Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Books of 2021 (36 books)

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1	You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters by Vanessa Bohns (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 504 ratings score: 253, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing by Chris Bail 3.96 avg rating — 431 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity by Claudia Goldin 4.21 avg rating — 1,055 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 23,137 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear by Carl L. Hart 4.01 avg rating — 4,672 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters by Eric J. Johnson 3.91 avg rating — 501 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives by Michael A. Heller 4.11 avg rating — 1,983 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet by Michael E. Mann (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,233 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Rationality by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 6,320 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Social Chemistry: Decoding the Elements of Human Connection by Marissa King (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 908 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 637 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less by Leidy Klotz (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 2,325 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning by Paul Bloom (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 2,148 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain by Shankar Vedantam 3.84 avg rating — 1,672 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization by Peter T. Coleman (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 140 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep by Antonio Zadra (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 966 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload by Cal Newport 3.88 avg rating — 6,285 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . . . or Worse by Benjamin van Rooij 3.97 avg rating — 169 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Behaviorally Informed Organization by Dilip Soman (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years (The ParentData Series) by Emily Oster 3.74 avg rating — 5,456 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman 4.18 avg rating — 120,656 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden 3.89 avg rating — 1,526 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 4,659 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Katy Milkman (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 7,111 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love by Logan Ury (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 18,730 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 173,930 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness by Stephen M. Fleming 3.87 avg rating — 335 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Minds Wide Shut: How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us by Gary Saul Morson 3.97 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots by Kate Darling 3.97 avg rating — 401 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman 3.67 avg rating — 15,897 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Nudge: The Final Edition by Richard H. Thaler 3.84 avg rating — 93,768 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World by Nina Kraus 4.01 avg rating — 210 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony by Jay J. Van Bavel 4.01 avg rating — 378 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam M. Grant (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 140,740 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Transport for Humans: Are We Nearly There Yet? by Pete Dyson 3.92 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are by David M. Henkin 3.13 avg rating — 199 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars