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Eye-Opening Psychology Books You Need to Read
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items If you want to understand emotions, manipulation, fear, and confidence, this is a must-read. Each book opened my eyes to something new and changed how I approach life.
This explains how evil is part of human evolution. It helped me understand why aggression exists. It made me question the roots of violence.
The Lucifer Principle
This showed me that talent isn’t everything—persistence matters more. I love how it proves that effort beats intelligence.
Grit
This book helped me see how trapped emotions affect our health and decisions. I love how it blends psychology with healing. It made me more aware of how emotions shape my life.
The Emotion Code: Release Trapped Emotions
This introduces a new way to understand personality. It made me rethink how honesty impact success. Now, I see personality traits differently.
The H Factor of Personality: Why Some People are
This book shows how psychopaths succeed in society. I love how it explains both the good and bad sides of psychopathy. It made me question what true fearlessness looks like.
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
This connects psychology with leadership and negotiations. It taught me how past trauma affects the way we interact with others
Hostage at the Table: Overcoming Conflict
This evealed dangerous persuasion tactics I had never noticed before. I love how it breaks down manipulation in simple terms. It made me more cautious about who I trust.
Dark Psychology
I love how this book explains the hidden psychological games we all play. It helped me recognize unhealthy patterns in relationships. Now, I avoid toxic dynamics.
Games People Play
This gave me a chilling look at how psychopaths hide in plain sight. I love how detailed and scientific it is. It made me question how well we really know people.
The Mask of Sanity
This explains why narcissists behave the way they do. It helped me understand their mindset without excusing their actions. Now, I set stronger boundaries.
The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster
This book taught me how to spot deception like an expert. I love how it breaks down body language clues. Now, I trust my instincts more when people aren’t being honest.
Spy the Lie: Detect Deception Techniques
This decodes body language in a way anyone can understand. It made me more aware of how much people communicate without words. Now, I notice hidden emotions in others.
What Every BODY is Saying
This explores why some people are naturally more empathetic. I love how it connects fear and altruism. It changed how I see kindness.
The Fear Factor: Emotion and Altruism
This explains how childhood experiences shape adulthood. It helped me understand family patterns and how to break free from them. Now, I see emotional wounds more clearly.
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Legacy
This book broke my heart but also inspired me. I love how it explains childhood trauma through real cases.
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
I love this book because it explains manipulation tactics in simple terms.
Dark Psychology 101
This book helped me understand the difference between a psychopath and a normal person. I love how it exposes how they manipulate others.
Without Conscience: The World of Psychopaths
This book simplifies deep psychological ideas. It gave people a better understanding of what drives human behavior.
The Science of Human Nature: Psychology Intro
his book showed me how narcissists, psychopaths, and Machiavellians operate in offices. I love how it gives practical ways to deal with toxic coworkers
Dark Personalities in the Workplace
I love this book because it explains how neuroscience connects to criminal psychology. It fascinated me with real cases. Now, I understand how the brain influences violent behavior.
Murderous Minds
Thiss book shocked me because it reveals how common sociopaths really are. I love how it explains their lack of conscience. Now, I trust my gut when people seem “off.”
The Sociopath Next Door: Ruthless vs Us
This book explains why confidence isn’t just natural—it’s built. It helped me break my own self-doubt.
The Confidence Code
This takes me inside the mind of serial killers. It showed me how FBI profilers think
Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Serial Crime Unit
This book connects biology and psychology.
The Selfish Gene
This changed how I see media and propaganda. I love how it reveals the hidden forces shaping our thoughts.
Manufacturing Consent
This book amazed me with real cases of strange brain conditions. I love how it shows how much we still don’t know about the mind
Phantoms in the Brain
This helps me accept uncertainty. It taught me that peace comes from embracing the present
The Wisdom of Insecurity: Watts, Alan W. - Books
This proves that fear is a survival tool. It helped me trust my instincts when something feels wrong. Now, I pay attention to warning signs I used to ignore.
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals
This taught me how to predict future events with logic and research. It reveals the secrets of expert decision-makers
Superforecasting
This book talks about how pictures help in communication and history throughout the times. How art and paintings are both still and silent.. Credit to my friend Tejasvani. Here's her review: https://medium.com/@ttejasvani/start-reading-with-me-b0db55...
Ways of Seeing
This mostly dark poetry
Rise From Darkness