Hey everyone,
I’m looking for non-fiction books about human behaviour — but not self-help stuff or dense academic theory.
I want books that observe people as they really are — how we think, act, make bad decisions, follow crowds, or justify strange things we do.
Something like The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker — where it’s rooted in real life, psychology, and instinct, but still feels like reading a story or thriller.
Basically:
- Not “how to improve yourself” books
- Not overly technical or high-concept theory
- Real-world stories, case studies, psychology, or human patterns
by mirchi_natuguru
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How Minds Change by David McRaney might be up your alley.
it’s a psychological case study from 1959 in the form of a book but 3 Christs of Ypsilanti by Milton Rokeach is super interesting. it’s a study where a mental hospital had 3 schizophrenic men, who believed they were Jesus Christ for varying reasons, do biweekly group therapy sessions in the hopes that they would convince each other that none of them were Jesus. it gets a little crazy towards the end, as most old psychological studies do, but it’s a very interesting look at the mind of paranoid schizophrenics.