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Books like The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
The best books like The Hour Between Dog and Wolf are Thinking, Fast and Slow, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, and Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by John Coates is about neuroscience, risk-taking, financial markets. 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 science read.
Read the summary → - Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Richard H. Thaler · Psychology
Richard Thaler is one of the founders of behavioral economics, the field that took the anomalies in standard economic theory seriously rather than dismissing them as noise.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - 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.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - The Undoing Project
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Michael Lewis · Psychology
Michael Lewis came to this subject sideways.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - Liar's Poker
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Michael Lewis · Business
Liar's Poker is Michael Lewis's account of his years as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s, the decade when Wall Street stopped being a gentleman's club and became something closer to a casino.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
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Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson · Science
Altered Traits is a careful assessment of what neuroscience actually knows about meditation, written by two researchers who have spent their careers at the intersection of contemplative practice and empirical science.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - How to Change Your Mind
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Michael Pollan · Science
Michael Pollan came to psychedelics late in life, as a skeptic.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - How to Create a Mind
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Ray Kurzweil · Science
Ray Kurzweil's central claim in How to Create a Mind is that the neocortex — the part of the brain responsible for higher thought — operates on a single repeating algorithm called the pattern recognition theory of mind.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - The Distracted Mind
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Adam Gazzaley and Larry D. Rosen · Science
The Distracted Mind brings together two distinct research traditions — cognitive neuroscience and psychology of technology — to explain why modern humans find sustained attention so difficult and what can be done about it.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - The End of Overeating
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David A. Kessler · Science
David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner and dean of two medical schools, wrote The End of Overeating as a scientific investigation into why so many people — including himself — find it nearly impossible to stop eating hyperpalatable food once they start.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - The Organized Mind
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Daniel J. Levitin · Science
Daniel Levitin's argument is that the human brain's organizational architecture was built for a very different world — one with far fewer decisions, far less information, and far lower cognitive demand than the environment most people now navigate daily.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Nicholas Carr · Science
The Shallows is Nicholas Carr's argument that the internet — and the way we habitually use it, skimming hyperlinked text, watching short videos, checking feeds — is reshaping the neural circuits responsible for deep reading and sustained concentration.
Both dig into neuroscience.
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Books like The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: quick answers
What are the best books like The Hour Between Dog and Wolf?
The best books like The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by John Coates are Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky, The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Hour Between Dog and Wolf, such as neuroscience, risk-taking, financial markets.
What should I read after The Hour Between Dog and Wolf?
A natural next read after The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. A kindred science read. Other strong choices are Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky, The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis.
What books are similar to The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by John Coates?
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf centers on neuroscience, risk-taking, financial markets. Books with a similar feel include Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky, The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
