The Best Books on The Psychology Behind Human Decision Making and Irrationality

**reader suggestions are at the bottom***

This is a great way to build your antilibrary.

That’s an interesting list. I’d add:

Thinking and Deciding by Jonathan Baron, a recommendation from Nassim Taleb.

Judgment in Decision Making

Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions

Choices Values & Frames

Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers

***Reader suggestions (Thanks!).***

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell?

How We Know What Isn’t So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

When can we trust what we believe – that “teams and players have winning streaks”, that “flattery works”, or that “the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right” – and when are such beliefs suspect? Thomas Gilovich offers a guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.

Decision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Decision-Making and How to Overcome Them

Two experts in business management show how to avoid the ten common pitfalls that ensanre decision makers. The very latest research in the fields of business and psychology has been distilled into practical training methods that will save readers from ever making a bad decision again.

The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us

Reading this book will make you less sure of yourself—and that’s a good thing.

The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

With the born storyteller’s command of narrative and imaginative approach, Leonard Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how our lives are profoundly informed by chance and randomness and how everything from wine ratings and corporate success to school grades and political polls are less reliable than we believe.

The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life

In his bold new work, prominent biological theorist Robert Trivers unflinchingly argues that self-deception evolved in the service of deceit—the better to fool others. We do it for biological reasons—in order to help us survive and procreate. From viruses mimicking host behavior to humans misremembering (sometimes intentionally) the details of a quarrel, science has proven that the deceptive one can always outwit the masses. But we undertake this deception at our own peril.

Poor Charlie’s Almanac

The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life.

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