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Books recommended by Steven Pinker
Cognitive psychologist at Harvard University
Psychologist and linguist whose books include The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of Our Nature.
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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything Steven Pinker has read or praised. How we choose.
Recommendations
Books Steven Pinker recommends
6 books from 1 source. Each one links to the place where Steven recommended it.
The best books on the Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker
Interview first published in 2011 and updated in December 2020 with a sixth, newer book.
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The Internationalists
Explicit recommendationAdded in a 2020 update to his Five Books interview on the decline of violence.
The best books on the Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker Interviewfivebooks.com
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Homicide
Explicit recommendationPicked in his Five Books interview; he describes it as a founding book of evolutionary psychology.
The best books on the Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker Interviewfivebooks.com
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Statistics of Deadly Quarrels
Explicit recommendationPicked in his Five Books interview — an early statistical study of war.
The best books on the Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker Interviewfivebooks.com
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Violent Land
Explicit recommendationPicked in his Five Books interview — violence on the American frontier.
The best books on the Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Remnants of War
Explicit recommendationPicked in his Five Books interview on the decline of war.
The best books on the Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker Interviewfivebooks.com
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Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
Explicit recommendationPicked in his Five Books interview — the psychology of perpetrators.
The best books on the Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker Interviewfivebooks.com
Written by Steven Pinker
Books Steven Pinker wrote
Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.
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