Rob Henderson
Psychologist and writer; author of the memoir Troubled and of a newsletter on human nature, psychology and social class.
A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of story to motivate and persuade by Will Storr
Best books I read in 2025: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of story to motivate and persuade by Will Storr
on robkhenderson.com · 24 Dec 2025
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
Best books I read in 2025: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of story to motivate and persuade by Will Storr Bringing Up Baby: An Evolutionary View of Pediatrics by Paul Turke Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
on robkhenderson.com · 24 Dec 2025
Bringing Up Baby: An Evolutionary View of Pediatrics by Paul Turke
Best books I read in 2025: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of story to motivate and persuade by Will Storr Bringing Up Baby: An Evolutionary View of Pediatrics by Paul Turke
on robkhenderson.com · 24 Dec 2025
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
Best books I read in 2024: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers by Marissa A. Harrison Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
on robkhenderson.com · 22 Dec 2024
Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Best books I read in 2024: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
on robkhenderson.com · 22 Dec 2024
Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers by Marissa A. Harrison
Best books I read in 2024: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers by Marissa A. Harrison
on robkhenderson.com · 22 Dec 2024
A Personal Odyssey by Thomas Sowell
A Personal Odyssey by Thomas Sowell My review here . Insights into the mindset required to climb out of poverty and remake one’s fortunes. A countervailing perspective from the above Orwell work.
on robkhenderson.com · 24 Dec 2023
A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going by Michael Muthukrishna
Best books I read in 2023: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going by Michael Muthukrishna
on robkhenderson.com · 24 Dec 2023
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell This lesser known book from Orwell offers an illuminating glimpse into the arrogant, entitled, and self-pitying mindset of downwardly mobile elites.
on robkhenderson.com · 24 Dec 2023
The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
Best books I read in 2023: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going by Michael Muthukrishna The Two-Parent Privilege by Melissa S. Kearney The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
on robkhenderson.com · 24 Dec 2023
The Two-Parent Privilege by Melissa S. Kearney
Best books I read in 2023: Just a note that these books weren’t all necessarily published this year (though some were). A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going by Michael Muthukrishna The Two-Parent Privilege by Melissa S. Kearney
on robkhenderson.com · 24 Dec 2023
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