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r/askpsychology · 2022

Most-mentioned books in r/askpsychology during 2022

This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/askpsychology within the published source unit for 2022. Counts come from the reconciled subreddit-by-month matrix; a source unit may be a bounded sample.

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Books ranked
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Tracked mentions in 2022
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Cover of The Body Keeps the Score #1

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.

4 in 2022
Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow #2

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 2022
Cover of Man's Search for Meaning #3

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.

3 in 2022
Cover of Flow #4

Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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

2 in 2022
Cover of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat #5

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 2022
Cover of Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment #6

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment

Amir Levine

A psychiatrist and a researcher apply neuroscience to dating: figure out your attachment style, then stop being surprised by your relationship patterns.

1 in 2022
Cover of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst #7

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.

1 in 2022
Cover of Healing the Shame That Binds You #8

Healing the Shame That Binds You

John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw's 1988 guide distinguishes toxic shame from healthy shame and argues the internalized kind is the engine behind addiction, abuse cycles, and most self-destruction.

1 in 2022
Cover of The Happiness Trap #9

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 2022