The Power of Now vs Thinking, fast and slow: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Self-actualization
The Power of Now
A #1 New York Times bestsellerA Wall Street Journal bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerTranslated into 69 languagesOver 20 million copies soldOne of the most influential and enduring books of the twenty-first century,…
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Thinking, fast and slow
In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Power of Now highest: The Power of Now 4.5 · Thinking, fast and slow 4.2.
- The Power of Now is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 12 for Thinking, fast and slow.
- Thinking, fast and slow has the widest readership — 613929 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Power of Now | Thinking, fast and slow | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (613929) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.1 (947) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (3227) | 3.5 (2172) |
Reception
| The Power of Now | Thinking, fast and slow | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3227 | 613929 |
| Editions | 20 | 35 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 16152 | 27471 |
| Pages | 142 | 672 |