Dr. Irit Gat’s favorite psychology books in the whole wide world (in no particular order):
Seligman, M. Authentic Happiness.
Seligman, M. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life.
Gilbert, D. Stumbling On Happiness
Haidt, J. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Klein. The Science of Happiness: How Our Brains Make Us Happy and What We Can Do to Get Happier.
Berns, G. Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment.
Restak, R. The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work and Love.
Begley , S. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves.
George, B. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership .
Ariely, Dan. Predictably Irrational.
Yalom, I. Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death.
Ramachandran & Blakeslee. Phantoms in the Brain.
Kinder, G. The Seven Stages of Money Maturity
Levitt & Dubner. Freakonomics
Gladwell, M. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Gladwell, M. The Tipping Point.
Miller, W. R. & Rollnick, S. Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change.
Newberg and D’Aquill. Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief.
Amen, D. G. Sex on the Brain: 12 Lessons To Enhance Your Love Life (or any other books by Dr. Amen – he is BRILLIANT!)
George, Bill. True North: Discover your Authentic Leadership.
Kinder, G. Seven Stages of Money Maturity: Understanding the Spirit and Value of Money in Your Life
Jamison, K. Exuberance: The Passion for Life.
Goleman, D. Emotional Intelligence
Goleman, D. Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
ANY book by Irving Yalom – his books are FABULOUS (especially Loves Executioner)
Ben-Shahar, T. Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Breggin, P. Toxic Psychiatry
Schacter, D. The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
Carroll, Robert T. The Skeptic’s Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions.
Cytowic, R. E. The Man Who Tasted Shapes.
Sacks, O. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales.
Prochaska, Norcross & DiClemente. Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward.
Heward, L. & Bacon, J. U. Cirque du Soleil: The Spark: Igniting The Creative Fire That Lives Within Us All.
(any of Victor Frankl’s books on logotherapy – Man’s Search for Meaning)
Dr. Irit Gat’s favorite BIOPSYCH books:
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Sacks, Oliver (or any other book by Oliver Sacks- he is a brilliant neuroscientist!)
The Man Who Tasted Shapes by Cytowic, R. E
Phantoms in the Brain by Rmachandran and Blakeslee
Train your mind change your brain by Begley, S
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by Eagleman
How we decide by Lehrer, J
The Naked Brain by Restak, R
The Hidden Brain by Vedantam, S
Dr. David Lewis’s favorite books (psychology and otherwise):
The Power of Persuasion by Robert Levine
A Geography of Time by Robert Levine
Flim-Flam! by James Randi
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nitzsche
Beyond Freedom and Dignity by B.F. Skinner
The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
Your Country is Just Not That Into You by Jimmy Dore
