I'm not the OP, and I haven't read these books, but many people swear by: Influence: the psychology of persuasion, by Robert Cialdini http://www.amazon.com/In

I'm not the OP, and I haven't read these books, but many people swear by: Influence: the psychology of persuasion, by Robert Cialdini http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Business-Essentials/dp/006124189X http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Busine... The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature http://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579 http://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/00... One I HAVE read, and I strongly recommend is How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influenc... Also, I've read many people mention a lot about Neuro-Linguistic Programming. I'm usually skeptical of this stuff, but I want to read about it. I did read "The Game" by Neil Strauss... while it is not something I want to do, it is really intriguing, and he advocates NLP a lot in that book. And while I'm nerdish/socially awkward, I have a long-term relationship with my girlfriend so I don't "need" to go picking up girls :) . I look forward to the original poster's list :)