NLP Books - Summaries and Reviews

Since the early 70's, hundreds of NLP books have been written. This list contains summaries and reviews of important NLP, Hypnosis and Neuro Semantics books, both about NLP and its applications from many authors

Steve Andreas

Transforming Your Self - Becoming who you want to be
Our self-concept is the ideas we have about ourselves based on our personal experiences. It is how we organize and think about our memories. It is like a map of the self that acts like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

NLP the New Technology of Achievement
The myth of self-development and change says that it takes lots of effort, time and commitment. Psychology tends to describe difficulties, categorizing and searching for historical causes rather than providing practical solutions. This book dispels these myths, and provides a guide to success.

Richard Bandler - Master of Persuasion

Persuasion Engineering
This is a book about the engineering of influence, particularly in Sales. It also demonstrates many of the Milton Model language patterns, use of metaphors and suggestions.

Richard Bandler and John Grinder

Frogs into Princes - Neuro Linguistic Programming

This is one of their first books based on an introductory seminar and is a useful classic 30 odd years later.

Shelle Rose Charvet

Words that Change Minds
This is a book based on the Language and Behavior Profile (LAB profile)a tool to predict behavior from language. It covers some of the major work Meta Programs.

L. Michael Hall

Dragon Slaying
About handling big bad states known as Dragon States that can sabotage our effectiveness, health and happiness. We can learn to control these states rather than remain victims of them.

Figuring out People: Reading People using Meta Programs
Figuring out people is something we all do. We want to know what makes people behave as they do, what their intentions are, and more importantly, to predict what they are likely to do. An important book on Meta Programs

Mind lines: Lines for changing minds
Mind lines connect language to things and events that carry meaning. There are seven basic mind-shifting directions and 26 mind line patterns, to reframe reality and beliefs.

NLP Going Meta: Advanced Modelling using Meta Levels
integrates the Meta States model into the modeling process by considering logical levels. This is an advanced book about modeling which beginners would find difficult. It considers Modeling from the perspective of changing unwanted behaviors.

The Secrets of Magic - Reprinted as Communication Magic
It is a powerful book on using the Meta Model, which is the foundation of NLP.

Submodalities Going Meta
Both excellence and the prevention of excellence have structure. We think by representing sights, sounds, sensations as snapshots and movies. We can also edit these to change our states, moods and attitudes.

Anthony Robbins - Master of Positive Powerful States

Awaken the Giant Within
The classic bestseller written in 1992, it provides a readable overview of many of the early NLP techniques (repackaged as Neuro Associative Conditioning)