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Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 1

by Syougo Kinugasa

His school pays for obedience, expels failure. He's a genius hiding as average. The class is broke.

4.11

4k+

📖 Light Novel 🗾 Japanese High School 🏫 Elite Academy

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 1 Summary

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Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 1

His school pays for obedience, expels failure. He's a genius hiding as average. The class is broke.

by Syougo Kinugasa 2015 387 pages

4.11

4k+ ratings

📖 Light Novel 🗾 Japanese High School 🏫 Elite Academy

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

by Christopher Berry-Dee • 2017

Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.

2.98

8k+

🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Psychopathy Research

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary

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Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 pages

2.98

8k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Psychopathy Research

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages

by Christopher Berry-Dee • 2017

215 patients killed by their GP. Nobody suspected. Deadliest predators hide behind a familiar face.

2.98

8k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Forensic Interviewing 😈 Psychopath Behavior

Immersive

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages

215 patients killed by their GP. Nobody suspected. Deadliest predators hide behind a familiar face.

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 pages

2.98

8k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Forensic Interviewing 😈 Psychopath Behavior

Surrounded by Liars

by Thomas Erikson • 2024

Four personality types, four ways to lie, and the single question that corners a habitual deceiver.

3.38

500+

🤥 Deception And Trust 🕵️ Detecting Lies 💻 Online Disinformation

Surrounded by Liars

Four personality types, four ways to lie, and the single question that corners a habitual deceiver.

by Thomas Erikson 2024 368 pages

3.38

500+ ratings

🤥 Deception And Trust 🕵️ Detecting Lies 💻 Online Disinformation

How to Read People Like a Book

by James W. Williams • 2020

Decode personality types, body language, and verbal cues to connect with anyone in minutes.

3.54

500+

🔥 Body Language 🧩 Personality Types 👂 Active Listening

How to Read People Like a Book

Decode personality types, body language, and verbal cues to connect with anyone in minutes.

by James W. Williams 2020 164 pages

3.54

500+ ratings

🔥 Body Language 🧩 Personality Types 👂 Active Listening

Surrounded by Energy Vampires

by Thomas Erikson • 2023

The six personality types that drain your energy, and the communication tactics that disarm them.

3.51

1k+

🧛 Difficult People 💔 Toxic Relationships 🧠 Behavioral Types

Surrounded by Energy Vampires

The six personality types that drain your energy, and the communication tactics that disarm them.

by Thomas Erikson 2023 368 pages

3.51

1k+ ratings

🧛 Difficult People 💔 Toxic Relationships 🧠 Behavioral Types

I think too much - How to channel intrusive thoughts

by Christel Petitcollin • 2010

Overthinking is a neurological trait, not a flaw. Stop fighting your mind and start using it.

3.23

6k+

🦋 High Sensitivity 🌀 Overthinking 🌈 Neurodiversity

I think too much - How to channel intrusive thoughts

Overthinking is a neurological trait, not a flaw. Stop fighting your mind and start using it.

by Christel Petitcollin 2010 228 pages

3.23

6k+ ratings

🦋 High Sensitivity 🌀 Overthinking 🌈 Neurodiversity

Psychology of the Unconscious

by C.G. Jung • 2003

Freud said libido was sexual. Jung said it was life itself, and myths held the proof.

4.15

1k+

🕳️ Depth Psychology 🌙 Dream Interpretation 🏛️ Mythological Analysis

Psychology of the Unconscious

Freud said libido was sexual. Jung said it was life itself, and myths held the proof.

by C.G. Jung 2003 624 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

🕳️ Depth Psychology 🌙 Dream Interpretation 🏛️ Mythological Analysis

The Girl In Cell A

by Vaseem Khan • 2025

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

3.92

500+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory

The Girl In Cell A

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

by Vaseem Khan 2025 515 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4

by Syougo Kinugasa • 2016

One student turns a cruise ship test into a chess match where classmates are pawns.

4.28

2k+

🎓 School Thriller 🎭 Social Deduction 🕵️ Manipulative Hero

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4

One student turns a cruise ship test into a chess match where classmates are pawns.

by Syougo Kinugasa 2016 374 pages

4.28

2k+ ratings

🎓 School Thriller 🎭 Social Deduction 🕵️ Manipulative Hero

30-Second Psychology

by Christian Jarrett • 2011

50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.

3.74

1k+

🕰️ History Of Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 💭 Cognitive Biases

30-Second Psychology

50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.

by Christian Jarrett 2011 160 pages

3.74

1k+ ratings

🕰️ History Of Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 💭 Cognitive Biases

You Are But Dust

by Hannah Clayton

At her sister's funeral, Samarra meets Death: a charming man offering to end her pain.

3.50

1k+

👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💀 Personified Death 🌀 Addiction Spiral

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You Are But Dust

At her sister's funeral, Samarra meets Death: a charming man offering to end her pain.

by Hannah Clayton 2025 302 pages

3.50

1k+ ratings

👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💀 Personified Death 🌀 Addiction Spiral

American Therapy

by Jonathan Engel • 2008

America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.

3.39

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy

American Therapy

America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.

by Jonathan Engel 2008 368 pages

3.39

70 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy

The Imposter

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

3.93

5k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller

The Imposter

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

by Adriane Leigh 2024 248 pages

3.93

5k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller

Portrait of a Nuclear Family

by J.P. Behrens • 2022

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

3.80

500+

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Portrait of a Nuclear Family

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

by J.P. Behrens 2022 240 pages

3.80

500+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

The Perfect Life

by Susanna Beard • 2020

Heather Jessop wins £29 million and her life unravels into threats, envy, and suspicion.

3.88

3k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💰 Sudden Wealth 🍽️ Eating Disorder

The Perfect Life

Heather Jessop wins £29 million and her life unravels into threats, envy, and suspicion.

by Susanna Beard 2020 304 pages

3.88

3k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💰 Sudden Wealth 🍽️ Eating Disorder

SickER Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

3.81

500+

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague

SickER Bastards

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.81

500+ ratings

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague

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