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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+
Before You Know It Summary
Before You Know It 91%
Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.
by John A. Bargh 2017
4.02
2k+ ratings
The Ego and the Id
by Sigmund Freud • 1923
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
3.81
13k+
The Ego and the Id Summary
The Ego and the Id 90%
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
by Sigmund Freud 1923
3.81
13k+ ratings
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
The Mind's Past Summary
The Mind's Past 90%
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
NeuroLogic
by Eliezer J. Sternberg • 2016
Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.
4.26
848
NeuroLogic Summary
NeuroLogic 90%
Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.
by Eliezer J. Sternberg 2016
4.26
848 ratings
Subliminal
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
4.05
14k+
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal 90%
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012
4.05
14k+ ratings
Life Lessons From Freud
by Brett Kahr • 2013
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
3.50
476
Life Lessons From Freud Summary
Life Lessons From Freud 90%
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
by Brett Kahr 2013
3.50
476 ratings
Incognito
by David Eagleman • 2011
Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.
4.09
35k+
Incognito Summary
Incognito 90%
Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.
by David Eagleman 2011
4.09
35k+ ratings
The User Illusion
by Tor Nørretranders • 1991
Consciousness is not a window onto reality. It's a dashboard. And it's half a second behind.
4.31
1k+
The User Illusion Summary
The User Illusion 90%
Consciousness is not a window onto reality. It's a dashboard. And it's half a second behind.
by Tor Nørretranders 1991
4.31
1k+ ratings
The Hidden Spring
by Mark Solms • 2021
Consciousness isn't a cortical achievement: it's a feeling in the brainstem, predicting uncertainty.
4.25
1k+
The Hidden Spring Summary
The Hidden Spring 89%
Consciousness isn't a cortical achievement: it's a feeling in the brainstem, predicting uncertainty.
by Mark Solms 2021
4.25
1k+ ratings
The Right Questions
by Debbie Ford • 2003
Why you sabotage your own goals: ten questions to expose default patterns and choose deliberately.
4.13
745
The Right Questions Summary
The Right Questions 89%
Why you sabotage your own goals: ten questions to expose default patterns and choose deliberately.
by Debbie Ford 2003
4.13
745 ratings
Self-Analysis
by Karen Horney • 1942
How to analyze yourself with the same tools a psychoanalyst uses, starting with free association.
4.08
939
Self-Analysis Summary
Self-Analysis 89%
How to analyze yourself with the same tools a psychoanalyst uses, starting with free association.
by Karen Horney 1942
4.08
939 ratings
The Mind is Flat
by Nick Chater • 2018
Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.
3.74
852
The Mind is Flat Summary
The Mind is Flat 89%
Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.
by Nick Chater 2018
3.74
852 ratings
Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide
by Gil Friedman • 2003
Lost keys reveal the automatic patterns that run you. A beginner's guide to waking up.
3.94
208
Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide Summary
Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide 89%
Lost keys reveal the automatic patterns that run you. A beginner's guide to waking up.
by Gil Friedman 2003
3.94
208 ratings
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought
by Erich Fromm • 1979
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
3.79
220
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought Summary
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought 89%
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
by Erich Fromm 1979
3.79
220 ratings
Determined
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2023
You chose nothing. Genes, upbringing, chemistry chose everything. The science that rewrites justice.
4.23
8k+
Determined Summary
Determined 89%
You chose nothing. Genes, upbringing, chemistry chose everything. The science that rewrites justice.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2023
4.23
8k+ ratings
Meeting the Shadow
by Connie Zweig • 1991
You cut off half of who you are in childhood. Becoming whole means taking it back.
4.30
2k+
Meeting the Shadow Summary
Meeting the Shadow 89%
You cut off half of who you are in childhood. Becoming whole means taking it back.
by Connie Zweig 1991
4.30
2k+ ratings
The Red Book
by C.G. Jung
1913. Jung's terrifying visions of blood and flood. Madness or prophecy? Then World War I began.
4.39
848
The Red Book Summary
The Red Book 89%
1913. Jung's terrifying visions of blood and flood. Madness or prophecy? Then World War I began.
by C.G. Jung
4.39
848 ratings
The Brain
by David Eagleman • 2015
Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.
4.25
23k+
The Brain Summary
The Brain 89%
Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.
by David Eagleman 2015
4.25
23k+ ratings
Freud
by Ruth Snowden • 2010
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
3.68
590
Freud Summary
Freud 89%
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
by Ruth Snowden 2010
3.68
590 ratings
Psych
by Paul Bloom • 2023
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
4.14
2k+
Psych Summary
Psych 89%
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
by Paul Bloom 2023
4.14
2k+ ratings
How to Develop Emotional Health
by Oliver James • 2014
Your emotional wiring was installed in childhood. Insight, not motivation, is how you rewire it.
3.56
1k+
How to Develop Emotional Health Summary
How to Develop Emotional Health 89%
Your emotional wiring was installed in childhood. Insight, not motivation, is how you rewire it.
by Oliver James 2014
3.56
1k+ ratings
Free Will
by Sam Harris • 2012
Brain scans read your decision ten seconds before you make it. So who, exactly, is deciding?
3.86
38k+
Free Will Summary
Free Will 89%
Brain scans read your decision ten seconds before you make it. So who, exactly, is deciding?
by Sam Harris 2012
3.86
38k+ ratings
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+
A Mind of Its Own Summary
A Mind of Its Own 89%
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
by Cordelia Fine 2005
3.86
3k+ ratings
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud • 1917
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
3.79
12k+
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis 89%
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
by Sigmund Freud 1917
3.79
12k+ ratings
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
by Guy Claxton • 1997
The mind's slowest mode generates creativity and wisdom. Speed is silencing it.
3.91
322
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind Summary
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind 89%
The mind's slowest mode generates creativity and wisdom. Speed is silencing it.
by Guy Claxton 1997
3.91
322 ratings
How Customers Think
by Gerald Zaltman • 2003
Ninety-five percent of buying is unconscious. Your surveys only interview the other five.
4.00
443
How Customers Think Summary
How Customers Think 89%
Ninety-five percent of buying is unconscious. Your surveys only interview the other five.
by Gerald Zaltman 2003
4.00
443 ratings
A Life of Meaning
by James Hollis • 2023
Midlife isn't a crisis. It's the moment your unconscious patterns demand a reckoning.
4.54
579
A Life of Meaning Summary
A Life of Meaning 89%
Midlife isn't a crisis. It's the moment your unconscious patterns demand a reckoning.
by James Hollis 2023
4.54
579 ratings
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment
by Chris Niebauer • 2014
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
4.18
61
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment Summary
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment 89%
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
by Chris Niebauer 2014
4.18
61 ratings
The Experience Machine
by Andy Clark • 2023
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
3.91
1k+
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine 89%
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
by Andy Clark 2023
3.91
1k+ ratings
Freud
by Marc Pepiol • 2015
Reason rides in the back seat. Freud's tour of the real drivers: hidden desire, guilt, and dreams.
3.97
250
Freud Summary
Freud 88%
Reason rides in the back seat. Freud's tour of the real drivers: hidden desire, guilt, and dreams.
by Marc Pepiol 2015
3.97
250 ratings
Synaptic Self
by Joseph E. LeDoux • 2002
Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.
4.00
5k+
Synaptic Self Summary
Synaptic Self 88%
Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.
by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002
4.00
5k+ ratings
Unconscious Branding
by Douglas Van Praet • 2012
The unconscious drives 95% of every purchase. The rules for reaching it, from neuroscience.
3.94
342
Unconscious Branding Summary
Unconscious Branding 88%
The unconscious drives 95% of every purchase. The rules for reaching it, from neuroscience.
by Douglas Van Praet 2012
3.94
342 ratings
Anesthesia
by Kate Cole-Adams • 2017
Anesthesia works. No one knows how. And some patients are awake, paralyzed, and remember everything.
3.20
396
Anesthesia Summary
Anesthesia 88%
Anesthesia works. No one knows how. And some patients are awake, paralyzed, and remember everything.
by Kate Cole-Adams 2017
3.20
396 ratings
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+
La vida secreta de la mente Summary
La vida secreta de la mente 88%
Decisions begin unconsciously before you're aware; consciousness just invents the story afterward.
by Mariano Sigman 2015
3.99
3k+ ratings
Archetypes
by Caroline Myss • 2013
Ten psychic patterns run your choices from behind a lens you never knew was there.
3.44
2k+
Archetypes Summary
Archetypes 88%
Ten psychic patterns run your choices from behind a lens you never knew was there.
by Caroline Myss 2013
3.44
2k+ ratings
Sensation
by Thalma Lobel • 2014
Why a warm cup makes people kind, a heavy clipboard feels important, and red sabotages performance.
3.42
384
Sensation Summary
Sensation 88%
Why a warm cup makes people kind, a heavy clipboard feels important, and red sabotages performance.
by Thalma Lobel 2014
3.42
384 ratings
The Undiscovered Self
by C.G. Jung • 1961
The mass state erases the individual; the psyche you ignore becomes the tyrant's best tool.
4.13
13k+
The Undiscovered Self Summary
The Undiscovered Self 88%
The mass state erases the individual; the psyche you ignore becomes the tyrant's best tool.
by C.G. Jung 1961
4.13
13k+ ratings
Surfaces and Essences
by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 2011
Analogy isn't a language trick. It's the hidden engine of every thought, category, and insight.
3.83
1k+
Surfaces and Essences Summary
Surfaces and Essences 88%
Analogy isn't a language trick. It's the hidden engine of every thought, category, and insight.
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2011
3.83
1k+ ratings
Blink
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2005
Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.
3.96
625k+
Blink Summary
Blink 88%
Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005
3.96
625k+ ratings
The Courage to Create
by Rollo May • 1975
Creativity needs limits, not freedom. Anxiety is the proof you are close to a breakthrough.
4.07
4k+
The Courage to Create Summary
The Courage to Create 88%
Creativity needs limits, not freedom. Anxiety is the proof you are close to a breakthrough.
by Rollo May 1975
4.07
4k+ ratings
Is It Ever Just Sex?
by Darian Leader • 2023
A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.
3.37
479
Is It Ever Just Sex? Summary
Is It Ever Just Sex? 88%
A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.
by Darian Leader 2023
3.37
479 ratings
Honoring the Self
by Nathaniel Branden • 1983
Why success feels hollow: real confidence is built on a daily choice, not on achievement.
4.20
737
Honoring the Self Summary
Honoring the Self 88%
Why success feels hollow: real confidence is built on a daily choice, not on achievement.
by Nathaniel Branden 1983
4.20
737 ratings
A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung
by Robert H. Hopcke • 1989
Jung's collected works: 20 volumes. This book: the reading order he never provided.
4.18
91
A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung Summary
A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung 88%
Jung's collected works: 20 volumes. This book: the reading order he never provided.
by Robert H. Hopcke 1989
4.18
91 ratings
Phi
by Giulio Tononi • 2012
How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.
3.89
944
Phi Summary
Phi 88%
How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.
by Giulio Tononi 2012
3.89
944 ratings
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes • 1976
Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.
4.26
6k+
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind 88%
Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.
by Julian Jaynes 1976
4.26
6k+ ratings
Prometheus Rising
by Robert Anton Wilson • 1983
You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.
4.25
8k+
Prometheus Rising Summary
Prometheus Rising 88%
You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.
by Robert Anton Wilson 1983
4.25
8k+ ratings
Inner Work
by Robert A. Johnson • 1986
The art of listening to your dreams, decoding your own symbols, and answering the unconscious.
4.30
3k+
Inner Work Summary
Inner Work 88%
The art of listening to your dreams, decoding your own symbols, and answering the unconscious.
by Robert A. Johnson 1986
4.30
3k+ ratings
Learning from Experience
by Wilfred R. Bion • 1962
Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.
4.19
135
Learning from Experience Summary
Learning from Experience 88%
Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.
by Wilfred R. Bion 1962
4.19
135 ratings
You May Also Like
by Tom Vanderbilt • 2016
Your tastes feel personal. The science of why they're mostly unconscious, borrowed, or made up.
3.29
1k+
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like 88%
Your tastes feel personal. The science of why they're mostly unconscious, borrowed, or made up.
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016
3.29
1k+ ratings
G.I. Gurdjieff
by Colin Wilson • 1980
You are a machine convinced it has free will. Gurdjieff's route out of mechanical living.
3.85
245
G.I. Gurdjieff Summary
G.I. Gurdjieff 88%
You are a machine convinced it has free will. Gurdjieff's route out of mechanical living.
by Colin Wilson 1980
3.85
245 ratings
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