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Psychology

A list of books about psychology mentioned on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry
by Henri F. Ellenberger
Books by Carl Jung (Man and His Symbols shown)
by Carl Jung
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
by Jordan B. Peterson
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson
Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Connect
by Matthew D. Lieberman
Homicide: Foundations of Human Behavior
by Martin Daly & Margo Wilson
Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts
by Charles Fernyhough
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
by Carol S. Dweck
Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences)
by Hans Eysenck
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by Jonathan Haidt

philosophy
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How.
by Daniel Coyle
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently…and Why
by Richard E. Nisbett
The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
by Steven Kotler
The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
by David M. Buss
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan B. Peterson
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker
The Blank State: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker

history
The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
by Daniel L. Schacter
Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives
by Sendhil Mullainathan & Eldar Shafir
Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence
by Gary Mack with David Casstevens

sports
How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
by Dr. Bob Rotella with Bob Cullen

sports
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William James

religion
LSD Psychotherapy (The Healing Potential Potential of Psychedelic Medicine)
by Stanislav Grof

drugs
Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self
by Jennifer Ouellette

science
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by Jonathan Haidt
The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
by William von Hippel
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World
by Michele Gelfand
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
by Mark Wolynn
Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
by Roy F. Baumeister
Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves
by Lee Daniel Kravetz
The New Science of Narcissism: Understanding One of the Greatest Psychological Challenges of Our Time―and What You Can Do About It
by W. Keith Campbell with Carolyn Crist
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
by Gad Saad
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption
by Gad Saad
The Consuming Instinct: What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal About Human Nature
by Gad Saad
Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
by Adam Alter
The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary
by Robert Wright
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
by Adam Grant
The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills
by Jesse Singal
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, Revised and Updated
by Judith Rich Harris
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
by Anil Seth

science
Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century
by Howard Bloom
The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex
by David M. Buss, PhD
The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
by David M. Buss
When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
by David M. Buss
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention–and How to Think Deeply Again
by Johann Hari
The Red Book
by C.G. Jung
The Undiscovered Self
by C.G. Jung
Mysterium Coniunctionis
by C.G. Jung
Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies
by C.G. Jung
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
by C.G. Jung