Psychology · Similar reads
Books like Obedience to Authority
The best books like Obedience to Authority are Thinking, Fast and Slow, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, and Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram is about authority, obedience, social conformity. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman · Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman's account of the two cognitive systems that govern human thought.
A kindred psychology read.
Read the summary → - The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Philip Zimbardo · Psychology
Philip Zimbardo designed the Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971, then watched it spin out of control within days.
Both dig into situational behavior.
Read the summary → - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini · Psychology
Influence is Robert Cialdini's account of why people say yes, and how that agreement is manufactured.
A kindred psychology read.
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- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky · Science
Behave is Robert Sapolsky's attempt to explain why humans do what they do — the violence, the altruism, the tribalism, the heroism — by working through every layer of biology that contributes to a single act.
A kindred psychology read.
Read the summary → - Predictably Irrational
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Dan Ariely · Psychology
Predictably Irrational is Dan Ariely's examination of how humans make decisions that are consistently, systematically irrational — not random or arbitrary, but irrational in ways that follow patterns.
A kindred psychology read.
Read the summary → - Leadership on the Line
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Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky · Business
Leadership on the Line is Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky's more accessible treatment of adaptive leadership, aimed at practitioners rather than scholars.
Both dig into authority.
Read the summary → - Leadership Without Easy Answers
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Leadership Without Easy Answers
Ronald A. Heifetz · Business
Leadership Without Easy Answers is Ronald Heifetz's foundational work on adaptive leadership, developed from his research and teaching at Harvard's Kennedy School.
Both dig into authority.
Read the summary → - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Mark Twain · Literary fiction
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is set in the fictional St.
Both dig into social conformity.
Read the summary → - The Cost of Discipleship
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Religion & Spirituality
The Cost of Discipleship was published in Germany in 1937, four years after Hitler came to power and two years after Bonhoeffer had taken over the underground seminary at Finkenwalde.
Both dig into obedience.
Read the summary → - The Feminine Mystique
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Betty Friedan · History
The Feminine Mystique is Betty Friedan's 1963 diagnosis of a cultural crisis she called "the problem that has no name" — the pervasive unhappiness of educated American women who had, by all social measures, everything they were supposed to want: a house in the suburbs, a devoted husband, healthy children, and freedom from paid work.
Both dig into social conformity.
Read the summary → - The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
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The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, and Alexander Grashow · Business
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership is the practical companion to Ronald Heifetz's foundational Leadership Without Easy Answers.
Both dig into authority.
Read the summary → - 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Susan Weinschenk · Psychology
Susan Weinschenk is a behavioral scientist and UX consultant, and this book is her translation of cognitive science research into practical guidance for designers.
A kindred psychology read.
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Books like Obedience to Authority: quick answers
What are the best books like Obedience to Authority?
The best books like Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram are Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky, Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Obedience to Authority, such as authority, obedience, social conformity.
What should I read after Obedience to Authority?
A natural next read after Obedience to Authority is Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. A kindred psychology read. Other strong choices are The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky.
What books are similar to Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram?
Obedience to Authority centers on authority, obedience, social conformity. Books with a similar feel include Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky, Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, Leadership on the Line by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
