What are some interesting psychology books that will make me even more passionate about this major?

Hi Vera,

The field of psychology is a large area of social science that piques the interests of students at many colleges and universities throughout the United States. In fact, psychology is a top pursued major at a large number of schools. All students who want to delve into the vast subject matter in this field must start at the beginning – Psychology 101. Introductory Psychology courses generally cover a similar curriculum of material including topics such as the historical approaches to the field, how to employ the scientific method for use in psychological research and a basic understanding of the major methods used in professional psychology. There are a great many introductory psychology books available for instructors to choose from. This list highlights the text best, most widely used and most student-approved textbooks currently available. Many of these publications are subsequent editions of an ongoing series of texts, indicating that those texts have maintained a high level of success over the years. In order to be included on this list, the introductory psychology textbook must be peer-reviewed, used nationally, have received acclaim from both students and instructors and have positive reviews online.

The list of books you can have on:

http://www.online-psychology-degrees.org/top-10-introductory-psychology-books-for-students/

I hope you appreciate them. Have a good reading!

One of the classics is Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl.

While he's not a psychologist, but a great journalist who is good at reviewing the psychological literature is any of Malcom Gladwell's books: The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers.

Daniel Goleman has written two very good books which I would recommend: Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence. Dr. Goleman is a Harvard trained psychologist who is a great science writer. Another good book where Goleman is the editor is "Healing Emotions - Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health."

Yet another recommendation: "The Mind's Own Physician - a Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation" edited by Jon Kabat-Zinn & Richard Davidson.

These book will keep you busy a while! Have fun reading.

Hi,
I am sure you will receive a lot of interesting replies to your question, the field of Psychology is large and has many topics.
Personally I found books on Personality Theory to be the most interesting and give me insight into different people, how they think, act and behave.
Here is a good reads link to a few popular personality theory books:

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/personality-theory
Good luck!

http://www.sparringmind.com/psychology-books/

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/10-great-psychology-books-change-your-life.html

I'd also recommend several podcasts that highlight sociology and psychology topics: Invisibila, Radiolab, and This American Life all explore really interesting topics and people stories and leave you wanting to know more after each episode!