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24 alternatives to How We Learn

The surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens

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

1. 1
   Drive▲28

   The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Signal and the Noise▲73

   Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   How the Mind Works▲71

   Tackles the workings of the human mind

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Buyology▲100

   Truth and lies about why we buy

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Little Bets▲89

   How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Talk Like TED▲92

   The 9 public-speaking secrets of the world's top minds

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Inventology▲72

   How we dream up things that change the world

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Brand Sense▲63

    Sensory Secrets Behind the Stuff We Buy

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Nonsense▲59

    The power of not knowing

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Way the World Works▲61

    What troubles us, what brings us joy?

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    But What If We're Wrong?▲62

    Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Suspicious Minds▲68

    Why we believe conspiracy theories

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Wait▲74

    The art and science of delay

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Magic Words▲58

    The science and secrets behind seven words

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Knowledge▲62

    A too close to true novel

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood▲67

    Where the big ideas of the modern era came from

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Shape of Time▲62

    Remarks on the history of things

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Light▲58

    A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Lying▲64

    An analysis to the human capacity to lie

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    As We Speak▲64

    How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DoHow | How We Do How We Do▲66

    This book isn’t a play on words but a play on possibilities.

    2015 · 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 →