🧩 Psychology · United States
Best Psychology Books from United States
Psychology non-fiction occupies an unusual cultural position: it speaks the language of science but addresses the most intimate questions of ordinary life. United States has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in psychology, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best psychology from United States by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Tender is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald· 1933
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#2
literary-fiction
Great American Short Stories
Wallace Stegner· 1957
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#3
classic-literature
Great Short Works of Herman Melville
Herman Melville· 1940
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#4
literary-fiction
Nine Stories
J. D. Salinger· 1948
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#5
literary-fiction
Piazza Tales
Herman Melville· 1856
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#6
literary-fiction
The Portable Melville
Herman Melville· 1952
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#7
classic-literature
Novels (Bartleby, the Scrivener / Benito Cereno / Billy Budd / Encantadas)
Herman Melville· 1928
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#8
classic-literature
Billy Budd and Other Tales
Herman Melville· 1961
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#9
literary-fiction
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville· 1966
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#10
literary-fiction
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin· 1956
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score45/100
#11
literary-fiction
Pierre, or the Ambiguities
Herman Melville· 1852
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score45/100
#12
psychology
Atomic Habits
James Clear· 2018
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score43/100
#13
psychology
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway· 1952
Notable Work
Editorial Score43/100
#14
literary-fiction
Rabbit, Run
John Updike· 1960
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#15
literary-fiction
Lisey's Story
Stephen King· 2006
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#16
psychology
The Conquest of Fear
Basil King· 1921
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#17
literary-fiction
The Accidental Tourist
Anne Tyler· 1985
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#18
literary-fiction
Seize the Day
Saul Bellow· 1956
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#19
literary-fiction
Possessing the Secret of Joy
Alice Walker· 1992
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#20
romance
Patchwork Planet
Anne Tyler· 1998
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#21
cooking-food
Food Saved Me
Walker, Danielle (Chef)· 2021
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#22
psychology
Essays on the intellectual powers of man
James Walker· 1785
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#23
psychology
Your Mind and How to Use It
William Walker Atkinson· 1911
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#24
psychology
Dictionary of philosophy and psychology, including many of the principal conceptions of ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, mental pathology, anthropology, biology, neurology, physiology, economics, political and social philosophy, philology, physical science, and education, and giving a terminology in English, French, German, and Italian
James Mark Baldwin· 1901
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#25
psychology
Mental Development in the Child and the Race (1895) (Thoemmes Press - Classics in Psychology)
James Mark Baldwin· 1894
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#26
psychology
Revelation of childbirth
Grantly Dick-Read· 1943
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#27
psychology
The story of the mind
James Mark Baldwin· 1898
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#28
psychology
The American journal of psychology
G. Stanley Hall· 1887
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#29
psychology
By The Light of My Father's Smile
Alice Walker· 1998
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#30
psychology
Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt
Franz Brentano· 1874
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#31
psychology
The blacker the berry
Wallace Thurman· 1929
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#32
psychology
Escape attempts
Stanley Cohen· 1976
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#33
psychology
Handbook of Psychology vol 2, Feeling And Will
James Mark Baldwin· 1889
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#34
psychology
The transfiguration of Miss Philura
Florence Morse Kingsley· 1901
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#35
psychology
Primary mental abilities
Louis Leon Thurstone· 1938
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#36
psychology
How to retire happy
Stan Hinden· 2000
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#37
psychology
The Road to Character
David Brooks· 2015
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#38
psychology
The second coming
Walker Percy· 1980
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#39
psychology
Give sorrow words
Dorothy Judd· 1989
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#40
psychology
Undoing Depression
O'Connor, Richard Ph. D.· 1997
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#41
psychology
Folk Devils and Moral Panics the Creation of the Mods and Rockers
Stanley Cohen· 1972
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#42
psychology
Noah's Compass
Anne Tyler· 2009
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#43
psychology
Sabbath's Theater
Philip Roth· 1995
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#44
psychology
The Anatomy Lesson
Philip Roth· 1983
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#45
psychology
A garden of earthly delights
Joyce Carol Oates· 1967
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#46
psychology
Rekindling Desire
Barry McCarthy· 2003
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#47
psychology
Experience psychology
Laura King· 2010
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#48
psychology
Twins
Lawrence Wright· 1997
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#49
psychology
Handbook of psychological assessment
Gary Groth-Marnat· 2003
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#50
psychology
Revival
Thomas Walker Mitchell· 2018
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
