The Greatest Books of All Time on Self

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
638 Being and Nothingness Jean Paul Sartre 1943 French French
1342 The Principles of Psychology William James 1890 American English
2294 The Divided Self R. D. Laing 1960 British English
3252 Lost in the Cosmos Walker Percy 1983 American English
5913 Poems Of Fernando Pessoa Fernando Pessoa 1942 Portuguese Portuguese
6375 The Feeling Of What Happens Antonio Damasio 1999 Portuguese English
7216 The Geographical History Of America Gertrude Stein 1936 American English
8445 Identity Milan Kundera 1998 Czech French
10453 Mr. Palomar Italo Calvino 1983 Italian Italian
11566 The Sickness Unto Death Soren Kierkegaard 1849 Danish Danish
12385 Dark Harbor Mark Strand 1993 American English
12496 The Mind's I Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Dennett 1981 American English
15913 An Inquiry Into The Good Nishida Kitarō 1911 Japanese Japanese
16672 The Undiscovered Self C.G. Jung 1957 Swiss German
16762 Las Confesiones Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1782 Genevan French
16776 Psychology: Briefer Course William James 1892 American English
17158 The Inescapable Self Timothy Chappell 2006 British English
17158 Company Samuel Beckett 1979 Irish English
17158 Sources Of The Self Charles Taylor 1989 Canadian English
17158 You Are Not A Brain Markus Gabriel 2015 German German
17025 The Origins And History Of Consciousness Carl Jung, Franz Neumann, Helen R. Hull 1949 German German
17158 Thou Art That Joseph Campbell American English