🎲 Addiction To Risk

Books about the compulsive pursuit of danger, speculation, or high-stakes thrills — where the adrenaline itself becomes the substance of choice.

Gambler

by Billy Walters • 2023

His betting system beat every casino in Vegas. An insider trading conviction did what they couldn't.

3.82

4k+

🎲 Sports Betting 🎰 Professional Gambling 📉 Insider Trading 📊 Risk Management 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Gambler 89%

His betting system beat every casino in Vegas. An insider trading conviction did what they couldn't.

by Billy Walters 2023

3.82

4k+ ratings

🎲 Sports Betting 🎰 Professional Gambling 📉 Insider Trading 📊 Risk Management 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Molly's Game

by Molly Bloom • 2014

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

3.84

25k+

🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

Molly's Game 89%

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

by Molly Bloom 2014

3.84

25k+ ratings

🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

Whale Hunt in the Desert

by Deke Castleman • 2004

Steve Cyr, the Vegas host who hooks whales with comps and psychology until they crash.

3.77

401

🔍 Exposé 🎰 Casino Industry 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 🎲 Gambling Addiction 📖 Gambling Memoir

Whale Hunt in the Desert 89%

Steve Cyr, the Vegas host who hooks whales with comps and psychology until they crash.

by Deke Castleman 2004

3.77

401 ratings

🔍 Exposé 🎰 Casino Industry 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 🎲 Gambling Addiction 📖 Gambling Memoir

The Easy Way to Stop Gambling

by Allen Carr • 2013

A way to stop gambling that requires no willpower, no sacrifice, and leaves you genuinely free.

4.15

129

🎰 Behavioral Addiction 🃏 Gambling Addiction 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🆓 Fear-Free Quitting 🧩 Psychological Addiction

The Easy Way to Stop Gambling 88%

A way to stop gambling that requires no willpower, no sacrifice, and leaves you genuinely free.

by Allen Carr 2013

4.15

129 ratings

🎰 Behavioral Addiction 🃏 Gambling Addiction 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🆓 Fear-Free Quitting 🧩 Psychological Addiction

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire

by Dan Conway • 2019

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

4.22

199

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation 🍸 Addiction Memoir 🎲 Risk And Reward

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire Summary

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire 87%

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

by Dan Conway 2019

4.22

199 ratings

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation 🍸 Addiction Memoir 🎲 Risk And Reward

The Wolf of Wall Street

by Jordan Belfort • 2007

His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.

3.75

39k+

📈 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Financial Crime 💊 Drug-Fueled Excess 💔 Toxic Marriage 😈 Darkly Comic

The Wolf of Wall Street 87%

His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.

by Jordan Belfort 2007

3.75

39k+ ratings

📈 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Financial Crime 💊 Drug-Fueled Excess 💔 Toxic Marriage 😈 Darkly Comic

The Biology of Desire

by Marc Lewis • 2015

Addiction is desire turned automatic, not disease. What the brain learned, it can unlearn.

4.09

2k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity 🔁 Habit Formation 🎯 Neuroscience Of Desire ⏳ Delay Discounting

The Biology of Desire 87%

Addiction is desire turned automatic, not disease. What the brain learned, it can unlearn.

by Marc Lewis 2015

4.09

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity 🔁 Habit Formation 🎯 Neuroscience Of Desire ⏳ Delay Discounting

Dopamine Nation

by Anna Lembke • 2021

Too much pleasure backfires. A psychiatrist on why your brain's reward system needs less, not more.

3.88

89k+

🧠 Dopamine Neuroscience 🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📈 Hedonic Adaptation 🌱 Addiction Recovery 🛑 Impulse Control

Dopamine Nation 87%

Too much pleasure backfires. A psychiatrist on why your brain's reward system needs less, not more.

by Anna Lembke 2021

3.88

89k+ ratings

🧠 Dopamine Neuroscience 🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📈 Hedonic Adaptation 🌱 Addiction Recovery 🛑 Impulse Control

Addiction by Design

by Natasha Dow Schüll • 2012

Machine gambling is engineered to dissolve the self. Winning is just a chance to keep playing.

4.18

1k+

🎰 Machine Gambling 🏛️ Casino Design 🧠 Addiction Studies 🧩 Behavioral Design 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Addiction by Design 87%

Machine gambling is engineered to dissolve the self. Winning is just a chance to keep playing.

by Natasha Dow Schüll 2012

4.18

1k+ ratings

🎰 Machine Gambling 🏛️ Casino Design 🧠 Addiction Studies 🧩 Behavioral Design 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Sports Betting to Win

by Steve Ward • 2011

Ten principles that turn sports betting from a hobby into a hedge fund: process over picks.

4.16

🔮 Sports Betting 📊 Trading Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🛡️ Risk Management 📋 Emotional Discipline

Sports Betting to Win 86%

Ten principles that turn sports betting from a hobby into a hedge fund: process over picks.

by Steve Ward 2011

4.16

32 ratings

🔮 Sports Betting 📊 Trading Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🛡️ Risk Management 📋 Emotional Discipline

Sidecountry

by John Branch • 2021

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

3.84

2k+

🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism 💀 Risk And Mortality

Sidecountry 86%

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

by John Branch 2021

3.84

2k+ ratings

🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism 💀 Risk And Mortality

Everybody Loses

by Danny Funt • 2026

Leagues bet on legal gambling. The payout: addiction, corruption, and a generation already hooked.

4.30

812

🎰 Sports Gambling 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚠️ Gambling Addiction 🏟️ Sports Business 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Everybody Loses 86%

Leagues bet on legal gambling. The payout: addiction, corruption, and a generation already hooked.

by Danny Funt 2026

4.30

812 ratings

🎰 Sports Gambling 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚠️ Gambling Addiction 🏟️ Sports Business 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Never Enough

by Judith Grisel • 2019

The brain never forgets a drug. A neuroscientist and former addict explains the permanent cost.

4.14

5k+

🧠 Neurobiology Of Addiction 🧪 Dopamine And Reward 🔬 Neuroplasticity 🧒 Adolescent Brain Development 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction

Never Enough 86%

The brain never forgets a drug. A neuroscientist and former addict explains the permanent cost.

by Judith Grisel 2019

4.14

5k+ ratings

🧠 Neurobiology Of Addiction 🧪 Dopamine And Reward 🔬 Neuroplasticity 🧒 Adolescent Brain Development 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction

Sharp Sports Betting

by Stanford Wong • 2001

The break-even line isn't fifty percent; it's 52.4. A quantitative playbook for clearing it.

3.67

174

🎲 Advantage Gambling 📈 Market Efficiency 📐 Kelly Criterion 💰 Bankroll Management 📊 Statistical Modeling

Sharp Sports Betting 86%

The break-even line isn't fifty percent; it's 52.4. A quantitative playbook for clearing it.

by Stanford Wong 2001

3.67

174 ratings

🎲 Advantage Gambling 📈 Market Efficiency 📐 Kelly Criterion 💰 Bankroll Management 📊 Statistical Modeling

The Compass of Pleasure

by David J. Linden • 2010

Drugs, food, sex, and charity run through the same brain circuit. What that means for addiction.

3.89

6k+

🧠 Dopamine And Reward 💉 Addiction Neurobiology 🍔 Food And The Brain 🔄 Compulsive Behaviors 🧩 Neuroplasticity

The Compass of Pleasure 86%

Drugs, food, sex, and charity run through the same brain circuit. What that means for addiction.

by David J. Linden 2010

3.89

6k+ ratings

🧠 Dopamine And Reward 💉 Addiction Neurobiology 🍔 Food And The Brain 🔄 Compulsive Behaviors 🧩 Neuroplasticity

The Age of Addiction

by David T. Courtwright • 2019

Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.

3.64

456

🧠 Attention Economy 🍔 Food Engineering 🔄 Behavioral Addiction 🏥 Public Health History ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction

The Age of Addiction 86%

Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.

by David T. Courtwright 2019

3.64

456 ratings

🧠 Attention Economy 🍔 Food Engineering 🔄 Behavioral Addiction 🏥 Public Health History ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction

The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told

by Mark Paul • 2020

Three gamblers bet their lives on a filly at 50-1, then face a cartel to collect.

4.03

3k+

🐎 Horse Racing 🏆 Underdog Sports 📚 Narrative Nonfiction 🎲 High-Stakes Gambling 🌮 Mexican Cartel

The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told Summary

The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told 86%

Three gamblers bet their lives on a filly at 50-1, then face a cartel to collect.

by Mark Paul 2020

4.03

3k+ ratings

🐎 Horse Racing 🏆 Underdog Sports 📚 Narrative Nonfiction 🎲 High-Stakes Gambling 🌮 Mexican Cartel

Video Game Addiction

by Henry Lee • 2014

Sell the console, delete the accounts, identify your triggers. A plan for quitting gaming for good.

4.40

🎮 Digital Addiction 🧠 Behavioral Addictions 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🔨 Habit Breaking 🏠 Environmental Design

Video Game Addiction 86%

Sell the console, delete the accounts, identify your triggers. A plan for quitting gaming for good.

by Henry Lee 2014

4.40

5 ratings

🎮 Digital Addiction 🧠 Behavioral Addictions 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🔨 Habit Breaking 🏠 Environmental Design

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

by Jordan Belfort • 2016

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

4.32

163

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street Summary

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street 86%

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

by Jordan Belfort 2016

4.32

163 ratings

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

Easy Money

by Ben McKenzie • 2023

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

3.95

4k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔺 Ponzi Schemes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 👔 White Collar Crime

Easy Money 86%

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

by Ben McKenzie 2023

3.95

4k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔺 Ponzi Schemes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 👔 White Collar Crime

Irresistible

by Adam Alter • 2017

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

3.85

13k+

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

Irresistible 86%

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

by Adam Alter 2017

3.85

13k+ ratings

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook

by Anna Lembke • 2024

Your brain on too much pleasure: a practical four-week protocol to reset its reward wiring.

3.99

164

🩹 Addiction Recovery 📱 Behavioral Addiction 🧠 Dopamine And Reward 📵 Digital Detox 🔬 Neuroscience Of Habits

The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook Summary

The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook 86%

Your brain on too much pleasure: a practical four-week protocol to reset its reward wiring.

by Anna Lembke 2024

3.99

164 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery 📱 Behavioral Addiction 🧠 Dopamine And Reward 📵 Digital Detox 🔬 Neuroscience Of Habits

The Sober Truth

by Lance Dodes • 2014

Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.

3.92

616

🍺 AA Criticism 🧠 Anti-Disease Model 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 💰 Rehab Industry Critique 📋 Evidence-Based Treatment

The Sober Truth 86%

Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.

by Lance Dodes 2014

3.92

616 ratings

🍺 AA Criticism 🧠 Anti-Disease Model 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 💰 Rehab Industry Critique 📋 Evidence-Based Treatment

Reborn on the Run

by Catra Corbett • 2018

Meth destroyed her life. She rebuilt it on the trail, one ultra at a time.

3.85

2k+

📖 Addiction Memoir 👟 Ultrarunning 🤝 Found Family 🌲 Nature As Healer 💔 Childhood Trauma

Reborn on the Run 86%

Meth destroyed her life. She rebuilt it on the trail, one ultra at a time.

by Catra Corbett 2018

3.85

2k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoir 👟 Ultrarunning 🤝 Found Family 🌲 Nature As Healer 💔 Childhood Trauma

The Poker Face of Wall Street

by Aaron Brown • 2006

Finance is a poker game. The rules are probability, psychology, and the well-timed bluff.

3.54

208

🛡️ Risk Management 🧠 Trading Psychology ♠️ Poker And Trading 📉 Behavioral Economics ♟️ Game Theory

The Poker Face of Wall Street 86%

Finance is a poker game. The rules are probability, psychology, and the well-timed bluff.

by Aaron Brown 2006

3.54

208 ratings

🛡️ Risk Management 🧠 Trading Psychology ♠️ Poker And Trading 📉 Behavioral Economics ♟️ Game Theory

Hard to Break

by Russell A. Poldrack • 2021

Dopamine doesn't just feel good. It builds habits that your conscious mind can't override.

3.57

169

🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🔄 Habit Formation 💉 Dopamine And Reward 🎮 Cognitive Control ⚡ Addiction Neuroscience

Hard to Break 86%

Dopamine doesn't just feel good. It builds habits that your conscious mind can't override.

by Russell A. Poldrack 2021

3.57

169 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🔄 Habit Formation 💉 Dopamine And Reward 🎮 Cognitive Control ⚡ Addiction Neuroscience

High Achiever

by Tiffany Jenkins • 2017

Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.

4.20

47k+

💉 Opiate Addiction 🔗 Women In Prison 🎭 Functional Addicts 🕊️ Addiction Recovery 🔫 Addiction And Crime

High Achiever 86%

Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.

by Tiffany Jenkins 2017

4.20

47k+ ratings

💉 Opiate Addiction 🔗 Women In Prison 🎭 Functional Addicts 🕊️ Addiction Recovery 🔫 Addiction And Crime

The Buy Side

by Turney Duff • 2013

He faked a mugging to hide his cocaine binge. The bottom that saved a Wall Street trader's life.

3.97

6k+

🧳 Wall Street Memoirs 🏦 Hedge Fund Culture 🍸 Wall Street Excess ❄️ Cocaine Addiction 🔄 Recovery Memoirs

The Buy Side 86%

He faked a mugging to hide his cocaine binge. The bottom that saved a Wall Street trader's life.

by Turney Duff 2013

3.97

6k+ ratings

🧳 Wall Street Memoirs 🏦 Hedge Fund Culture 🍸 Wall Street Excess ❄️ Cocaine Addiction 🔄 Recovery Memoirs

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

265k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces 86%

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

265k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

Tiger Woods

by Jeff Benedict • 2018

His father forged golf's greatest champion. He also planted the seeds of a spectacular unraveling.

4.36

11k+

📰 Sports Scandals 🎭 Parental Pressure 🌟 Child Prodigies 🎯 Perfectionism 👨‍👦 Paternal Influence

Tiger Woods 86%

His father forged golf's greatest champion. He also planted the seeds of a spectacular unraveling.

by Jeff Benedict 2018

4.36

11k+ ratings

📰 Sports Scandals 🎭 Parental Pressure 🌟 Child Prodigies 🎯 Perfectionism 👨‍👦 Paternal Influence

The Hacking of the American Mind

by Robert H. Lustig • 2017

Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.

4.09

3k+

🧠 Brain Chemistry 💰 Corporate Manipulation 🍬 Sugar Addiction 📱 Attention Economy 😊 Happiness Studies

The Hacking of the American Mind Summary

The Hacking of the American Mind 86%

Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.

by Robert H. Lustig 2017

4.09

3k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Chemistry 💰 Corporate Manipulation 🍬 Sugar Addiction 📱 Attention Economy 😊 Happiness Studies

The Craving Mind

by Judson Brewer • 2017

One simple brain loop hooks us on cigarettes, smartphones, and love. The way out isn't willpower.

3.68

5k+

🧠 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Digital Habits 🧬 Dopamine 🔄 Habit Change 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

The Craving Mind 86%

One simple brain loop hooks us on cigarettes, smartphones, and love. The way out isn't willpower.

by Judson Brewer 2017

3.68

5k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Digital Habits 🧬 Dopamine 🔄 Habit Change 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

by Bill Mason • 2004

Rooftop break-ins, close calls, a family at home: inside the double life of a master jewel thief.

3.86

1k+

💎 Jewel Heists 🐱 Cat Burglary 🏃‍♂️ Fugitive Life 🧠 Psychology Of Crime 🎭 Double Life Stories

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief 86%

Rooftop break-ins, close calls, a family at home: inside the double life of a master jewel thief.

by Bill Mason 2004

3.86

1k+ ratings

💎 Jewel Heists 🐱 Cat Burglary 🏃‍♂️ Fugitive Life 🧠 Psychology Of Crime 🎭 Double Life Stories

Addicted to Drama

by Scott Lyons • 2023

Chaos can be an addiction: tolerance grows, withdrawal burns, relapse repeats. How to heal it.

3.90

250

🧸 Developmental Trauma 🔁 Behavioral Addiction 🧠 Nervous System Regulation 🚧 Boundary Setting 🤲 Somatic Psychology

Addicted to Drama 86%

Chaos can be an addiction: tolerance grows, withdrawal burns, relapse repeats. How to heal it.

by Scott Lyons 2023

3.90

250 ratings

🧸 Developmental Trauma 🔁 Behavioral Addiction 🧠 Nervous System Regulation 🚧 Boundary Setting 🤲 Somatic Psychology

On the Edge

by Nate Silver • 2024

One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.

3.66

6k+

🎲 Risk Cultures 📊 Quantitative Thinking 🎮 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚔️ Culture Wars

On the Edge 86%

One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.

by Nate Silver 2024

3.66

6k+ ratings

🎲 Risk Cultures 📊 Quantitative Thinking 🎮 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚔️ Culture Wars

The Urge

by Carl Erik Fisher • 2022

Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.

4.03

2k+

📜 History Of Addiction 🏥 History Of Medicine 💊 Drug Policy 🧠 Weakness Of Will 💰 Behavioral Economics

The Urge 86%

Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.

by Carl Erik Fisher 2022

4.03

2k+ ratings

📜 History Of Addiction 🏥 History Of Medicine 💊 Drug Policy 🧠 Weakness Of Will 💰 Behavioral Economics

Addiction and Grace

by Gerald G. May • 1988

Addiction is spiritual hunger, aimed wrong. Willpower was never going to be enough.

4.20

2k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🙏 Spiritual Psychology ✝️ Christian Mysticism 💔 Attachment And Desire 🔄 Habit And Compulsion

Addiction and Grace 86%

Addiction is spiritual hunger, aimed wrong. Willpower was never going to be enough.

by Gerald G. May 1988

4.20

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🙏 Spiritual Psychology ✝️ Christian Mysticism 💔 Attachment And Desire 🔄 Habit And Compulsion

Attention

by Casey Schwartz • 2020

Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.

3.12

394

🏪 Attention Economy 💊 Prescription Stimulants 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Trauma And Focus 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Attention 85%

Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.

by Casey Schwartz 2020

3.12

394 ratings

🏪 Attention Economy 💊 Prescription Stimulants 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Trauma And Focus 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll • 1978

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

3.99

32k+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

The Basketball Diaries 85%

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

by Jim Carroll 1978

3.99

32k+ ratings

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

Against the Gods

by Peter L. Bernstein • 1996

The modern world began when humans stopped blaming the gods and started calculating the odds.

3.95

15k+

🛡️ Risk Management 📜 Financial History 🎲 Probability Theory 🏛️ Intellectual History 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Against the Gods 85%

The modern world began when humans stopped blaming the gods and started calculating the odds.

by Peter L. Bernstein 1996

3.95

15k+ ratings

🛡️ Risk Management 📜 Financial History 🎲 Probability Theory 🏛️ Intellectual History 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Basketball Junkie

by Chris Herren • 2011

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

4.11

2k+

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

Basketball Junkie 85%

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

by Chris Herren 2011

4.11

2k+ ratings

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

Flash

by Charles Duchaussois • 1971

A scarred Frenchman rides the hippie trail into opium and addiction's abyss.

4.31

2k+

💉 Drug Memoir 🛤️ Hippie Trail 🌀 Addiction Spiral 🚬 Outsider Antihero ☮️ 1960s Counterculture

Flash 85%

A scarred Frenchman rides the hippie trail into opium and addiction's abyss.

by Charles Duchaussois 1971

4.31

2k+ ratings

💉 Drug Memoir 🛤️ Hippie Trail 🌀 Addiction Spiral 🚬 Outsider Antihero ☮️ 1960s Counterculture

When Genius Failed

by Roger Lowenstein • 2000

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

4.20

32k+

🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Model Risk ⛓️ Systemic Risk

When Genius Failed 85%

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

by Roger Lowenstein 2000

4.20

32k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Model Risk ⛓️ Systemic Risk

Tweak

by Nic Sheff • 2008

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

3.99

48k+

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

Tweak 85%

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

by Nic Sheff 2008

3.99

48k+ ratings

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

In the Shadows of the Net

by Patrick J. Carnes • 2001

The Internet's secret architecture for addiction, and a two-part plan to dismantle its hold on you.

3.85

121

🌐 Internet Addiction ⚠️ Sexual Compulsion 🔞 Porn Addiction 🪜 12-Step Recovery 🛡️ Relapse Prevention

In the Shadows of the Net 85%

The Internet's secret architecture for addiction, and a two-part plan to dismantle its hold on you.

by Patrick J. Carnes 2001

3.85

121 ratings

🌐 Internet Addiction ⚠️ Sexual Compulsion 🔞 Porn Addiction 🪜 12-Step Recovery 🛡️ Relapse Prevention

Gnar Country

by Steven Kotler • 2023

Aging is a high-risk, high-reward sport. A peak-performance scientist proves it on the slopes.

3.56

309

🏔️ Aging And Vitality 🌊 Flow State 🧠 Sports Psychology 🧩 Skill Acquisition ⛓️ Risk Taking

Gnar Country 85%

Aging is a high-risk, high-reward sport. A peak-performance scientist proves it on the slopes.

by Steven Kotler 2023

3.56

309 ratings

🏔️ Aging And Vitality 🌊 Flow State 🧠 Sports Psychology 🧩 Skill Acquisition ⛓️ Risk Taking

Your Brain on Porn

by Gary Wilson • 2014

Internet porn overloads ancient brain wiring. The result: sexual dysfunction in healthy young men.

4.21

8k+

🎬 Porn Addiction 💻 Internet Addiction 🧠 Brain Reward 💔 Sexual Dysfunction 🔄 Compulsive Behavior

Your Brain on Porn 85%

Internet porn overloads ancient brain wiring. The result: sexual dysfunction in healthy young men.

by Gary Wilson 2014

4.21

8k+ ratings

🎬 Porn Addiction 💻 Internet Addiction 🧠 Brain Reward 💔 Sexual Dysfunction 🔄 Compulsive Behavior

Antifragile

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

4.10

58k+

🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Antifragile 85%

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012

4.10

58k+ ratings

🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Driver

by Alexander Roy • 2007

He built a fake police car to break the 32-hour record his father never finished.

4.08

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🏎️ Underground Car Culture 🚗 Gonzo Road Trips 👨‍👦 Father-Son Legacy ⏱️ Speed Records 🏁 Amateur Racing

The Driver 85%

He built a fake police car to break the 32-hour record his father never finished.

by Alexander Roy 2007

4.08

666 ratings

🏎️ Underground Car Culture 🚗 Gonzo Road Trips 👨‍👦 Father-Son Legacy ⏱️ Speed Records 🏁 Amateur Racing

The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently

by Allen Carr • 1995

Smoking only relieved the need smoking created. Grasp that, and the desire vanishes.

4.20

520

🚭 Smoking Cessation 🚬 Nicotine Addiction 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Quit Without Willpower 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently Summary

The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently 85%

Smoking only relieved the need smoking created. Grasp that, and the desire vanishes.

by Allen Carr 1995

4.20

520 ratings

🚭 Smoking Cessation 🚬 Nicotine Addiction 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Quit Without Willpower 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

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