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Best Psychology Books

Mind, behavior, and mental processes

364 summaries

Showing 121–144 of 364

  1. The Definitive Book of Body Language

    Allan Pease

    ★ 4.0 (22k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Understand gestures, expressions, and postures to decode intentions and succeed in any social interaction, from job interviews to romantic encounters.

  2. The Beauty Myth

    Naomi Wolf

    ★ 3.9 (22k) average on GoodreadsPolitics
  3. Hold Still

    Nina LaCour

    ★ 4.0 (21k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After her best friend's suicide, Caitlin feels alone. She finds a journal, and through new friendships and first love, she learns to heal and reconnect.

  4. Letters from a Stoic

    Seneca

    ★ 4.3 (21k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    In these letters, Seneca, a Roman thinker balancing imperial power with Stoic ideas, shares wisdom on virtue, humanity, and living well, even while criticizing the society he served.

  5. The Way I Used to Be

    Amber Smith

    ★ 4.2 (21k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After an assault, Eden navigates high school, silently battling trauma that changes her identity, relationships, and understanding of her world.

  6. Man and His Symbols

    C.G. Jung

    ★ 4.2 (21k) average on GoodreadsReference

    Explore the universal language of dreams and symbols, guided by Jung, to understand yourself and live a complete, productive life.

  7. Challenger Deep

    Neal Shusterman

    ★ 4.1 (20k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A bright high school student's journey into schizophrenia is shown as a dangerous trip to the deepest point on Earth, where fantasy and reality blur.

  8. All My Puny Sorrows

    Miriam Toews

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A darkly humorous and moving story about two sisters: one a celebrated pianist who wants to die, and the other a chaotic mess determined to save her. It shows the complex dance between love, grief, and the will to live.

  9. Being and Time

    Martin Heidegger

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsScience

    Heidegger's major work redefines existence, showing that being human means facing our mortality, thrown into a world of care, anxiety, and the constant need to live authentically.

  10. Suicide Notes

    Michael Thomas Ford

    ★ 3.9 (20k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A sarcastic teenager, convinced he's sane despite waking in a psych ward with bandaged wrists, slowly realizes the 'nutjobs' around him might hold the key to understanding his own unraveling.

  11. The Astonishing Color of After

    Emily X.R. Pan

    ★ 4.1 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Grief-stricken and convinced her mother’s spirit became a bird, a half-Asian teen travels to Taiwan, uncovering generations of family secrets and confronting the truth of love and loss through a quest for answers.

  12. War

    Sebastian Junger

    ★ 4.2 (20k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Sebastian Junger examines the reality of combat, showing the strong bonds formed between soldiers facing daily danger in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.

  13. A List of Cages

    Robin Roe

    ★ 4.3 (20k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A well-meaning but impulsive senior with ADHD uncovers the dark secrets of his long-lost foster brother, Julian. Helping him could unravel both their lives.

  14. The Wave

    Todd Strasser

    ★ 3.6 (19k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    When a history teacher's experiment to demonstrate the appeal of fascism becomes a school-wide movement, two students must expose the danger of unquestioning conformity before it consumes them.

  15. On the Genealogy of Morals

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    ★ 4.1 (19k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Nietzsche unearths Judaeo-Christian values of compassion and equality not as divine truths, but as chains designed to shackle humanity's primal, aristocratic spirit.

  16. On the Shortness of Life

    Seneca

    ★ 4.2 (19k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Seneca's Stoic wisdom urges us to live in the present, explaining that life is not short, but often wasted through distraction.

  17. Ordinary People

    Judith Guest

    ★ 3.9 (19k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Haunted by his brother's accidental death, a guilt-ridden teenager's struggle with depression forces his seemingly perfect family to confront their unspoken grief and fractured relationships.

  18. Equus

    Peter Shaffer

    ★ 3.9 (18k) average on Goodreads

    A psychiatrist dissects the spiritual emptiness of modern man through the case of a stable boy who blinded six horses, revealing a world where the sacred is replaced by a destructive yearning for passion.

  19. The Last Time We Say Goodbye

    Cynthia Hand

    ★ 4.1 (18k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A grieving sister, haunted by her brother's suicide and an unsent text, struggles to find her identity beyond his death.

  20. How the Mind Works

    Steven Pinker

    ★ 4.0 (18k) average on GoodreadsScience

    Steven Pinker examines the human mind, explaining its evolutionary roots as a computational organ and challenging common beliefs about emotion, parenting, and human nature with clear thinking and scientific evidence.

  21. When We Collided

    Emery Lord

    ★ 3.8 (18k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A summer romance between two troubled teens sparks a powerful connection, forcing them to face their pasts and shape their futures.

  22. Your Money or Your Life

    Vicki Robin

    ★ 4.1 (18k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    This guide helps you redefine your relationship with money, escape the rat race, and align your finances with your values for a life of purpose.

  23. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

    Jack Canfield

    ★ 3.9 (18k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    This collection of 101 true stories offers a judgment-free space where teenagers can find comfort and wisdom as they navigate friendship, love, self-respect, and believing in their future.

  24. Manifest

    Roxie Nafousi

    ★ 4.2 (18k) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    Roxie Nafousi offers seven practical steps to turn desires into reality, blending old wisdom with new self-help to guide you toward a life you dream of.

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