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24 alternatives to Everything Is Obvious*

How common sense fails us

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Everything Is Obvious* launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Nonsense▲59

   The power of not knowing

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Knowledge▲62

   A too close to true novel

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   As We Speak▲64

   How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Problem Solving 101▲70

   A simple book for smart people

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Checklist Manifesto▲108

   How to get things right

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Brand Sense▲63

   Sensory Secrets Behind the Stuff We Buy

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Suspicious Minds▲68

   Why we believe conspiracy theories

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Effortless Reading▲64

   The simple way to read and guarantee remarkable results

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Ungifted▲63

    Intelligence redefined

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Why We Fail▲76

    Learn from other people's failures.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Essentialism▲80

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Intelligence Paradox▲70

    Why the intelligent choice isn't always the smart one

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Reading with the Right Brain▲62

    Read Faster by Reading Ideas Instead of Just Words

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    But What If We're Wrong?▲62

    Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Too Big To Know▲70

    Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Fooled By Randomness ▲105

    The hidden role of chance in life and markets

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21AR
    A RottenTomatoes for Books▲146

    2012 · idreambooks.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Enough▲55

    True measures of money, business, and life

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Ask▲63

    The counterintuitive online formula

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Meaningful▲69

    The story of ideas that fly

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →