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Some of our favorite places to go for summer reading on the cheap._ by [Shane Parrish](https://time.com/author/shane-parrish/) ## Shane Parrish Jul 29, 2015 11:00 AM UTC  Diverging line of footprints Diverging line of footprints Getty Images by [Shane Parrish](https://time.com/author/shane-parrish/) ## Shane Parrish Jul 29, 2015 11:00 AM UTC At Re:Think Decision Making in February, I asked participants to offer up some books on decision making. _(If you’d like to be one of the first to know when I open up registration for Re:Think Decision making 2016 in Austin, TX , join the_ [_list_](http://rethinkworkshops.com/)_.)_ The crowd at the event was, in the words of one participants, the finest crowd you’ll find at a public event. These people are paid to make decisions for a living and want to find every edge they can. So when I asked them what books on decision making they read and recommend, you can bet they had a lot to say. Here’s the list: [Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307956393/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307956393&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=OBBY5OXN7U6T6D7U) By: Chip & Dan Heath [How to Measure Anything ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118539273/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1118539273&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=PZAKHL2T4HICWAYK) By: Douglas Hubbard [How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1500615994/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1500615994&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=4MAM6MLWJLVMHLEH) By: Abby Covert [Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1422122999/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1422122999&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=YIWNEKBGTVY3IGKQ) By: Cass Sunstein & Reid Hastie [The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash A Culture of Innovation ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615893376/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0615893376&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=MIARGIESCQ4BCLEJ) By: Henri Lipmanowicz & Keith McCandless [Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596804172/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0596804172&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=CEDPT27VHJQBENTS) By: Dave Gray, Sunni Brown & James Macanufo [The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307455777/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307455777&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=7FS2PQHEDP2P7ROZ) By: Jonathan Haidt [Yes or No: The Guide to Better Decisions ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887306314/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0887306314&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=OKTNYC2N7MQ6HAM3) By: Spencer Johnson [The Little Book of Talent ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034553025X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=034553025X&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=OCZFGIPU6KY4CNV3) By: Daniel Coyle [The Worry Solution: Using Breakthrough Brain Science to Turn Stress and Anxiety into Confidence and Happiness](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307718247/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307718247&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=IKFE3LPUBAA7CMDS) By: Martin Rossman [Shantaram: A Novel](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312330537/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312330537&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=FY64VW3GRQPJX2J6) By: Gregory David Roberts [The Art of Living](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061286052/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061286052&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=FWL5ZTNS7S5TOBOI) By: Epictetus [The Education of a Value Investor](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1137278811/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1137278811&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=GFISGZFLOINWUH6H) By: Guy Spier [Devil Take the Hindmost: a History of Financial Speculation](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452281806/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0452281806&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=CIDCTQ7O3NCXJNEE) By: Edward Chancellor [Click: The Art and Science of Getting from Impasse to Insight](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613430647/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1613430647&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=BPWKWDSEXLZA3TEI) By: Eve Grodnitzky [The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610391845/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610391845&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=5DEENCBSJE2Q7BQD) By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita [The Back of the Napkin & How to Solve Problems and Sell Ideas](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591842697/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591842697&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=5MXJW64554KTRFJC) By: Dan Roan [Crossing to Safety](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037575931X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=037575931X&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=DANWYET5WUOMXUHY) By: Wallace Stegner [Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060005696/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060005696&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=D4MUSSY556IECSSG) By: Barry Schwartz [Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262516721/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0262516721&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=5FXIZR5VKHAQW7TG) By: Gary Klein [The Social Animal](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812979370/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812979370&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=YLEEFDRJIJC7KI7T) By: David Brooks [The Laws of Simplicity](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262134721/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0262134721&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=K3Y7VLHEASXNRTH3) By: John Maeda [Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014311526X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=014311526X&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=5N6GBDYYI6ZXRZRQ) By: Richard H. Thaler [Reminiscences of a Stock Operator](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471770884/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0471770884&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=CTKFFWAN3CFHONCW) By: Edwin Lefevre & Roger Lowenstein [This Will Make You Smarter](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062109391/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0062109391&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=L27YKIS27A43PJ5J) By: John Brockman [A more Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1620401452/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1620401452&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=KLLI6TEBC36S4TDR) By: Warren Berger [Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/147675571X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=147675571X&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=SJKTEM4D274OGO4F) By: Bill Browden [The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684853949/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684853949&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=COYICDBL6UUYAZ45) By: Oliver Sacks [Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300196539/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300196539&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=DS5DI7KTET77P6OQ) By: Geoffrey Parker [Seeking Wisdom](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578644283/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1578644283&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=27D37KKSQDUETFWM) By: Peter Bevelin [Mastery](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014312417X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=014312417X&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=PBZ72IXNQ7K6QP7A) By: Rober Greene [Synchronicity: The Innes Path of Leadership](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051ANRBI/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0051ANRBI&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=4RX3DVICAZEXR4WR) By: Joseph Jaworski [The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610392507/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610392507&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=BLVAJARONSY6L4JH) By: Erin Meyer [Ubiquity: Why Catastrophes Happen](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0609809989/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0609809989&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=EH6B72ACX7VDXKZD) By: Mark Buchanan [Family Fortunes](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118171411/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1118171411&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=AZLTFL6JFHWKOHDG) By: Bill Bonner [Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006124189X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=006124189X&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=2EGF7UY2AGS3AYOB) By: Robert Cialdini [Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812979680/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812979680&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=VQDDGLO3U6LDZ6IJ) By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb [Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578645018/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1578645018&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=XFBFQSGIQYDIPWGI) By: Peter D. Kaufman & Charlie T. Munger [The Brain that Changes Itself](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143113100/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143113100&linkCode=as2&tag=farnamstreet-20&linkId=RP77FVXM7P56FDKQ) By: Norman Doidge And there you have it — a list of books on decision making that should give you a great starting point. **_This piece originally appeared on_** [**_Farnam Street_**](https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2015/06/books-on-decision-making/)**_._** **Join over 60,000 readers and get a free weekly update via email** [**here**](http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/newsletter/)**.** ## Transcript Summer's here, don't believe me? Look at my face, it's all burned from sitting on the beach, reading e- books. I do that almost every weekend in the Summer. The 25 year old version of myself, thinks the 35 year old version of myself is a total square. But the 35 year old version of myself knows the 25 year old version of myself is a complete idiot. Both versions of myself however, are cheap. So, our friends at Techlicious have cobbled together a list of places to get inexpensive, and or free e- books. Both versions of myself can enjoy. The best place to start for free books is your local library and the same old's true for ebooks. I wanna stop you right there because a library, is where you get paper books. You can get ebooks at the library? Are you serious? Find out what books are available near you, visit your local library in person or search online on the Over Drive website at overdrive. com. If you're looking for free classic books, Project Gutenberg has tens of thousands. Head over to gutenberg. org, to check out all the titles. Every day Amazon discounts various Kindle books, to between a buck and four bucks. Check out the Kindle Daily Deals section of the site for more details. And if you pay a hundred bucks a year for Amazon Prime you have access to the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which will let you take out a free book at a time from a catalog of over 500, 000 titles. I actually have a free book from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library on my Kindle right now. It's from Oprah's Book Club. And I will not say which one it is. Some things need to remain private. And if you own a Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone, you have access to a special library of Kindle books. You get four prominent books to choose from every month, up to a total of 12 per year. And if you read a lot and want access to a nice library of books, both Oyster and Scribd are Netflix- style services that let you read an unlimited numbers of book for around nine to ten books a month. 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