16 Best Social Psychology Books

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant

"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams

"Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?" - Marc Andreessen

"The most mind-bending book you can imagine, because it essentially taught you always humans are flawed and influential." - Tobi Lütke

"100 percent of effective people seem to have read [this book]. In fact, it’s one of those things that when I meet somebody and they’re operating at a pretty high level, if you mention [this book], they’ve all read it." - Scott Adams

"Fundamental and had a lot to teach." - Naval Ravikant

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.

Adam Robinson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Ramit Sethi mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Fantastic. I got [this book] and I gave it to everyone in my company." - Ray Dalio

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

"A very good book." - Tim Ferriss

"Interesting, not because of its content necessarily, but because it’s good for me to always keep on top of mind how powerful my habits are." - Naval Ravikant

Kelly Starrett recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

Mr. Money Mustache recommended this book on his blog.

"I cannot express how immensely valuable this book is, when absorbed into an open mind." - Aubrey Marcus

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"Critical for anyone trying to accomplish anything." - Ryan Holiday

"I think that [this book is] a great tool to get into the hands of women and get that positive thinking going." - Alice Little

"Heavily researched and distilled handbook." - Neil Strauss

"His best book." - Rollo Tomassi

"Hearing him do the audio part is great." - Joe Rogan

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"A bunch of really good information here on how to make ideas go viral." - Kevin Rose

"I love books like [this book]." - Mike Shinoda

Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.

Jenn Im recommended this book on Twitter.

"Discusses how extroverts in our society are bigged up so much, and if you’re anything other than an extrovert you’re made to think there’s something wrong with you. That’s like the story of my life." - Emma Watson

"Affirms to a good many of us who are introverts by nature that we needn’t try to be extroverts if we want to lead." - Simon Sinek

"[This book] embarrassed me. It suggests that most of us undervalue introverts and, thus, effectively take a pass on about 40 percent of the population. In particular, introverts tend to be more thoughtful and deliberate." - Tom Peters

"I have rarely cried about a book as much as I did this one." - Laurie Halse Anderson

"A good book I'd recommend." - Jason Fried

"Love [this author] and her book." - Jim Kwik

Keith Rabois recommended this book on Quora.

One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.

"I know most of the guys in the band read [this book]." - Mike Shinoda

"Reading [this book]. Effort over ability....challenge conventions...you have to be so bad that you have no choice but to be desperate..." - Shah Rukh Khan

"Straight-talking guidance on why life is too short to be little." - Jodie Cook

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"A very good book." - Pavel Tsatsouline

"At restaurants, close the menu after you find the 1 dish that you like." - Noah Kagan

"A fascinating look at our own propensity to cheat and rationalize our dishonesty." - Shane Parrish

"[An outstanding book] on human behavior." - Ramit Sethi