The 100 best easy psychology books

The book that gave 'Freudian slip' to the language; among the most widely read works of psychological theory.

Appears on thousands of sociology, communication studies, and social psychology syllabi worldwide and is the foundational text for dramaturgical theory in social science. No comparable introduction to microsociology is as widely assigned across disciplines — sociology, anthropology, communication, performance studies, and cultural theory all treat it as required reading.

A foundational text in design education, required reading in virtually every industrial design, HCI, and UX program worldwide. The book has remained continuously in print since 1988 and appears on thousands of university syllabi across engineering, psychology, and design departments.

Widely assigned in anthropology and gender-studies courses, and a standard case in debates over method. Its place is secured as much by the Freeman controversy as by the text.

Widely assigned in psychology, philosophy, Holocaust studies and general reading courses, and long a standard recommended text, though not a literary canon fixture like Notes from Underground.

A standard text in counseling, psychology and education courses, and a founding document of humanistic psychology. It reaches fewer literature syllabi than classic fiction does.

Highly regarded among readers of literary journalism. Less widely known than The Journalist and the Murderer but considered by some critics to be Malcolm's finest book.

One of the most cited works in sociology. Foundational in disability and identity studies.

Foundational text of urban design. One of the most cited in the field.

The most influential popular linguistics book since Chomsky. Widely assigned in universities.