Ask HN: Any recommended books on developing mental models? ↗

The books people recommended

2017-12-26 · 350 points · 61 comments · 28 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

4
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
4 here · 197 all-time · #4 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 133,705 ratings on Amazon
3
Thinking in Systems
Donella H. Meadows
3 here · 55 all-time · #72 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 6,475 ratings on Amazon
3Poor Charlie's Almanack
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charlie Munger
3 here · 25 all-time · #230 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,930 ratings on Amazon
3Seeking Wisdom
Seeking Wisdom
Peter Bevelin
3 here · 14 all-time · #460 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 405 ratings on Amazon
2
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
2 here · 178 all-time · #6 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 48,679 ratings on Amazon
2
The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
2 here · 57 all-time · #66 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,156 ratings on Amazon
2Mental Models
Mental Models
Indi Young
2 here · 3 all-time · #2409 overall
2The Decision Book
The Decision Book
Mikael Krogerus
2 here · 3 all-time · #2529 overall
1
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
1 here · 95 all-time · #33 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,629 ratings on Amazon
1
Influence
Robert Cialdini
1 here · 50 all-time · #84 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 13,065 ratings on Amazon
1
Principles
Ray Dalio
1 here · 49 all-time · #88 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,363 ratings on Amazon
1
Ishmael
Daniel Quinn
1 here · 44 all-time · #104 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 7,045 ratings on Amazon
1
How to Solve It
George Polya
1 here · 42 all-time · #115 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,615 ratings on Amazon
1
Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely
1 here · 35 all-time · #144 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,450 ratings on Amazon
1Extreme Ownership
Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink
1 here · 34 all-time · #158 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 39,461 ratings on Amazon
1
The Dictator's Handbook
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
1 here · 29 all-time · #196 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,461 ratings on Amazon
1
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
Gerald M. Weinberg
1 here · 19 all-time · #336 overall
Buy on Amazon4.0 out of 5, 155 ratings on Amazon
1Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson
1 here · 15 all-time · #441 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,280 ratings on Amazon
1The Blank Slate
The Blank Slate
Steven Pinker
1 here · 13 all-time · #487 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,915 ratings on Amazon
1A Mind for Numbers
A Mind for Numbers
Barbara Oakley
1 here · 11 all-time · #561 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 6,906 ratings on Amazon
1The Timeless Way of Building
The Timeless Way of Building
Christopher Alexander
1 here · 11 all-time · #596 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 331 ratings on Amazon
1Simulacra and Simulation
Simulacra and Simulation
Jean Baudrillard
1 here · 10 all-time · #660 overall
1The Art of Thinking Clearly
The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli
1 here · 9 all-time · #694 overall
1Metaphors We Live By
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff
1 here · 9 all-time · #713 overall
1Boyd
Boyd
Robert Coram
1 here · 9 all-time · #720 overall
1Science, Strategy and War
Science, Strategy and War
1 here · 4 all-time · #1619 overall
1Big Book of Concepts
Big Book of Concepts
Gregory Murphy
1 here · 4 all-time · #1812 overall
1Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine
Arthur Koestler
1 here · 3 all-time · #2050 overall