The Greatest Books of All Time on Behavior

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
945 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male Alfred C. Kinsey 1948 American English
1345 The Naked Ape Desmond Morris 1967 British English
1581 The Civilizing Process Norbert Elias 1939 German German
2116 Stories of Mr. Keuner Bertolt Brecht 1926 German German
2307 The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins 1976 British English
2752 Struwwelpeter, Or, Merry Rhymes and Funny Pictures... Heinrich Hoffmann 1845 German German
3131 Little Nicholas Rene Goscinny 1959 French French
3860 The Soul of the White Ant Eugène N. Marais 1925 South African Afrikaans
4570 No Kiss For Mother Tomi Ungerer 1973 French English
4581 A Theory Of The Consumption Function Milton Friedman 1957 American English
4607 The Dice Man Luke Rhinehart 1971 American English
4617 Sociobiology E. O. Wilson 1975 American English
4894 Influence Robert B. Cialdini 1984 American English
4899 The Theory Of Moral Sentiments Adam Smith 1759 Scottish English
5501 Steps To An Ecology Of Mind Gregory Bateson 1972 American English
5611 The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt 2012 American English
6319 The Power Of Habit Charles Duhigg 2012 American English
6424 The Lonely Crowd David Riesman 1950 American English
6613 Gorillas In The Mist Dian Fossey 1983 American English
6795 Models Of Man, Social And Rational Herbert Simon 1957 American English
6935 The Insect Societies E. O. Wilson 1971 American English
7024 Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Robert Sapolsky 1994 American English
7216 The Conduct Of Life Ralph Waldo Emerson 1860 American English
7808 Products Of The Perfected Civilization Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort 1969 French French
8395 Junk Food Monkeys Robert Sapolsky 1997 American Unknown
8655 Domestic Manners of the Americans Fanny Trollope 1832 British English
8767 Man Meets Dog Konrad Lorenz 1949 German German
8986 Good Little Girls Countess of Ségur. 1857 French French
9657 Brehm's Life Of Animals Alfred Edmund Brehm 2015 German German
9772 Democracy For Realists Christopher H. Achen, Larry Bartels 2016 American English
10306 The Dancing Bees Karl von Frisch 1953 German German
10306 Character Analysis Wilhelm Reich 1945 German German
10421 Internal Ecology Morals For Xxi Century Dario Salas Sommer 2007 Chilean Spanish
12302 Reflections Of Eden Birute Galdikas 1995 Canadian English
12326 The Ant And The Peacock Helena Cronin 1991 British English
13931 Ramona The Pest Beverly Cleary 1968 American English
13986 Parenting With Love And Logic Foster Cline 1990 American English
14453 Behave Robert Sapolsky 2023 American English
14499 Super Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt 2009 American English
15663 Human Nature And Conduct John Dewey 1922 American English
15910 The Origin and Development of Psycho-Analysis Sigmund Freud 1910 Austrian German
15910 The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals Charles Darwin 1872 British English
15910 Fabre's Book Of Insects Jean Henri Fabre 1921 French French
15910 The Myth Of Mental Illness Thomas Szasz 1961 American English
15910 Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Betty MacDonald 1947 American English
17152 Time, Love, Memory Jonathan Weiner 1999 American English
17152 Testosterone Rex Cordelia Fine 2017 Australian English
17152 Why Men Love Bitches Sherry Argov 2002 American English
17152 Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking Allen Carr 1985 British English
17152 F*Ck Feelings Sarah Bennett, Michael Bennett 2015 American English
17152 Time Warped Claudia Hammond 2012 British English
17152 The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson 2011 British English
17152 Sex In The Sea Marah J. Hardt 2016 American English
17152 The Art Of Choosing Sheena Iyengar 2010 American English
17152 The Invisible Gorilla Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons 2010 American English
17152 Liespotting Pamela Meyer 2010 American English
17152 The Object Of Morality G. J. Warnock 1971 British English
17152 Nature Via Nurture Matt Ridley 2003 British English
17152 Adam's Task Vicki Hearne 1986 American English
17152 The Gentleman In Trollope Shirley Robin Letwin 1982 British English
17152 Life Martha Holmes, Michael Gunton 2009 British English
17152 Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely 2008 American English
17152 The Art Of Thinking Clearly Rolf Dobelli 2011 Swiss German
17152 Learned Optimism Martin E.P. Seligman 1990 American English
17152 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17152 Miss Nelson Is Missing! Harry Allard 1977 American English
17152 The Idiot Brain Dean Burnett 2016 British English
17152 Same As Ever Morgan Housel 2023 American English
17152 The Mind Of A Bee Lars Chittka 2022 Unknown English
17152 A Penguin Year Susan Bonners 1981 Unknown English