
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
John E. Sarno MD
4.4 on Amazon
2 HN comments

The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain
John E. Sarno M.D.
4.5 on Amazon
2 HN comments

To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others
Daniel H. Pink and Penguin Audio
4.5 on Amazon
2 HN comments

Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
David D. Burns
4.7 on Amazon
2 HN comments

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas R Hofstadter
4.7 on Amazon
2 HN comments

The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
Gad Saad
4.8 on Amazon
2 HN comments

Alcoholics Anonymous
AAWS
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments

The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene, Paul Michael, et al.
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
David A. Sinclair PhD and Matthew D. LaPlante
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
Tara Brach, Cassandra Campbell, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
Nadine Burke Harris M.D.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Jaggi Vasudev (Sadhguru), et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
Sebastian Junger and Hachette Audio
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth and Simon & Schuster Audio
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal
Mark Bittman
4.4 on Amazon
1 HN comments
SwizeconAug 3, 2021
A similar effect can be found with Grit, Fogg’s Behavior Model, Superforecasting, and most Gladwel books.
On the coding side, I’ve only noticed this with Pragmatic Programmer, Clean Code, and maybe Phoenix/Unicorn project. Could I don’t read enough of those or they’re too focused on specific technologies instead of broad ideas … or I get too much of my technical reading from blogs and twitter. Those do get repetitive and you quickly find common patterns, but no titles to refer to.