Psychotherapy (Shame, Anxiety, Depression, etc.)

1. Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
2. Richard C. Schwartz & Martha Sweezy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second Edition
3. Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
4. Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
5. John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame That Binds You
6. Manuel J. Smith, When I Say No, I Feel Guilty
7. Susan Forward, Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
8. Ann Weiser Cornell, The Radical Acceptance of Everything: Living a Focusing Life
9. Daniel J. Siegel, Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
10. Irvin D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy
11. Eric Berne, Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
12. Albert J. Bernstein, Emotional Vampires: Dealing with People Who Drain You Dry

Psychoanalysis & the Founding Fathers of Psychotherapy

13. Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents
14. Carl G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul
15. Carl G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
16. Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom

Relationship Therapy

17. Richard C. Schwartz, You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For
18. Harville Hendrix, Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
19. Terrence Real, Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship
20. Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
21. John Gottman, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
22. Cheri Huber, Be the Person You Want to Find

Parenting Psychology

23. Dr. Becky Kennedy, Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
24. Daniel J. Siegel & Mary Hartzell, Parenting from the Inside Out
25. Susan Forward, Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

Psychology of Masculinity

26. Terrence Real, I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
27. Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette, King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
28. David Deida, The Way of the Superior Man

Evolutionary Psychology

29. Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
30. Daniel Bergner, What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire
31. David Buss, Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind

Social Psychology, Behavioral Economics, & Neuroscience

32. Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
33. Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
34. Robert Cialdini, Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
35. Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
36. Annie Duke, Thinking in Bets
37. Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational
38. Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein, Nudge
39. Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference
40. Luke Burgis, Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
41. Antonio Damasio, Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Dating Skills & Mindsets

42. Mark Manson, Models: Attract Women Through Honesty
43. Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction
44. David Tian, Online Programs & Courses 🙂

Death Anxiety & the Meaning of Life

45. Irvin D. Yalom, Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
46. Irvin D. Yalom & Marilyn Yalom, A Matter of Death and Life
47. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler, On Grief & Grieving
48. Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
49. Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
50. Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon
51. Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
52. Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
53. Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilyich
54. Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
55. Bill Perkins, Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
56. Oliver Burkeman, 4,000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
57. Lynne Twist, The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life
58. Mark Manson, Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
59. Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
60. Irvin D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy

Good, Evil, & Moral Philosophy

61. Frans de Waal, The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society
62. Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?
63. Michael J. Sandel, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
64. Roy F. Baumeister, Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
65. Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
66. Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
67. Frans de Waal, Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved

Peak Performance, Learning, & Success

68. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
69. Edward Slingerland, Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
70. Adam Robinson, What Smart Students Know
71. Josh Waitzkin, The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
72. David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
73. Daniel Coyle, The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How.
74. W. Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
75. Peter Attia, Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
76. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
77. Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
78. Adam Grant, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
79. Adam Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Leadership, Purpose, & Creativity

80. Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?
81. Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman & Kaley Warner Klemp, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
82. Gay Hendricks, The Genius Zone: The Breakthrough Process to End Negative Thinking and Live in True Creativity
83. Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
84. Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
85. Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work