I think it probably says something about me that I have an entire category of these books and can make a post from just my favorites… Let’s ignore that, though, and you can browse my randomly ordered list of personality, behavior, and cognition books.
Personality (and yes, I know my type/strengths for almost every one of them (Reading People has some I don’t know))
Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, by Don Richard Riso
The Color Code: A New Way to See Yourself, Your Relationships, and Life, by Taylor Hartman
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything, by Anne Bogel
The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better, by Gretch Ruben
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, by Gary Chapman
StrengthsFinder 2.0, by Tom Rath
Behavior/Cognition
Feminist Fantasies, by Phyllis Schlafly
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, by Dan Ariely
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, by Roy F. Baumeister
You Can Never Get Enough of What You Don’t Need: The Quest for Contentment, by Mary Ellen Edmunds
Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior, by Kerry Patterson
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why, by Amanda Ripley
Vital Friends: The People You Can’t Afford to Live Without, by Tom Rath
How Will You Measure Your Life?, by Clayton M. Christensen
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence, by Gavin de Becker
Aristotle Would Have Liked Oprah: And Other Philosophic Musings, by Ethel Diamond
The Definitive Book of Body Language, by Allan Pease
The Female Brain, by Louann Brizendine
On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis, by Louis Markos
Awkward: The Science of Why We’re Socially Awkward and Why That’s Awesome, by Ty Tashiro
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell
Extremes: How to Keep Your Virtues from Becoming Vices, by Robert I. Eaton
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, Elaine N. Aron
How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, by Brene Brown
Every Body’s Talking: What We Say Without Words, by Donna M Jackson
Achieving Your Life Mission, by Randal A Wright
Enjoy learning more about how your brain works,
M. C. Lee
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