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Rozdělené Self
by R.D. Laing • 1960
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
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7k+
Rozdělené Self Summary
Rozdělené Self 90%
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
by R.D. Laing 1960
4.11
7k+ ratings
Life Lessons From Freud
by Brett Kahr • 2013
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
3.50
476
Life Lessons From Freud Summary
Life Lessons From Freud 89%
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
by Brett Kahr 2013
3.50
476 ratings
Missing Out
by Adam Phillips • 2012
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
3.47
3k+
Missing Out Summary
Missing Out 89%
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
by Adam Phillips 2012
3.47
3k+ ratings
The Shadow of the Object
by Christopher Bollas • 1987
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
4.51
196
The Shadow of the Object Summary
The Shadow of the Object 89%
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
by Christopher Bollas 1987
4.51
196 ratings
The Ego and the Id
by Sigmund Freud • 1923
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
3.81
13k+
The Ego and the Id Summary
The Ego and the Id 89%
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
by Sigmund Freud 1923
3.81
13k+ ratings
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864
A retired clerk in St. Petersburg pens a furious confession: his mind has made action impossible.
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238k+
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground 89%
A retired clerk in St. Petersburg pens a furious confession: his mind has made action impossible.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864
4.17
238k+ ratings
Feminine Psychology (Norton Library
by Karen Horney • 1967
Neurosis is the price of abandoning who you are for who you think you should be.
3.68
423
Feminine Psychology (Norton Library Summary
Feminine Psychology (Norton Library 89%
Neurosis is the price of abandoning who you are for who you think you should be.
by Karen Horney 1967
3.68
423 ratings
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864
A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.
4.19
79k+
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 89%
A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864
4.19
79k+ ratings
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism
by Otto F. Kernberg • 1975
Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.
4.2
203
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism Summary
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism 89%
Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.
by Otto F. Kernberg 1975
4.2
203 ratings
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored
by Phillips • 1993
What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.
3.74
825
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Summary
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored 89%
What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.
by Phillips 1993
3.74
825 ratings
The Double
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1997
A St. Petersburg clerk's double appears and takes his job, his reputation, and his sanity.
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46k+
The Double Summary
The Double 89%
A St. Petersburg clerk's double appears and takes his job, his reputation, and his sanity.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1997
3.67
46k+ ratings
Crimen y castigo 1
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1866
A desperate ex-student murders a pawnbroker, convinced that some men transcend moral law.
4.37
21k+
Crimen y castigo 1 Summary
Crimen y castigo 1 89%
A desperate ex-student murders a pawnbroker, convinced that some men transcend moral law.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866
4.37
21k+ ratings
In Praise of Risk
by Anne Dufourmantelle • 2011
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
4.12
613
In Praise of Risk Summary
In Praise of Risk 89%
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
by Anne Dufourmantelle 2011
4.12
613 ratings
Learning from Experience
by Wilfred R. Bion • 1962
Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.
4.19
135
Learning from Experience Summary
Learning from Experience 89%
Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.
by Wilfred R. Bion 1962
4.19
135 ratings
Freud
by Ruth Snowden • 2010
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
3.68
590
Freud Summary
Freud 89%
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
by Ruth Snowden 2010
3.68
590 ratings
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler
by Alfred Adler • 1920
A felt sense of inferiority powers all striving. The healthy path channels it into contribution.
4.06
782
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler Summary
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler 89%
A felt sense of inferiority powers all striving. The healthy path channels it into contribution.
by Alfred Adler 1920
4.06
782 ratings
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
4.14
531
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 89%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan
by Jacques Lacan • 1998
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
4.11
2k+
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan Summary
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan 89%
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
by Jacques Lacan 1998
4.11
2k+ ratings
Understanding Human Nature
by Alfred Adler • 1927
Your personality is not inherited. It is the strategy you built to feel significant.
3.95
3k+
Understanding Human Nature Summary
Understanding Human Nature 89%
Your personality is not inherited. It is the strategy you built to feel significant.
by Alfred Adler 1927
3.95
3k+ ratings
Writer's Guide to Character Traits
by Linda N. Edelstein • 1999
Why your characters feel flat: the psychological patterns that make them real.
3.91
1k+
Writer's Guide to Character Traits Summary
Writer's Guide to Character Traits 89%
Why your characters feel flat: the psychological patterns that make them real.
by Linda N. Edelstein 1999
3.91
1k+ ratings
Creep
by Emma van Straaten • 2025
His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.
3.47
6k+
Creep Summary
Creep 89%
His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.
by Emma van Straaten 2025
3.47
6k+ ratings
Sybil
by Flora Rheta Schreiber • 1973
Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.
3.99
91k+
Sybil Summary
Sybil 89%
Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.
by Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973
3.99
91k+ ratings
The Heart of Man
by Erich Fromm • 1964
Human destructiveness follows three orientations. Their convergence is visible from clinic to state.
4.05
2k+
The Heart of Man Summary
The Heart of Man 89%
Human destructiveness follows three orientations. Their convergence is visible from clinic to state.
by Erich Fromm 1964
4.05
2k+ ratings
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm • 1941
Freedom feels so unbearable that millions will submit to a dictator to flee it.
4.28
16k+
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom 89%
Freedom feels so unbearable that millions will submit to a dictator to flee it.
by Erich Fromm 1941
4.28
16k+ ratings
Inside the Criminal Mind
by Stanton E. Samenow • 1984
The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.
3.77
2k+
Inside the Criminal Mind Summary
Inside the Criminal Mind 89%
The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.
by Stanton E. Samenow 1984
3.77
2k+ ratings
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
by Sylvia Plath • 1977
A psychiatric clinic secretary secretly collects patient dreams for a private archive of fear.
3.91
7k+
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams 89%
A psychiatric clinic secretary secretly collects patient dreams for a private archive of fear.
by Sylvia Plath 1977
3.91
7k+ ratings
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1992
Vienna, 1882: a physician and a despairing philosopher bargain to trade cures for body and soul.
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When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept 89%
Vienna, 1882: a physician and a despairing philosopher bargain to trade cures for body and soul.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992
4.36
85k+ ratings
La psicopatia
by Robert D. Hare • 2018
Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.
4.21
28
La psicopatia Summary
La psicopatia 89%
Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.
by Robert D. Hare 2018
4.21
28 ratings
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud • 1917
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
3.79
12k+
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis 89%
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
by Sigmund Freud 1917
3.79
12k+ ratings
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1866
A tutor plays roulette to win a cold woman's love; the wheel claims him instead.
3.91
124k+
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler 89%
A tutor plays roulette to win a cold woman's love; the wheel claims him instead.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866
3.91
124k+ ratings
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought
by Erich Fromm • 1979
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
3.79
220
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought Summary
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought 89%
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
by Erich Fromm 1979
3.79
220 ratings
Honoring the Self
by Nathaniel Branden • 1983
Why success feels hollow: real confidence is built on a daily choice, not on achievement.
4.20
737
Honoring the Self Summary
Honoring the Self 88%
Why success feels hollow: real confidence is built on a daily choice, not on achievement.
by Nathaniel Branden 1983
4.20
737 ratings
El idiota
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1867
A prince of shattering innocence walks into a St. Petersburg that runs on money and obsession.
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4k+
El idiota Summary
El idiota 88%
A prince of shattering innocence walks into a St. Petersburg that runs on money and obsession.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1867
4.12
4k+ ratings
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley • 1941
Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.
3.99
1k+
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity 88%
Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941
3.99
1k+ ratings
30-Second Psychology
by Christian Jarrett • 2011
50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.
3.74
1k+
30-Second Psychology Summary
30-Second Psychology 88%
50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.
by Christian Jarrett 2011
3.74
1k+ ratings
The Undiscovered Self
by C.G. Jung • 1961
The mass state erases the individual; the psyche you ignore becomes the tyrant's best tool.
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13k+
The Undiscovered Self Summary
The Undiscovered Self 88%
The mass state erases the individual; the psyche you ignore becomes the tyrant's best tool.
by C.G. Jung 1961
4.13
13k+ ratings
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig • 1942
A Nazi survivor challenges the world chess champion, risking the madness the game once caused.
4.26
179k+
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story 88%
A Nazi survivor challenges the world chess champion, risking the madness the game once caused.
by Stefan Zweig 1942
4.26
179k+ ratings
Lila
by Robert M. Pirsig • 1991
A philosopher's moral philosophy collides with a life falling apart on a voyage down the Hudson.
3.84
7k+
Lila Summary
Lila 88%
A philosopher's moral philosophy collides with a life falling apart on a voyage down the Hudson.
by Robert M. Pirsig 1991
3.84
7k+ ratings
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology
by Eve Caligor • 2018
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
4.79
38
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology Summary
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology 88%
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
by Eve Caligor 2018
4.79
38 ratings
The Psychology of Self-Esteem
by Nathaniel Branden • 1969
Self-esteem has two parts, and feeling good about yourself is neither of them.
3.93
986
The Psychology of Self-Esteem Summary
The Psychology of Self-Esteem 88%
Self-esteem has two parts, and feeling good about yourself is neither of them.
by Nathaniel Branden 1969
3.93
986 ratings
Mothers of Psychoanalysis
by Janet Sayers • 1991
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
4.20
25
Mothers of Psychoanalysis Summary
Mothers of Psychoanalysis 88%
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
by Janet Sayers 1991
4.20
25 ratings
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1869
A guileless prince returns from a Swiss sanatorium into a Russia of love, obsession, and ruin.
4.21
221k+
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot 88%
A guileless prince returns from a Swiss sanatorium into a Russia of love, obsession, and ruin.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869
4.21
221k+ ratings
How We Change
by Ross Ellenhorn • 2020
You're not failing at change. You're succeeding at self-preservation, and that's the real problem.
3.84
435
How We Change Summary
How We Change 88%
You're not failing at change. You're succeeding at self-preservation, and that's the real problem.
by Ross Ellenhorn 2020
3.84
435 ratings
Quelqu'un d'autre
by Guillaume Musso • 2024
After a yacht attack leaves an heiress barely alive, a detective confronts a family's buried lies.
3.77
5k+
Quelqu'un d'autre Summary
Quelqu'un d'autre 88%
After a yacht attack leaves an heiress barely alive, a detective confronts a family's buried lies.
by Guillaume Musso 2024
3.77
5k+ ratings
Freud and Beyond
by Stephen A. Mitchell • 1995
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
4.18
2k+
Freud and Beyond Summary
Freud and Beyond 88%
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
by Stephen A. Mitchell 1995
4.18
2k+ ratings
El proceso de convertirse en persona autónoma
by Manuel Villegas • 2015
Mental disorders are moral conflicts, not brain diseases: a map of where each one originates.
4.25
24
El proceso de convertirse en persona autónoma Summary
El proceso de convertirse en persona autónoma 88%
Mental disorders are moral conflicts, not brain diseases: a map of where each one originates.
by Manuel Villegas 2015
4.25
24 ratings
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat • 1937
Between opium dreams and waking torment, a painter obsesses over a vision that unmakes his reality.
3.95
35k+
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl 88%
Between opium dreams and waking torment, a painter obsesses over a vision that unmakes his reality.
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937
3.95
35k+ ratings
The Inkblots
by Damion Searls • 2015
Ten inkblots, one psychiatrist, and a century-long fight over what seeing reveals about the self.
3.74
990
The Inkblots Summary
The Inkblots 88%
Ten inkblots, one psychiatrist, and a century-long fight over what seeing reveals about the self.
by Damion Searls 2015
3.74
990 ratings
Gestalt Therapy Verbatim
by Frederick Salomon Perls • 1968
Therapy transcripts that proved a risky claim: awareness itself is the cure, not a step toward it.
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1k+
Gestalt Therapy Verbatim Summary
Gestalt Therapy Verbatim 88%
Therapy transcripts that proved a risky claim: awareness itself is the cure, not a step toward it.
by Frederick Salomon Perls 1968
4.12
1k+ ratings
Acts of Meaning
by Jerome Bruner • 1990
The cognitive revolution was supposed to study meaning. It gave us a machine instead.
4.06
346
Acts of Meaning Summary
Acts of Meaning 88%
The cognitive revolution was supposed to study meaning. It gave us a machine instead.
by Jerome Bruner 1990
4.06
346 ratings
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