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A brisk, mind-expanding tour through the gray blob between your ears that shatters popular myths about human behavior. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain.
- curious
- enlightening
- mind-expanding
- 01
How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett
A paradigm-shifting journey into the brain that dismantles everything you thought you knew about human feeling.
- 02
The brain
David Eagleman
A mind-expanding journey into the dark, silent fortress of the skull to discover how biological matter constructs our entire reality.
- 03
Idiot brain
Dean Burnett
A hilarious, forgiving tour through the messy, glitchy, and utterly fascinating hardware inside your skull.
- 04
Brain Rules
John Medina · 2008
A witty, science-backed user manual for the human mind that turns complex neurology into actionable daily habits.
- 05
The Female Brain
Louann Brizendine · 2006
An illuminating, science-backed journey through the biological rhythms and hormonal landscapes that shape women's lives.
- 06
Consciousness
Susan Blackmore · 2003
A dizzying, rigorous dismantling of everything you thought you knew about your own mind and sense of self.
- 07
You are Not So Smart
David Mcraney
A playful, humbling tour through the many ways your brain tricks you into thinking you're a rational human being.
- 08
Beyond the Brain
Louise Barrett
A paradigm-shifting exploration that pulls the mind out of the skull and scatters it into the body and the surrounding world.
- 09
Molecules of emotion
Candace B. Pert · 1997
A passionate, paradigm-shifting journey into the microscopic architecture of human feeling.
- 10
La vida secreta de la mente
Mariano Sigman
An illuminating, conversational journey into the hidden machinery of your own thoughts, decisions, and dreams.
- 11
The Brain That Changes Itself
Norman Doidge
An awe-inspiring exploration of human resilience that will fundamentally change how you view your own mind's potential.
- 12
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
A fascinating, slightly terrifying wake-up call about the biological superpower we take for granted every single night.
