14 Amazing Books Summarized in One Minute (Or Less)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- Non-fiction books to make you suck less.
I go into new books with the attitude that they need to earn my attention, either through the quality of writing or the quality of information. I have a personal rule, if I get 10% of the way into the book and am still not enjoying it, I put it down and move on. Life is too short and there are too many books in the world.
And because so many of my fans and readers ask me about what I read, what my favorites are, what books help me be a less awful human, well, I decided to make a video on some of the best non-fiction books out there… in my opinion.
Some of them are critically acclaimed and you’ve probably heard of them before. Others are more obscure. But regardless, I think all of them are worth your time.
And if you simply want to learn to read better or faster, check out this video: • How to Read Faster
Chapters:
Intro: 00:00
The Body Keeps the Score 00:44
The Paradox of Choice 01:26
The Blank Slate 02:31
Getting the Love You Want 04:09
The Denial of Death 05:12
Influence 06:07
Atomic Habits 06:53
The Elephant in the Brain 08:01
Nonviolent Communication 08:53
The Coddling of the American Mind 10:14
So Good They Can't Ignore You 11:22
The Psychology of Money 12:42
The Second Mountain 13:31
Democracy for Realists 15:03
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My heart drops a little every time you throw a book 🥲
oh shut up.
It was painful to watch 😀😭
:)!! Get over it
Yeah.... Why did he have to throw the books??
I just watch the first. So he keeps doing it? 😫
Mark Manson explains the paradox of choice, why more is less
Also Mark Manson: here are 14 books for you
Well compared to the thousands of book/blogs/podcasts out there, 14 seems like a less and not more isn't it?
@@phystem1 yeah, the vid feels like 5 minutes to me lol
I don’t think he’s offering choices. I think he’s recommending you read them all. 👍
The only choice I see is, should I adopt this entire list. The ones I read on this list have been pure gold, so I choose yes.
I'm gonna read all 14 at the same time , lol
time slots / bookmarks ~
The Body Keeps the Score 00:44
The Paradox of Choice 01:26
The Blank Slate 02:31
Getting the Love You Want 04:09
The Denial of Death 05:12
Influence 06:07
Atomic Habits 06:53
The Elephant in the Brain 08:01
Nonviolent Communication 08:53
The Coddling of the American Mind 10:14
So Good They Can't Ignore You 11:22
The Psychology of Money 12:42
The Second Mountain 13:31
Democracy for Realists 15:03
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Thanks man🤣
Thank you
Thank you for helping me watch this video w/o seeing the books being thrown
God bless all
@@Midalias25 honestly I hate to see this disrespectful behavior too.
Great video!! Why isn't there a book titled 'Hack Your Reality'? I found it on Liliveria and I'm amazed at how good and effective it is...
You know a video is great when it's 17 min long but only feels like 5 min.
Yeah, those were some long 5 minutes though
Yea, I watch on 3x speed too 👍
@@jimmygable569 I read the Alchemist a few times already, in different translations too! Such a great book.
Totally
The Steven Pinker choice was absolutely bizarre (Pinker has continuously been discredited by scientists, historians, sociologists, and anthropologists). More than that, the intro before summarizing that book wasn’t accurate. Marx did not say people are just automatons who suck in their environment and bam come out just a mindless zombie of that environment. What he did argue (which modern science has proved true) is that environment significantly impacts peoples thoughts, perceptions, actions etc. But the argument was never that’s all that people are.
Great video my man ! Got some new books on my list, thank you!
The body keeps the score is definitely one of the most powerful and useful books I've ever read in my life. Not only for my own well being, but has made me even better in my career as a personal trainer. I feel like I frequently share knowledge that I've acquired from that book alone. but OH MY GOD I need to read the second mountain. I'm excited to hear my current nihilism and despair is a normal thing
would you recommend it to a 19myear old teenager?
body keeps the score was hard to read at parts - the very Dutch way of adding the grisly matter of fact reality !
Thank you for these recs! Your book was also a solid read, Mark! I've quoted your work several times in mine. Thank you!
Love that he showed a little extra respect in throwing his friend’s book Atomic Habits 😀 great list Mark!
Hahaha noticed the same
Haha I noticed that. 👍😀
Best book on habits ever written
@@michaelloria69 couldn't agree more
@@michaelloria69what about the power of habit?
This was very good to watch, thank you so much man. We'd love to see more content like this in the future.
love the quality of these videos, Mark!
My take on why Atomic Habits keep being so popular is that it is written like an operating manual. A lot of these self-helps books are written more as an "hey I have this idea and this observation", but not like step-by-step manuals with easy identifiers for success/failure.
Regardless, it is a good book. It is just designed that way to serve to a wider audience.
Such a great book.
It’s like the perfect gateway to self help books
Love it! I’ve read half of these and will check out the others. Love the one minute review
Didnt think Id get the chance to read 14 books today 😁 Thanks, I'll be diving into 4 of these soon.
Thank you for the recommendations, I've put all of them I could find on my audible wishlist and got two of them straight away so I can get started 🙏 they all sound amazingly interesting
I love advice books but I've not read half of these! Thank you for the breakdown of a few new titles-- especially The Psychology of Money and The Second Mountain which sound helpful and which I wouldn't have looked into otherwise!
Impressed with myself that I’ve read most of these. Great summaries !!
Thanks Mark. I always enjoy your content and your real and raw delivery is brilliant. 👍
There arent many videos that i watch throughout without fast-forwarding. This is one of them. Thanks for the review !
Regarding the paradox of choices: I remember you talking about this in your book as well. That section really sparked my interest, so thank you for sharing this!
I got two books I’m interested in reading now. Thanks!
I was so shocked the first time you flung one of the books but can’t say the video isn’t memorable after seeing that. Well played 😂
Brilliant. Just the list I needed. The second mountain sound like exactly what I need to read right now. Thank you, Mark.
What's hilarious is that I went to Amazon to look for "Democracy for Realists" and under "What Others Bought" was basically all the books you listed.
You're influencing the algorithms. Good work.
Make more content like this! Im reading So Good They Cant Ignore you and I'm loving it.
Thanks for the suggestions Mark!
Hey Mark! Great Book Recommendations you got there for us! Denial of Death is my personal favorite. I am going to get some of the books you presented for us. As soon as your presentation finished and you pointed out the democracy book my very first thought was "as long as i am paying my taxes i want my voice to be heard!" interesting for me, nevertheless im gonna get that book and read it during my summer vacation, hopefully in Croatia. Thank you!
Hi mark! I'm glad you uploaded a new video again since I have great news for you.
I have been reading two of your books and I'm planning to buy your latest (A.K.A The subtle art of not giving a Fuck: Journal) to apply it to my life. Your books had made me realize how to be more responsible, how to value things in life, the "Feeling brain" & "Thinking brain" thingy, and much more. I just wanted to say thank you for making these books since they helped me do amazing things in life (a subtle mention of the "Do something principal"), and more.
(psst, please make more youtube videos.)
Thanks Mark. I always enjoy your content and your real and raw delivery is brilliant.
Mark Manson just gave me my 2023 reading list and at least 2 ideas for stocking stuffers. But my fragile GenX heart stung with the sound of each THUMP! I appreciated the reassuring tag. Many thanks!
It’s weird that although I share with you many things yet I haven’t seen you talking about Alfred Adler. This guy is underrated and his philosophy or his school is really transforming. One great thing about him is that he’s so realistic and straightforward. A great book to get into Alfred philosophy is “the courage to be disliked”,, don’t let the title fools you it’s actually a stupid title and It doesn’t convey a great picture of the material inside the book. It’s not what you think it is. I recommend everyone to get the Audiobook because it’s great and entertaining.
I started reading that book, I loved the content but did get a little fatigued because it's a conversation style of book. But you just gave a great idea here... To Listen as audiobook! Great 😎, I'll do that.
My absolute favourite book. Life changing!
🙏
Very true. It is a book that changed the way I look at things.
Amazing content Mark.
I hope to read all soon.
Could you also recommend communication books?
Thanks Mark! I absolutely love your content and approach.
Thanks for the reviews of these, Mark! Appreciate ya
Reading "The Body Keeps Score" right now, and it is fascinating!
Every Indian viewer getting a mini heart attack every time he throws a book 🙈
No I don't
I agree, atleast being an author he should respect book 😒
Very rightly said , our culture in INDIA teaches us pray the source of knowledge and guidance as God. We pray our teacher as guide and philosopher and pay our sincere gratitude and infinite thankfulness.
saari bhi paynado 😂
@@raynobel9489 what is wrong in wearing a saari by a teacher if they wish ?? .we cannot force anyone into doing anything .our reverence and respect for source of knowledge and teacher is in our hearts and in our conduct .
I just want to say that your voice is so soothing. I can listen to you talk all day. I'd love to listen to podcasts if you ever started one!
Good stuff man. Gonna pick up some of these. Always love the commentary.
I have started reading The Body Keeps the Score. It's a heavy read but totally worth it. Am going to pick up the Paradox of Choice soon.
I do appreciate you following The Blank Slate (genetics is key) with Getting the Love You Want (learning is key) so the viewer can go spend time on the most important subject... namely, reconciling opposites and contradictions
Great list and excellent summaries, Mark!
Thanks! You just gave me a year of great reading! Love your summaries.
I've read two of these already. I agree The Psychology of Money is fantastic.
Thank you, Mark. I think one of your recommendations, “so good they can’t ignore you,” just saved my unnecessarily miserable life from the passion hypothesis. Thank you
Why do you think your life is "unnecessarily miserable?" Take a more serious look at your life and then make that "misery" work for you "necessarily." Just a guess, but you're not yet 40 are you? Give life time. Everything works out in the long run. We learn as we get older, you will too. Happy trails.
You've changed my life with your books. Thank you. I'm forever grateful
So much resonates about the Woo-Woo in Non-violent communication, but certainly book worth reading! Thank you, Mark!
Thanks for the long awaited video Mark! Please do a video of your fave fiction recommendations, would love to know your thoughts on books with a philosophical twist e.g Murakami
Two that come to mind for me: “A Million Miles In A Thousand Years” by Donald Miller and “Falling Upward” by Richard Rohr!
Loved it 😊 thank you for your recommendations.
Loved it sir, hope u continue this series.
Thx! Going to follow up on some of those. My pick: Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind, Daniel Quinn - Ishmael, Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Antifragility, Michael Easter - The comfort crisis, Hans Rosling - Factfulness
Great list, great content, glad I found this channel! I basically read only nonfiction. I enjoy reading cutting edge peer reviews when possible. The best nonfiction book I ever read is "Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air." It's from the early 2000s and if it had caught on we'd be living in a very different society. It's a head scratcher in the best possible way.
that's a shit book (I have a BA in phl). It acts like college freshman level "relativism" is the only alternative to Roman Catholic moral absolutism (which of course the Church changes its mind on all the time, but putting that aside). The Shockmaster could have written a better ethics book.
@@stevecinneide8183 wow you wasted your money on that BA. You didn't even know to leverage an argument rather than an appeal to authority? Also Beckwith became a Catholic after, it's not a mere doctrinal statement.
Definitely going to check out that Influence book. Thanks for sharing my guy ✊🏾💯
i dont know why, i dont even read books but you are one of the few channels that keep my attention during all of the video
You made me feel… oops, hold on… watching those books fly hurt 😅
Also, The Denial of Death is an unforgettable book… Love Hendricks’ approach to relationships and Nonviolent Communication is productive.
I was surprised you didn’t include one of your own 😢
Noooo...it hurts when the book is being thrown. 😭
You're amazing man! Just used up my spare audible credit, looking forward to some knowledge ! ;D thanksss
Awesome summary!
The Body Keeps the Score 00:44
The Paradox of Choice 01:26
The Blank Slate 02:31
Getting the Love You Want 04:09
The Denial of Death 05:12
Influence 06:07
Atomic Habits 06:53
The Elephant in the Brain 08:01
Nonviolent Communication 08:53
The Coddling of the American Mind 10:14
So Good They Can't Ignore You 11:22
The Psychology of Money 12:42
The Second Mountain 13:31
Democracy for Realists 15:03
Thank you, keep up the good work!!
Books were definitely hurt in the making of this video. Either way, cool video Mark
Glad to have you Back Mark! Love the green view background
Great list... And summarized them sow well. Thank you.
I'm trying to add more nonfiction to my reading so I'm glad to see this! I love seeing videos of books you recommend, I always get great suggestions
May I suggest Shaun Tan's The Arrival and Cicada for the more picture friendly (less wordy). Just good art and a good read for those interested.
These are the kinds of books I've been looking for, needing in my life. Thank you
Hi Mark! I found the Orange one's to be particularly interesting, thank you for all of the briefings though!
My favorite non-fiction, and overall favorite of all genre, is this memoir: Desert Solitaire, by Edward Abbey. Kinda surprised no memoirs made your list.
Please don't throw books on the floor like that, they give us knowledge and we need to respect them
We worship books here in India
Not really.
Lmao
Not in the US lol
@@TBlock1347 and who made US the king of the world ? Your standards don't rule us.
Very valid point. What has brought value in our life (be it books or anything) it deserves utmost respect. Throwing the books only demonstrates recklessness.
Oh my goodness, didn't expect to enjoy this book review so much. You're funny Mark! Nice one
Great format for a video. Keeps me interested. Good content.
Great list Mark, much appreciated! Thomas Sowell changed my political views, as his work made me realize that not only a) are we looking at the world in a profoundly un-rational, un-scientific, un-data-based manner but b) we are not in a position to help and save everyone. Yet, even if we should strive to do so (and we should!), we don't take a) into account, which makes for outcomes that are not in line with our intent.
It's quite shocking how few people know about the forbidden book on Borlest called Whispers Of Manifestation
Love it! New Subscriber and soon to be reader. Thanks for the recommendations
Brilliant!
One of the best lists I've seen!
Re: Nonviolent Communication and the “you made me angry/I decided to be angry” example, I agree with Rosenberg that the language we use can mislead us. The word “decide”, however, seems to be the wrong word for the initial response to someone’s behavior as it gives the impression that anger is always a conscious decision.
I’ve read a few of those books. For people wanting to create habits ~ I highly recommend The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin. Atomic Habits is an awesome book and Gretchen’s books break it down by how people meeting internal / external expectations.
*crazy only read one of the books you listed, Glad you made this quick one min reviews going to add Paradox of choice to the list next!*
Thank you for making my life better. Really.
Can't wait to read the Paradox of Choice, Influence, So Good They Can't Ignore You and The Second Mountain.
Amazing summaries. Read 3 of them and you did it perfectly
Are you saying that he only read 3 of them instead of 14 and created the video saying 14 books summaries?
Are you being ironic?
@@CrixgoTv mfr, he said he himself read 3 of them
i think the OP means the OP had read 3 of the books Mark mentioned and that Mark summarised them perfectly
Anything that helps you be a better person deserves respect.
Please Mr. Manson don't throw books like that
Right, Anshul. ,, also Mr Manson, stop saying Fuck, you say you‘ve been to college- it didn’t teach you how to speak without having to say that, did it? I cringe everytime you say that. Stop it and you’ll have more credibility.
I love this. I've just got my library website in another tab as you're talking
Thnx Mark. My mind has just got a taste of something new and tantalising. Am writing down the list and intend to chew them at leisure.
I would add The Demon-Haunted World (Carl Sagan) for critical and skeptical thinking, and Never Split the Difference (Chris Voss) for negotiation 👍🏼
Absolutely love your blogs and videos. I love your ideas and they inspire me. Just a request, please don't throw books, I'm an Indian and it's very disrespectful to be throwing books in my culture as they are a source of knowledge. Everytime you threw a book, felt like my heart was shattering.
Yes in Indian culture it is extremely offensive to disrespect books.
It's part of script and creativity. Don't get personal.
I know what I like to do , that I am good at , that people need from me , and I can make money from , but I am not able to execute . I am 16 and trying to work towards my dream . I want to thank you for this mark. Before I could not believe that I could do what I like, used to think too much about others . The subtle art has changed me and my view towards life
Loved this video. Thank you for sharing.
Also, The untethered soul, even if you don't read the whole book, or just watch part of the TH-cam affects you positively mentally. For example, the most impactful contraian idea of the book helps so many people I tell it to, it's say, when your sitting alone your thoughts run wild, your thoughts are in control, well get in the shower and when those thoughts start to come, realize it, say no, this is my TIME, understanding your thoughts are controlling you helps you take better control over your thoughts. I love all of the ideas of these books. May have to read AA and the atomic habits together, controlling the beast within is the biggest defeat I've faced in my life. So love Mark's ideas to really bounce off in my writings, he's like a modern philosopher, better than therapy, and smarter than alot of the people I've come across. Reading a book and spreading its knowledge to people who lack the ability to find the motivation to a read a self help book is the biggest help, most people don't have the know how to help themselves, or the drive, or hate reading.
Mark I love your books ...just a little request, plz don't throw your books like that. They have helped you in your pursuit a lot, throwing them like this seems disrespectful. Thanks for your consideration
I agree
Yeah, i totally agree with u
Totally agree. You had a better way to handle those book. I found it is really unnecessary for throwing it.
I ordered a few of these. I read Elephant in the Brain and I loved it. Thank you for the recommendations.
By the way, I know an underlying motivation for you making these videos and I believe you would make a beneficial ally, haha.
It's my first time watching you. You really explained it very well. So, atleast I can give you thanks by liking and subscribing it....
I really love to read books 📚 & waiting for such an awesome content displaying other books in the future....
Thanks man
Great video. The books though. Maybe instead of just tossing them you could use one as a coaster for a sweaty water glass next time as well 😆
Awesome summary! However Kolk did not coin the term PTSD. He popularized it.
I'm halfway through The Body Keeps The Score and I already can't thank you enough💜
Great list. Found and put a hold on all but one at my library.
Loved this... would you ever consider doing the same type of video but for fiction?
Considering his audience, I doubt it
I wonder if he would consider doing a similar video with priceless fragile antiques?
I thought The Psychology of Money was over-rated, but might give it another go. Maybe it’s because I’ve read so much about investing and money that I felt he stopped when he was just getting started. The democracy book looks interesting, will check it out - wish us luck in our election this week :) 🇦🇺
ps love the cat meow 😆
Thank you so much! so helpful 🙏
I think it's really cool you have interviewed (and recorded videos for) several of these authors at this point. Those interviews turned out really well, go figure, you've probably thought about them (how these interviews would go) for awhile before they were actualized.
You're also not as fat now.
I found Atomic habits really like a one sentence concept stretched out to 100s of pages.
- Man´s search for meaning (Viktor Frankl)
- Humankind a Hopeful History (Rutger Bregman)
- Factfullness (Hans Rosling)
Should definitley be added to this already great list. All possible game changers for human lifes or their paradigms
These are all books which I will be reading this summer vacation. Thank you
The cat meowing in the back was hilarious! Great list by the way ✌️
Hey Mark. With all due respect, kindly don't disrespect books by throwing them.