Not looking for “improve your life in 7 steps” stuff.
I want books that mess with how you interpret human behavior
Books that make you go, “Wait… is everyone doing this and I never noticed?”
Fiction or nonfiction, doesn’t matter. I just want to see the world differently when I’m done reading.
Some books that scratched that itch for me:
- The 48 Laws of Power — taught me to read people’s intentions, not just words
- The Elephant in the Brain — made me question every “pure” motivation I thought I had
- Never Let Me Go — fiction, but hit hard in how people avoid uncomfortable truths
- Games People Play — old school, but fascinating breakdown of social “scripts”
Any other books that reveal the hidden logic behind how people act—especially the stuff we do without realizing?
by Thin_Rip8995
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton. I think it’s important that people remember that systems designed to “help” are not infallible just because they supposedly have good intentions.