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
1600 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
2014 A Journal Of The Plague Year Daniel Defoe 1722 British English
2499 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
3637 Homo Ludens Johan Huizinga 1938 Dutch Dutch
3637 Laughter Henri Bergson 1900 French French
4221 A Pattern Language Christopher Alexander 1977 American English
4522 The Situation Is Hopeless, But Not Serious Paul Watzlawick 1983 American English
4710 Umgang Mit Der Angst Horst-Eberhard Richter 1968 German German
4868 Human Action Ludwig von Mises 1949 Austrian English
4949 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
7215 Nervous People And Other Satires Mikhail Zoshchenko 1927 Russian Russian
7215 Man Against Himself Karl A. Menninger 1938 American English
7725 Stupidity Rafael Spregelburd 2007 Argentinian Spanish
7747 The Structure Of Social Action Talcott Parsons 1937 American English
7750 Critical Mass Philip Ball 2004 British English
7789 The Mind and Society Vilfredo Pareto 1916 Italian Italian
8284 The Other Side Of Desire Daniel Bergner 2009 American English
8407 On Human Nature E. O. Wilson 1978 American English
8465 The Fiddler In The Subway Gene Weingarten 2010 American English
8710 A Alma Encantadora Das Ruas João Do Rio 1908 Brazilian Portuguese
9191 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
10110 Blackberry Winter Margaret Mead 1972 American English
11002 The Moral Animal Robert Wright 1994 American English
12148 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
14519 The Fever Sonia Shah 2010 American English
14787 The Unconscious Sigmund Freud 1915 Austrian German
14787 Patterns of Culture Ruth Benedict 1934 American English
15902 Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation Alfred Adler 1907 Austrian German
15902 Repression Sigmund Freud 1915 Austrian German
15902 Behaviorism John Watson 1924 American English
15902 The Life And Work Of Sigmund Freud Ernest Jones 1953 British English
17131 The Raw and the Cooked Claude Lévi-Strauss 1964 French French
17131 Snobbery Joseph Epstein 2002 American English
17131 Explaining Humans Camilla Pang 2020 British English
16780 Our Inner Conflicts Karen Horney 1945 German English
17131 The Tangled Wing Melvin Konner 1982 American English
17131 The Epidemic Hani al-Raheb 1981 Syrian Unknown
17131 The Meme Machine Susan Blackmore 1999 British English
17131 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17131 Habitus Emma Rooksby Unknown Unknown
16886 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17131 The Poison Oracle Peter Dickinson 1974 British English
17131 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17131 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17131 Wrong Way Joanne McNeil 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 This Won’t Help Eli Grober 2023 Unknown English
17131 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17131 Anleitung Zum Unglücklichsein Paul Watzlawick 1983 Austrian German