Looking for a Book on Human Psychology, Emotional Insight, and Influence

Hey everyone,

I'm a personal coach who is deeply passionate about human psychology not just as a profession, but genuinely as a subject I love studying and thinking about.

I'm looking for book recommendations that will help me level up in a very specific way: I want to sit across from a person and truly read them understand where they are emotionally, what's really sitting behind their words, what they actually need vs. what they're saying.

More specifically, I want to get better at:

– Reading people in real time (emotions, body language, subtext)

– Understanding what's driving their behavior beneath the surface

– Knowing how to approach them in a way that feels right for who they are

– Expressing genuine empathy that lands

– Helping people reach their own realizations and breakthroughs

– And yes understanding influence and psychological dynamics, even the darker side of it

I'm not looking for surface-level stuff. I want something that genuinely changes how I show up in a conversation the kind of book that makes people feel truly seen and understood.