Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Spent

Sex, evolution, and consumer behavior

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

1. 1
   What Women Want▲67

   The science of female shopping

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Neuromarketing▲61

   Understanding the buy buttons in your customer's brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

   (and how to build them)

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Invisible Influence▲66

   The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Business Model Generation▲94

   Design and visualise your business model

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Cheap▲95

   The high cost of discount culture

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Crossing the Chasm▲82

   Selling high-tech products to mainstream customers

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Brand Sense▲63

   Sensory Secrets Behind the Stuff We Buy

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Social Selling▲64

   Techniques to influence buyers and changemakers

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Make Love Not Porn▲136

    Porn-influenced views on sex & intimacy

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Why We Buy▲62

    The Science of Shopping

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Culture Code▲66

    Why people around the world live and buy as they do

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age▲62

    Digital Transparence and Expository Society

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Innovator's Dilemma▲202

    The seminal business book

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Emotional Branding▲63

    The new paradigm for connecting brands to people

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Buyology▲100

    Truth and lies about why we buy

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Design of Influence: How to Craft Products that Move People▲93

    Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Better Presentations▲63

    A guide for scholars, researchers, and wonks

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Influence▲90

    The psychology of persuasion, revised edition

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Advertising Reach and Frequency▲62

    Maximizing advertising results through effective frequency

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Flow▲87

    The psychology of optimal experience

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Designing Interactions▲91

    Interviews with influential designers

    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 →