Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read

1.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,375 ratings
2.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,686 ratings
3.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR 3.90 avg rating — 12,111 ratings
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The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients 4.32 avg rating — 27,464 ratings
5.
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy 4.25 avg rating — 39,908 ratings
6.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,790 ratings
7.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,621 ratings
8.
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud: Relapse and the Symptoms of Sobriety
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud: Relapse and the Symptoms of Sobriety 4.20 avg rating — 173 ratings
9.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,548 ratings
10.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,389 ratings
11.
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,036 ratings
12.
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy 4.16 avg rating — 18,081 ratings
13.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,733 ratings
14.
Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols
by: C.G. Jung
4.19 avg rating — 32,153 ratings
15.
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook 4.58 avg rating — 39,385 ratings
16.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 4.36 avg rating — 255,090 ratings
17.
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ 4.05 avg rating — 131,719 ratings
18.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,703 ratings
19.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,315 ratings
20.
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness 4.06 avg rating — 84,150 ratings
21.
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror 4.39 avg rating — 15,051 ratings
22.
The Art of Loving
The Art of Loving really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 91,454 ratings
23.
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind 4.13 avg rating — 134,371 ratings
24.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,317 ratings
25.
Existential Psychotherapy
Existential Psychotherapy 4.46 avg rating — 6,989 ratings
26.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,572 ratings
27.
The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth 4.26 avg rating — 53,103 ratings
28.
When Nietzsche Wept
When Nietzsche Wept 4.36 avg rating — 80,656 ratings
29.
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self 4.05 avg rating — 29,444 ratings
30.
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth 4.08 avg rating — 101,258 ratings
31.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,505 ratings
32.
Women Who Run With the Wolves
Women Who Run With the Wolves 4.11 avg rating — 90,537 ratings
33.
The Sociopath Next Door
The Sociopath Next Door 3.77 avg rating — 38,194 ratings
34.
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation 3.64 avg rating — 63,384 ratings
35.
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy 4.20 avg rating — 9,404 ratings
36.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 338,217 ratings
37.
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men 4.48 avg rating — 16,865 ratings
38.
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships 4.11 avg rating — 28,513 ratings
39.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,672 ratings
40.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom 4.19 avg rating — 489,545 ratings
41.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 3.90 avg rating — 34,822 ratings
42.
I Hate You—Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
I Hate You—Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality 3.79 avg rating — 15,047 ratings
43.
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)
by: C.G. Jung
4.30 avg rating — 6,975 ratings
44.
Dibs in Search of Self
Dibs in Search of Self 4.23 avg rating — 14,420 ratings
45.
The Manufactured Identity (Manufactured Identity, #1)
The Manufactured Identity (Manufactured Identity, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 439 ratings
46.
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness 4.32 avg rating — 22,257 ratings
47.
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life 4.13 avg rating — 52,361 ratings
48.
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness 3.99 avg rating — 30,921 ratings
49.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 241,445 ratings
50.
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families 4.16 avg rating — 27,319 ratings
51.
The Prophet
The Prophet 4.23 avg rating — 321,098 ratings
52.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls 3.89 avg rating — 26,412 ratings
53.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy 4.06 avg rating — 33,538 ratings
54.
The Undiscovered Self
The Undiscovered Self
by: C.G. Jung
4.14 avg rating — 12,357 ratings
55.
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life 4.16 avg rating — 15,953 ratings
56.
Games People Play
Games People Play 3.73 avg rating — 40,196 ratings
57.
The Red Book: Liber Novus
The Red Book: Liber Novus
by: C.G. Jung
4.49 avg rating — 6,321 ratings
58.
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change 4.27 avg rating — 4,051 ratings
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Lying on the Couch
Lying on the Couch 4.08 avg rating — 23,118 ratings
60.
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales 4.15 avg rating — 23,339 ratings
61.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change 4.16 avg rating — 801,859 ratings
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The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness 4.11 avg rating — 6,311 ratings
62.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous 4.49 avg rating — 11,593 ratings
64.
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities 3.99 avg rating — 90,417 ratings
65.
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction 4.49 avg rating — 22,304 ratings
66.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures 4.20 avg rating — 87,596 ratings
67.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment 4.15 avg rating — 429,663 ratings
67.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
by: C.G. Jung
4.20 avg rating — 13,638 ratings
69.
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression 4.19 avg rating — 15,442 ratings
70.
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating — 400,425 ratings
71.
Vincent
Vincent 4.79 avg rating — 99 ratings
72.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,798 ratings
73.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil 3.98 avg rating — 8,786 ratings
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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself 4.13 avg rating — 47,928 ratings
75.
The Interpretation of Dreams
The Interpretation of Dreams 3.84 avg rating — 79,559 ratings
76.
The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)
The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2) 4.12 avg rating — 71,077 ratings
77.
Look Me in the Eye
Look Me in the Eye 3.92 avg rating — 69,099 ratings
77.
Son of a Serial Killer
Son of a Serial Killer 3.70 avg rating — 551 ratings
79.
A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy
A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy 4.28 avg rating — 1,997 ratings
80.
Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism
Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism 4.10 avg rating — 16,787 ratings
81.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,917 ratings
82.
Dry
Dry 4.03 avg rating — 97,572 ratings
83.
A Man Named Dave (Dave Pelzer #3)
A Man Named Dave (Dave Pelzer #3) 3.93 avg rating — 34,932 ratings
83.
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 4.21 avg rating — 8,234 ratings
85.
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers 4.17 avg rating — 16,472 ratings
86.
Drinking: A Love Story
Drinking: A Love Story 4.09 avg rating — 21,113 ratings
87.
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia 4.03 avg rating — 33,833 ratings
88.
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment 3.92 avg rating — 12,433 ratings
89.
Social Learning Theory
Social Learning Theory 4.15 avg rating — 261 ratings
90.
The Human Obsession (Manufactured Identity, #3)
The Human Obsession (Manufactured Identity, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 196 ratings
91.
Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes 4.17 avg rating — 409,053 ratings
92.
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love 4.24 avg rating — 1,396 ratings
93.
Goddesses in Everywoman
Goddesses in Everywoman 4.13 avg rating — 6,919 ratings
94.
Everything Here Is Beautiful
Everything Here Is Beautiful 3.93 avg rating — 19,982 ratings
95.
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life 4.33 avg rating — 46,851 ratings
96.
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us 4.06 avg rating — 13,149 ratings
97.
The Night Child
The Night Child 3.74 avg rating — 5,611 ratings
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I Have to Call Someone Mama: A Grandmother's Story of Two Siblings Rescued from Munchausen by Proxy Abuse
I Have to Call Someone Mama: A Grandmother's Story of Two Siblings Rescued from Munchausen by Proxy Abuse 4.21 avg rating — 151 ratings
99.
The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct 3.77 avg rating — 1,719 ratings
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The Grand Delusion (Manufactured Identity, #2)
The Grand Delusion (Manufactured Identity, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 179 ratings
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