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24 alternatives to How the Mind Works

Tackles the workings of the human mind

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How the Mind Works launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
The Mind Club▲67
Who thinks, what feels and why it matters
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Branded Mind▲57
What neuroscience really tells us about the brain
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
The Living Brain▲63
The deep mysteries of the human brain
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Maps of the Mind▲62
Charts and concepts of the mind and its labyrinths
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
The Future of the Mind▲72
The latest advancements in neuroscience and physics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
The Wandering Mind▲71
What the brain does when you're not looking
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Connectome▲60
How the brain's wiring makes us who we are
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Thinking, Fast and Slow▲119
A book on how the mind works and how choices are made
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
The Practicing Mind▲62
Developing focus and discipline in your life
2015 · its alternatives →
10
The Way the World Works▲61
What troubles us, what brings us joy?
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Metaphors We Live By▲58
How your brain uses metaphor to understand the world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
The Organized Mind▲70
Thinking straight in the age of information overload
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
The Organized Mind▲65
Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
14
Mindset▲84
How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
The Distracted Mind▲72
Ancient brains in a high-tech world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
How To Create A Mind▲67
An explanation of how computers will reach consciousness
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
The Brain: The Story of You ▲81
What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking▲77
Solve problems by thinking more effectively
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67
Extraordinary journeys into the human brain
2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
20
The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us▲63
Our minds don’t work the way we think they do.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
How We Learn▲64
The surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Who's in Charge?▲62
Free-will and the science of the brain
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
The Organized Mind▲66
Levitin's book on making systems that work for your brain
2014 · daniellevitin.com · its alternatives →
24
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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