The Greatest Psychological 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
3021 The Echoing Grove Rosamond Lehmann 1953 British English
3021 The Tortoise And The Hare Elizabeth Jenkins 1936 British English
3048 Fever Dream Samanta Schweblin 2014 Argentinian Spanish
3059 Trust Hernan Díaz 2022 Argentinian English
3068 An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro 1986 British English
3082 Under the Skin Michel Faber 2000 British English
3112 Leviathan Paul Auster 1992 American English
3115 Affinity Sarah Waters 1999 British English
3132 The Man Who Loved Dogs Leonardo Padura 2009 Cuban Spanish
3136 Mother's Milk Edward St Aubyn 2005 British English
3146 A Simple Plan Scott Smith 1993 American English
3147 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons 1989 American English
3156 The Honorary Consul Graham Greene 1973 British English
3164 Dept. of Speculation Jenny Offill 2014 American English
3167 Paris Trout Pete Dexter 1988 American English
3172 The Bee Sting Paul Murray 2023 Irish English
3173 A Simple Story S.Y. Agnon 1935 Israeli Hebrew
3183 Minor Detail Adania Shibli 2017 Palestinian Arabic
3199 Mao II Don DeLillo 1991 American English
3203 Trap For Cinderella Sebastien Japrisot 1963 French French
3225 The Driver's Seat Muriel Spark 1970 British English
3227 Millennium Trilogy Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
3236 The Radiant Way Margaret Drabble 1987 British English
3243 Death Is My Trade Robert Merle 1952 French French
3265 The Days Of Abandonment Elena Ferrante 2002 Italian Italian
3270 The Twins Tessa De Loo 1993 Dutch Dutch
3271 Postmortem Patricia Daniels Cornwell 1990 American English
3315 The Afternoon of Monsieur Andesmas Marguerite Duras 1962 French French
3321 Where Are The Children? Mary Higgins Clark 1975 American English
3323 Confusion Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
3324 None but the Brave Arthur Schnitzler 1895 Austrian German
3324 Memoirs of My Nervous Illness Daniel Paul Schreber 1903 German German
3324 Hell Henri Barbusse 1908 French French
3324 Life and Death of Harriett Frean May Sinclair 1922 British English
3324 To the North Elizabeth Bowen 1932 British English
3324 The Return of Philip Latinowicz Miroslav Krleža 1932 Croatian Croatian
3324 A Day Off Storm Jameson 1933 British English
3324 The Harvesters Cesare Pavese 1941 Italian Unknown
3324 Back Henry Green 1946 British English
3324 L'Abbé C Georges Bataille 1950 French French
3324 The Guiltless Hermann Broch 1950 Austrian German
3377 Ordinary People Judith Guest 1976 American English
3407 In A Lonely Place Karl Edward Wagner 1977 American English
3409 The deadbeats Ward Ruyslinck 1957 Belgian Dutch
3409 The Birds Tarjei Vesaas 1957 Norwegian Norwegian
3426 The Violent Bear It Away Flannery O'Connor 1960 American English
3443 Transit Rachel Cusk 2016 British English
3473 Native Speaker Chang-rae Lee 1995 American English
3505 Speak Laurie Halse Anderson 1999 American English
3508 Joe Cinque's Consolation Helen Garner 2004 Australian English
3516 The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life Erving Goffman 1959 American English
3533 The Birthday Party Harold Pinter 1958 British English
3552 Divorcing Susan Taubes 1969 American English
3558 Faces In The Water Janet Frame 1961 New Zealander English
3568 Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng 2017 American English
3579 Flowering Judas and Other Stories Katherine Anne Porter 1930 American English
3580 Call Me By Your Name André Aciman 2007 Italian English
3583 Married Life David Vogel 1986 Jewish English
3585 A Single Man Christopher Isherwood 1964 British English
3590 Do Everything in the Dark Gary Indiana 2003 American English
3596 Time of Silence Luis Martín-Santos 1962 Spanish Spanish
3596 The Third Wedding Kōstas Tachtsēs 1962 Greek Greek
3637 White Shroud Antanas Škėma 1958 Lithuanian Lithuanian
3637 And Never Said A Word Heinrich Böll 1953 German German
3637 Lieutenant Gustl Arthur Schnitzler 1900 Austrian German
3808 Hotel du Lac Anita Brookner 1984 British English
3809 A Pale View of Hills Kazuo Ishiguro 1982 British English
3845 Written on the Body Jeanette Winterson 1992 British English
3845 Troubling Love Elena Ferrante 1992 Italian Italian
3853 The Girl Next Door Jack Ketchum 1989 American English
3856 Closer Dennis Cooper 1989 American English
3858 Enduring Love Ian McEwan 1997 British English
3873 The Alienist Caleb Carr 1994 American English
3875 We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver 2003 American English
3880 Garden, Ashes Danilo Kiš 1965 Serbian Serbo-croatian
3896 Runaway Horse Martin Walser 1978 German German
3904 Other Voices, Other Rooms Truman Capote 1948 American English
3917 January Sara Gallardo 1971 Argentinian Spanish
3925 Half of Man is Woman Zhang Xianliang 1985 Chinese Chinese
3926 In The Woods Tana French 2007 Irish English
3929 A Posthumous Confession Marcellus Emants 1894 Dutch Dutch
3939 Three Case Histories Sigmund Freud 1963 Austrian German
3948 Top Girls Caryl Churchill 1982 British English
3952 Λεμονοδάσος Kosmas Politis 1930 Greek Greek
3952 A Bach Concert Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1927 Romanian Romanian
3952 Adela G. Ibrăileanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3952 Rusoaica Gib I. Mihăescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3952 Ioana Anton Holban 1934 Romanian Romanian
3952 Jocurile Daniei Anton Holban 1935 Romanian Romanian
3952 În Absența Stăpânilor Nicolae Breban 1966 Romanian Romanian
3952 Căderea în Lume Constantin Țoiu 1968 Romanian Romanian
4067 The Story Of Lucy Gault William Trevor 2002 Irish English
4076 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes 1998 British English
4079 The White Hotel D. M. Thomas 1981 British English
4080 Diary Of A Madman Nikolai Gogol 1835 Russian Russian
4088 Silk Alessandro Baricco 1996 Italian Italian
4093 The Flaw Antonis Samarakis 1965 Greek Greek
4093 Biserica Neagră A.E. Baconsky 1970 Romanian Romanian
4101 Purge Sofi Oksanen 2008 Finnish Finnish
4110 Brat Farrar Josephine Tey 1949 British English
4149 The Devotion Of Suspect X Keigo Higashino 2005 Japanese Japanese
4171 The Bone Collector Jeffery Deaver 1997 American English
4173 Replay Ken Grimwood 1986 American English
4189 Flowers From The Storm Laura Kinsale 1992 American English
4194 The Oppermanns Lion Feuchtwanger 1933 German German
4206 The Case Worker György Konrád 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
4222 The Spectre Of Alexander Wolf Gaito Gazdanov 1947 French Russian
4232 Een Liefde Lodewijk van Deyssel 1887 Dutch Dutch
4232 Eva Carry van Bruggen 1927 Dutch Dutch
4232 De Vuuraanbidders Simon Vestdijk 1947 Dutch Dutch
4251 Dianetics L. Ron Hubbard 1950 American English
4293 The Castle franz kafka 1926 German German
4300 Drumul Cenușii Augustin Buzura 1973 Romanian Romanian
4306 It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover 2016 American English
4308 The Victorian Chaise Longue Marghanita Laski 1953 British English
4370 Frost Thomas Bernhard 1963 Austrian German
4384 Incubus Giuseppe Berto 1964 Italian Italian
4392 The Friend Sigrid Nunez 2018 American English
4396 The Faces Of Silence Augustin Buzura 1974 Romanian Romanian
4406 The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea Yukio Mishima 1963 Japanese Japanese