149 books
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Conversation Books
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The Fine Art of Small Talk: How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills and Leave a Positive Impression! (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.49 — 6,463 ratings — published 1997
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships (ebook)
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avg rating 3.66 — 46,434 ratings — published 1998
Conversationally Speaking: Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,476 ratings — published 1980
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 83,879 ratings — published 2002
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 20,024 ratings — published 1999
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 340,917 ratings — published 2019
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,171,818 ratings — published 1936
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter (ebook)
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avg rating 3.94 — 5,460 ratings — published 2017
Improve Your Social Skills (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.74 — 646 ratings — published 2014
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 10,604 ratings — published 2002
How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.60 — 1,338 ratings — published 1983
Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.54 — 1,232 ratings — published 2013
Better Small Talk: Talk to Anyone, Avoid Awkwardness, Generate Deep Conversations, and Make Real Friends (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.50 — 2,693 ratings — published 2020
How to Speak / How to Listen (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 959 ratings — published 1983
How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 5,024 ratings — published 1994
The Conversation Code: How to Upgrade Your Social Skills and Your Life (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.74 — 88 ratings — published
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.86 — 6,557 ratings — published 2017
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 21,068 ratings — published 2012
Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 9,908 ratings — published 2009
You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 23,807 ratings — published 2020
Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 8,883 ratings — published 2017
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 10,135 ratings — published 2014
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 6,004 ratings — published
The Art of Civilized Conversation: A Guide to Expressing Yourself With Style and Grace (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 634 ratings — published 2005
The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.77 — 802 ratings — published 2008
El Poder de Las Palabras (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 2,684 ratings — published
The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.04 — 452 ratings — published 2016
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 180,787 ratings — published 1984
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 219,996 ratings — published 2016
The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.56 — 1,165 ratings — published 2017
The Art of Conversation: Change Your Life with Confident Communication (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.56 — 467 ratings — published 2014
Niubi!: The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 176 ratings — published 2009
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 40,292 ratings — published 2024
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 50,761 ratings — published 1999
The Science of Effective Communication: Improve Your Social Skills and Small Talk, Develop Charisma and Learn How to Talk to Anyone (Effective Communication Skills Training Book 11)
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avg rating 3.73 — 291 ratings — published
How to Instantly Connect with Anyone: 96 All-New Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.38 — 1,432 ratings — published 2009
Outline (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 73,033 ratings — published 2014
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 22,118 ratings — published
The Definitive Book of Body Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 28,748 ratings — published 1981
Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 9,673 ratings — published 2017
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 6,489 ratings — published 2011
English Conversation Practice (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 597 ratings — published 2001
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 480,589 ratings — published 2012
The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 445 ratings — published 2005
A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.41 — 6,402 ratings — published 2014
People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 1,941 ratings — published 1979
The Laws of Connection: The Scientific Secrets of Building a Strong Social Network (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 418 ratings — published
Small Talk: 10 ADHD lies and how to stop believing them (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,349 ratings — published
Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 1,858 ratings — published
The Art of Disagreeing: How to Keep Calm and Stay Friends in Hard Conversations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,175 ratings — published 2025
“Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.”
― Quills
― Quills
“Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this:
Percy: 'Hey, how's it going?'
Annabeth: 'Uh, no thanks.'
Percy: 'Okay...have you eaten anything today?'
Annabeth: 'I think Leo is on duty. Ask him.'
Percy: 'So, my hair is on fire.'
Annabeth: 'Okay, in a while.”
― The Mark of Athena
Percy: 'Hey, how's it going?'
Annabeth: 'Uh, no thanks.'
Percy: 'Okay...have you eaten anything today?'
Annabeth: 'I think Leo is on duty. Ask him.'
Percy: 'So, my hair is on fire.'
Annabeth: 'Okay, in a while.”
― The Mark of Athena












