📏 Psychometric History

Books tracing the fascinating and often controversial history of measuring the mind — from early intelligence tests to modern personality assessments and the debates they continue to spark.

Unbelievable

by Stacy Horn • 2009

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

3.27

512

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Unbelievable 89%

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

by Stacy Horn 2009

3.27

512 ratings

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Ghost Hunters

by Deborah Blum • 2006

How a psychologist, a skeptic, and a Boston medium tried to prove life after death in a lab.

3.69

1k+

🧪 Psychical Research 🕰️ Victorian Era 💡 Intellectual History 🧠 History Of Psychology 🔮 Mediumship

Ghost Hunters 89%

How a psychologist, a skeptic, and a Boston medium tried to prove life after death in a lab.

by Deborah Blum 2006

3.69

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychical Research 🕰️ Victorian Era 💡 Intellectual History 🧠 History Of Psychology 🔮 Mediumship

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal

by Terje Simonsen • 2020

A century of psi research, from lab telepathy to military clairvoyance, that science dismissed.

3.88

106

🔬 Parapsychology History 👻 Anomalous Phenomena 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Paranormal Skepticism 🌍 Cross-Cultural Psi

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal Summary

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal 88%

A century of psi research, from lab telepathy to military clairvoyance, that science dismissed.

by Terje Simonsen 2020

3.88

106 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology History 👻 Anomalous Phenomena 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Paranormal Skepticism 🌍 Cross-Cultural Psi

Ghostland

by Colin Dickey • 2016

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

3.73

11k+

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Ghostland 88%

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

by Colin Dickey 2016

3.73

11k+ ratings

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Soul Machine

by George Makari • 2015

Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.

3.82

157

🧠 Intellectual History 🧪 History Of Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 💡 Enlightenment Thought ⛪ Secularization

Soul Machine 88%

Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.

by George Makari 2015

3.82

157 ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🧪 History Of Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 💡 Enlightenment Thought ⛪ Secularization

American Therapy

by Jonathan Engel • 2008

America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.

3.39

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy 🧠 Biological Psychiatry ✊ Anti-Psychiatry

American Therapy 88%

America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.

by Jonathan Engel 2008

3.39

70 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy 🧠 Biological Psychiatry ✊ Anti-Psychiatry

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

🧠 History Of Psychology 📋 Personality Assessment 👁️ Visual Perception 📊 Psychological Testing 🎨 Art And Psychology

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

🧠 History Of Psychology 📋 Personality Assessment 👁️ Visual Perception 📊 Psychological Testing 🎨 Art And Psychology

The Personality Brokers

by Merve Emre • 2018

Two amateur women invented a personality test. Science rejected it. Everyone else took it.

3.26

3k+

🧪 Personality Testing 📜 History Of Psychology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🔮 Pseudoscience 🧠 Jungian Psychology

The Personality Brokers 88%

Two amateur women invented a personality test. Science rejected it. Everyone else took it.

by Merve Emre 2018

3.26

3k+ ratings

🧪 Personality Testing 📜 History Of Psychology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🔮 Pseudoscience 🧠 Jungian Psychology

PSI Spies

by Jim Marrs • 1995

The real military unit that remote-viewed Soviet bases, tracked UFOs, and battled KGB psychics.

3.99

232

🔭 Remote Viewing 📂 Declassified Projects 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🧠 Psychic Warfare 🔬 Parapsychology Research

PSI Spies 88%

The real military unit that remote-viewed Soviet bases, tracked UFOs, and battled KGB psychics.

by Jim Marrs 1995

3.99

232 ratings

🔭 Remote Viewing 📂 Declassified Projects 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🧠 Psychic Warfare 🔬 Parapsychology Research

Mysteries

by Colin Wilson • 1978

Ghosts, magic, UFOs: one hidden human faculty for perceiving beyond time and space.

4.10

494

🧠 Parapsychology 📜 Occult Philosophy 🌌 Consciousness Spectrum 🌍 Earth Energies ⏳ Precognition

Mysteries 88%

Ghosts, magic, UFOs: one hidden human faculty for perceiving beyond time and space.

by Colin Wilson 1978

4.10

494 ratings

🧠 Parapsychology 📜 Occult Philosophy 🌌 Consciousness Spectrum 🌍 Earth Energies ⏳ Precognition

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by Don Lattin • 2010

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

3.92

2k+

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Harvard Psychedelic Club 88%

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

by Don Lattin 2010

3.92

2k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Talking to the Dead

by Barbara Weisberg • 2004

Two sisters cracked their toe joints in 1848, launched a national religion and were consumed.

3.60

691

🕯️ Modern Spiritualism 🏛️ Spiritualist Movement 🔮 SéAnce Culture 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Skepticism And Belief

Talking to the Dead 88%

Two sisters cracked their toe joints in 1848, launched a national religion and were consumed.

by Barbara Weisberg 2004

3.60

691 ratings

🕯️ Modern Spiritualism 🏛️ Spiritualist Movement 🔮 SéAnce Culture 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Skepticism And Belief

Supernatural

by Graham Hancock • 2005

Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.

4.22

3k+

🏛️ Speculative History 🌀 Shamanism 🍄 Psychedelics 🗿 Ancient Mysteries 👽 Ufo Phenomena

Supernatural 88%

Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.

by Graham Hancock 2005

4.22

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Speculative History 🌀 Shamanism 🍄 Psychedelics 🗿 Ancient Mysteries 👽 Ufo Phenomena

The Minds of Billy Milligan

by Daniel Keyes • 1981

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

4.27

36k+

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

The Minds of Billy Milligan 88%

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

by Daniel Keyes 1981

4.27

36k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

A Hypnotist's Journey to Atlantis

by Sarah Breskman Cosme • 2020

Hypnosis reveals a war between Atlantis and Lemuria, and the trauma still runs in our veins.

4.62

654

🌊 Lost Continents 👽 Ancient Aliens 🔄 Past Life Regression 🔮 New Age Spirituality 🌀 Channeling

A Hypnotist's Journey to Atlantis Summary

A Hypnotist's Journey to Atlantis 88%

Hypnosis reveals a war between Atlantis and Lemuria, and the trauma still runs in our veins.

by Sarah Breskman Cosme 2020

4.62

654 ratings

🌊 Lost Continents 👽 Ancient Aliens 🔄 Past Life Regression 🔮 New Age Spirituality 🌀 Channeling

Desperate Remedies

by Andrew Scull • 2022

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

4.09

448

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris 🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

Desperate Remedies 88%

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

by Andrew Scull 2022

4.09

448 ratings

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris 🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

Dangerous Games

by Margaret MacMillan • 2008

History is never neutral. Nations and leaders weaponize it daily, and the patterns are predictable.

3.64

2k+

🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory 📜 Historiography 🎭 Invented Traditions ⚔️ History Wars

Dangerous Games 88%

History is never neutral. Nations and leaders weaponize it daily, and the patterns are predictable.

by Margaret MacMillan 2008

3.64

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory 📜 Historiography 🎭 Invented Traditions ⚔️ History Wars

A First-Rate Madness

by S. Nassir Ghaemi • 2011

Sanity is overrated for crisis leadership. Depression and mania offer traits the healthy mind lacks.

3.73

4k+

🧠 Political Psychology 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🎨 Creativity And Madness 🌧️ Depressive Realism 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

A First-Rate Madness 88%

Sanity is overrated for crisis leadership. Depression and mania offer traits the healthy mind lacks.

by S. Nassir Ghaemi 2011

3.73

4k+ ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🎨 Creativity And Madness 🌧️ Depressive Realism 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

The Infernal Machine

by Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

4.03

2k+

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

The Infernal Machine 88%

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

by Steven Johnson 2024

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

by Sam Kean • 2014

History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.

4.25

14k+

🧠 Neuroscience 📜 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 📖 Clinical Tales 🧩 Neurological Disorders

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons 88%

History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.

by Sam Kean 2014

4.25

14k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience 📜 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 📖 Clinical Tales 🧩 Neurological Disorders

Destiny of the Republic

by Candice Millard • 2011

Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.

4.24

86k+

🗳️ Gilded Age Politics ⚕️ Medical History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Political Assassination 🧠 Criminal Insanity

Destiny of the Republic 88%

Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.

by Candice Millard 2011

4.24

86k+ ratings

🗳️ Gilded Age Politics ⚕️ Medical History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Political Assassination 🧠 Criminal Insanity

The Assault on Truth

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson • 1984

The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.

3.99

494

🏛️ History Of Psychoanalysis 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🧠 Trauma And Memory 🤝 Believing Survivors 🏢 Institutional Coverup

The Assault on Truth 88%

The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 1984

3.99

494 ratings

🏛️ History Of Psychoanalysis 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🧠 Trauma And Memory 🤝 Believing Survivors 🏢 Institutional Coverup

No One Cares About Crazy People

by Ron Powers • 2017

Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.

3.87

4k+

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

No One Cares About Crazy People 88%

Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.

by Ron Powers 2017

3.87

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

A Sorcerer's Apprentice

by John Herlosky • 2015

He joined a CIA-derived psychic spy program to debunk it. It wasn't a hoax.

4.05

🎯 Remote Viewing 🕵️ Psychic Espionage 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🔬 Parapsychology

A Sorcerer's Apprentice 88%

He joined a CIA-derived psychic spy program to debunk it. It wasn't a hoax.

by John Herlosky 2015

4.05

20 ratings

🎯 Remote Viewing 🕵️ Psychic Espionage 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🔬 Parapsychology

Ghosts

by Roger Clarke • 2012

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

3.54

1k+

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Ghosts 88%

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

by Roger Clarke 2012

3.54

1k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

The Devil's Castle

by Susanne Paola Antonetta • 2025

Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.

3.28

🧠 Psychiatric History ☠️ Nazi Eugenics 🧬 Biological Psychiatry 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis 🗣️ Critical Psychiatry

The Devil's Castle 88%

Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.

by Susanne Paola Antonetta 2025

3.28

72 ratings

🧠 Psychiatric History ☠️ Nazi Eugenics 🧬 Biological Psychiatry 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis 🗣️ Critical Psychiatry

Authors of the Impossible

by Jeffrey J. Kripal • 2010

Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.

4.15

289

🔮 Psychical Research 💡 History Of Ideas 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌊 Depth Psychology 👥 Sociology Of Belief

Authors of the Impossible 88%

Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.

by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2010

4.15

289 ratings

🔮 Psychical Research 💡 History Of Ideas 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌊 Depth Psychology 👥 Sociology Of Belief

Chasing Evil

by John Edward • 2025

Cold cases, a serial killer, and a psychic: when evidence runs dry, the dead step in.

4.44

6k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Files 🔮 Psychic Mediumship 👮 Law Enforcement Memoir 👻 After-Death Communication

Chasing Evil 88%

Cold cases, a serial killer, and a psychic: when evidence runs dry, the dead step in.

by John Edward 2025

4.44

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Files 🔮 Psychic Mediumship 👮 Law Enforcement Memoir 👻 After-Death Communication

Freud and Beyond

by Stephen A. Mitchell • 1995

One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.

4.18

2k+

📜 History Of Psychoanalysis ⚖️ Comparative Psychoanalysis 🧸 Object Relations 🛡️ Ego Psychology 🪞 Self Psychology

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

📜 History Of Psychoanalysis ⚖️ Comparative Psychoanalysis 🧸 Object Relations 🛡️ Ego Psychology 🪞 Self Psychology

The Psychopath Inside

by James Fallon • 2013

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

3.50

6k+

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

The Psychopath Inside 88%

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

by James Fallon 2013

3.50

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

A Human History of Emotion

by Richard Firth-Godbehere • 2021

Your six basic emotions are a modern Western fiction, and projecting them backward changed history.

3.71

701

🎭 History Of Emotions 🌍 Cultural Psychology 🧱 Constructed Emotion ⚖️ Emotional Regimes 👥 Social History

A Human History of Emotion 87%

Your six basic emotions are a modern Western fiction, and projecting them backward changed history.

by Richard Firth-Godbehere 2021

3.71

701 ratings

🎭 History Of Emotions 🌍 Cultural Psychology 🧱 Constructed Emotion ⚖️ Emotional Regimes 👥 Social History

The Mind Race

by Russell Targ • 1985

Psychic abilities aren't supernatural. A physicist proved them in the lab, and anyone can learn.

4.00

🔬 Parapsychology 🌱 Psychic Development 👁️ Remote Viewing ⏳ Precognition 🧘 Mental Discipline

The Mind Race 87%

Psychic abilities aren't supernatural. A physicist proved them in the lab, and anyone can learn.

by Russell Targ 1985

4.00

24 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology 🌱 Psychic Development 👁️ Remote Viewing ⏳ Precognition 🧘 Mental Discipline

The Martin Buber–Carl Rogers Dialogue

by Rob Anderson • 1997

The Buber-Rogers dialogue shaped modern therapy. For forty years, the transcript was wrong.

4.16

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Humanistic Psychology 💬 Dialogic Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 🧠 Philosophical Psychology

The Martin Buber–Carl Rogers Dialogue Summary

The Martin Buber–Carl Rogers Dialogue 87%

The Buber-Rogers dialogue shaped modern therapy. For forty years, the transcript was wrong.

by Rob Anderson 1997

4.16

31 ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Humanistic Psychology 💬 Dialogic Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 🧠 Philosophical Psychology

Remote Viewing Secrets

by Joseph McMoneagle • 2000

Remote viewing is a mental martial art, not a gift, and its core practice is unlearning.

3.81

310

🧠 Parapsychology 🎯 Scientific Remote Viewing 🔮 Psychic Development 📋 Psi Protocols 🧘 Mental Discipline

Remote Viewing Secrets 87%

Remote viewing is a mental martial art, not a gift, and its core practice is unlearning.

by Joseph McMoneagle 2000

3.81

310 ratings

🧠 Parapsychology 🎯 Scientific Remote Viewing 🔮 Psychic Development 📋 Psi Protocols 🧘 Mental Discipline

No More Normal

by Alastair Santhouse • 2025

Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?

4.04

🧠 Psychiatric Overreach 📈 Diagnostic Inflation 🏥 Medicalizing Distress 📲 Social Contagion 💭 Memory Fallibility

No More Normal 87%

Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?

by Alastair Santhouse 2025

4.04

91 ratings

🧠 Psychiatric Overreach 📈 Diagnostic Inflation 🏥 Medicalizing Distress 📲 Social Contagion 💭 Memory Fallibility

The Perfectionists

by Simon Winchester • 2018

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

4.15

7k+

🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory 🏗️ Mass Production 💥 Scientific Failures

The Perfectionists 87%

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

by Simon Winchester 2018

4.15

7k+ ratings

🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory 🏗️ Mass Production 💥 Scientific Failures

Saving Freud

by Andrew Nagorski • 2022

1938: Freud won't flee Vienna. The Nazis are closing in. Five unlikely rescuers race the clock.

4.02

340

🛋️ Psychoanalysis History 🏛️ Vienna 1900s 🏃 Escape From Nazis 🤝 Wartime Rescue 📚 Intellectual Biography

Saving Freud 87%

1938: Freud won't flee Vienna. The Nazis are closing in. Five unlikely rescuers race the clock.

by Andrew Nagorski 2022

4.02

340 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalysis History 🏛️ Vienna 1900s 🏃 Escape From Nazis 🤝 Wartime Rescue 📚 Intellectual Biography

Beyond the Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1989

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

3.92

260

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Beyond the Occult 87%

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

by Colin Wilson 1989

3.92

260 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

The Reality of ESP

by Russell Targ • 2012

The CIA funded ESP research for 23 years. A physicist says the statistical case is closed.

4.21

264

👁️ Remote Viewing 🔬 Parapsychology 🏛️ Government Psi Programs ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌐 Nonlocal Awareness

The Reality of ESP 87%

The CIA funded ESP research for 23 years. A physicist says the statistical case is closed.

by Russell Targ 2012

4.21

264 ratings

👁️ Remote Viewing 🔬 Parapsychology 🏛️ Government Psi Programs ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌐 Nonlocal Awareness

Freeing the Captives

by Louise Ireland-Frey • 1999

Psychiatry failed them. A doctor tried spirit release, and they got better.

4.33

🧿 Spirit Possession 🕊️ Spirit Release 🔮 Hypnotherapy ⏳ Past Life Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology

Freeing the Captives 87%

Psychiatry failed them. A doctor tried spirit release, and they got better.

by Louise Ireland-Frey 1999

4.33

18 ratings

🧿 Spirit Possession 🕊️ Spirit Release 🔮 Hypnotherapy ⏳ Past Life Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology

Psychotherapy

by Tom Burns • 2015

Talk therapy's warring schools, from Freud to CBT, all depend on one common ingredient.

3.73

164

🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🕰️ History Of Psychiatry 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship ⏳ Brief Therapy

Psychotherapy 87%

Talk therapy's warring schools, from Freud to CBT, all depend on one common ingredient.

by Tom Burns 2015

3.73

164 ratings

🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🕰️ History Of Psychiatry 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship ⏳ Brief Therapy

La psicopatia

by Robert D. Hare • 2018

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

4.21

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

La psicopatia 87%

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

by Robert D. Hare 2018

4.21

28 ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

Sex, Lies, and Handwriting

by Michelle Dresbold • 2006

What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.

4.01

1k+

📝 Graphology 🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🤥 Deception Detection 📋 Personality Assessment 🧠 Self-Awareness

Sex, Lies, and Handwriting 87%

What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.

by Michelle Dresbold 2006

4.01

1k+ ratings

📝 Graphology 🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🤥 Deception Detection 📋 Personality Assessment 🧠 Self-Awareness

Mad in America

by Robert Whitaker • 2002

Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.

4.18

3k+

🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness 🧬 Eugenics 🔬 Scientific Fraud

Mad in America 87%

Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.

by Robert Whitaker 2002

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness 🧬 Eugenics 🔬 Scientific Fraud

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes • 1976

Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.

4.26

6k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Consciousness Evolution 🧩 Neurological Models 🔗 Metaphor Theory 🧐 Heterodox Psychology

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind 87%

Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.

by Julian Jaynes 1976

4.26

6k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Consciousness Evolution 🧩 Neurological Models 🔗 Metaphor Theory 🧐 Heterodox Psychology

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

🧸 Object Relations Theory 🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis 👶 Early Infant Experience 🎨 Aesthetic Experience 🪞 Countertransference

The Shadow of the Object 87%

The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.

by Christopher Bollas 1987

4.51

196 ratings

🧸 Object Relations Theory 🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis 👶 Early Infant Experience 🎨 Aesthetic Experience 🪞 Countertransference

Freud

by Ruth Snowden • 2010

Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.

3.68

590

🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🧠 The Unconscious 💭 Dream Interpretation 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 💬 Talk Therapy

Freud 87%

Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.

by Ruth Snowden 2010

3.68

590 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🧠 The Unconscious 💭 Dream Interpretation 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 💬 Talk Therapy

Istanbul

by Orhan Pamuk • 2003

An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.

3.82

22k+

🗺️ Psychogeography 🏙️ Urban Melancholy 📜 Ottoman History 🌍 East West Divide 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Istanbul 87%

An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.

by Orhan Pamuk 2003

3.82

22k+ ratings

🗺️ Psychogeography 🏙️ Urban Melancholy 📜 Ottoman History 🌍 East West Divide 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Shroom

by Andy Letcher • 2007

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

3.87

375

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Shroom 87%

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

by Andy Letcher 2007

3.87

375 ratings

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

C.G. Jung

by Colin Wilson • 1984

Jung built a psychology on his own visionary crisis, then called it science.

3.86

136

🧠 Jungian Psychology 📜 Psychological Biography 🌑 Depth Psychology ⚗️ Alchemy And Psychology 🏛️ Myth And Psyche

C.G. Jung 87%

Jung built a psychology on his own visionary crisis, then called it science.

by Colin Wilson 1984

3.86

136 ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 📜 Psychological Biography 🌑 Depth Psychology ⚗️ Alchemy And Psychology 🏛️ Myth And Psyche

Compare Features	Free	Pro
📖 Read Summaries Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages	—
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks Free users are limited to 4	—
📜 Unlimited History Free users are limited to 4	—
📥 Unlimited Downloads Free users are limited to 1	—

People love SoBrief

Join our global community of 600,000+ readers

★★★★★

This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.

— Dave G

Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!

— Em

Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.

— Greg M