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r/askpsychology · 2023

Most-mentioned books in r/askpsychology during 2023

This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/askpsychology within the published source unit for 2023. 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 2023
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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.

9 in 2023
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 2023
Cover of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat #3

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.

3 in 2023
Cover of Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving #4

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

Pete Walker

Pete Walker names a fourth trauma response beyond fight, flight, and freeze: fawn, the instinct to appease the person who's hurting you.

2 in 2023
Cover of Attachment Disturbances in Adults #5

Attachment Disturbances in Adults

Daniel P. Brown

A Harvard psychologist's clinical manual on repairing adult attachment wounds, built around a guided meditation protocol called Ideal Parent Figure.

1 in 2023
Cover of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst #6

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 2023
Cover of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ #7

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Daniel Goleman

A 1995 pop-science argument that self-awareness and empathy predict life outcomes better than IQ, the book that put the amygdala in everyday vocabulary.

1 in 2023
Cover of No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model #8

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

Richard C. Schwartz

A therapist explains why the voice in your head that hates you is just another part trying, badly, to protect you.

1 in 2023
Cover of The Courage to Be Disliked #9

The Courage to Be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi

A Socratic dialogue walks through Adlerian psychology's central claim: your past does not determine your life, and you can choose who you are right now.

1 in 2023
Cover of The Drama of the Gifted Child #10

The Drama of the Gifted Child

Alice Miller

Alice Miller's 1979 argument that childhood emotional neglect creates a false self — and that reclaiming your real one requires grieving, not gratitude.

1 in 2023
Cover of The Happiness Trap #11

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 2023
Cover of Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men #12

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Lundy Bancroft

A domestic-violence counselor spent years running batterer-intervention groups, then wrote down the excuses so readers could recognize them faster.

1 in 2023