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Books like Just babies
A thought-provoking journey into the minds of infants that challenges everything we assume about the origins of human morality. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Just babies.
- thought-provoking
- curious
- revelatory
- 01
The Bonobo and the Atheist
Henry Cabot Lodge (Jr.)
A warm, scientifically grounded exploration that finds the roots of human goodness not in the heavens, but in the earth and our primate cousins.
- 02
The marshmallow test
Walter Mischel
A warm, scientifically grounded exploration of why we give in to temptation and how we can learn to wait for the sweeter reward.
- 03
The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
A paradigm-shifting journey into the human brain that completely changes how you view the people you disagree with.
- 04
The Blank Slate
Steven Pinker
A provocative, deeply analytical dive into the hardwired realities of human nature that challenges comfortable modern dogmas.
- 05
Becoming attached
Robert Karen · 1990
A profound, illuminating journey into the science of human connection and the childhood roots of how we love.
- 06
Evil
Julia Shaw
A provocative, science-backed exploration that dismantles our cultural assumptions about what makes a person truly monstrous.
- 07
The elephant in the brain
Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
A cheerful but ruthless dismantling of every noble motive you thought you had.
- 08
Strangers drowning
Larissa MacFarquhar
A deeply unsettling and beautifully written exploration of what happens when people take morality to its absolute, uncompromising limits.
- 09
The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
An urgent, analytical deep-dive into the cultural shifts reshaping childhood, campus life, and American discourse.
- 10
Behave
Robert M. Sapolsky
A witty, mind-expanding journey backward through time to uncover the biological and environmental roots of our greatest triumphs and darkest impulses.
- 11
Perv
Jesse Bering
An unflinching, inquisitive exploration of the hidden corners of human desire and the shame we attach to them.
- 12
12 Rules for Life
Jordan B. Peterson
A tough-love philosophical manual that blends ancient mythology with clinical psychology to forge order out of modern chaos.
