Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to The Elephant in the Room
Whimsical, hilarious and often downright terrifying
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Elephant in the Room launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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JJ Abrams-praised children's book for adults
2016 · inkshares.com · its alternatives →
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Tools for Talking When The Stakes Are High
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Culturally Articulated Unconscious
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Tools for talking when stakes are high
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Using stories to advocate, influence, and persuade
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Wonderbook▲78The Illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Interviews with the world's best comedians
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Beneath the chaos of a world that appears to be falling apar
2016 · paragkhanna.com · its alternatives →
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An hysterical book making fun of big data
2016 · devilsdatadictionary.com · its alternatives →
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Layered narration about a house that is bigger on the inside
2015 · penguinrandomhouse.com · its alternatives →
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The hidden forces that shape our decisions
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Different aspects of human existence are magnified & reduced
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A somewhat controversial but hugely influential book
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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