Popular North American Psychology Books

Find psychology books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (66)

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I Am Alive by Kettly Mars EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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A novel that explores the deep-seated trauma and the suppressed memories of a middle-class Haitian family when their eldest son Alexandre must return to the family hearth after his mental institution closes in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti

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I Have Some Questions for You : A Novel by Rebecca Makkai EN

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads and more “A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.” —People "Spellbinding." —The New York Times Book Review "[An] irresistible literary page-turner." —The Boston Globe The riveting new novel — "part true-crime page-turner, part campus coming-of-age" (San Francisco Chronicle) — from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers A successful film... continue

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Interesting Facts about Space : A Novel by Emily Austin EN

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"Meet Enid: a lesbian who's a serial dater and deaf in one ear. She works at The Space Agency as an information architect, and when she's not obsessing over true crime podcasts, she's managing her crippling phobia of bald people. While she tries not think about her teenage years, she can't seem to stop obsessively watching her childhood YouTube channel. But as Enid fumbles her way through her first serious relationship and navigates a new family life with her estranged half-sisters, she starts to worry that someone is following her. As her paranoia starts to take over her life, and the persona... continue

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Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
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Five friends attempt to find themselves in the nightlife of Greenland’s capital city in this “audacious and honest, sorrowful and triumphant” debut novel (NPR). In a collection of blurry nights and bleary mornings after, Greenlandic author Niviaq Korneliussen weaves together the coming of age of five young people in the city of Nuuk. Fia has recently sworn off men only to discover that the woman she wants is unavailable. Her brother Inuk is forced to escape Greenland after being implicated in a political scandal. Arnaq struggles to cope with her past as her hard-partying life spirals out of co... continue

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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville EN

Rating: 4 (7 votes)
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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel’s narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of ... continue

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Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2023 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL • NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR “Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . . Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling.” —Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice) "A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking." –BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Los Angeles ... continue

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O Carrasco do Amor by Irvin D. Yalom PT

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O que a morte representa para nós? De que forma lidamos com a dor? Como amar e ser amado plenamente? Por que sexo é tão importante? Essas são perguntas que, em algum momento, todos fazemos e que atormentam a maioria dos pacientes do dr. Irvin D. Yalom. Psiquiatra há mais de sessenta anos, Yalom reúne dez histórias que impressionam pela sinceridade e coragem com que os pacientes se dispõem a enfrentar seus problemas e superar a dor: da angústia, da morte iminente, da impotência, da compulsão, do autodesprezo, da perda, da solidão. O carrasco do amor é muito mais do que um livro sobre a terapia ... continue


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One's Company : A Novel by Ashley Hutson EN

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One of BuzzFeed's Must-Read Summer Books For readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Mona Awad, this fearless debut chronicles one woman’s escape into a world of obsessive imagination. Bonnie Lincoln just wants to be left alone. To come home from work, shut out the ghosts of some devastating losses, and unwind in front of the nostalgic, golden glow of her favorite TV show, Three’s Company. When Bonnie wins the lottery, a more grandiose vision—to completely shuck off her own troublesome identity—takes shape. She plans a drastic move to an isolated mountain retreat where she can re-create the iconic apa... continue

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Pure Colour : A Novel by Sheila Heti EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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"A short epic novel about art, grief, and love by Sheila Heti, the author of Motherhood and How Should A Person Be?"--