Beat Your Genes Podcast Reading List (Evolutionary Psychology)

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The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness
The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness 4.12 avg rating — 2,312 ratings
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Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are 3.95 avg rating — 2,221 ratings
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America 4.16 avg rating — 4,383 ratings
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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human 3.88 avg rating — 4,044 ratings
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The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology 4.08 avg rating — 11,843 ratings
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The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture
The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture 4.21 avg rating — 253 ratings
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And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell 3.96 avg rating — 8,504 ratings
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature 4.09 avg rating — 25,079 ratings
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design 4.09 avg rating — 41,145 ratings
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Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes 4.28 avg rating — 1,945 ratings
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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health 4.23 avg rating — 30,874 ratings
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Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition 3.90 avg rating — 6,849 ratings
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge 3.98 avg rating — 4,953 ratings
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The Curse of the Self: Self-Awareness, Egotism, and the Quality of Human Life
The Curse of the Self: Self-Awareness, Egotism, and the Quality of Human Life 4.19 avg rating — 235 ratings
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The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex
The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex 3.96 avg rating — 338 ratings
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The Descent of Man
The Descent of Man 4.04 avg rating — 4,411 ratings
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Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth
Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth 4.19 avg rating — 3,901 ratings
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The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating 4.16 avg rating — 3,899 ratings
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Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind
Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind 4.34 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals 3.99 avg rating — 1,291 ratings
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The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene 4.12 avg rating — 9,501 ratings
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The Fateful Hoaxing Of Margaret Mead: A Historical Analysis Of Her Samoan Research
The Fateful Hoaxing Of Margaret Mead: A Historical Analysis Of Her Samoan Research 3.09 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life
The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life 3.64 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,087 ratings
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders 4.06 avg rating — 152,021 ratings
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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty 4.06 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
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How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works 3.99 avg rating — 20,874 ratings
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Human Groups and Social Categories: Studies in Social Psychology
Human Groups and Social Categories: Studies in Social Psychology 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
29.
I'm Okay, You're Okay
I'm Okay, You're Okay 3.76 avg rating — 19,316 ratings
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Interpersonal Rejection
Interpersonal Rejection 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic 4.17 avg rating — 47,215 ratings
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The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature 4.11 avg rating — 2,746 ratings
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Metaphysics
Metaphysics
by: Aristotle
4.07 avg rating — 17,693 ratings
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success 4.10 avg rating — 169,832 ratings
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The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity
The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity 3.85 avg rating — 628 ratings
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Natural Hygiene: The Pristine Way of Life
Natural Hygiene: The Pristine Way of Life 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Obedience to Authority
Obedience to Authority 4.19 avg rating — 4,481 ratings
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On Human Nature
On Human Nature 4.14 avg rating — 3,567 ratings
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Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder 3.88 avg rating — 2,678 ratings
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The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep
The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep 4.07 avg rating — 711 ratings
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Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their Families by Breggin MD, Peter R. (2012) Paperback
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their Families by Breggin MD, Peter R. (2012) Paperback 4.23 avg rating — 53 ratings
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves 3.97 avg rating — 13,179 ratings
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Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior- -Anytime, Anyplace
Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior- -Anytime, Anyplace 3.57 avg rating — 1,187 ratings
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature 4.05 avg rating — 17,202 ratings
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The Science and Fine Art of Fasting
The Science and Fine Art of Fasting 4.13 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Self-Presentation: Impression Management and Interpersonal Behavior (Social Psychology Series)
Self-Presentation: Impression Management and Interpersonal Behavior (Social Psychology Series) 3.54 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating — 189,066 ratings
48.
Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
Six Pillars of Self-Esteem 4.12 avg rating — 12,418 ratings
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Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Social Identity and Intergroup Relations (European Studies in Social Psychology, Series Number 7)
Social Identity and Intergroup Relations (European Studies in Social Psychology, Series Number 7) 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior 3.85 avg rating — 1,352 ratings
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The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!
The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good! 4.22 avg rating — 5,280 ratings
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Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 1,944 ratings
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The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else 4.03 avg rating — 26,518 ratings
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The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,226 ratings
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When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope - Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy
When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope - Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy 4.02 avg rating — 2,952 ratings
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Why We Feel: The Science of Human Emotion
Why We Feel: The Science of Human Emotion 3.72 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength 3.95 avg rating — 20,624 ratings
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Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court 4.46 avg rating — 6,183 ratings
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Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships
Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships 3.69 avg rating — 609 ratings
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An Evolutionary Approach to Understanding and Treating Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Problems: A Biopsychosocial Approach
An Evolutionary Approach to Understanding and Treating Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Problems: A Biopsychosocial Approach 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Fasting Can Save Your Life
Fasting Can Save Your Life 4.03 avg rating — 164 ratings
63.
Evolutionary Psychology (5th Edition)
Evolutionary Psychology (5th Edition) 4.34 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
64.
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation 3.99 avg rating — 15,388 ratings
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Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy 4.13 avg rating — 3,382 ratings
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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History 3.73 avg rating — 1,541 ratings