The Stories of Your Life

A fascinating, entertaining and deeply smart journey into the storytelling brain – Will Storr, bestselling author of The Status Game and The Science of StorytellingStories are essential for human beings. They allow us to learn, to connect, to empathize. The best stories follow structures that catalyze and amplify their power. In The Stories of Your Life, Ben Ambridge decodes and deciphers these master plots so we all can benefit and grow – Matt Abrahams, author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter and host of Think Fast, Talk SmartI’ve never read anyone draw a thread from Rhodopsis to Leicester City’s title-winning season via Grand Theft Auto IV before. This book will make you rethink every story you’re told for a long while afterwards. – Joel Golby, author of Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant

Ben Ambridge is professor of psychology at the University of Manchester and the ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD). His first two books, Psy-Q and Are You Smarter Than a Chimpanzee? have sold more than 100,000 copies across sixteen languages. His TEDx talk, ‘Nine Myths About Psychology’, has had more than 3 million views. The Stories of Your Life is his third book.