Top 20 Best-Selling Psychology Titles | Academic Best Sellers

A data-driven model explaining how those things that make us most human are constructed during the first six years of life, a guide to the alarming increase in anxiety and stress experienced by girls from elementary school through college, and a sourcebook detailing the the 10 personality disorders top the list of best-selling psychology books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

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A data-driven model explaining how those things that make us most human are constructed during the first six years of life, a guide to the alarming increase in anxiety and stress experienced by girls from elementary school through college, and a sourcebook detailing the the 10 personality disorders top the list of best-selling psychology books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

1. Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny
Tomasello, Michael
Belknap Harvard. 2019. ISBN 9780674980853. $35.

2. Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
Damour, Lisa
Ballantine. 2019. ISBN 9780399180057. $27.

3. Personality Disorders: Elements, History, Examples, and Research
Maass, Vera Sonja
Praeger. 2019. ISBN 978144080454. $60.

4. Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic
Jay, Mike
Yale University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780300231076. $26.

5. Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment: Constructs, Protective Factors, and Interventions
Tylka, Tracy L., ed.
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780190841874. $70.

6. Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
Hippel, William Von
HarperCollins. 2018. ISBN 9780062740397. $27.99.

7. Scientific Search for Altruism: Do We Care Only About Ourselves?
Batson, C. Daniel
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780190651374. $45.

8. How Attention Works: Finding Your Way In a World Full of Distraction
Stigchel, Stefan Van Der
MIT Press. 2019. ISBN 9780262039260. $24.95.

9. How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World
Albright, Ann Cooper
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780190873677. $99.

10. Importance of Small Decisions
O'Brien, Michael J.
MIT Press. 2019. ISBN 9780262039741. $24.95.

11. Mind In Motion: How Action Shapes Thought
Tversky, Barbara Gans
Basic Books. 2019. ISBN 9780465093069. $32.

12. Left to Our Own Devices: Outsmarting Smart Technology to Reclaim Our Relationships, Health, and Focus
Morris, Margaret E.
MIT Press. 2018. ISBN 9780262039130. $24.95.

13. Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness
Ginsburg, Simona
MIT Press. 2019. ISBN 9780262039307. $50.

14. Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology
Feldman, Christina
Guilford. 2019. ISBN 9781462540105. $30.

15. War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Zaki, Jamil
Crown. 2019. ISBN 9780451499240. $27.

16. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Eberhardt, Jennifer L.
Viking. 2019. ISBN 9780735224933. $28.

17. Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
Grisel, Judith
Doubleday. 2019. ISBN 9780385542845. $26.95.

18. American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
McGreal, Chris
Public Affairs. 2018. ISBN 9781610398619. $27.

19. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Epstein, David J.
Riverhead Books. 2019. ISBN 9780735214484. $28.

20. Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business
Courtwright, David T.
Belknap Harvard. 2019. ISBN 9780674737372. $27.95.

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