Didn’t realize myth of Sisyphus was an essay wtf. Read the stranger and liked it so I went to that but this mad boring

that good 🔥erature

if you liked the stranger you should read the plague by albert camus

Thanks for the rec

How dark are you trying to go

You trying to a***yze other peoples psyche or are you trying to manipulate and mind control?

If we're being honest I'd say manipulate and mind control

Body Language Mastery: 4 Books in 1: The Ultimate Psychology Guide to A***yzing, Reading and Influencing People Using Body Language, Emotional Intelligence, Psychological Persuasion and Manipulation by Brandon Cooper

The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Persuasive Psychological Manipulation Technique in the World by Ian Rowland

The Psychopath's Bible: For the Extreme Individual by Christopher S. Hyatt

Dark Psychology: Tricks and Defenses Against Dark Persuasion, Brainwashing, NLP, and Manipulative Seduction by Victor Sykes

Can you read them online or?

find them on z-library or libgen

im sorry but these books sound like edgy pseudoscience for people who liked the Secret

any books about types of gov't, history of genocide, etc. for beginners?

The Trial of Gilles de Rais

Idk if it's for beginners, probably some background in politics/Asian history would be useful, but this post made me think of "The Art of Not Being Governed" by James C Scott, which I thought was actually really interesting even though it's an academic work so

Factfulness by Hans Rosling is an amazing book

Cold reading isn't Psuedoscience lol, it's a technique even used by law enforcement of the highest order.

He was looking for manipulative resources so I passed em along.

any recommendations on books about having hope or something in that vein?

I really need to start getting into books. Any recommendations with a romance aspect to it?

Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur by Ben Kiernan

What do you mean by types of Government though, in the US?

Thanks for replying... types meaning, gov'ts like Germany back in the 30s to 40s, african gov'ts, Mussolini regime, a general worldview of what civilians had to go against or comply to

HOPEFULLY that makes some sense

Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Fascist Dictatorship, 1915-1945 by Richard J.B. Bosworth

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

Haven't read many about African times, but King Leopold's is a good one.

Would recommend station eleven by Emily Mandel for anyone just tryna get into reading
Or the 'i am number four' series but that's probably too teeny for some
Personal fav is the freedom writers. Forgot the author but I watched the movie and read the book countless times
That and the IA#4 series got me into reading when I was 12~ and they changed my life. Glad there's a place to talk about books

Reading Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis right now. There’s something about his writing style that makes me love it now but wonder if I won’t relate to it as I grow older. Oh well, gonna read Glamorama, American Psycho, and Less Than Zero as well lol

I just downloaded his new one White heard good things about it

Nicholas sparks