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Psychology

The best books on psychology, ranked by quality.

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  1. 1
    Gödel, Escher, Bach Douglas R. Hofstadter · 1979
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (75 ratings)
    EN Cognitive psychology Artificial intelligence
  2. 2
    Thinking, fast and slow Daniel Kahneman · 2011
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (246 ratings)
    EN Behavioral economics Cognitive psychology
  3. 3
    Read People Like a Book Patrick King · 2020
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (168 ratings)
    EN Communication Social psychology
  4. 4
    Psychology Wayne Weiten · 1989
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (18 ratings)
    EN Psychology
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    The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene · 1998
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1,243 ratings)
    EN Strategy Social psychology
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    22 Cells in Nuremberg Douglas McGlashan Kelley · 1947
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (9 ratings)
    EN Psychology World War II
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    Feeling good David D. Burns · 1980
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (10 ratings)
    EN Mental health
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    Emotions revealed Paul Ekman · 2003
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (7 ratings)
    EN Psychology Social psychology
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    The psychology of everyday things Donald A. Norman · 1988
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (66 ratings)
    EN Cognitive psychology Design & UX
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    Talking with Psychopaths and Savages Christopher Berry-Dee · 2019
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (32 ratings)
    EN Psychology Sociology
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    Outliers Malcolm Gladwell · 2008
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (118 ratings)
    EN Social psychology
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    The True Believer Eric Hoffer, Eric Hoffer · 1951
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (9 ratings)
    EN Social psychology Politics
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    Social learning theory Albert Bandura · 1971
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (8 ratings)
    EN Psychology Social psychology
  14. 14
    The Laws of human nature Robert Greene · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (123 ratings)
    EN Self-improvement Social psychology
  15. 15
    Surrounded by Psychopaths Thomas Erikson · 2020
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (20 ratings)
    EN Communication Psychology
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    Dream Psychology Sigmund Freud · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (9 ratings)
    EN Psychology
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    Dark Psychology Modern Psychology Publishing · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (24 ratings)
    EN Social psychology
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    Molecules of emotion Candace B. Pert · 1997
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (7 ratings)
    EN Psychology
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    Wasted Marya Hornbacher · 1998
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (7 ratings)
    EN Mental health Memoir
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    Your Head Is a Houseboat Campbell Walker · 2021
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (6 ratings)
    EN Mental health
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    Cognitive psychology and its implications John Robert Anderson · 1980
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (5 ratings)
    EN Cognitive psychology
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    Black box thinking Matthew Syed · 2015
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4 ratings)
    EN Management Psychology
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    Release from nervous tension David Harold Fink · 1943
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Mental health
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    Social foundations of thought and action Albert Bandura · 1985
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Social psychology
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