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Books like The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman is about design, human-centered thinking, cognitive psychology. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. Thinking, Fast and Slow
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    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman · Psychology

    Thinking, Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman's account of the two cognitive systems that govern human thought.

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  2. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
    Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

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    Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

    Malcolm Gladwell · Psychology

    Blink is Malcolm Gladwell's argument that fast, unconscious decisions — the ones made in the first two seconds of encountering something — are often just as reliable as slow, deliberate analysis, and sometimes more so.

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  3. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
    Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

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    Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

    Nir Eyal · Business

    Hooked is Nir Eyal's framework for designing products that people return to without external prompting.

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  4. Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
    Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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    Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

    Nir Eyal · Self-help

    Indistractable is Nir Eyal's argument that distraction is not a technology problem — it's a psychology problem.

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  5. 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
    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.

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  6. A General Theory of Love
    A General Theory of Love

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    A General Theory of Love

    Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon · Psychology

    A General Theory of Love is a 2000 book by three psychiatrists at the University of California, San Francisco — Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon — who set out to explain love scientifically without stripping it of its significance.

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