The most popular personality books

Books on personality ask what makes each of us different. Traits, temperament, intelligence and character are explored through research and through well-known models and tests. Read them to understand yourself, the people you live and work with, and how much of who we are can change.

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The Tell-Tale Brain
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The Tell-Tale Brain

V. S. Ramachandran, David Drummond

Published 2011

357 pages

Personality Plus
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Personality Plus

Florence Littauer

1983 · 1995 edition

193 pages

Triggers
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Triggers

Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter

2015 · 1702 edition

272 pages

Alone Together
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Alone Together

Sherry Turkle

2011 · 2017 edition

400 pages

Minds I
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Minds I

Douglas R. Hofstadter, Daniel Clement Dennett

Published 1981

350 pages

Quirkology
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Quirkology

Richard Wiseman

Published 2007

336 pages