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🧠 Memory Unreliability

Stories and studies that confront the uncomfortable truth that memory is a storyteller, not a recorder — reshaping the past with every act of remembering.
Pieces of Light
by Charles Fernyhough • 2012
Your memories aren't recordings; they're stories rebuilt fresh each time, and the edit never ends.
3.53
468
🧠 Autobiographical Memory🧩 Reconstructive Memory🪞 False Memories
Pieces of Light Summary
Pieces of Light 91%
Your memories aren't recordings; they're stories rebuilt fresh each time, and the edit never ends.
by Charles Fernyhough 2012
3.53
468 ratings
🧠 Autobiographical Memory🧩 Reconstructive Memory🪞 False Memories
Forgetting
by Scott A. Small • 2021
Forgetting is not a glitch: it is biology's tool for intelligence, resilience, and imagination.
3.76
554
🧠 Memory And Forgetting🧬 Cognitive Neuroscience❤️‍🩹 Emotional Regulation
Forgetting Summary
Forgetting 90%
Forgetting is not a glitch: it is biology's tool for intelligence, resilience, and imagination.
by Scott A. Small 2021
3.76
554 ratings
🧠 Memory And Forgetting🧬 Cognitive Neuroscience❤️‍🩹 Emotional Regulation
The Memory Illusion
by Julia Shaw • 2016
You can be led to remember a crime you never committed; the method is just conversation.
3.94
2k+
🔍 False Memories🧠 Reconstructive Memory⚖️ Eyewitness Testimony
The Memory Illusion Summary
The Memory Illusion 90%
You can be led to remember a crime you never committed; the method is just conversation.
by Julia Shaw 2016
3.94
2k+ ratings
🔍 False Memories🧠 Reconstructive Memory⚖️ Eyewitness Testimony
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition
by Daniel L. Schacter • 2001
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
3.88
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🔬 Memory Science📉 Forgetting
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition Summary
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition 89%
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
by Daniel L. Schacter 2001
3.88
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🔬 Memory Science📉 Forgetting
Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories
by Young-ha Kim • 2019
An Alzheimer's-stricken serial killer must outwit the murderer he sees in his daughter's boyfriend.
3.71
13k+
🎭 Psychological Thriller🤔 Unreliable Narrator🧠 Memory Loss
Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories Summary
Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories 89%
An Alzheimer's-stricken serial killer must outwit the murderer he sees in his daughter's boyfriend.
by Young-ha Kim 2019
3.71
13k+ ratings
🎭 Psychological Thriller🤔 Unreliable Narrator🧠 Memory Loss
How to Change a Memory
by Steve Ramirez • 2025
Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.
4.17
54
🧠 Memory Science🎭 False Memories💔 Memory And Trauma
How to Change a Memory Summary
How to Change a Memory 89%
Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.
by Steve Ramirez 2025
4.17
54 ratings
🧠 Memory Science🎭 False Memories💔 Memory And Trauma
Why We Remember
by Charan Ranganath • 2024
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
3.91
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📚 Learning Science🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
Why We Remember Summary
Why We Remember 89%
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
by Charan Ranganath 2024
3.91
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📚 Learning Science🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
Memory
by Jonathan K. Foster • 2008
What you remember is never what happened. The science of how memory rebuilds the past.
3.54
823
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🗂️ Memory Systems🧩 Reconstructive Memory
Memory Summary
Memory 89%
What you remember is never what happened. The science of how memory rebuilds the past.
by Jonathan K. Foster 2008
3.54
823 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🗂️ Memory Systems🧩 Reconstructive Memory
Travels in the Scriptorium
by Paul Auster • 2007
An amnesiac wakes in a labeled room and reads a typescript telling his story.
3.26
12k+
🪞 Metafiction🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist📖 Story Within A Story
Travels in the Scriptorium Summary
Travels in the Scriptorium 88%
An amnesiac wakes in a labeled room and reads a typescript telling his story.
by Paul Auster 2007
3.26
12k+ ratings
🪞 Metafiction🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist📖 Story Within A Story
Your Memory
by Alan Baddeley • 1982
Memory is several systems, not one. Each forgets differently, and the architecture predicts when.
3.77
271
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🔬 Memory Science🧩 Memory Systems
Your Memory Summary
Your Memory 88%
Memory is several systems, not one. Each forgets differently, and the architecture predicts when.
by Alan Baddeley 1982
3.77
271 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🔬 Memory Science🧩 Memory Systems
A Thousand Natural Shocks
by Omar Hussain • 2025
A journalist chases oblivion in a memory-erasing cult while a killer forces him to remember.
3.56
976
🧠 Psychological Thriller💊 Memory Manipulation🔍 Unreliable Narrator
A Thousand Natural Shocks Summary
A Thousand Natural Shocks 88%
A journalist chases oblivion in a memory-erasing cult while a killer forces him to remember.
by Omar Hussain 2025
3.56
976 ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller💊 Memory Manipulation🔍 Unreliable Narrator
What She Saw
by Sheila Lowe • 2013
A woman wakes on a train with no memory, hunted by a conspiracy she can’t recall.
3.82
2k+
🕳️ Amnesia👯 Twin Twist🎭 Unreliable Narrator
What She Saw Summary
What She Saw 88%
A woman wakes on a train with no memory, hunted by a conspiracy she can’t recall.
by Sheila Lowe 2013
3.82
2k+ ratings
🕳️ Amnesia👯 Twin Twist🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn • 1998
Ghosts relive Heisenberg's visit to Bohr in 1941 Copenhagen, hunting a motive that no one can fix.
3.92
7k+
👻 Memory Play🎭 Theatre Of Ideas🧪 Science And Ethics
Copenhagen Summary
Copenhagen 88%
Ghosts relive Heisenberg's visit to Bohr in 1941 Copenhagen, hunting a motive that no one can fix.
by Michael Frayn 1998
3.92
7k+ ratings
👻 Memory Play🎭 Theatre Of Ideas🧪 Science And Ethics
The Memory Palace
by Mira Bartok • 2011
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
3.55
8k+
💔 Childhood Trauma🎨 Art As Refuge🧠 Memory And Identity
The Memory Palace Summary
The Memory Palace 88%
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
by Mira Bartok 2011
3.55
8k+ ratings
💔 Childhood Trauma🎨 Art As Refuge🧠 Memory And Identity
Remember
by Lisa Genova • 2021
How memory works, why forgetting is normal, and the habits that cut Alzheimer's risk by 50%.
4.18
16k+
🧠 Memory Science🎯 Attention And Memory😴 Sleep And Brain Health
Remember Summary
Remember 88%
How memory works, why forgetting is normal, and the habits that cut Alzheimer's risk by 50%.
by Lisa Genova 2021
4.18
16k+ ratings
🧠 Memory Science🎯 Attention And Memory😴 Sleep And Brain Health
The Complete Guide to Memory
by Richard Restak • 2022
Memory isn't fixed. The neuroscience and techniques that can sharpen yours at any age.
3.67
423
🧠 Memory Science🏛️ Mnemonic Techniques💪 Brain Health
The Complete Guide to Memory Summary
The Complete Guide to Memory 88%
Memory isn't fixed. The neuroscience and techniques that can sharpen yours at any age.
by Richard Restak 2022
3.67
423 ratings
🧠 Memory Science🏛️ Mnemonic Techniques💪 Brain Health
Bubblegum
by Adam Levin • 2020
In an Internet-free America, his companion robot's cuteness tempts him to ruin his only friend.
3.76
962
📖 Metafictional Memoir🤖 Sentient Robots🕰️ Alternate Present
Bubblegum Summary
Bubblegum 88%
In an Internet-free America, his companion robot's cuteness tempts him to ruin his only friend.
by Adam Levin 2020
3.76
962 ratings
📖 Metafictional Memoir🤖 Sentient Robots🕰️ Alternate Present
Moonwalking with Einstein
by Joshua Foer • 2011
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
3.88
95k+
🧠 Memory Improvement🏰 Memory Palaces🎯 Deliberate Practice
Moonwalking with Einstein Summary
Moonwalking with Einstein 88%
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
by Joshua Foer 2011
3.88
95k+ ratings
🧠 Memory Improvement🏰 Memory Palaces🎯 Deliberate Practice
M. Butterfly
by David Henry Hwang • 1998
A French diplomat in Beijing falls for an opera singer whose love is a mask for espionage.
3.94
15k+
🎭 Memory Play👤 Unreliable Narrator👘 Cross-Dressing
M. Butterfly Summary
M. Butterfly 88%
A French diplomat in Beijing falls for an opera singer whose love is a mask for espionage.
by David Henry Hwang 1998
3.94
15k+ ratings
🎭 Memory Play👤 Unreliable Narrator👘 Cross-Dressing
The Mind's Past
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 1998
Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.
3.77
115
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Consciousness Studies⚡ Unconscious Processing
The Mind's Past Summary
The Mind's Past 88%
Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998
3.77
115 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Consciousness Studies⚡ Unconscious Processing
There Is No Antimemetics Division
by qntm • 2020
Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.
4.10
29k+
👾 Cosmic Horror📄 Bureaucratic Horror🧠 Memory Erasure
There Is No Antimemetics Division Summary
There Is No Antimemetics Division 88%
Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.
by qntm 2020
4.10
29k+ ratings
👾 Cosmic Horror📄 Bureaucratic Horror🧠 Memory Erasure
Dead in the Water
by John Marrs • 2026
After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.
3.86
37k+
🌀 Unreliable Narrator🧠 Repressed Memories🔪 Serial Killer Mind
Dead in the Water Summary
Dead in the Water 88%
After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.
by John Marrs 2026
3.86
37k+ ratings
🌀 Unreliable Narrator🧠 Repressed Memories🔪 Serial Killer Mind
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera • 1979
A dissident burns his letters, a widow chases hers, and a photograph holds a ghost.
3.94
55k+
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🔗 Interlinked Stories🗑️ Memory Erasure
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting 88%
A dissident burns his letters, a widow chases hers, and a photograph holds a ghost.
by Milan Kundera 1979
3.94
55k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🔗 Interlinked Stories🗑️ Memory Erasure
The Merge
by Grace Walker • 2025
To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.
3.69
7k+
📖 Literary Dystopia🏥 Medical Dystopia🧩 Memory Manipulation
The Merge Summary
The Merge 88%
To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.
by Grace Walker 2025
3.69
7k+ ratings
📖 Literary Dystopia🏥 Medical Dystopia🧩 Memory Manipulation
My Murder
by Katie Williams • 2023
A murder victim cloned back to life discovers her crime scene doesn't match the official story.
3.62
36k+
🧬 Clone Identity🧠 Unreliable Memory👶 Motherhood Ambivalence
My Murder Summary
My Murder 88%
A murder victim cloned back to life discovers her crime scene doesn't match the official story.
by Katie Williams 2023
3.62
36k+ ratings
🧬 Clone Identity🧠 Unreliable Memory👶 Motherhood Ambivalence
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood • 2011
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
3.84
2k+
🧩 The Constructed Self🪞 Social Identity🌍 Cultural Psychology
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion 88%
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
by Bruce M. Hood 2011
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧩 The Constructed Self🪞 Social Identity🌍 Cultural Psychology
I Think, Therefore I Lie
by Warren Archer • 2019
Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.
3.44
9
🤥 Self-Deception🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
I Think, Therefore I Lie Summary
I Think, Therefore I Lie 88%
Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.
by Warren Archer 2019
3.44
9 ratings
🤥 Self-Deception🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
The Witch Elm
by Tana French • 2018
An assault fractures his memory. A skull in his uncle's garden. The prime suspect: himself.
3.58
111k+
🖋️ Literary Crime🔍 Psychological Suspense🤥 Unreliable Narrator
The Witch Elm Summary
The Witch Elm 88%
An assault fractures his memory. A skull in his uncle's garden. The prime suspect: himself.
by Tana French 2018
3.58
111k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Crime🔍 Psychological Suspense🤥 Unreliable Narrator
My Father's Brain
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023
A cardiologist watches his father forget how to use a fork. His medical training offers nothing.
4.14
2k+
🧠 Alzheimer'S Disease📋 Dementia Care👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain 88%
A cardiologist watches his father forget how to use a fork. His medical training offers nothing.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023
4.14
2k+ ratings
🧠 Alzheimer'S Disease📋 Dementia Care👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving
The Invisible Gorilla
by Christopher Chabris • 2010
Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.
3.91
15k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Attention Management💭 Memory Fallibility
The Invisible Gorilla Summary
The Invisible Gorilla 88%
Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.
by Christopher Chabris 2010
3.91
15k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Attention Management💭 Memory Fallibility
The Spirit Engineer
by A.J. West • 2021
A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.
3.64
3k+
🖤 Unreliable Narrator🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums😱 Descent Into Madness
The Spirit Engineer Summary
The Spirit Engineer 88%
A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.
by A.J. West 2021
3.64
3k+ ratings
🖤 Unreliable Narrator🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums😱 Descent Into Madness
Numerate Life
by John Allen Paulos • 2015
Your life story is a statistical error: a mathematician breaks down why.
3.49
170
🧮 Mathematical Thinking📖 Narrative Identity📊 Statistical Reasoning
Numerate Life Summary
Numerate Life 88%
Your life story is a statistical error: a mathematician breaks down why.
by John Allen Paulos 2015
3.49
170 ratings
🧮 Mathematical Thinking📖 Narrative Identity📊 Statistical Reasoning
In Search of Memory
by Eric R. Kandel • 2006
How a sea slug's simple nervous system taught a Vienna refugee the universal recipe for memory.
4.14
5k+
🧠 Synaptic Plasticity🔬 Molecular Biology😨 Learned Fear
In Search of Memory Summary
In Search of Memory 88%
How a sea slug's simple nervous system taught a Vienna refugee the universal recipe for memory.
by Eric R. Kandel 2006
4.14
5k+ ratings
🧠 Synaptic Plasticity🔬 Molecular Biology😨 Learned Fear
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes • 2011
An unexpected bequest forces a retired man to excavate a past he has spent decades misremembering.
3.74
194k+
🖤 Unreliable Narrator🖋️ Elegiac Prose📜 Hidden Past
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending 88%
An unexpected bequest forces a retired man to excavate a past he has spent decades misremembering.
by Julian Barnes 2011
3.74
194k+ ratings
🖤 Unreliable Narrator🖋️ Elegiac Prose📜 Hidden Past
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney • 2011
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
3.86
36k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart 88%
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
by David McRaney 2011
3.86
36k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion
The Sea
by John Banville • 2005
A widowed art historian returns to the seaside boarding house where his childhood ended in drowning.
3.55
35k+
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🏖️ Tragic Summer🩺 Terminal Illness
The Sea Summary
The Sea 88%
A widowed art historian returns to the seaside boarding house where his childhood ended in drowning.
by John Banville 2005
3.55
35k+ ratings
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🏖️ Tragic Summer🩺 Terminal Illness
On Pluto
by Greg O'Brien • 2014
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
3.96
1k+
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
On Pluto Summary
On Pluto 88%
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
by Greg O'Brien 2014
3.96
1k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
Six Years
by Harlan Coben • 2013
A professor attends the funeral for his lost love's husband. A stranger is the widow.
3.85
99k+
🏠 Domestic Suspense🔍 Amateur Sleuth💔 Lost Love
Six Years Summary
Six Years 88%
A professor attends the funeral for his lost love's husband. A stranger is the widow.
by Harlan Coben 2013
3.85
99k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Suspense🔍 Amateur Sleuth💔 Lost Love
Elizabeth Is Missing
by Emma Healey • 2014
Her friend is gone. Her memory is failing. But the real mystery was buried decades ago.
3.71
72k+
🧠 Unreliable Narrator🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery📖 Literary Mystery
Elizabeth Is Missing Summary
Elizabeth Is Missing 88%
Her friend is gone. Her memory is failing. But the real mystery was buried decades ago.
by Emma Healey 2014
3.71
72k+ ratings
🧠 Unreliable Narrator🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery📖 Literary Mystery
The Paradox Hotel
by Rob Hart • 2022
A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.
3.53
11k+
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery💔 Ghost Of Lost Love🌀 Unreliable Narrator
The Paradox Hotel Summary
The Paradox Hotel 88%
A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.
by Rob Hart 2022
3.53
11k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery💔 Ghost Of Lost Love🌀 Unreliable Narrator
Sybil
by Flora Rheta Schreiber • 1973
Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.
3.99
91k+
🎭 Dissociative Identity🧒 Childhood Trauma🏥 Clinical Case Studies
Sybil Summary
Sybil 87%
Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.
by Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973
3.99
91k+ ratings
🎭 Dissociative Identity🧒 Childhood Trauma🏥 Clinical Case Studies
(The Unconsoled) [By
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 1995
A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.
3.59
19k+
🔮 Dream Logic🎹 Artist In Crisis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
(The Unconsoled) [By Summary
(The Unconsoled) [By 87%
A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1995
3.59
19k+ ratings
🔮 Dream Logic🎹 Artist In Crisis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Audition
by Katie Kitamura • 2025
When a young man claims an actress is his mother, her performed life comes undone.
3.27
51k+
🎭 Theater World🪞 Unreliable Narrator👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond
Audition Summary
Audition 87%
When a young man claims an actress is his mother, her performed life comes undone.
by Katie Kitamura 2025
3.27
51k+ ratings
🎭 Theater World🪞 Unreliable Narrator👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond
A Stranger in the House
by Shari Lapena • 2017
A wife wakes from a crash with no memory. Police are investigating her ex-husband's murder.
3.68
177k+
🏠 Domestic Thriller💭 Amnesia Mystery🎭 False Identity
A Stranger in the House Summary
A Stranger in the House 87%
A wife wakes from a crash with no memory. Police are investigating her ex-husband's murder.
by Shari Lapena 2017
3.68
177k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Thriller💭 Amnesia Mystery🎭 False Identity
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami • 1985
An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.
4.11
154k+
🪞 Parallel Worlds🎭 Fragmented Identity💭 Lost Memories
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 87%
An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.
by Haruki Murakami 1985
4.11
154k+ ratings
🪞 Parallel Worlds🎭 Fragmented Identity💭 Lost Memories
Le troisième mensonge
by Ágota Kristóf • 1991
Returning home to die, an exile's search for his twin unravels a lifetime of deceptions.
4.04
7k+
🪞 Metafiction🤥 Unreliable Narrator🧩 Fragmented Narrative
Le troisième mensonge Summary
Le troisième mensonge 87%
Returning home to die, an exile's search for his twin unravels a lifetime of deceptions.
by Ágota Kristóf 1991
4.04
7k+ ratings
🪞 Metafiction🤥 Unreliable Narrator🧩 Fragmented Narrative
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us
by Yiming Ma • 2025
A son inherits his mother's forbidden memories in an empire where remembering is a crime.
3.43
4k+
🧠 Memory Dystopia🇨🇳 Chinese Dystopia🚫 Forbidden Memories
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us Summary
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us 87%
A son inherits his mother's forbidden memories in an empire where remembering is a crime.
by Yiming Ma 2025
3.43
4k+ ratings
🧠 Memory Dystopia🇨🇳 Chinese Dystopia🚫 Forbidden Memories
The Escher Man
by T.R. Napper • 2024
A Macau hitman's syndicate is erasing his memory. The family he lost may be a lie.
3.83
434
🖤 Near-Future Noir🧠 Unreliable Narrator🔫 Hitman Protagonist
The Escher Man Summary
The Escher Man 87%
A Macau hitman's syndicate is erasing his memory. The family he lost may be a lie.
by T.R. Napper 2024
3.83
434 ratings
🖤 Near-Future Noir🧠 Unreliable Narrator🔫 Hitman Protagonist
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi • 2019
An elite theatre school, the 1980s: a teenage affair and a teacher who exploits every vulnerability.
3.12
40k+
🎭 Dark Academia🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Memory And Trauma
Trust Exercise Summary
Trust Exercise 87%
An elite theatre school, the 1980s: a teenage affair and a teacher who exploits every vulnerability.
by Susan Choi 2019
3.12
40k+ ratings
🎭 Dark Academia🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Memory And Trauma
Don't Believe Everything You Think
by Thomas Kida • 2006
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
3.82
853
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think 87%
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
by Thomas Kida 2006
3.82
853 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking
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