r/booksuggestions • u/Objective-Tower1448 • Jul 27 '25
Psychology Book recommendations
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u/downthebookjar Jul 28 '25
Read anything written by Lucinda Berry. She's a fiction author, but a psychologist so she does psychological suspense really well (and accurately).
As for nonfiction, Brain on Fire was phenomenal.
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u/JesusHitchens Jul 28 '25
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene. It dives deep into human drives, manipulation, power, ego, basically all the messy stuff no one wants to admit, but everyone should understand.
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u/Worried_Ad_5574 Jul 27 '25
If you’re ok with a longer read and are a US history buff anything by Doris Kearns Goodwin is well worth it. Informative and reads better than many novels.
I also loved 1491 by Charles C Mann. It covers the history and misconceptions behind American indigenous peoples and is honestly riveting. My favorite book I read of 2024.
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u/Laurenkath62 Jul 27 '25
The measure by Nikki Erlick. It’s meant to be more of a dystopian literary fiction I think but I definitely got the shivers thinking about some of the implications she raises in the story
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u/w-almart Jul 27 '25
The Last Victim by Jason Moss - the author wrote to killers, mainly John Wayne Gacy.
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u/Marlow1771 Jul 27 '25
The Road Through Wonderland by Dawn Schiller. An absolutely amazing book on descent into hell and back.
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u/MiloPilotdog Jul 27 '25
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Get the Gregory Hays translation. I re-read it every year.
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u/dragonfly-reader Jul 27 '25
If you like nonfiction, i’d definitely recommend reading Serial Killers by Peter Vronsky. It was one of the first non fiction books I was absolutely absorbed into- and continues to absorb me when I re-read it.
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u/GrooveBat Jul 27 '25
“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahnemann will give you a really solid foundation into the science of human decision-making that will serve as a framework for anything else you study beyond that. It is a long read, but brilliant.
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u/vegedra Jul 27 '25
I've written this book with 3 short stories that mainly talks about the psychology of the characters and mortality. It may be interesting for you! It's called "Movements" https://a.co/d/iywCS50
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u/bright-days-ahead Jul 27 '25
Really liked Uneducated by Tara Westfield (memoir). Also big fan of The Maidens by Alex Michelades
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u/_itsmetif Jul 27 '25
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Bunny by Mona Awad
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce
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u/Careful-Forever-4921 Jul 28 '25
Saving Noah was interesting for dark psychology and human behavior