Popular European Psychology Books

Find psychology books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (123)

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Tell me about it by Sacha Naspini EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
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Nives has recently lost her husband of fifty years. She didn't cry when she found him dead in the pig pen, she didn't cry at the funeral, but now loneliness has set in. When she decides to bring her favourite chicken inside for company, she is surprised to discover that the chicken's company is a more than adequate replacement for her dead husband.

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The Accidental by Ali Smith EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Scotland flag Scotland
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Filled with the bestselling, award-winning author's trademark wordplay and inventive storytelling, here is the dizzyingly entertaining, wickedly humorous story of a mysterious stranger whose sudden appearance during a family’s summer holiday transforms four variously unhappy people. Each of the Smarts—parents Eve and Michael, son Magnus, and the youngest, daughter Astrid—encounter Amber in his or her own solipsistic way, but somehow her presence allows them to see their lives (and their life together) in a new light. Smith’s narrative freedom and exhilarating facility with language propel the ... continue

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The Alphabet House : A Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen EN

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Country: Europe / Denmark flag Denmark
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Conducting a special photo-reconnaissance mission in World War II Dresden, two British pilots are shot down and try to escape on an SS senior soldier train only to land in a mental hospital where patients are subjected to experimental therapies.

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The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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The Art of Loving is a book by psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm, which was published as part of the World Perspectives Series edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen. In this work, Fromm develops his perspective on human nature, from his earlier work, Escape from Freedom and Man for Himself - principles which he revisits in many of his other major works. Fromm presents love as a skill that can be taught and developed. He rejects the idea of loving as something magical and mysterious that cannot be analyzed and explained, and is therefore skeptical about popular ideas such as "falling in lo... continue

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The Body Keeps the Score : Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
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A pioneering researcher and one of the world’s foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for healing Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Such experiences inevitably leave traces on minds, emotions, and even on biology. Sadly, trauma sufferers frequently pass on their stress to their partners and children. Renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk has spent over three decades work... continue


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The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz EN

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Country: Europe / Lithuania flag Lithuania
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The Captive Mind examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right.

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The Cat by Georges Simenon EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
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Psychological novel of a husband and wife, both past 70, whose affection has turned to hate.

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The Cremator by Ladislav Fuks EN

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“The devil’s neatest trick is to persuade us that he doesn’t exist.” It is a maxim that both rings true in our contemporary world and pervades this tragicomic novel of anxiety and evil set amid the horrors of World War II. As a gay man living in a totalitarian, patriarchal society, noted Czech writer Ladislav Fuks identified with the tragic fate of his Jewish countrymen during the Holocaust. The Cremator arises from that shared experience. Fuks presents a grotesque, dystopian world in which a dutiful father, following the strict logic of his time, liberates the souls of his loved ones by destr... continue

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The Dead School by Patrick McCabe EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
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By the author of The Butcher Boy, a novel shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize. This is the story of Malachy Dudgeon and Raphael Bell, and how the loss of a loved one destroyed their lives. The narratives of Raphael and Malachy run simultaneously throughout the text.