The Greatest Counselling Books of All Time

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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
177 The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud 1899 Austrian German
582 Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl 1946 Austrian German
709 The Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan 1963 American English
844 Civilization and Its Discontents Sigmund Freud 1930 Austrian German
905 Coming of Age in Samoa Margaret Mead 1928 American English
945 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male Alfred C. Kinsey 1948 American English
1207 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie 1936 American English
1259 The Female Eunuch Germaine Greer 1970 Australian English
1601 Studies in the Psychology of Sex Havelock Ellis 1897 British English
1655 The Beauty Myth Naomi Wolf 1990 American English
1787 Sexual Politics Kate Millett 1970 American English
1862 On Aggression Konrad Lorenz 1963 Austrian German
1896 Smoking and Health Surgeon General 1964 American English
2031 über Den Umgang Mit Menschen Adolph Freiherr von Knigge 1788 German German
2031 Ideal Marriage, Its Physiology And Technique Theodoor H. van de Velde 1926 Dutch Dutch
2182 Far From the Tree Andrew Solomon 2012 American English
2220 Against Our Will Susan Brownmiller 1975 American English
2264 Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality Sigmund Freud 1905 Austrian German
2293 The Divided Self R. D. Laing 1960 British English
2315 Backlash Susan Faludi 1991 American English
2325 Being Mortal Atul Gawande 2014 American English
2601 Darkness Visible William Styron 1990 American English
2632 AA Big Book Bill W 1939 American English
2653 Suicide Emile Durkheim 1897 French French
2751 The Montessori Method Maria Montessori 1909 Italian Italian
2777 The Art Of Worldly Wisdom Baltasar Gracián 1647 Spanish Spanish
2972 Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom 1997 American English
3090 On Death and Dying Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969 Swiss English
3544 The Good Women Of China Xinran 2002 Chinese Chinese
3638 Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home Emily Post 1922 American English
3638 Die Homosexualität Des Mannes Und Des Weibes Magnus Hirschfeld 1920 German German
3940 Three Case Histories Sigmund Freud 1963 Austrian German
4105 Summerhill Alexander Sutherland Neill 1960 British English
4202 Ain't I A Woman? bell hooks 1981 American English
4252 Dianetics L. Ron Hubbard 1950 American English
4458 The Truly Disadvantaged William Julius Wilson 1987 American English
4634 The Inability To Mourn Alexander Mitscherlich, Margarete Mitscherlich 1967 German German
4635 Success Napoleon Hill 1928 American Unknown
4676 Our Bodies, Ourselves Unknown 1970 American English
4711 Umgang Mit Der Angst Horst-Eberhard Richter 1968 German German
4851 Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, And Wear Cows Melanie Joy 2010 American English
4894 Influence Robert B. Cialdini 1984 American English
4934 Exile And Pride Eli Clare 1999 American English
4949 Aggression Friedrich Hacker 1971 Unknown German
4975 A Fortune To Share Vash Young 1938 American English
5004 In A Different Voice Carol Gilligan 1982 American English
5111 The War Of Art Steven Pressfield 2002 American English
5124 Killing The Black Body Dorothy E. Roberts 1997 American English
5257 Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed 2012 American English
5283 Strangers To Ourselves Rachel Aviv 2022 American English
5361 The Hite Report Shere Hite 1976 American English
5609 The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt 2012 American English
5626 Mindfulness In Plain English Henepola Gunaratana 1994 American English
5632 A Life's Work Rachel Cusk 2001 British English
5994 The Coddling Of The American Mind Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff 2018 American English
6118 The Web That Has No Weaver Ted J. Kaptchuk 1983 American English
6134 Iron John Robert Bly 1990 American English
6307 What Color Is Your Parachute? Richard Nelson Bolles 1970 American English
6309 Getting Things Done David Allen 2001 American English
6316 The Artist's Way Julia Cameron 1992 American English
6379 Married Love Marie Stopes 1918 British English
6412 The Portable Jung Carl Jung 1971 Swiss English
6464 Fat Is A Feminist Issue Susie Orbach 1978 British English
6599 A Guide For The Perplexed E. F. Schumacher 1977 British English
6621 A General Theory Of Love Thomas Lewis 2000 American English
6684 Celebration Of Discipline Richard J. Foster 1978 American English
6832 Rights Talk Mary Ann Glendon 1991 American English
6903 Ain't No Makin' It Jay MacLeod 1987 American English
6973 Our Bodies, Ourselves Boston Women’s Health Collective 1970 American English
7024 Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Robert Sapolsky 1994 American English
7122 Why We Love Helen Fisher 2004 American English
7148 Atomic Habits James Clear 2018 American English
7215 Man Against Himself Karl A. Menninger 1938 American English
7645 All About Love bell hooks 2000 American English
7723 Purity And Danger Mary Douglas 1966 British English
7851 Thinking In Pictures Temple Grandin 1995 American English
7892 Playing God Glenn Colquhoun 2002 New Zealand English
8056 Cutting The Rose Efua Doorkenoo 1994 Ghanaian English
8075 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
8099 How Not To Die Michael Greger, Gene Stone 2015 American English
8289 Feminism Is For Everybody bell hooks 2000 American English
8501 Soul of a Citizen Paul Rogat Loeb 1999 American English
8560 The Challenges of Feminism Jeong Hee-jin 2015 Korean Korean
8573 Deviations Gayle Rubin 2011 American English
8783 The Greening Of The Church Findley Edge 1976 American English
9191 What Do Women Want? Daniel Bergner 2013 American English
9259 The Sexual Politics Of Meat Carol J. Adams 1990 American English
9261 Lit Mary Karr 2009 American English
9284 Revolution From Within Gloria Steinem 1991 American English
9562 아픔이 길이 되려면 김승섭 2017 Korean Korean
9563 Cunt Inga Muscio 1998 American English
9564 Reviving Ophelia Mary Pipher 1994 American English
9638 Unbearable Weight Susan Bordo 1993 American English
9639 Sisters Of The Yam bell hooks 1993 American English
9725 실격당한 자들을 위한 변론 김원영 2018 Korean Korean
9751 Talking From 9 To 5 Deborah Tannen 1994 American English
9918 Critical Race Theory Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas 1995 American English
9970 Care of the Soul Thomas Moore 1992 American English
10236 The Apology Eve Ensler 2019 American English
10236 Biased Jennifer Eberhardt 2019 American English
10305 Character Analysis Wilhelm Reich 1945 German German
10399 The Triumph of the Therapeutic Philip Rieff 1966 American English
10420 Internal Ecology Morals For Xxi Century Dario Salas Sommer 2007 Chilean Spanish
10554 The Body Keeps The Score Bessel van der Kolk 2014 American English
10762 Communion bell hooks 2002 American English
10920 Women Don’t Ask Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever 2003 American English
10953 Surprised By Hope N.T. Wright 2008 British English
10969 Pornography Andrea Dworkin 1981 American English
10990 Love And Will Rollo May 1969 American English
11510 Race Experts Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn 2001 American English
11579 Women's Ways Of Knowing Mary Field Belenky 1986 American English
11660 No Visible Bruises Rachel Louise Snyder 2019 American English
11805 Passages Gail Sheehy 1976 American English
11872 Awakenings Oliver Sacks 1973 British English
12067 How We Think John Dewey 1910 American English
12258 The Loony Bin Trip Kate Millett 1990 American English
12258 The Women Outside Stephanie Golden 1990 American English
12311 The Obstacle Is The Way Ryan Holiday 2014 American English
12500 Come As You Are Emily Nagoski 2015 American English
12733 Living, Loving And Learning Leo Buscaglia 1982 American English