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24 alternatives to Top Brain, Bottom Brain

A brilliant yet approachable exploration of the human psyche

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Top Brain, Bottom Brain launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67

   Extraordinary journeys into the human brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Branded Mind▲57

   What neuroscience really tells us about the brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Subliminal▲64

   How your unconscious mind rules your behavior

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Wandering Mind▲71

   What the brain does when you're not looking

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Eye and Brain▲61

   The psychology of perception

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Distracted Mind▲72

   Ancient brains in a high-tech world

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Tell-Tale Brain▲6

   A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Blinkist - 1: Is That Even a Thing?▲68

   A digest of four books about brains

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Organized Mind▲65

   Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Organized Mind▲70

    Thinking straight in the age of information overload

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Iconoclast▲60

    A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Future of the Mind▲72

    The latest advancements in neuroscience and physics

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Mind Club▲67

    Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot▲62

    How to go about improving our mental apparatus

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Living Brain▲63

    The deep mysteries of the human brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Brain Fog Fix▲73

    Reclaim your focus

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Who's in Charge?▲62

    Free-will and the science of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain ▲65

    The science behind creative insights.

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Connectome▲60

    How the brain's wiring makes us who we are

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Brain▲12

    The story of you

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Flow▲87

    The psychology of optimal experience

    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 →