Best Nonfiction Psychology Books on Goodreads
102. 
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by:
Mark Manson
3.87 avg rating β 1,335,742 ratings 102. 
102. 
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by:
Mary L. Trump
3.82 avg rating β 95,080 ratings 
106. 
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
by:
Kerry Patterson
4.07 avg rating β 79,666 ratings 107. 
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by:
Atul Gawande
4.04 avg rating β 73,760 ratings 
109. 
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
by:
Julie Gregory
3.74 avg rating β 20,074 ratings 110. 
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by:
Dan Ariely
4.12 avg rating β 129,374 ratings 111. 
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by:
Alice Miller
4.05 avg rating β 29,448 ratings 
112. 
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
by:
Brian Tracy
3.87 avg rating β 79,776 ratings 114. 
The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
by:
Naoki Higashida
3.88 avg rating β 61,101 ratings 115. 
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
by:
Norman Doidge
4.20 avg rating β 39,550 ratings 115. 
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
by:
Dan Ariely
4.03 avg rating β 35,751 ratings 115. 
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
by:
Bruce D. Perry
4.58 avg rating β 39,402 ratings 118. 
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind 4.27 avg rating β 20,283 ratings
119. 
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
by:
Adele Faber
4.27 avg rating β 37,564 ratings 
120. 
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
by:
Gary Keller
4.13 avg rating β 71,640 ratings 
124. 
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
by:
Shawn Achor
4.13 avg rating β 43,987 ratings 125. 
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
by:
Paul Tough
3.89 avg rating β 24,501 ratings 126. 
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
by:
Emily Nagoski
3.93 avg rating β 62,221 ratings 
128. 
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
by:
Sheryl Sandberg
3.85 avg rating β 56,327 ratings 
133. 
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
by:
Irvin D. Yalom
4.32 avg rating β 27,472 ratings 133. 
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions FailβBut Some Don't
by:
Nate Silver
3.97 avg rating β 51,885 ratings 
138. 
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
by:
Michael Lewis
3.99 avg rating β 62,920 ratings 138. 
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
by:
Ryan Holiday
4.15 avg rating β 95,768 ratings 138. 
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
by:
David Brooks
3.86 avg rating β 23,991 ratings 141. 
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by:
Carol Tavris
4.04 avg rating β 28,667 ratings 
143. 
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Findβand KeepβLove
by:
Amir Levine
4.14 avg rating β 113,144 ratings 145. 
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
by:
Daniel H. Pink
3.79 avg rating β 32,044 ratings 
147. 
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
by:
Jocko Willink
4.25 avg rating β 95,712 ratings 147. 
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
by:
Jim Loehr
3.98 avg rating β 15,507 ratings 149. 
Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by:
John E. Douglas
4.09 avg rating β 78,666 ratings 
150. 
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
by:
Stephen Grosz
3.94 avg rating β 17,272 ratings 150. 
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
by:
Douglas Stone
4.07 avg rating β 19,228 ratings 153. 
Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
by:
Keith Ferrazzi
3.84 avg rating β 50,944 ratings 153. 
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
by:
Ichiro Kishimi
3.93 avg rating β 120,603 ratings 
155. 
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
by:
Leil Lowndes
3.68 avg rating β 42,988 ratings 
158. 
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
by:
Kelly McGonigal
4.13 avg rating β 33,018 ratings 158. 
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by:
Pema ChΓΆdrΓΆn
4.27 avg rating β 61,847 ratings 160. 
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by:
Steven Pinker
4.20 avg rating β 31,751 ratings 160. 
The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
by:
Daniel J. Siegel
4.27 avg rating β 55,277 ratings 162. 
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
by:
Brian L. Weiss
4.17 avg rating β 78,252 ratings 162. 
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
by:
Sam Harris
3.90 avg rating β 24,024 ratings 164. 
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
by:
Gary John Bishop
3.83 avg rating β 79,892 ratings 164. 
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by:
Jon Kabat-Zinn
4.13 avg rating β 52,374 ratings 166. 
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
by:
Steven Johnson
3.99 avg rating β 15,388 ratings 166. 
Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
by:
M.E. Thomas
3.23 avg rating β 18,009 ratings 
168. 
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by:
Neil Postman
4.16 avg rating β 36,110 ratings 170. 
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by:
Irvin D. Yalom
4.25 avg rating β 39,920 ratings 170. 
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by:
Jonathan Haidt
4.09 avg rating β 43,680 ratings 
173. 
The Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them
by:
Steve Peters
3.99 avg rating β 22,950 ratings 
177. 
178. 
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
by:
Gary Chapman
4.28 avg rating β 468,599 ratings 
181. 
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
by:
Steven Pinker
4.16 avg rating β 29,271 ratings 181. 
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
by:
Michael Pollan
4.27 avg rating β 82,448 ratings 181. 
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by:
Dalai Lama XIV
4.38 avg rating β 62,482 ratings 181. 
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
by:
Cal Newport
4.06 avg rating β 91,798 ratings 
181. 
Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 13,508 ratings
187. 
Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa: An Ethnography of (In)vulnerability
by:
Hans Reihling
4.75 avg rating β 8 ratings 187. 
Four Seasons of Loneliness: A Lawyer's Case Stories
by:
J.W. Freiberg
4.20 avg rating β 56 ratings 187. 
The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles
by:
Bruce H. Lipton
4.15 avg rating β 17,064 ratings 187. 
Forces of Life: Psychology and Success or Failure in Ourselves and Our Children
by:
David Shepard
4.50 avg rating β 2 ratings 187. 
People Are Sheep: When was the last time you thought with your own head?
by:
TomaΕΎ Caserman
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 2 ratings 187. 
The Fear of Doing Nothing: Notes of a Young Therapist
by:
Valery Hazanov
4.43 avg rating β 183 ratings 
187. 
Resilience A Jewish Guide To Facing Adversity, Fostering Strength, And Living Your Best Life
by:
Leslie M. Gutman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 3 ratings 187. 
Hope Is On The Way: How God Reveals a Wellspring of Help on Easter Saturday it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 4 ratings
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187. 
Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control
by:
Dali L. Yang
4.33 avg rating β 30 ratings 
199. 
The Essential Psycho-Cybernetics: The Science of Success
by:
Maxwell Maltz
4.56 avg rating β 9 ratings