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Recommended reading.

A shelf of books worth keeping near your desk — on bias, judgement, persuasion, and the gap between how people say they choose and how they actually do.

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Books to go deeper.

Each title links to a publisher or author page where you can learn more or buy a copy. Listed in catalogue order.

Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

A foundational book on cognitive biases, judgement, and decision-making.

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Cover of Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational

Dan Ariely

Accessible experiments on how people actually choose — and where reason quietly leaves the room.

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Cover of The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

How cognition, affordances, and error shape the objects and interfaces we build.

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Cover of Nudge by Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein

Nudge

Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein

Choice architecture, defaults, and the ethics of designing better decisions without removing freedom.

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Cover of Influence by Robert B. Cialdini

Influence

Robert B. Cialdini

The psychology of persuasion — scarcity, social proof, commitment, and the patterns behind compliance.

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Cover of Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony & Cass R. Sunstein

Noise

Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony & Cass R. Sunstein

Why judgement varies more than we expect — and how to design processes that reduce unwanted variability.

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Cover of The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

The Art of Thinking Clearly

Rolf Dobelli

Short chapters on common thinking errors — useful as a quick reference alongside deeper reads.

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Cover of Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

Thinking in Bets

Annie Duke

Decision-making under uncertainty: separating quality of process from outcomes we cannot control.

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Cover of Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan M. Gardner

Superforecasting

Philip E. Tetlock & Dan M. Gardner

How the best forecasters update beliefs, avoid overconfidence, and think in probabilities.

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Cover of Blindspot by Mahzarin R. Banaji & Anthony G. Greenwald

Blindspot

Mahzarin R. Banaji & Anthony G. Greenwald

Hidden biases in the mind — and why good intentions do not automatically produce fair outcomes.

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Cover of Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Gilbert

How we predict what will make us happy — and why those predictions are systematically wrong.

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Cover of The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

The story of Kahneman and Tversky — readable context for the science behind modern behavioural economics.

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Cover of Emotional Design by Don Norman

Emotional Design

Don Norman

Why aesthetics, familiarity, and feeling matter as much as usability in products people trust.

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Cover of Misbehaving by Richard H. Thaler

Misbehaving

Richard H. Thaler

The rise of behavioural economics — defaults, framing, and why rational-agent models miss real people.

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Cover of The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef

The Scout Mindset

Julia Galef

How to seek truth rather than defend beliefs — a practical complement to bias awareness.

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Cover of Why Are We Yelling?

Why Are We Yelling?

Book that will shatter your assumptions about what makes arguments productive.

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Cover of Designer's Guide to Cognitive Biases by Martin Tutko

Designer's Guide to Cognitive Biases

Martin Tutko

The one-of-a-kind journal for designers striving to quickly understand and navigate through the world of cognitive biases.

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