26 Must-Read Books on Social Intelligence

Social Intelligence (SI) is a hot topic these days, isn’t it? We occasionally publish articles on SI ourselves (not to be confused with our Stalilingus articles, which are about NLP!). There are plenty of Telegram channels dedicated to this subject. For those who are seriously interested and want to level up their skills, we’ve put together a list of essential books on Social Intelligence.

Happy reading! 🙂

1. Alfred Adler. Understanding Human Nature
2. Gavin de Becker. The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
3. Eric Berne. Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
4. Robert Bolton. People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts
5. Edward de Bono. Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity
6. Nathaniel Branden. The Psychology of Self-Esteem
7. Isabel Briggs Myers. Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type (MBTI)
8. Louann Brizendine. The Female Brain
9. David D. Burns. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
10. Robert Cialdini. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
11. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
12. Albert Ellis & Robert A. Harper. A Guide to Rational Living
13. Milton Erickson [author Sidney Rosen]. My Voice Will Go with You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson
14. Erik Erikson. Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History
15. Hans Eysenck. Dimensions of Personality
16. Susan Forward. Emotional Blackmail
17. Viktor Frankl. Man’s Search for Meaning
18. Anna Freud. The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence
19. Sigmund Freud. The Interpretation of Dreams
20. Howard Gardner. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
21. Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon. The Art of Deception
22. Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon. The Art of Intrusion
23. Paul Ekman. Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage
24. Paul Ekman. Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
25. Robert Cialdini. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
26. Allan Pease. The Definitive Book of Body Language