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r/AcademicPsychology · 2021

Most-mentioned books in r/AcademicPsychology during 2021

This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/AcademicPsychology within the published source unit for 2021. Counts come from the reconciled subreddit-by-month matrix; a source unit may be a bounded sample.

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Books ranked
22
Tracked mentions in 2021
Sort by upvotes = sum of comment scores on recognized mentions
Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow #1

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

A Nobel-winning psychologist splits the mind into a fast intuitive system and a slow deliberate one, then catalogues where the fast one lies to you.

4 in 2021
Cover of The Body Keeps the Score #2

The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk spent his career arguing trauma changes the nervous system, and r/CPTSD made the book its shared vocabulary for what happened to them.

3 in 2021
Cover of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst #3

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

A neuroscientist traces one punch backward through hormones, childhood, evolution, and culture to explain why anyone throws it at all.

2 in 2021
Cover of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat #4

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Oliver Sacks

A neurologist's case files: patients who lost the ability to recognize faces, bodies, and the right side of the world — and remained fully themselves.

2 in 2021
Cover of Feeling Good #5

Feeling Good

David D. Burns

David Burns hands depressed readers a list of ten named thinking errors and a worksheet to catch themselves making one.

1 in 2021
Cover of Flow #6

Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Csikszentmihalyi spent decades interviewing artists to explain why total immersion in hard work beats effortless pleasure every time.

1 in 2021
Cover of Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships #7

Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships

Eric Berne

A psychiatrist names the invisible scripts people run on each other in conversation, and explains why they keep winning.

1 in 2021
Cover of Man's Search for Meaning #8

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

A psychiatrist survives three concentration camps and concludes the ones who lived weren't the strongest, they were the ones who still had a reason to.

1 in 2021
Cover of Mindset #9

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

A Stanford psychologist argues that believing your abilities can grow is itself the ability that determines whether they do.

1 in 2021
Cover of The Happiness Trap #10

The Happiness Trap

Russ Harris

A psychologist walks readers through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, arguing the chase for constant happiness is what makes people miserable.

1 in 2021
Cover of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck #11

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson

Mark Manson's case that choosing what to care about is the only self-help move that actually matters.

1 in 2021
Cover of The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy #12

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

Irvin D. Yalom

Irvin Yalom's clinical manual for group therapy, built from decades of practice, covering everything from curative factors to termination.

1 in 2021
Cover of The WEIRDest People in the World #13

The WEIRDest People in the World

Joseph Henrich

A Harvard professor's argument that Western psychology is a historical accident — and that most of what we call human nature is culture in disguise.

1 in 2021
Cover of Why Buddhism Is True #14

Why Buddhism Is True

Robert Wright

A science journalist argues meditation works because evolution wired your brain to lie to you about what actually makes you happy.

1 in 2021
Cover of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers #15

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Robert M. Sapolsky

A neuroendocrinologist explains why your body's brilliant short-term stress response is slowly killing you when it never turns off.

1 in 2021