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24 alternatives to Mindless Eating

The “hidden persuaders” that make us overeat.

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

1. 1
   The End of Overeating▲55

   Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   In Defense of Food▲79

   An eater's manifesto

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Why We Get Fat▲71

   And what to do about it

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   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 →

6. 6
   Quiet▲93

   The Power of Introverts in a World that can't stop talking

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck▲162

   A counterintuitive approach to living a good life

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck▲81

   A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Alcoholics Anonymous▲70

   aka "The Big Book"

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Snack Overflow - The OG San Francisco Treat▲67

    Street food, existential questions on the nature of snacks

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲58

    Food Fight: closing the gap between rich and poor

    2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Leaders Eat Last▲64

    Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    EDGY Conversations▲62

    How ordinary people can achieve outrageous success

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Thug Kitchen▲73

    Eat like you give a f*ck

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Blindspot▲86

    Hidden biases of good people

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Foodist▲10

    Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Diet

    2016 · summertomato.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Don't Fucking Eat It▲68

    Fasting to improve your health or help feed those in need.

    2018 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Unthink▲62

    Why you don't think the way you think you think

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Escape the Expected▲55

    The secret psychology of selling to skeptical consumers

    2015 · escapetheexpected.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Omnivore’s Dilemma▲71

    Pollan follows his next meal from land to table

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CARROT Hunger▲87

    A judgemental calorie counter

    2015 · meetcarrot.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Shallows▲65

    What the internet is doing to our brains

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Flipping Tables - 85: Food Comes Magically Out Of A Machine▲60

    The morals, ethics, and technology of content blocking are …

    2015 · sunriserobot.net · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · amazon.com · 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 →