The Book of Personality Tests: 25 Easy to Score Tests that Reveal the Real You (Volume 8)

by Haulwen Nicholas

From the complex, traditional personality tests that are built on Jung's original theories, such as Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, to the fun quizzes in glossy magazines telling us what type of sandwich we are, we have an endless fascination with uncovering who we are and what makes us tick. This comprehensive collection brings together 25 tests, both traditional and contemporary, with detailed results and interpretations at the back.

The author provides her own version and wording for each established model and credits the original creator ( Myers-Briggs , Enneagram , NASA , etc.) in the short introduction that accompanies each test. After a brief synopsis of the origin of each test as well as detailed analyses and interpretations of the results, this comprehensive collection provides a serious and lasting resource for individuals, couples, families, friends, and colleagues alike.

Some of the most popular tests included Discover core traits about yourself, such as (1) leadership style , (2) management skills , (3) emotional intelligence , (4) money skills , (5) love language , among others.  

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Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Psychology

144 pages, Paperback

Published September 15, 2020

Reviews

[Briar's Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Book of Personality Tests by Haulwen Nicholas is a useful tool that is also quite fun!

I have always liked personality tests and quizzes, so this book was right up my alleyway. I really enjoyed the unique set of tests presented. There's all sorts of different ones: stress, spirit animal, self aware, psychopath, etc. I think it's a great collection that can provide some insights but also be done just for fun.

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

[Literary Redhead · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun book! I learned so much about myself doing the 25 included personality tests, including the well-known Myers-Briggs and the Enneagram, as well as new tests I’d not done before. I received detailed feedback on such areas as emotional intelligence, money management aptitude, leadership skills, and love language style. A great gift for anyone into self-growth — or quiz-taking just for the fun of it!

5 of 5 Stars

Pub Date 15 Sep 2020

Thanks to the author, Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press, and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

#TheBookofPersonalityTests #NetGalley

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

*thank you to Netgalley, Haulwen Nicholas and Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*


4 stars.

I gotta admit, I have a vulnerability to these kinds of things. I love wasting so much time doing these little tests so I can honestly say that I really enjoyed this book. The tests were all interesting and it was a really good collection of different ones. Some I'd known of but there were also a few I had not done before.

Then only thing I didn't quite like was the use of symbols as the score system for some of them. But that's probably just me. I prefered the number system. Either way, this was great fun and I definitely recommend.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've always been a fan of taking quizzes (all the way back to my old teen magazine days!), so this book was immediately appealing to me. I'm also really interested in the enneagram and Myers-Briggs tests (which are also included in this book). The structure of this book was really interesting - it includes a little bit of the history of each test at the beginning of each chapter and then each test consists of a 12-question quiz that comes with a score. Once you have your score, there's a little write-up about each result so you can find out a little bit more about yourself. The most unique part is that the quizzes are not actually the test you would take for the enneagram, Myers-Briggs, etc. (since these are a lot longer to complete). This means that the quizzes are more fun and lighthearted than how clinical those actual tests can feel.

The subjects of the quizzes range from anything from "Are You a Narcissist?" to "What Workout Type Are You?" and everything in between. For the most part, I found my results to be quite accurate (especially quizzes like "What's Your Love Language?" and "What Type of Rule Breaker Are You?"). However, there were a couple of quizzes that felt wildly inaccurate - not sure if that was user error or not but it felt a tad frustrating.

Overall, anyone who wants to increase their self-awareness should check out this book and participate in the quizzes. Even if you don't discover any brand new truths about yourself, it's a fun way to pass the time anyway.

*Free ARC provided by Netgalley and Quarto Publishing in exchange for an honest review*

[CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Book of Personality Tests by Haulwen Nicholas is a rather lackluster collection of simplistic personality tests, like you might expect to find in magazines, but with less attractive illustrations. I was hoping for some new personality insights, however small, when I requested and was granted a temporary electronic advanced copy of this book, but alas, I was disappointed. These are the sort of one or two page long tests that involve multiple choice answers (A - D), and then scoring your results by hand, to find out what sort of astronaut are you (possibly the most creative test in the book), if you're a psychopath, if you're an introvert or extrovert, etc. Most of the topics are common ones for simple personality tests, so unless you really really want to know what kind of astronaut you'd be, save your money and your time and take free personality tests online instead. It would be easier than scoring by hand anyway.

Thanks anyway to #Netgalley and Quarto for sharing a free copy of #TheBookofPersonalityTests with me in exchange for an honest review.

[Flaka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I spend a significant part of my leisure time researching about different personality traits. So, undoubtedly I was thrilled that a book similar to my I spend a significant time of my leisure time researching about different personality traits. So, undoubtedly I was thrilled that a book similar to my needs was being published.

The book and the tests didn't fail me. In fact, I was surprised by the creativity and work behind each test.

There was only one common assesment(are you an introvert or an extrovert). The rest of assesments were inspired by famous tests, but with their own twist.

The tests were fairly easy to fill and calculate, and the whole book didn't take more than 3 hours.

Personally, I learned a lot and had a great time, and I will look out for similar books in the future.

[thewoollygeek (tea, cake, crochet & books) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliantly fun book, I spent an evening with my friend going through a lot of the tests, some made us laugh, some were scary how spot on they were. It’s well presented, fun and colourful, a great fun book, enjoyable tests and not complex. Quick and fun

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're a bit obsessed with tests and ways to understand more about yourself, you will enjoy this book thoroughly. It has 25 different tests (each are pretty much one to two pages long) and each test is based on a different concept so by the end of the book, you've found out quite a lot about yourself and have learned about 25 new areas to research.

While I knew about some of these (MBTI, Enneagram, etc.) there were some that I had never heard of (Sparktest) and some that I knew about but not in detail (Jungian archetypes.) At the end of the book, the author lists a lot of resources where you can spend many more Sunday afternoons digging into all sorts of personality types and research and have endless fun while discovering things about yourself.

The design and presentation of this book is also wonderful and makes it a jot to read.

With gratitude to netgalley and Wellfleet Press for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

[Etienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've sways loved personality test. That's a guilty pleasure of mine... and this book provides good ones. They're are not all great and some are so obvious if you know yourself a bit that they're not necessary, but they are fun and I really think that some might help you know yourself better, maybe even more if you're younger. I'm old enough and work on my self enough during the last decade to know yourself quite well, but if you're ,younger, or just trying to work on yourself and try to know yourself better, this might help. So useful or guilty entertainment, you're choice! But a book well done!

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am someone who loves doing personality tests and quizzes, from serious ones to silly ‘what kind of bread are you’ tests so as soon as I saw this book I knew it would be right up my street!

I loved the range of different tests included, it had everything from finding out your spirit animal to learning what your core archetype is. I completed every test in the book, then tested family and friends too. My results didn’t really surprise me but they did confirm all the things I thought I knew about myself.

It was well set out, easy to follow and full of great information. I loved the bright colours and designs too.

So if personality tests are your thing or you’d like to find out more about yourself, how you think, how you act/react and a whole host of different things, I would highly recommend!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an arc in exchange for an honest review

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press for sending me a copy of this book!

"The Book of Personality Tests" by Haulwen Nicholas is a comprehensive and essential guide to all things personality-test related! I'll start off by saying that I am a huge personality test fanatic and was struggling to find new tests to do (after doing The Myers Briggs test, The Enneagram test, career quizzes, random BuzzFeed quizzes here and there, and then making everyone in my life do those same tests to analyze their findings) I was incredibly excited to get a copy of this book, so if you've found yourself in a similar predicament before, then I highly recommend this!

The book begins with a little bit of backstory on personality fundamentals, ranging from a brief history on Sigmund Freud to Carl Jung. I absolutely adore how each personality test starts off with a little bit of a backstory, and references/credits other popular tests that inspired these quizzes such as The Myers Briggs and The Enneagram tests. It gives us personality nerds more tests to research about, and it allows us to learn a bit about its backstory. This is especially helpful if you're itching to do a longer version of the quizzes, since they are quite short (which can be a good thing, since it makes it convenient to do whenever)

The quizzes themselves are quite short and only takes a few minutes to complete. It's quite easy to calculate your score and get your results once you've answered the questions and this makes it a great book to use with your friends! I personally love how you have to manually calculate your results using a legend and symbol system afterwards, as this eliminates any bias while taking it so you don't know which option leads to which result.

All in all, "The Book of Personality Tests" is the perfect read for you if you're a personality test junkie or want to learn more about who you are and discover aspects of yourself that you may not have even been aware of before. It's a must-read if you want to learn more about the people around you and why people may act in the ways that they do.

[Theediscerning · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a frugal, emerald green ambivert (oo-er), who would be NASA's next science officer, with my average neuroticism. Oh, and my cynicism, that points out that the first few studies in this book also contain tests I can't even engage with, so limited are the possibilities in the multiple choice and so unrelated to my real life the questions are. Yes, I'd seen a couple of books come across my path recently that I thought would provide a scientific yet friendly purview of personality tests, and this came closest to the real deal. But still… If you take an established, Jungian survey of the mind, where a researcher or yourself ticks the right boxes to see if your personality does indeed tick the right boxes, and then turn it into merely a multiple-choice, limited-to-two-pages and twelve questions ONLY quiz, are you then (a) avoiding copyright issues, (b) simplifying psychology in a perfect way for a common reader, or (c) bodging things on weak credentials?

There is not much wrong with this book inasmuch as it does what it wants to do, but again I feel there was a dumbing-down. Some of the studies here are so common I recognised their names, and yet it was still a shame I was doing this author's condensed version of them, and not the real thing. But perhaps that's a part of my psychology, that says I'd rather the real deal than some cobbled-together effort; the introductions point out how many of these quizzes are online or in magazines, and hence how unscientific they are – these might be a middle ground between legit and le-what-now? Although even that middle ground is lost somewhat with talk of spirit animals and telepathy. It's a commendable book all the same, for showing us how the mind has been tested in many different regards, but it did not escape the smudge of pseudoscience some of the contents left it with.

Oh, and I also tested as above averagely honest. So ner.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

*I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

If you love personality tests, or have always wanted to do one but didn't know where to start, then this is the book for you!

We start with an introduction by the author, who explains their relationship with doing tests, the background behind the tests and then we move on to the 25 tests that you can complete. They are really fun to do, and we get an introduction to each to tell us what is it based on and the background behind it.

The tests don't take long to do and they vary in types. You can find out whether you are an introvert or extrovert, your colours, your personality star sign, your love languages, etc. so it's a great book covering lots of different areas all in one place.

I've done a few tests in the past, but I really enjoy doing them to understand why I make the choices I do or how I could maybe improve in certain situations. The questions do get you to be honest with yourself! These were really fun and I still have a few left to do. The design of the book is really nice as well, sleek and easy to read.

[Lavyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who loves all sorts of personality tests, I found this book amazing and insightful. I recommend it for any educator or trainer who I looking to provide insight for team members or prompts for reflection, discussion or team building!

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you haven't been soul-searching this year, I don't know what you've been up to! Most of us have had more than enough time to figure our shit out and yet, we'll all still trying to get through the day.
Between Enneagrams and Myers-Briggs, you're sure to learn more than you ever wanted to know about yourself.
With this book, it's an all in one figure-yourself-out kind of a book!

[Srinivasan Tatachari · Rating 3 out of 5]

I probably would be biased in my views on this book. I have been educating students on personality in my organizational behaviour courses and dont go by tests so much. I was happy to see the key personality tests mentioned in the initial part of the book - the big 5 is the better one of the lot as far as research in personality is concerned. MBTI and other tests have been criticised a lot by researchers (see Adam Grant’s articles).

The rest of the book refers to a lot of commercial tests and apparently is derived from them. Whether these tests are therefore valid is a question that comes to mind.

Without a doubt the tests are good for fun and to encourage the interest of self awareness in the reader. But then not be construed as a definitive guide to one’s personality.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Book of Personality Tests
25 Easy to Score Tests that Reveal the Real You
by Haulwen Nicholas
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press
Genre: Health, Mind & Body | Self-Help
Release Date: September 15, 2020

This was such a great collection of personality tests. They seemed well thought out and there was introductory information about the tests, as well as easy to understand results. There was also a great reference section at the end the assist in further study.

I found most of the tests to be on point to what I know about myself. Some of them, like "What Kind of Astronaut Are you?" seemed silly at first, but the explanation behind it provided some depth and insight. (I'm a Spaceflight Participant, which was completely on point, my days of wanting to lead a mission are behind me.)

Like with any personality test, the answered can be influenced by preconception, mood, level of distraction, and place in life. I enjoyed the test "What is Your Relationship to Money?" because I was able to see my personal growth in this area of my life. I reached a point in my life where I am a Savvy Saver/Spender which feels pretty comfortable and secure the stress living as Hey Big Spender caused.

I would definitely recommend this book. It takes an easy to read and understand approach to personality tests without judgement helps you look at different aspects of your life from a different angle.

I'm so grateful to Haulwen Nicholas, Wellfleet Press, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

[Meghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was received as an ARC from Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

Hearing of this book and the various personality tests one can take was really interesting to read. Having taken the Meyer-Briggs test for work and for my premarital counseling, i was familiar with the process and how crucial it was for partners/supervisors to understand your work habits and determining whether or not you'll fit in with the company or if the marriage will work. This book is a good companion to have in learning about the tests before you take them if and when you have to. Even if you don;t have to, it's good to know your personality type so you can discover new things about yourself.

We will consider adding this title to our Non-Fiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

[Alicia Robben · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED this book. It's almost more a workbook than a book. All the personality quizzes were so fun and gave me more insight into myself. I'm buying a copy of this book to have at work for all my co-workers and I to discuss!

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - Wellfleet Press for a copy to honestly review!

[Cozy Book Spot · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a fun book that tells you what your personality is depending on your choices for each question. You pick what looks more like you and the book will give you a personality answer based on that. There are 25 tests and to find out the answer is a bit annoying because it's not just check how many "a" or "c" you have marked but each one has a different symbol for each question. I mean, if you pick C on question 1 it could be a square and if you picked C again on question 2 it could be a star so you will take a few extra minutes trying to figure this out before knowing your personality. It was a fun book to play with when I didn't have anything else to do. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

[Amy · Rating 1 out of 5]

25 short non-clinical personality tests, a sort of Buzzfeed quiz page in paper form. Most if not all of the tests can be found elsewhere. The inclusion of a "what is your spirit animal?" quiz was inappropriate and offensive. Honestly, I'm a little shocked that contemporary publisher would green light its inclusion.

[Mags (mbooksbycandlelight) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really fun! It had so many different tests that I had never done before and all the explanations and little snippets of text were very interesting. Not all of the tests applied to me, but I was able to do most of them and I really enjoyed them. I feel like this would be a fun book to bring out during family vacations or chill get togethers with friends. It's a great book.

I received an eArk via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

[Mana · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a fun book!

Full of personality tests for everyone who is eager to know more about themselves. And without a doubt you will learn quite a lot. The book is also full of informations about all the tests, their history and influence on people.

Must have!

[Ellen (the_plentiful_library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m definitely that person who does all the Facebook quizzes to find out “which Harry Potter character are you?” Or “pick a colour and we’ll tell you your personality” so I loved this book.

Each quiz was only 12 questions long making them nice and quick and each had a small paragraph explaining the psycho-science behind them.

Now some of the quizzes I knew my result just from the title “What is your relationship to money?” or "are you spontaneous or a planner?"...I'm terrible with money and I barely have a spontaneous bone in my body so those ones were a no brainer.

But then there the quizzes that really did give me some insight into myself. I enjoyed finding out what my core archetype was and I’ve done the "introvert or extrovert?" test lots of times and I nearly always get introvert. which agree with but also think there are times when I’m an extrovert. According to this book I'm an ambivert which I'd never heard of and means that I sit in between.

There were the super fun ones too. “What kind of astronaut are you?” and “what is your spirit animal?”. Mine was the owl by the way, because I’m wise and dependable. Though my partner would probably argue that it’s because I like to nap during the day and then I’m awake all night.


Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the book, both testing it on myself and other people and to get through the boredom of COVID restrictions.

[Alicja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my e-copy. ‘The Book of Personality Tests’ by Haulwen Nicholas is full of interesting and useful personality tests: from the well-known ones such as tests to find out whether you are extrovert or introvert, to the test revealing what’s your spirit animal (apparently it���s a hare). The book has a lovely package, each test is accompanied by simple but fitting artwork, and each is easy to navigate.

Paradoxically it’s the ones I thought I knew answers to, I ended up having different results than expected, as for instance with the first test. Doing a similar one years ago in school, unsurprisingly I was labelled introvert. This time around, my results ended on ambivert and weren’t far from extroverted personality type. But I think Haulwen Nicholas makes a good job out of underlying that people change their behaviour and learn to fit into certain situations as they grew up.

I think that ‘The Book of Personality Tests’ is a useful resource for figuring out a few more things about your personality type if you haven’t done that previously as well as learning to understand those around you – why they behave the way they do and why some people react to other situation differently to you.

[joyce w. laudon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Are you a person who likes to take personality tests? Are you looking for a fun way to learn more about yourself or to reinforce what you might already know or suspect? If yes, this book is for you.

Included are 25 tests. Some of those included are: Are You an Introvert or an Extrovert?; Are You Honest with Yourself?; What is Your Stress Type?; What Type of Rule Breaker Are You?; What is Your Role in Your Family? and more.

The author of this book notes that when she did the well-known Myers-Briggs test, it validated who she knew that she was. She found that to be helpful. These personality quizzes may do that or they may teach you something new about yourself.

The book begins with some background on personality including sections on Freud and Jung. Then, there are the quizzes. I enjoyed doing them and reading what my aggregate score for each meant.

This book is entertaining and may provide readers with some helpful insights. I recommend it for those who are fans of these tests.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this book. All opinions are my own.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an awesome book full of different types of tests. I love how the author puts her own personality into it. The tests themselves are about twelve questions, which makes it a short and fun “game” and it has great explanations of each answer that can help one understand not only more about themselves, but others as well. She also gives you a bit of history about the actual test and who they were inspired by, as well is history on personality studies. Nice layout, very eye-pleasing, and great fun.

[Lindsey Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book!!!

This is a book with different personality quizzes to take. Each quiz comes with a little description at the beginning and they are all easy to understand and follow. If you want to learn more about yourself, this is a fun way to spend your time.

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Proof for the digital review copy of this one.

Were you, by chance, a tween that was obsessed with the Seventeen magazine quizzes? And Cosmo quizzes in high school? Then you’re going to love The Book of Personality Tests. It’s just like those, but intelligent, and for adults. I already knew my MBTI type and that I was an introvert, but I learned things like what kind of astronaut I’d be (and what that says about my interests and strengths), my personality color (Sky Blue, one of my actual favorite colors), my communication style, and many other things.

Each quiz gives a brief background about where it came from, what it measures, and what you can do with the results/what insights it will give you about yourself. I spent an entire Saturday night in bed with this book and a notebook, dutifully recording my answers and scoring each quiz. It was a lot of fun.

We all gotta make our own fun in the times of COVID, and if you’re looking for something fun to do on your couch, definitely give this book a go. It provides a lot of insight while being fun and sparking a tad bit of nostalgia. It’s out now, so check it out via your local bookstore or library.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Book of Personality Tests is a super fun and fast way to help you gain self-awareness. The author, Haulwen Nicholas, gives you 25 quizzes so you can learn more about your strengths and areas for improvement. You'll see the tests that are the most often talked about (i.e., Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, The Birkman Method, The Four Tendencies, Sparketype and The Five Love Languages) to the more obscure ones like how narcissistic you are. Learn what type of astronaut you’d be and what kind of a money-manager you are… all in one little book. This is a great book for gift givers. My only beef is about the book’s graphic design (I’m so not a fan), but the content is just fine!

Special thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press for an electronic copy of the book, via NetGalley, in exchange for my honest review.