sparringmind.com's 50 Best Social Psychology Books

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 4.13 avg rating — 549,134 ratings
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,597 ratings
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions 4.12 avg rating — 129,365 ratings
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,266 ratings
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
How to Win Friends & Influence People 4.22 avg rating — 1,110,824 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,731 ratings
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The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It 4.13 avg rating — 33,019 ratings
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Influence: Science and Practice
Influence: Science and Practice 4.22 avg rating — 170,803 ratings
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard 4.03 avg rating — 54,273 ratings
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking 3.96 avg rating — 614,704 ratings
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The Social Animal
The Social Animal 4.30 avg rating — 4,323 ratings
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less 3.83 avg rating — 36,352 ratings
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The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves 3.93 avg rating — 16,724 ratings
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The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us 3.91 avg rating — 14,816 ratings
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The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power 4.10 avg rating — 210,214 ratings
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones 4.33 avg rating — 1,190,645 ratings
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience 4.11 avg rating — 86,233 ratings
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,814 ratings
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us 3.95 avg rating — 123,665 ratings
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil 3.91 avg rating — 26,131 ratings
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Stumbling on Happiness
Stumbling on Happiness 3.82 avg rating — 63,112 ratings
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You Are Not So Smart
You Are Not So Smart 3.86 avg rating — 35,861 ratings
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts 4.04 avg rating — 28,665 ratings
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The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good 3.89 avg rating — 5,737 ratings
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die 3.98 avg rating — 97,580 ratings
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How We Decide
How We Decide 3.84 avg rating — 41,299 ratings
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD) 4.01 avg rating — 34,188 ratings
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Obedience to Authority
Obedience to Authority 4.19 avg rating — 4,481 ratings
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Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy 3.81 avg rating — 4,339 ratings
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain 4.09 avg rating — 33,995 ratings
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Beyond Culture
Beyond Culture 3.95 avg rating — 875 ratings
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The Art of Choosing
The Art of Choosing 3.83 avg rating — 6,720 ratings
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The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us
The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us 3.67 avg rating — 3,032 ratings
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Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change 3.76 avg rating — 2,097 ratings
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom 4.09 avg rating — 43,675 ratings
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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists 3.73 avg rating — 32,107 ratings
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Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value
Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value 3.83 avg rating — 1,949 ratings
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Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation
Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation 3.78 avg rating — 3,212 ratings
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The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain 3.77 avg rating — 1,952 ratings
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The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence
The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence 4.10 avg rating — 164 ratings
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The Art of Influencing Anyone
The Art of Influencing Anyone 3.88 avg rating — 153 ratings
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How to Think Straight About Psychology
How to Think Straight About Psychology 4.16 avg rating — 1,022 ratings
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Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive 3.97 avg rating — 12,328 ratings
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Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do
Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do
by: Fung
3.56 avg rating — 1,224 ratings
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Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing
Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing 3.96 avg rating — 1,417 ratings
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness 3.80 avg rating — 2,963 ratings
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Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior 3.78 avg rating — 19,712 ratings
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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite 3.83 avg rating — 3,651 ratings
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Out of Character: Surprising Truths About the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us
Out of Character: Surprising Truths About the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us 3.71 avg rating — 477 ratings
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The Person and the Situation: Perspectives of Social Psychology
The Person and the Situation: Perspectives of Social Psychology
by: Lee Ross
3.99 avg rating — 516 ratings
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Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World
Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World 3.77 avg rating — 1,365 ratings
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Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions 3.94 avg rating — 2,647 ratings
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Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious
Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious 3.98 avg rating — 2,116 ratings
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The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work 4.13 avg rating — 43,979 ratings
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Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection 3.93 avg rating — 2,219 ratings
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives 3.95 avg rating — 24,070 ratings
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Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping
Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping 3.88 avg rating — 13,447 ratings
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Neuromarketing: Understanding the Buy Buttons in Your Customer's Brain
Neuromarketing: Understanding the Buy Buttons in Your Customer's Brain 3.90 avg rating — 766 ratings
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The Branded Mind: What Neuroscience Really Tells Us About the Puzzle of the Brain and the Brand
The Branded Mind: What Neuroscience Really Tells Us About the Puzzle of the Brain and the Brand really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 232 ratings
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The Buying Brain: Secrets for Selling to the Subconscious Mind
The Buying Brain: Secrets for Selling to the Subconscious Mind 3.70 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Social Engineering
Social Engineering 3.83 avg rating — 3,812 ratings
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Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect 4.06 avg rating — 2,991 ratings
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Lessons Learned from The Path Less Traveled Volume 1: Get motivated & overcome obstacles with courage, confidence & self-discipline
Lessons Learned from The Path Less Traveled Volume 1: Get motivated & overcome obstacles with courage, confidence & self-discipline
by: Zero Dean
4.59 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Optimal Happiness: The Fastest & Surest Way to Reach Your Happiest Potential
Optimal Happiness: The Fastest & Surest Way to Reach Your Happiest Potential 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Invisible Game: The Mindset of a Winning Team
The Invisible Game: The Mindset of a Winning Team 4.34 avg rating — 225 ratings
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 3,336,776 ratings
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A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future 3.92 avg rating — 29,508 ratings
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature 3.91 avg rating — 11,146 ratings
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Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Liberation and Well-being
Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Liberation and Well-being
by: Nelson
4.13 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Love Them Back to LIFE
Love Them Back to LIFE 4.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice
Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice 3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds 3.99 avg rating — 62,918 ratings
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The Creation of Me, Them and Us
The Creation of Me, Them and Us 4.55 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Hilarious World of Depression
The Hilarious World of Depression
by: John Moe
4.16 avg rating — 5,442 ratings
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Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century
Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century 3.88 avg rating — 30,003 ratings
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Unleashing the Power of Respect: The I-M Approach
Unleashing the Power of Respect: The I-M Approach 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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How We Reason
How We Reason 3.52 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Understanding Social Networks: Theories, Concepts, and Findings
Understanding Social Networks: Theories, Concepts, and Findings 3.81 avg rating — 168 ratings
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The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money 4.29 avg rating — 283,939 ratings
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Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind
Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind 3.87 avg rating — 297 ratings
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Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives 3.74 avg rating — 4,067 ratings
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Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention 4.07 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life 4.06 avg rating — 20,256 ratings
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My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind 3.85 avg rating — 7,431 ratings
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World 3.95 avg rating — 56,867 ratings
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The Concise 33 Strategies Of War
The Concise 33 Strategies Of War 4.13 avg rating — 506 ratings
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Thinking and Deciding
Thinking and Deciding 4.06 avg rating — 315 ratings