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24 alternatives to The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Invisible Influence▲69

   The hidden forces that shape behavior

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   Invisible Influence▲66

   The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

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

   Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Getting Gamers▲58

   The psychology of video games

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Influence▲90

   The psychology of persuasion, revised edition

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Mindset▲75

   The New Psychology of Success

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Nonviolent Communication▲70

   How to apply empathy in communication

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Escape the Expected▲55

   The secret psychology of selling to skeptical consumers

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Flow▲87

   The psychology of optimal experience

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    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind ▲65

    A glimpse inside the minds of highly creative people

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Gather The People▲61

    A human-centered approach to making and marketing

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Art of Learning▲91

    An inner journey to optimal performance

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Lying▲64

    An analysis to the human capacity to lie

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Wandering Significance▲65

    An essay on conceptual behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation▲61

    How to harness the collective genius of the people

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Neuromarketing▲61

    Understanding the buy buttons in your customer's brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Thinkertoys▲76

    A handbook of creative thinking techniques

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Genius of Instinct▲65

    How human beings are hard-wired for success

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Confidence Game▲61

    Why we fall for it . . . Every time

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling▲68

    Using stories to advocate, influence, and persuade

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Designing for Behavior Change▲71

    Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Mental Models▲75

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    2016 · its alternatives →

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