The philosophy / psychology book I keep returning to is Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl. I’ve read it a few times and bought it as a gift for friends a few times too.
Two books I’ve read recently were pretty interesting: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up by James Hollis (he’s written a number of good books on Jungian Psychology).
Also, Robert Johnson’s, Inner Work: A Four Step Journey to Self-Transformation, Unearthing Subconscious Strength, and Interpreting Dreams with Jungian Psychology.
Loved Thinking, Fast and Slow, especially paired with Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer, who often has a contradictory take to Kahneman. (You can love both!) Tetlock's Expert Political Judgment isn't what most people would think of as a psychology book, but it surely is, and blew my mind when I first read it. Amanda Ripley's High Conflict is super underrated, in my opinion. Behave, by Sapolsky. I count Systemantics by Gall. Haidt for sure. Better Angels of Our Nature, which at least leans on psychology. (Pair it with Violence and Social Orders which takes a different, institutional view on what causes violence to decline.) I think Sebastian Junger is one of the great living writers, and while he isn't writing "psychology books," per se, he is often leaning heavily on psychology, like in WAR and Tribe. Both address the psychological question (implicitly or explicitly), of why soldiers miss war. Anyway, those are a few that come to mind. And I guess I sometimes enjoy reading a prominent thinker and their prominent critic together (like Kahneman and Gigerenzer), and get a lot of both.
"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" written in the 1841. There are blue prints in it for such events as the early 2000 dot com collapse. History does repeat itself. Also in a weird way I find Shakespeare a decent primer on psychology.
I majored in psychology so I do not make it a habit to read a lot of it now. I cannot think of titles but my subject of interest are birth order s theories of personalities was my favorite class. Also related to personality are books on profiling criminals. I also like reading books on duck and dying and after life which are probably more sci-fi. Or morbidity depending on how you look at it lol.
Moral Politics by Geoge Lakoff and The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg are probably the only (pop) psychology books that I have found myself recommending over and over. The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker changed the way I understood language and communication and made me into a longtime Pinker reader.
The philosophy / psychology book I keep returning to is Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl. I’ve read it a few times and bought it as a gift for friends a few times too.
Me too!
Yes, Cams. Frankl's book was the first one I thought of.
That’s my husband’s favorite.
Plays Well With Others, Eric Barker. Not sure this qualifies in the category, but I do recommend it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58782858-plays-well-with-others
The Iliad
1. The Hope Circuit, by Martin Seligman
2. Atomic Habits, by James Clear
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman,
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Messy by Tim Harford
- I also love anything written by Jon Ronson that looks at societal thinking, such as So You've Been Publicly Shamed.
Two books I’ve read recently were pretty interesting: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up by James Hollis (he’s written a number of good books on Jungian Psychology).
Also, Robert Johnson’s, Inner Work: A Four Step Journey to Self-Transformation, Unearthing Subconscious Strength, and Interpreting Dreams with Jungian Psychology.
Cozolino, Louis. The Neuroscience of Human Relationships
Loved Thinking, Fast and Slow, especially paired with Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer, who often has a contradictory take to Kahneman. (You can love both!) Tetlock's Expert Political Judgment isn't what most people would think of as a psychology book, but it surely is, and blew my mind when I first read it. Amanda Ripley's High Conflict is super underrated, in my opinion. Behave, by Sapolsky. I count Systemantics by Gall. Haidt for sure. Better Angels of Our Nature, which at least leans on psychology. (Pair it with Violence and Social Orders which takes a different, institutional view on what causes violence to decline.) I think Sebastian Junger is one of the great living writers, and while he isn't writing "psychology books," per se, he is often leaning heavily on psychology, like in WAR and Tribe. Both address the psychological question (implicitly or explicitly), of why soldiers miss war. Anyway, those are a few that come to mind. And I guess I sometimes enjoy reading a prominent thinker and their prominent critic together (like Kahneman and Gigerenzer), and get a lot of both.
Frankl always! I love FLOW by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, MOLECULES OF EMOTION by Candace Pert, and THINKING FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman.
I second Flow by Csikszentmohalyi. It is ahead of its time if only we could return to that level of focus and dedication.
Behave by Prof Sapolsky
Human Nature by R.Greene
And yes ,me too I loved Prof Haidt and Campbell books !!
Great readings!
"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" written in the 1841. There are blue prints in it for such events as the early 2000 dot com collapse. History does repeat itself. Also in a weird way I find Shakespeare a decent primer on psychology.
I would have added "The Righteous Mind" which I keep referring back to.
I majored in psychology so I do not make it a habit to read a lot of it now. I cannot think of titles but my subject of interest are birth order s theories of personalities was my favorite class. Also related to personality are books on profiling criminals. I also like reading books on duck and dying and after life which are probably more sci-fi. Or morbidity depending on how you look at it lol.
-The Souls Code by James Hillman
-Character Analysis by Wilhelm Reich
-The Red Book by Carl Jung
The Soul of Desire by Curt Thompson. And I'm working up the courage to read The Soul of Shame!
Moral Politics by Geoge Lakoff and The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg are probably the only (pop) psychology books that I have found myself recommending over and over. The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker changed the way I understood language and communication and made me into a longtime Pinker reader.
The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD
I haven't read this one but I read her follow on book, The Grieving Body, which was good.