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Loved Simply Rational by Gerd Gigerenzer? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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  1. 1Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

    Kahneman explains the cognitive biases and two systems of thought that shape how people judge probabilities and risks.

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  2. 2Noise

    Noise

    Cass R. Sunstein

    The authors examine how variability in professional judgment leads to errors, a close companion to the book's concern with flawed decisions.

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  3. 3Innumeracy

    Innumeracy

    John Allen Paulos

    Paulos shows how a lack of basic numerical reasoning distorts public understanding of chance, risk and news.

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  4. 4The Signal and the Noise

    The Signal and the Noise

    Nate Silver

    Silver looks at forecasting in fields from weather to medicine and asks why so many predictions fail under uncertainty.

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  5. 5Nudge

    Nudge

    Cass R. Sunstein

    The book explores how the way choices are framed and presented can steer people toward better decisions, a theme shared with Gigerenzer.

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  6. 6Predictably Irrational

    Predictably Irrational

    Dan Ariely

    Ariely describes systematic errors in everyday choices, from pricing to health, showing how framing shapes what people do.

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  7. 7Thinking in Bets

    Thinking in Bets

    Annie Duke

    Duke applies probabilistic thinking to decisions made under uncertainty, drawing on her experience in poker.

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  8. 8The Art of Thinking Clearly

    The Art of Thinking Clearly

    Rolf Dobelli

    Dobelli gives a short tour of common reasoning errors, useful for readers who want the decision-making ideas in brief form.

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