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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 81,331 ratings — published 2022
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 56,912 ratings — published 2019
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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 4,979 ratings — published 2016
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 25,205 ratings — published 2019
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Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.64 — 2,236 ratings — published 2009
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 194,085 ratings — published 2016
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The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 8,175 ratings — published 2025
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 97,432 ratings — published 2019
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 33,415 ratings — published 2010
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 40,018 ratings — published 1985
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 201,571 ratings — published 2024
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The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 2,618 ratings — published 2015
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Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 15,148 ratings — published 2013
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Suspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern Culture (October Books) Suspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern Culture (October Books)
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avg rating 4.00 — 138 ratings — published 1991
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 90,048 ratings — published 1990
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Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 1,257 ratings — published 2011
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Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 15,578 ratings — published 1992
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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (ebook)
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avg rating 3.88 — 91,765 ratings — published 2021
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Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1) Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
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avg rating 3.88 — 27,036 ratings — published 2021
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Attention Seeking Attention Seeking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 459 ratings — published 2019
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Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 22,222 ratings — published 1999
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Stand Out of Our Light Stand Out of Our Light (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,226 ratings — published 2018
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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 12,991 ratings — published 2017
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 50,865 ratings — published 2013
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The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 14,703 ratings — published 2014
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The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 1,190 ratings — published 2016
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The Oxford Handbook of Attention (Oxford Library of Psychology) The Oxford Handbook of Attention (Oxford Library of Psychology)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2013
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Attensity!: A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement Attensity!: A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.35 — 236 ratings — published
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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 25,811 ratings — published 2024
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Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.52 — 1,789 ratings — published 2023
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Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day (ebook)
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avg rating 4.02 — 2,933 ratings — published 2021
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Twelve Theses on Attention Twelve Theses on Attention (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.64 — 11 ratings — published
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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 3,530 ratings — published 2014
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 133,723 ratings — published 2021
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Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 11,375 ratings — published 2018
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,360,524 ratings — published 2018
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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World (ebook)
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avg rating 3.89 — 4,722 ratings — published 2018
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The Ecology of Attention The Ecology of Attention (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 97 ratings — published 2014
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.58 — 18,515 ratings — published 2018
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Noisy Nora Noisy Nora (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,587 ratings — published 1973
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Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat Distraction and Overload Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat Distraction and Overload (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 428 ratings — published 2007
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Outdrawn Outdrawn (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 8,082 ratings — published 2023
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
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avg rating 4.59 — 259,360 ratings — published 1985
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The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 2,574 ratings — published 2019
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 518,200 ratings — published 2020
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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 121,985 ratings — published 2025
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Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,604 ratings — published
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 668,843 ratings — published 1952
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,936,501 ratings — published 1890
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 425,550 ratings — published 2019
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Toba Beta
“I don't judge people.
It blurs out the center of my attention,
my focus,
myself.”
Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident], Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

Hidekaz Himaruya
“It seems as if Americans like to be the center of attention even after they're dead.”
Hidekaz Himaruya, Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 2

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