Greatest Psychology Books
101. 
The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do 4.14 avg rating β 1,943 ratings
102. 
The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
by:
Matt Ridley
4.03 avg rating β 4,184 ratings 103. 
Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization
by:
Karen Horney
4.32 avg rating β 1,607 ratings 104. 
Human Givens: The New Approach to Emotional Health and Clear Thinking
by:
Joe Griffin
4.25 avg rating β 195 ratings 
105. 
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by:
Michael Shermer
3.86 avg rating β 9,953 ratings 107. 
How Real Is Real? Confusion, Disinformation, Communication
by:
Paul Watzlawick
4.17 avg rating β 983 ratings 108. 
109. 
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by:
Jonathan Haidt
4.20 avg rating β 63,326 ratings 110. 
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It
by:
Barbara Sher
3.79 avg rating β 7,603 ratings 111. 
What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement 3.88 avg rating β 1,541 ratings
111. 
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
by:
Robert D. Hare
4.06 avg rating β 13,149 ratings 
115. 
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
3.97 avg rating β 189,401 ratings 
118. 
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life...
by:
Spencer Johnson
3.87 avg rating β 501,707 ratings 
119. 
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
by:
Steve Silberman
4.29 avg rating β 17,216 ratings 121. 
The Spirit in Man, Art and Literature (Collected Works 15)
by:
C.G. Jung
4.14 avg rating β 534 ratings 
123. 
You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life 3.98 avg rating β 1,853 ratings
125. 
Listening to Prozac: A Psychiatrist Explores Antidepressant Drugs and the Remaking of the Self
by:
Peter D. Kramer
3.70 avg rating β 1,482 ratings 126. 
Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
by:
Daniel Kahneman
4.17 avg rating β 1,451 ratings 
128. 
The Gift of Fear: and Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
by:
Gavin de Becker
4.18 avg rating β 49,291 ratings 129. 
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
by:
Jared Diamond
3.70 avg rating β 7,180 ratings 129. 
Man for Himself: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics
by:
Erich Fromm
4.19 avg rating β 2,953 ratings 
134. 
Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us
by:
Claude M. Steele
3.92 avg rating β 6,020 ratings 
137. 
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood 4.12 avg rating β 14,909 ratings
138. 
140. 
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior 3.66 avg rating β 4,778 ratings
141. 
The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business
by:
Charles Duhigg
4.13 avg rating β 549,105 ratings 
143. 
Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why
by:
Susan Forward
4.11 avg rating β 2,512 ratings 
145. 
A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
by:
Cordelia Fine
3.86 avg rating β 2,707 ratings 
147. 
Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer: A Practical Guide for Finding and Achieving the Gold Standard of Care for Your Child
by:
Tammy Gold
3.76 avg rating β 46 ratings 
149. 
The Great Psychotherapy Debate: Models, Methods, and Findings
by:
Bruce E. Wampold
4.28 avg rating β 140 ratings 150. 
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
by:
Gleb Tsipursky
4.14 avg rating β 252 ratings 
152. 
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by:
Irvin D. Yalom
4.25 avg rating β 39,908 ratings 153. 
True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society 3.90 avg rating β 30 ratings
154. 
When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope - Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy
by:
Manuel J. Smith
4.02 avg rating β 2,948 ratings 154. 
ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
by:
Russ Harris
4.43 avg rating β 1,906 ratings 156. 
What's Behind Your Belly Button? A Psychological Perspective of the Intelligence of Human Nature and Gut Instinct
by:
Martha Char Love
4.11 avg rating β 124 ratings 157. 
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 329,293 ratings 
158. 
Manage My Emotions: What I Wish I'd Learned in School about Anger, Fear and Love
by:
Kenneth J. Martz
4.06 avg rating β 96 ratings 160. 
Optimal Happiness: The Fastest & Surest Way to Reach Your Happiest Potential
by:
Roman Russo
4.52 avg rating β 27 ratings 
163. 
The Truth-Seekerβs Handbook: A Science-Based Guide
by:
Gleb Tsipursky
4.18 avg rating β 77 ratings 
165. 
Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
by:
Paul Bloom
3.90 avg rating β 305 ratings 
168. 
The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life 3.60 avg rating β 3,433 ratings
168. 
Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things
by:
Richard Wiseman
3.82 avg rating β 7,753 ratings 170. 
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President And Fueled His Greatness 3.92 avg rating β 6,578 ratings
171. 
Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other Peoples Minds
by:
Howard Gardner
3.59 avg rating β 653 ratings 
175. 
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
by:
Jenny Lawson
3.89 avg rating β 171,417 ratings 
177. 
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
by:
Eckhart Tolle
4.15 avg rating β 429,685 ratings 
179. 
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
by:
Roger Fisher
3.94 avg rating β 84,160 ratings 180. 
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
by:
John M. Gottman
4.25 avg rating β 33,916 ratings 
182. 
183. 
Existentialism and Sociology: A Study of Jean-Paul Sartre
by:
Ian Craib
4.23 avg rating β 13 ratings 183. 
The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist's Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases
by:
Gary Small
3.84 avg rating β 7,103 ratings 183. 
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by:
Jonathan Haidt
4.09 avg rating β 43,675 ratings 
186. 
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by:
Angela Duckworth
4.08 avg rating β 137,580 ratings 
189. 
The Prehistory of Sex: Four Million Years of Human Sexual Culture
by:
Timothy Taylor
3.86 avg rating β 212 ratings 
189. 
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
by:
Elaine N. Aron
3.84 avg rating β 52,845 ratings 192. 
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
by:
Ellen Forney
4.02 avg rating β 16,570 ratings 
194. 
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What to Do About It
by:
Allan Pease
3.76 avg rating β 11,614 ratings 
196. 
The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Unravels the Mysteries That Won't Go Away
by:
John E. Douglas
3.98 avg rating β 16,473 ratings 197. 
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by:
Alice Miller
4.05 avg rating β 29,444 ratings 198. 
Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality 4.08 avg rating β 394 ratings
199. 
The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and SaveOur Lives
by:
Shankar Vedantam
3.99 avg rating β 2,990 ratings