I would add "while speaking to women" in the title because I don't want to be recommended books that are circlejerk bro-ey. I don't want to sound like the stereotypical bro, but I also don't want to neglect this skill because making other guy friends isn't something I've been the best at for my life. I'd say I'm pretty confident at talking about things I'm interested/passionate about, but I struggle with 'yapping' aka small talk, being extremely polite, making conversation when there aren't any known commonalities, etc.
One of my older friends is a woman who seemed to talk to literally anyone and get along with everyone but also had a deeper more intellectual side to her. Sometimes she'd invite me to hang out with her friends if we played the same video game and she'd be able to keep the conversation flowing and making everyone feel included and wanted there, and I was pretty impressed by it. I wouldn't say I'm socially anxious to an extent that's bad, but I'm an introvert and comfortable with being alone (alone, not lonely) and with the big cough a few years ago, I wasn't able to socialize much during late highschool and early college, so my social skills are LACKING.
TLDR: Please recommend me a book that teaches me how to always be able to talk about stuff even if there is nothing to talk about. Something geared at being good speaking to virtually anyone, although books on forming good male-male friendships and books on how to speak to women as a man would be preferable.
by ashu1605