10 books for fans of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
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The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
by Dan Ariely
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Behavioral economist Ariely dissects our capacity for self-deception through clever experiments showing how we all cheat just a little bit to maintain our self-image.
★ 3.93 Goodreads (16.9K ratings) - 2
Endurance
by Alfred Lansing
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Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to cross Antarctica becomes history's greatest survival story when ice crushes the Endurance, leaving 28 men stranded. Lansing reconstructs their two-year ordeal with novelistic detail drawn from crew diaries and interviews.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (170.2K ratings) - 3
The Way of Dante: Going Through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven with C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams (Hansen Lectureship Series)
by Richard Hughes Gibson, Nicole Mazzarella
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Discover how Dante's medieval journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven directly influenced the literary artistry of Lewis, Sayers, and Williams.
★ 4.30 Goodreads (20 ratings) - 4
Outliers: The Story of Success
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Why are most professional hockey players born in the first three months of the year, and what do rice paddies teach about math skills? Gladwell examines the cultural and environmental factors that create extraordinary achievement beyond individual talent.
★ 4.19 Goodreads (873.6K ratings) - 5
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
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Shipwrecked sailors on a remote island resort to murder and cannibalism, then tell wildly different stories when rescued. Grann reveals how survival became a courtroom battle that questioned the very foundations of empire.
★ 4.17 Goodreads (219.4K ratings) - 6
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
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Follow the converging paths of President Kennedy and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald through the events leading to that devastating Dallas afternoon that changed America forever.
★ 4.11 Goodreads (62.5K ratings) - 7
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
by Adam M. Grant
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Character skills like proactivity beat natural talent for achieving long-term success across fields. Grant examines the science behind developing potential rather than relying on innate ability.
★ 4.10 Goodreads (48.0K ratings) - 8
Chase Darkness with Me
by Karen Kilgariff
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Investigative journalist Billy Jensen shows how Facebook posts and amateur sleuths are cracking cold cases faster than traditional police work, complete with step-by-step methods you can use.
★ 4.07 Goodreads (17.1K ratings) - 9
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
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Rather than just chronicling Lincoln's death, O'Reilly and Dugard build suspense around Booth's conspiracy and the president's final weeks, reading like historical fiction despite being meticulously researched.
★ 4.06 Goodreads (109.0K ratings) - 10
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
by Joan Druett
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In 1864, two ships wreck on opposite ends of Auckland Island, creating a real-life experiment in human nature. One crew thrives through cooperation, the other descends into desperation.
★ 4.06 Goodreads (13.4K ratings)