Books like Thinking, Fast and Slow

If you liked Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2005

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction, decision making.

    Fast judgments can beat analysis, and fail hard, in Gladwell's 2005 book on snap thinking.

  2. Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill · 1937

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, psychology.

    Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.

  3. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    Lori Gottlieb · 2019

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, psychology.

    Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup.

  4. Who Moved My Cheese?

    Spencer Johnson · 1998

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction.

    A tiny parable about two mice and two little people hunting cheese in a maze, and why adapting to change beats waiting for old days to…

  5. Quiet

    Susan Cain · 2012

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction.

    Cain traces the Extrovert Ideal from Harvard Business School to open offices and defends the power of quiet.

  6. The Power of Habit

    Charles Duhigg · 2012

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction.

    Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste…

  7. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2000

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction.

    How tiny shifts push ideas and products past a tipping point into epidemics.

  8. Outliers: The Story of Success

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2008

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction.

    Success comes from practice, timing, and hidden chances more than talent alone.

  9. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

    Mark Manson · 2016

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction.

    Blogger Mark Manson argues for fewer cares held better, through suffering, values, failure and saying no, with raw stories.

  10. Freakonomics

    Steven D. Levitt · 2005

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, psychology.

    Levitt asks why cheating teachers, sumo wrestlers and crime drops share incentives.

  11. Atomic Habits

    James Clear · 2018

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction.

    A practical walkthrough of Atomic Habits: why tiny changes compound, how identity shapes behavior, and the four laws Clear uses to build…

  12. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

    Cal Newport · 2016

    Because shares tags: psychology, nonfiction.

    Cal Newport's Deep Work in full: what focused work actually is, why shallow busyness wins by default, and the four philosophies he…

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