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Cold Reading Books
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The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Persuasive Psychological Manipulation Technique in the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.04 — 557 ratings — published 1998
The James Bond Cold Reading (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.19 — 137 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Cold Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.70 — 30 ratings — published 1951
James Bond Cold Reading REDUX: Build confidence, make new friends and boost your dating game with these conversation-starters! (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
The Books of Wonder by Tommy Wonder (1996-06-01)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Psychological Subtleties (Hardbound)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.24 — 67 ratings — published 1998
Practical Mental Magic by Theodore Annemann (Feb 1 1983)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Tricks of the Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,032 ratings — published 2006
Kevin Wilson's 12 Days of Stories (Chapbooks in slipcase)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.08 — 26 ratings — published
Brightly Shining (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.01 — 21,777 ratings — published 2021
Under the Glacier (Vintage International)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.54 — 3,384 ratings — published 1968
Wild Dark Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.04 — 663,307 ratings — published 2025
The Birds and Other Stories (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.06 — 16,060 ratings — published 1952
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,568,390 ratings — published 1897
Cold Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2009
The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.99 — 306 ratings — published 2010
Perfect Lies (Mind Games, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.71 — 4,645 ratings — published 2014
Mind Games (Mind Games, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.61 — 13,318 ratings — published 2013
Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.31 — 31,285 ratings — published 2019
The North Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.98 — 36,439 ratings — published 2016
The Black Spider (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.47 — 5,212 ratings — published 1842
Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.36 — 314,829 ratings — published 1965
The Ice Palace (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.86 — 16,470 ratings — published 1963
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.02 — 675,792 ratings — published 1976
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.87 — 37,285 ratings — published 1796
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.04 — 139,792 ratings — published 1848
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.40 — 420,813 ratings — published 1879
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.96 — 292,473 ratings — published 1910
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.06 — 530,649 ratings — published 2021
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.80 — 440,409 ratings — published 1959
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.86 — 239,220 ratings — published 1872
The Blind Owl (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.94 — 37,839 ratings — published 1937
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.90 — 329,437 ratings — published 1962
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,044,329 ratings — published 1813
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.21 — 39,018 ratings — published 1901
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.11 — 974,686 ratings — published 1878
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.89 — 68,204 ratings — published 1979
The Offing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.23 — 27,546 ratings — published 2019
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.77 — 497,141 ratings — published 2017
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,172,888 ratings — published 1866
A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.91 — 114,421 ratings — published 2021
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.38 — 190,939 ratings — published 1898
A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.09 — 151,109 ratings — published 2006
Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 4.13 — 10,378 ratings — published 2020
The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.86 — 6,107 ratings — published 2020
In the Ward Lawren Harris, Toronto & the Idea of North (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.56 — 18 ratings — published
Cold Reading Games: Kickstart the conversation with palmistry, graphology and numerology (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.28 — 18 ratings — published 2014
How to Analyze People Effectively: Learn to Read People’s Intentions at Work & In Relationships through Body Language to Boost your People Skills & Achieve Success (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 1.50 — 2 ratings — published
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.81 — 49,092 ratings — published 2018
Something for Everyone (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cold-reading)
avg rating 3.57 — 341 ratings — published 2018
“The cold reader exploits that the human mind is a whiz at making senses of information, shaping faces out of leaves, finding religious icons on pieces of toast, and letting us believe general sentences and uncertain questions add up to prophesy.”
― Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft
― Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft

