Psychology

The Unconscious, Mythology, Individuation

• The Discovery of the Unconscious – Henri Ellenberger – Summary – Video (10/10)
• The Denial of Death – Ernest Becker  – Summary – Video (9/10)
• The Dichotomy of the Self – Farah Smiley – Summary – Video (9/10)
• The Secret Teachings of All Ages Summary – Manly P. Hall – Summary – Video (8/10)
• The Undiscovered Self – Carl Jung  – Summary – Video (8/10)
• Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious  – Carl Jung  – Summary (8/10)
• The Master and his Emissary – Iain McGilchrist – Summary – Video (8/10)
• Modern Man in Search of a Soul – Carl Jung – Summary (8/10)
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces – Joseph Campbell – Summary (8/10)
• King, Warrior, Magician, Lover – Summary (8/10)
• How to Read Lacan – Slavoj Zizek – Summary (8/10)
• The Freud Files – Borch-Jacobsen – Summary (8/10)
• Freud: The Mind of the Moralist – Philip Rief – Summary (8/10)
• Young Man Luther – Erick Erikson – Summary (7.1/10)
• Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud – Summary – Video (7/10)
• Man and His Symbols – Carl Jung  – Summary (7/10)
• The Interpretation of Dreams – Sigmund Freud – Summary (7/10)
• Personality: The Individuation Process – C.A Meier – Summary (7/10)
• Owning Your Own Shadow – Robert A. Johnson – Summary (7//10)
• Individuation and Narcissism – Mario Jacoby – Summary (7/10)
• Understanding Human Nature – Alfred Adler – Summary (7/10)
• The Courage to be Disliked – Summary (7/10)
• Totem and Taboo – Sigmund Freud – Summary (6/10)
• A Way of Being – Carl Rogers – Summary (6/10)
• The Apocalypse of the Reluctant Gnostics – Stuart Douglas – Summary (6/10)
• On Becoming a Person – Carl Rogers – Summary (5/10)
• Aion – Carl Jung – Summary (7/10)

Anxiety, Narcissism, and Neuroticism

• The Culture of Narcissism – Christopher Lasch – Summary (8.5/10)
• Strange Rites – Tara Burton – Summary (8.4/10)
• The Triumph of the Therapeutic – Philip Rieff – Summary (8.3/10)
• The Neurotic Personality of Our Time – Karen Horney – Summary (7.5/10)
• Man’s Search For Himself – Rollo May – Summary (7/10)
• The Time Paradox – Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd – Summary (7/10)
• Masochism and the Self – Roy Baumeister  – Summary (7/10)
• Masochism in Modern Man – Theodor Reik – Summary (7/10)
• Man Disconnected – Phillip Zimbardo – Summary (7/10)
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck – Mark Manson – Summary (7/10)
• The Triumph of the Modern Self – Carl Trueman – Summary (7/10)
• Notes on a Nervous Planet – Matt Haig – Summary (7/10)
• The Narcissism Epidemic – Summary (7/10)

Meditation

• How Healing Works – Summary (9/10)
• Altered Traits – Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson – Summary (8.7/10)
• Why Buddhism is True – Robert Wright – Summary (8.2/10)
• The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle – Summary (8/10)
• The Mind Illuminated – Summary (8/10)
• 10 Percent Happier  – Dan Harris – Summary (7/10)
• Thoughts Without a Thinker – Mark Epstein – Summary (7/10)
• The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation – William Hart – Summary (7/10)
• The Craving Mind – Judson Brewer – Summary (7/10)
• This is Water – David Foster Wallace – Summary (6/10)

Persuasion

• Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World – Rene Girard – Summary (9/10)
• Mimesis and Science – Summary (8.8/10)
• The Art of Seduction – Robert Greene – Summary (8/10)
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion – Robert Cialdini – Summary (8/10)
• Pre-Suasion – Cialdini – Summary (8/10)
• 12 Rules for Life  – Jordan Peterson – Summary (8/10)
• The 48 Laws of Power – Robert Greene – Summary (8/10)
• Wanting – Luke Burgis – Summary (8/10)
• Motivation and Personality – Abraham Maslow – Summary (7/10)
• The Principles of Psychology – William James – Summary (7/10)
• Models – Mark Manson – Summary (7/10)

Creativity

• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Summary (9/10)
• The War of Art – Steven Pressfield – Summary (7/10)
• Mastery – Robert Greene – Summary (7/10)
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Cain – Summary (7/10)
• Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise– Anders Ericsson  – Summary (7/10)
• Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step – Edward de Bono  – Summary (6/10)

Behavior

• Dopamine Nation – Anna Lembke – Summary (8/10)
• Games People Play – Eric Berne – Summary (7/10)
• Human Nature and The Principle of Least Effort – George Zipf – Summary (7/10)
• The Laws of Human Nature – Robert Greene – Summary (7/10)
• Walden Two – B.F Skinner – Summary (6/10)
• The Psychology of Revolution – Gustave La Bon – Summary (6/10)

Critique of Psychology

• The Myth of Mental Illness – Thomas Szasz – Summary (8/10)
• Madness and Civilization – Michel Foucault  – Summary (8/10)
• The Emperor’s New Drugs – Irving Kirsch – Summary (8/10)
• The Divided Self – R. D. Laing – Summary (7/10)
• Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless –  Steve Salerno – Summary (7/10)
• The Aryan Christ – Richard Noll – Summary (7/10)
• Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis” by Richard Webster – Summary (8/10)

Decision Science

• Risk Savvy – Summary (9/10)
• Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder – Summary (9/10)
• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk – Summary (9/10)
• Seeking Wisdom – Summary (8/10)
• Thinking: Fast and Slow – Summary (8/10)
• Skin in the Game – Summary (8/10)
• Algorithms to Live By  – Summary (7/10)
• The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty – Summary (6.5/10)

Cognition

• Reflections on Language – Chomsky – Summary (8/10)
• Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of the Mind – John R. Anderson – Summary (8/10)
• Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain – Kosslyn – Summary (8/10)
• Jean Piaget – The Language and Thought of the Child – Summary (7/10)
• Language and Mind – Chomsky – Summary (7/10)
• Aspects of the Theory of Syntax – Chomsky – Summary (7/10)
• Acts of Meaning – Bruner – Summary (6.5/10)
• The Female Brain – Summary (6/10)

Parapsychology

• The Science of Near-Death Experiences – John C. Hagan III (Editor) – Summary (8/10)
• Supernormal – Dean Radin – Summary

Ethics

• The Righteous Mind – Jonathan Haidt – Summary (7/10)