“what saves is the willingness to learn from what you don’t know”1
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”2
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”3
Self-help books often contain lots of psychology, therefore I’ve combined the two topics.
Non-Fiction
- Jordan Peterson’s self-help book that contains 12 rules everyone should follow
- centered around the idea of ‘thin-slicing’ or the adaptive unconscious
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
- a blend of psychology and philosophy (it’s Jung, afterall)
- stoicism
- a thorough study of success and the factors that contribute to it
- 48 laws that will help you advance in all aspects of life
- self-help based on Adlerian psychology, book #1
- self-help based on Adlerian psychology, book #2
The Origins and History of Consciousness
- a study of myth and symbols based on Jungian concepts (the author was a student of Jung)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck
- learn how to care less
- learn how to become a masculine man from a more spiritual perspective
Fiction
The following fiction books have psychology as a major theme: