The Greatest Books of All Time on Human 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
1405 The Twits Roald Dahl 1980 British English
1601 The Ego and the Id Sigmund Freud 1923 Austrian German
1747 Twenty Four Hours In The Life Of A Woman Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
2015 A Journal Of The Plague Year Daniel Defoe 1722 British English
2500 Psychopathia Sexualis Richard von Krafft-Ebing 1886 German German
3131 Little Nicholas Rene Goscinny 1959 French French
3234 Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner 2005 American English
3638 Homo Ludens Johan Huizinga 1938 Dutch Dutch
3638 Laughter Henri Bergson 1900 French French
4223 A Pattern Language Christopher Alexander 1977 American English
4524 The Situation Is Hopeless, But Not Serious Paul Watzlawick 1983 American English
4712 Umgang Mit Der Angst Horst-Eberhard Richter 1968 German German
4870 Human Action Ludwig von Mises 1949 Austrian English
4951 Aggression Friedrich Hacker 1971 Unknown German
6623 A General Theory Of Love Thomas Lewis 2000 American English
7122 Why We Love Helen Fisher 2004 American English
7216 Nervous People And Other Satires Mikhail Zoshchenko 1927 Russian Russian
7216 Man Against Himself Karl A. Menninger 1938 American English
7726 Stupidity Rafael Spregelburd 2007 Argentinian Spanish
7748 The Structure Of Social Action Talcott Parsons 1937 American English
7751 Critical Mass Philip Ball 2004 British English
7790 The Mind and Society Vilfredo Pareto 1916 Italian Italian
8285 The Other Side Of Desire Daniel Bergner 2009 American English
8408 On Human Nature E. O. Wilson 1978 American English
8466 The Fiddler In The Subway Gene Weingarten 2010 American English
8711 A Alma Encantadora Das Ruas João Do Rio 1908 Brazilian Portuguese
9192 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
10114 Blackberry Winter Margaret Mead 1972 American English
11006 The Moral Animal Robert Wright 1994 American English
12149 The Secret Family David Bodanis 1997 Unknown English
13703 Poor Charlie's Almanack Charlie Munger 2005 American English
13886 American Voyeur Benoit Denizet-Lewis 2009 American English
14520 The Fever Sonia Shah 2010 American English
14788 The Unconscious Sigmund Freud 1915 Austrian German
14788 Patterns of Culture Ruth Benedict 1934 American English
15916 Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation Alfred Adler 1907 Austrian German
15916 Repression Sigmund Freud 1915 Austrian German
15916 Behaviorism John Watson 1924 American English
15916 The Life And Work Of Sigmund Freud Ernest Jones 1953 British English
17162 The Raw and the Cooked Claude Lévi-Strauss 1964 French French
17162 Snobbery Joseph Epstein 2002 American English
17162 Explaining Humans Camilla Pang 2020 British English
16807 Our Inner Conflicts Karen Horney 1945 German English
17162 The Tangled Wing Melvin Konner 1982 American English
17162 The Epidemic Hani al-Raheb 1981 Syrian Unknown
17162 The Meme Machine Susan Blackmore 1999 British English
17162 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17162 Habitus Emma Rooksby Unknown Unknown
16890 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17162 The Poison Oracle Peter Dickinson 1974 British English
17162 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17162 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17162 Wrong Way Joanne McNeil 2023 Unknown Unknown
17162 This Won’t Help Eli Grober 2023 Unknown English
17162 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17162 Anleitung Zum Unglücklichsein Paul Watzlawick 1983 Austrian German