# The Art of Gathering
*How We Meet and Why It Matters*

**Author(s):** Priya Parker
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
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**Genres:** psychology, sociology, self-help, business
**Publisher:** Penguin Audio
**Published:** Tue May 15 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780525626138
**ISBN-10:** 0525626131
**ASIN:** B07637KVXL
**Amazon categories:** Self-Help > Relationships > Interpersonal Relations
**Amazon binding:** $9.99
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-art-of-gathering

## SageChimp reader verdict

The Art of Gathering has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 1 (avg 3.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★★★ (Untitled) — kristin
Went on a bit too long for my liking but had valuable information, especially for a social spastic like me. A fair few of her gathering examples are the type exclusively attended by rich people with waaaay too much time on their hands (Dinner en blanc can bugger off, thank you very much). However, some other examples were great in terms of us common folk who need to manage our Meetup groups, or plan a potentially tense business meeting, or break the ice in a conference. So I recommend it unreser