35 Books like Spark

The Real Happy Pill

by Anders Hansen • 2016

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

3.97

8k+

🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Real Happy Pill 98%

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

by Anders Hansen 2016

3.97

8k+ ratings

🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Move The Body, Heal The Mind

by Jennifer Heisz • 2022

Why exercise works like antidepressants: a neuroscientist's guide and a starter plan for gym haters.

3.81

2k+

💊 Exercise As Medicine 🧠 Exercise Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity

Move The Body, Heal The Mind 98%

Why exercise works like antidepressants: a neuroscientist's guide and a starter plan for gym haters.

by Jennifer Heisz 2022

3.81

2k+ ratings

💊 Exercise As Medicine 🧠 Exercise Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity

Think Smart

by Richard Restak • 2009

Six months of aerobics grows the brain. A neuroscientist reveals what else works.

3.74

605

🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧠 Brain Health ⚡ Cognitive Enhancement

Think Smart 97%

Six months of aerobics grows the brain. A neuroscientist reveals what else works.

by Richard Restak 2009

3.74

605 ratings

🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧠 Brain Health ⚡ Cognitive Enhancement

Healthy Brain, Happy Life

by Wendy Suzuki • 2015

The science behind why sweating makes you smarter, calmer, and more creative.

3.65

2k+

🧠 Brain Health 🏃 Exercise Neuroscience 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

Healthy Brain, Happy Life 97%

The science behind why sweating makes you smarter, calmer, and more creative.

by Wendy Suzuki 2015

3.65

2k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🏃 Exercise Neuroscience 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

Strong Brains, Sharp Minds

by Michael C. Patterson • 2014

Your brain stays plastic for life. The daily domains that decide whether it strengthens or fades.

5.00

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Strong Brains, Sharp Minds 97%

Your brain stays plastic for life. The daily domains that decide whether it strengthens or fades.

by Michael C. Patterson 2014

5.00

1 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Brain

by Elizabeth R. Ricker • 2025

No manual came with your brain. Here are the daily habits, mental workouts, and early warnings.

4.09

🧠 Brain Health 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🔄 Daily Habits

Brain 96%

No manual came with your brain. Here are the daily habits, mental workouts, and early warnings.

by Elizabeth R. Ricker 2025

4.09

54 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🔄 Daily Habits

Smarter

by Dan Hurley • 2013

IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.

3.49

806

🧠 Brain Training 🚀 Cognitive Enhancement 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Smarter 96%

IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.

by Dan Hurley 2013

3.49

806 ratings

🧠 Brain Training 🚀 Cognitive Enhancement 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Soft-Wired

by Michael Merzenich • 2013

Brain plasticity can work for you or against you. The difference is in your daily habits.

3.98

379

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧩 Brain Training

Soft-Wired 96%

Brain plasticity can work for you or against you. The difference is in your daily habits.

by Michael Merzenich 2013

3.98

379 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧩 Brain Training

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon

by Rahul Jandial • 2019

A brain surgeon on protecting your mind: sleep, fasting, a second language work; brain games don't.

4.11

4k+

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Popular Neuroscience

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon Summary

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon 96%

A brain surgeon on protecting your mind: sleep, fasting, a second language work; brain games don't.

by Rahul Jandial 2019

4.11

4k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Popular Neuroscience

The Age-Proof Brain

by Marc Milstein • 2022

Your brain's age isn't fixed: the everyday habits that can make it younger, starting today.

4.27

1k+

🧠 Brain Aging 🏥 Lifestyle Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Age-Proof Brain 96%

Your brain's age isn't fixed: the everyday habits that can make it younger, starting today.

by Marc Milstein 2022

4.27

1k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Aging 🏥 Lifestyle Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The First 20 Minutes

by Gretchen Reynolds • 2012

Why moderate, steady exercise beats brutal workouts, and how the right recovery fuels aging well.

3.80

5k+

🧬 Exercise Science ⏳ Longevity Fitness 🧠 Brain Health

The First 20 Minutes 96%

Why moderate, steady exercise beats brutal workouts, and how the right recovery fuels aging well.

by Gretchen Reynolds 2012

3.80

5k+ ratings

🧬 Exercise Science ⏳ Longevity Fitness 🧠 Brain Health

Build a Better Brain

by Peter Hollins • 2019

Rewire your brain for discipline and courage using the same biological loop that forms bad habits.

4.14

399

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏋️ Brain Training 🔄 Habit Formation

Build a Better Brain 96%

Rewire your brain for discipline and courage using the same biological loop that forms bad habits.

by Peter Hollins 2019

4.14

399 ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏋️ Brain Training 🔄 Habit Formation

The Brain That Changes Itself

by Norman Doidge • 2007

Paralyzed arm moved after 45 years. Phantom pain vanished in a mirror. The brain rewires itself.

4.20

40k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 💪 Stroke Recovery 🤕 Pain Science

The Brain That Changes Itself 96%

Paralyzed arm moved after 45 years. Phantom pain vanished in a mirror. The brain rewires itself.

by Norman Doidge 2007

4.20

40k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 💪 Stroke Recovery 🤕 Pain Science

Rewire Your Brain 2.0

by John B. Arden • 2023

Change your diet, movement, sleep, and social ties to retrain the brain from anxiety and depression.

3.89

🧠 Neuroplasticity 😟 Anxiety Management 🌧️ Depression Recovery

Rewire Your Brain 2.0 96%

Change your diet, movement, sleep, and social ties to retrain the brain from anxiety and depression.

by John B. Arden 2023

3.89

63 ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 😟 Anxiety Management 🌧️ Depression Recovery

Making a Good Brain Great

by Daniel G. Amen • 2005

The complete program a psychiatrist uses to keep your brain sharp, calm, and resilient for life.

3.86

988

🧠 Brain Health ⚡ Cognitive Enhancement 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Making a Good Brain Great 96%

The complete program a psychiatrist uses to keep your brain sharp, calm, and resilient for life.

by Daniel G. Amen 2005

3.86

988 ratings

🧠 Brain Health ⚡ Cognitive Enhancement 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Brain Power

by Michael J. Gelb • 2011

Cognitive decline is not inevitable. The habits that keep your mind decades younger than your body.

3.73

284

🧠 Cognitive Aging 🏥 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Brain Power 96%

Cognitive decline is not inevitable. The habits that keep your mind decades younger than your body.

by Michael J. Gelb 2011

3.73

284 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Aging 🏥 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Endure

by Alex Hutchinson • 2018

Your body can go further than your brain will allow. The science of overriding that veto.

4.12

20k+

🧪 Sports Science 🏃 Human Performance 🧠 Brain-Body Connection

Endure 96%

Your body can go further than your brain will allow. The science of overriding that veto.

by Alex Hutchinson 2018

4.12

20k+ ratings

🧪 Sports Science 🏃 Human Performance 🧠 Brain-Body Connection

The Changing Mind

by Daniel J. Levitin • 2020

The brain's late bloom: what improves with age, and how to accelerate it.

3.93

4k+

🧬 Healthy Aging 🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Changing Mind 95%

The brain's late bloom: what improves with age, and how to accelerate it.

by Daniel J. Levitin 2020

3.93

4k+ ratings

🧬 Healthy Aging 🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Joy of Movement

by Kelly McGonigal • 2019

The runner's high isn't a side effect. It was the point all along.

3.83

4k+

🏃 Exercise Psychology 🏃‍♂️ Runner'S High 🪩 Collective Movement

The Joy of Movement 95%

The runner's high isn't a side effect. It was the point all along.

by Kelly McGonigal 2019

3.83

4k+ ratings

🏃 Exercise Psychology 🏃‍♂️ Runner'S High 🪩 Collective Movement

The Working Memory Advantage

by Tracy Packiam Alloway • 2013

Grades, self-control, and success: working memory predicts them better than IQ, and it's trainable.

3.37

144

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🧩 Executive Function 🏋️ Brain Training

The Working Memory Advantage 95%

Grades, self-control, and success: working memory predicts them better than IQ, and it's trainable.

by Tracy Packiam Alloway 2013

3.37

144 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🧩 Executive Function 🏋️ Brain Training

Keep Sharp

by Sanjay Gupta • 2021

Exercise can cut your dementia risk in half. A neurosurgeon on the other changes that matter.

4.08

12k+

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Keep Sharp 95%

Exercise can cut your dementia risk in half. A neurosurgeon on the other changes that matter.

by Sanjay Gupta 2021

4.08

12k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Biohack Your Brain

by Kristen Willeumier • 2020

New brain cells, at any age. The diet, exercise, and supplement protocol that triggers them.

3.87

913

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity ⚙️ Biohacking

Biohack Your Brain 95%

New brain cells, at any age. The diet, exercise, and supplement protocol that triggers them.

by Kristen Willeumier 2020

3.87

913 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity ⚙️ Biohacking

Rewire Your Brain

by John B. Arden • 2010

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

3.88

1k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction

Rewire Your Brain 95%

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

by John B. Arden 2010

3.88

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction

The Balanced Brain

by Camilla Nord • 2024

Your brain predicts your mood before you feel it, and often gets it wrong.

3.93

484

🧘 Mind-Body Connection 😌 Affective Science 🔮 Predictive Processing

The Balanced Brain 95%

Your brain predicts your mood before you feel it, and often gets it wrong.

by Camilla Nord 2024

3.93

484 ratings

🧘 Mind-Body Connection 😌 Affective Science 🔮 Predictive Processing

Brain Hacks

by Adams Media • 2017

Your diet, your workout, your bedtime: 200 science-backed levers for a faster, sharper brain.

3.09

287

🧠 Brain Health 🏋️ Cognitive Fitness 🥑 Brain Nutrition

Brain Hacks 95%

Your diet, your workout, your bedtime: 200 science-backed levers for a faster, sharper brain.

by Adams Media 2017

3.09

287 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🏋️ Cognitive Fitness 🥑 Brain Nutrition

A User's Guide to the Brain

by John J. Ratey • 2001

Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.

4.04

2k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness

A User's Guide to the Brain 95%

Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.

by John J. Ratey 2001

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness

The Brain's Way of Healing

by Norman Doidge • 2015

Chronic pain, Parkinson's, brain trauma: the brain can heal itself. The methods don't require drugs.

4.20

6k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 Neurological Healing 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

The Brain's Way of Healing 95%

Chronic pain, Parkinson's, brain trauma: the brain can heal itself. The methods don't require drugs.

by Norman Doidge 2015

4.20

6k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 Neurological Healing 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

Brain Rules

by John Medina • 2008

Your attention lasts ten minutes. What your brain actually needs to learn, sleep, and work.

4.01

35k+

🧠 Brain-Based Productivity 📚 Evidence-Based Learning 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

Brain Rules 95%

Your attention lasts ten minutes. What your brain actually needs to learn, sleep, and work.

by John Medina 2008

4.01

35k+ ratings

🧠 Brain-Based Productivity 📚 Evidence-Based Learning 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

Use Your Brain to Change Your Age

by Daniel G. Amen • 2012

The brain-first anti-aging plan: use diet, exercise, and mental training to reset your body's clock.

3.89

903

🧠 Brain Health ⏳ Anti-Aging Strategies 🥗 Nutrition For Brain

Use Your Brain to Change Your Age Summary

Use Your Brain to Change Your Age 95%

The brain-first anti-aging plan: use diet, exercise, and mental training to reset your body's clock.

by Daniel G. Amen 2012

3.89

903 ratings

🧠 Brain Health ⏳ Anti-Aging Strategies 🥗 Nutrition For Brain

Brain Rules for Aging Well

by John Medina • 2017

Retirement erodes the brain. So does loneliness. The everyday habits that reverse the damage.

4.11

867

🧠 Cognitive Aging 🤝 Social Neuroscience 🛡️ Dementia Prevention

Brain Rules for Aging Well 95%

Retirement erodes the brain. So does loneliness. The everyday habits that reverse the damage.

by John Medina 2017

4.11

867 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Aging 🤝 Social Neuroscience 🛡️ Dementia Prevention

Magnificent Mind at Any Age

by Daniel G. Amen • 2008

The brain circuits that drive or derail your life, and the natural protocols to balance them.

3.89

837

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility 🏋️ Resilience Training

Magnificent Mind at Any Age 95%

The brain circuits that drive or derail your life, and the natural protocols to balance them.

by Daniel G. Amen 2008

3.89

837 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility 🏋️ Resilience Training

The Brain

by Marco Magrini • 2017

Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.

4.12

705

🧠 Brain Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💪 Brain Health

The Brain 95%

Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.

by Marco Magrini 2017

4.12

705 ratings

🧠 Brain Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💪 Brain Health

Exercise For The Brain

by Jason Scotts • 2013

A menu of 70 sensory jolts that force your brain off autopilot and build cognitive reserve.

3.48

162

🧠 Brain Health 💪 Cognitive Fitness 📝 Memory Improvement

Exercise For The Brain 95%

A menu of 70 sensory jolts that force your brain off autopilot and build cognitive reserve.

by Jason Scotts 2013

3.48

162 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 💪 Cognitive Fitness 📝 Memory Improvement

The End of Mental Illness

by Daniel G. Amen • 2020

Mental illness is a misnomer. Brain scans reveal physical damage, and brain health can reverse it.

4.02

2k+

🧠 Brain Health 🔬 Brain Imaging 🩺 Functional Medicine

The End of Mental Illness 95%

Mental illness is a misnomer. Brain scans reveal physical damage, and brain health can reverse it.

by Daniel G. Amen 2020

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔬 Brain Imaging 🩺 Functional Medicine

Memory Rescue

by Daniel G. Amen • 2017

Eleven modifiable threats drive memory loss. A framework reverses them.

4.05

677

🧠 Brain Health 💭 Memory Improvement ⚠️ Cognitive Decline

Memory Rescue 95%

Eleven modifiable threats drive memory loss. A framework reverses them.

by Daniel G. Amen 2017

4.05

677 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 💭 Memory Improvement ⚠️ Cognitive Decline

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