Have you ever wished you could peer into someone’s mind to find out what he or she is really thinking? Now you can . . . really. This book is not a collection of recycled ideas about body language. It does not suggest that a woman’s hairstyle will give us unprecedented access into her soul, neither does it draw wildly ambiguous generalities about people based on our intuition or gut instinct, nor does it reach conclusions based on how she folds her hands or he ties his shoelaces. This book contains specific, proven psychological techniques that can be applied instantly to any person in just about any situation. Dr. Lieberman has demonstrated the ease and accuracy of these techniques on hundreds of television and radio programs. In a special report for FOX News, host Jeff Rosin declared, “It’s simply amazing! I was with him and he was never wrong . . . not even once. I even learned how to do it and that’s saying something.” In fact, Dr. Lieberman has gone “head-to-head” on live television, with skilled polygraph examiners and scored just as well—every time. You Can Read Anyone shows step-by-step exactly how to tell what someone is thinking and feeling in real-life situations. For example, you will see precisely how to determine whether another poker player will stay in or fold, whether a salesperson is trustworthy, or whether or not a first date is going your way or the other way. And when the stakes are high—negotiations, interrogations, questions of abuse, theft, or fraud-- knowing who is out for you, and who is out to get you (or a loved one) can save you time, money, energy, and heartache.

This book is unorganized and hard to follow. Here and there, there are interesting ideas but some of them are not explored sufficiently. For example the author brings up "Eye-Accessing Cues" at the end of chapter 4 which is very important but he only writes a few simple paragraphs on the issue which is not enough.

If you want to know more about body language and how to read people I recommend "The Definitive Book of Body Language" by Allan and Barbara Pease.

Well, it feels like i do after reading David Lieberman's "You can read anyone". It was such riveting reading that i couldn't put it down for a whole week reading the pages over and over again to see if i missed out on any new information.

I love the theory followed by example format which was chosen and even tested some examples in real life. Whilst i cannot say it works 100% of the time, i find it still very compelling to read and try out. Its funny to see that sometimes human behaviour can be so predicable.

All in all.... a very interesting book.

It's a good book with some good information. Not great book, not a bad book...if you pick this book up you will read people a little better but nowhere near how the title implies

So far I am only about half way through this book, and I am not sure that I can finish it. As I read through the foreward, I got the same feeling as when I was watching some late night commercial on how if I did this program I will suddenly become rich and quit my job or how this new vacuum would suck all the dirt out my carpet like never before.

The book has some okay tactics, but nothing that is earth shattering. All the tactics that I have read are a)very very basic, and b) very subjective.

Being basic is okay, actually I like basic, but compared to many of the other body language books I have read, this is like Jack and Jill stuff.

As for subjective, ofcourse its subjective, all body language is. But, agian, this book wants you believe its THE BOOK. And quite honestly, I think several of the tactics and predicted outcomes are just completely wrong. If you were to use this book on me, you would have me pegged as the guy that killed JFK, and I knew where Hoffa was, just becuase I could care less about the topic.

Overall, this a quick read, and possibly worth reading if you are stuck on an airplane and have already looked at this months "skymall". I may change my mind if I actually finish the book and find that it get more meat on its bones in later chapters. but so far, I doubt it.

The author successfully predicted the winner of the '08 presidential election, and so did I by reading this book.