Smart Thinking Books
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Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.17 — 594,214 ratings — published 2011
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.01 — 900,434 ratings — published 2005
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,326,788 ratings — published 2018
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.01 — 858,126 ratings — published 2000
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.19 — 871,942 ratings — published 2008
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.96 — 624,184 ratings — published 2005
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,275,253 ratings — published 2011
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.16 — 826,479 ratings — published 1989
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.35 — 202,885 ratings — published 2018
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.13 — 565,684 ratings — published 2012
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,425,555 ratings — published 2016
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.07 — 477,332 ratings — published 2012
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.37 — 229,153 ratings — published 2017
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.65 — 14,600 ratings — published 2014
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.97 — 192,346 ratings — published 2013
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,473 ratings — published 2007
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.22 — 79,238 ratings — published 2022
Rationality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.84 — 6,508 ratings — published 2021
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.91 — 31,953 ratings — published 2018
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.00 — 338,605 ratings — published 2019
Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.28 — 14,566 ratings — published 2015
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.84 — 95,180 ratings — published 2008
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.04 — 460,614 ratings — published 1997
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.34 — 215,135 ratings — published 2016
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.97 — 52,574 ratings — published 2012
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,900 ratings — published 2019
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.15 — 178,659 ratings — published 2018
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.37 — 890,107 ratings — published 1946
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.18 — 289,389 ratings — published 2015
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.94 — 576,785 ratings — published -500
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.95 — 125,924 ratings — published 2009
The Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.99 — 24,146 ratings — published 2012
Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,588 ratings — published 2010
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.04 — 75,929 ratings — published 2009
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,726 ratings — published 2010
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.17 — 129,773 ratings — published 2021
Humankind: A Hopeful History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.32 — 81,239 ratings — published 2019
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,158,231 ratings — published 1936
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.13 — 80,338 ratings — published 2019
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.16 — 191,279 ratings — published 2016
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.21 — 9,068 ratings — published 2019
Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.19 — 66,694 ratings — published 2012
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.95 — 158,023 ratings — published 2011
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.21 — 178,466 ratings — published 1984
The Brain: The Story of You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.25 — 22,996 ratings — published 2015
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.90 — 270,037 ratings — published 2018
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.13 — 7,202 ratings — published 2009
The Undercover Economist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 3.81 — 29,610 ratings — published 2005
Revenge of the Tipping Point (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.02 — 60,091 ratings — published 2024
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as smart-thinking)
avg rating 4.16 — 47,648 ratings — published 2024
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enthusiastic about and want to share.”
― Lie like an artist: Communicate successfully by focusing on essential truths
because it’s down to earth. Photos posted online, an oil painting in the national gallery, a
fridge magnet, a sculpture in the street – they’re a finger pointing at something the artist is
enthusiastic about and want to share.”
― Lie like an artist: Communicate successfully by focusing on essential truths
