality. You construct it, using mental shortcuts you never knew you had.

by Richard E. Nisbett 2015

3.75

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 💰 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Decision Science 🌏 Cultural Psychology

The Social Animal

by David Brooks • 2011

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

3.86

24k+

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤝 Social Brain 💭 Unconscious Processes 🫀 Emotional Intelligence 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Social Animal 97%

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

by David Brooks 2011

3.86

24k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤝 Social Brain 💭 Unconscious Processes 🫀 Emotional Intelligence 📊 Behavioral Economics

Irrationality

by Stuart Sutherland • 1992

Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.

3.91

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Decision Science 📊 Statistical Thinking 👥 Social Conformity 🎭 Emotional Biases

Irrationality 96%

Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.

by Stuart Sutherland 1992

3.91

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Decision Science 📊 Statistical Thinking 👥 Social Conformity 🎭 Emotional Biases

What We Value

by Emily Falk • 2025

A single neural circuit prices every choice, from lunch to life partners. Adjust the inputs.

3.62

502

🔬 Neuroeconomics 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🔄 Behavior Change 🎯 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence

What We Value 96%

A single neural circuit prices every choice, from lunch to life partners. Adjust the inputs.

by Emily Falk 2025

3.62

502 ratings

🔬 Neuroeconomics 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🔄 Behavior Change 🎯 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence

How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room

by Jacob Burak • 2013

The hidden rules of trust, rivalry, and happiness that your brain follows without your permission.

3.61

🧠 Behavioral Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Behavioral Economics 😊 Happiness Research

How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room Summary

How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room 96%

The hidden rules of trust, rivalry, and happiness that your brain follows without your permission.

by Jacob Burak 2013

3.61

74 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Behavioral Economics 😊 Happiness Research

Psych

by Paul Bloom • 2023

How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.

4.14

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👶 Child Development

Psych 96%

How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.

by Paul Bloom 2023

4.14

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👶 Child Development

Before You Know It

by John A. Bargh • 2017

Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.

4.02

2k+

🧠 Unconscious Mind 👥 Social Psychology ⚖️ Dual Process Theory 🔥 Embodied Cognition 🌍 Cultural Conditioning

Before You Know It 96%

Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.

by John A. Bargh 2017

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Mind 👥 Social Psychology ⚖️ Dual Process Theory 🔥 Embodied Cognition 🌍 Cultural Conditioning

Why We Make Mistakes

by Joseph T. Hallinan • 2009

Your brain edits reality, rewrites your memories, and is certain you're above average.

3.91

9k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics ✅ Error Reduction 🎯 Attention Management 🧩 Memory Fallibility

Why We Make Mistakes 96%

Your brain edits reality, rewrites your memories, and is certain you're above average.

by Joseph T. Hallinan 2009

3.91

9k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics ✅ Error Reduction 🎯 Attention Management 🧩 Memory Fallibility

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite

by David DiSalvo • 2011

Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.

3.83

4k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📉 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Delayed Gratification 🎮 Self-Control

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite Summary

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite 96%

Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.

by David DiSalvo 2011

3.83

4k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📉 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Delayed Gratification 🎮 Self-Control

Thinking Fast and Slow in 30 Minutes - The Expert Guide to Daniel Kahneman's Critically Acclaimed Book

by The 30 Minute Expert Series • 2013

You jump to conclusions because you're wired to. Those jumps follow a script you can learn.

3.87

📉 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🗺 Heuristics 🔬 Dual Process Theory 💸 Loss Aversion

Thinking Fast and Slow in 30 Minutes - The Expert Guide to Daniel Kahneman's Critically Acclaimed Book Summary

Thinking Fast and Slow in 30 Minutes - The Expert Guide to Daniel Kahneman's Critically Acclaimed Book 96%

You jump to conclusions because you're wired to. Those jumps follow a script you can learn.

by The 30 Minute Expert Series 2013

3.87

31 ratings

📉 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🗺 Heuristics 🔬 Dual Process Theory 💸 Loss Aversion

A Mind of Its Own

by Cordelia Fine • 2005

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

3.86

3k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology 📊 Decision Science 🤔 Motivated Reasoning

A Mind of Its Own 95%

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

by Cordelia Fine 2005

3.86

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology 📊 Decision Science 🤔 Motivated Reasoning

Thinking and Deciding

by Jonathan Baron • 2007

A psychologist's guide to mental shortcuts that fail, and the rules that repair them.

4.06

320

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧱 Mental Models 📊 Decision Frameworks ⚙️ Productivity Methods 🧩 Problem Solving

Thinking and Deciding 95%

A psychologist's guide to mental shortcuts that fail, and the rules that repair them.

by Jonathan Baron 2007

4.06

320 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧱 Mental Models 📊 Decision Frameworks ⚙️ Productivity Methods 🧩 Problem Solving

Know Thyself

by Stephen M. Fleming • 2021

Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.

3.86

357

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🗣️ Social Cognition 🤔 Metacognition 🧮 Bayesian Brain 🔮 Predictive Processing

Know Thyself 95%

Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.

by Stephen M. Fleming 2021

3.86

357 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🗣️ Social Cognition 🤔 Metacognition 🧮 Bayesian Brain 🔮 Predictive Processing

The Little Black Book of Decision Making

by Michael Nicholas • 2017

Stress hijacks your best thinking. Here is how to rewire attention and make smarter decisions.

3.77

126

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Decision Science 🧘 Mindfulness For Work 👁️ Attention Management ❤️ Emotional Regulation

The Little Black Book of Decision Making Summary

The Little Black Book of Decision Making 95%

Stress hijacks your best thinking. Here is how to rewire attention and make smarter decisions.

by Michael Nicholas 2017

3.77

126 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Decision Science 🧘 Mindfulness For Work 👁️ Attention Management ❤️ Emotional Regulation

100 mental models

by Wisdom Theory

Why a hundred borrowed concepts from physics, economics, and psychology beat expertise alone.

4.00

105

🧠 Mental Models 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🧭 Decision Frameworks 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Behavioral Economics

100 mental models 95%

Why a hundred borrowed concepts from physics, economics, and psychology beat expertise alone.

by Wisdom Theory

4.00

105 ratings

🧠 Mental Models 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🧭 Decision Frameworks 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Behavioral Economics

Nonsense

by Jamie Holmes • 2015

Certainty is a trap. What not knowing does for creativity, smarter choices, and avoiding disaster.

3.61

1k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🏢 Organizational Learning 🤔 Intellectual Humility

Nonsense 95%

Certainty is a trap. What not knowing does for creativity, smarter choices, and avoiding disaster.

by Jamie Holmes 2015

3.61

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🏢 Organizational Learning 🤔 Intellectual Humility

Sway

by Ori Brafman • 2008

Seven invisible biases that make rational people overpay, overstay, and reject free money.

3.78

20k+

💰 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Value Perception 🗣️ Groupthink 🎯 Incentive Design

Sway 95%

Seven invisible biases that make rational people overpay, overstay, and reject free money.

by Ori Brafman 2008

3.78

20k+ ratings

💰 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Value Perception 🗣️ Groupthink 🎯 Incentive Design

The Empathy Effect

by Helen Riess • 2018

Your brain misfires with strangers. A clinician's seven-part method for fixing the empathy circuit.

3.81

275

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🧬 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🎯 Empathy Training 🎭 Cognitive Bias 💖 Self-Compassion

The Empathy Effect 95%

Your brain misfires with strangers. A clinician's seven-part method for fixing the empathy circuit.

by Helen Riess 2018

3.81

275 ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🧬 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🎯 Empathy Training 🎭 Cognitive Bias 💖 Self-Compassion

The Influential Mind

by Tali Sharot • 2017

Facts alone rarely change minds. The brain has a backdoor, and influence knows where it is.

3.91

3k+

🧠 Behavioral Science 🎯 Influence Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Emotional Influence 👥 Social Influence

The Influential Mind 95%

Facts alone rarely change minds. The brain has a backdoor, and influence knows where it is.

by Tali Sharot 2017

3.91

3k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Science 🎯 Influence Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Emotional Influence 👥 Social Influence

La vida secreta de la mente

by Mariano Sigman • 2015

Decisions begin unconsciously before you're aware; consciousness just invents the story afterward.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Brain Plasticity 👶 Infant Cognition 😴 Sleep And Memory 🎓 Neuroeducation

La vida secreta de la mente 95%

Decisions begin unconsciously before you're aware; consciousness just invents the story afterward.

by Mariano Sigman 2015

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Brain Plasticity 👶 Infant Cognition 😴 Sleep And Memory 🎓 Neuroeducation

Third Millennium Thinking

by Saul Perlmutter • 2024

Probability over certainty, groups over lone genius: a Nobel physicist's toolkit for clear thinking.

3.66

339

🔬 Scientific Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 👥 Collective Intelligence 📰 Information Literacy

Third Millennium Thinking 95%

Probability over certainty, groups over lone genius: a Nobel physicist's toolkit for clear thinking.

by Saul Perlmutter 2024

3.66

339 ratings

🔬 Scientific Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 👥 Collective Intelligence 📰 Information Literacy

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