Who recommended Quiet?

26 people have recommended Quiet in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Derek Sivers, Adam Grant, Emma Watson and Daniel Pink. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Quiet worth reading?

26 people we track recommend it. It is best for: A quiet college student questioning their career path because they don’t enjoy networking like their peers, needing reassurance that their preference for solitude isn’t a flaw.; A manager in an open-plan office noticing some team members are consistently overlooked in brainstorming sessions, wanting to create a more inclusive environment.; A parent of a reserved child being told by teachers to ‘be more outgoing,’ looking for ways to advocate for their child’s temperament.. It may not suit: You’ll likely lose interest if you’re already well-versed in personality psychology, as the book rehashes familiar studies without offering new depth.; The book may irritate you if you’re an extrovert who feels blamed for societal structures, as it can paint extroversion as problematic.; Expect to put it down when the anecdotes feel repetitive or the ‘introvert manifesto’ tone becomes too preachy, especially in middle chapters where the same point is reframed multiple times..

What books are like Quiet?

Readers of Quiet also turn to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, The World as It Is and Out of Control, based on the lists and recommenders these books share.

Quiet by Susan Cain: Recommended by 26 People

Name: Quiet
Author: Susan Cain
ISBN: 9780141970172

A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE HOW YOU SEE INTROVERTS - AND YOURSELF - FOREVER. Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can't name and don't understand. It defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose, and whether we blush when we're embarrassed. That fact is whether we're an introvert or an extrovert. The most fundamental dimension of personality, at least a third of us are introverts, and yet shyness, sensitivity and seriousness are often seen as a negative. Some of the world's most talented people are introverts - without them we wouldn't have the Apple computer, the theory of relativity and Van Gogh's sunflowers. In Quiet,…