Personality Theory Books

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The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,496 ratings — published 2013
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Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,407 ratings — published 1980
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Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,725 ratings — published 1998
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Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,530 ratings — published 1987
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Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.09 — 9,411 ratings — published 1984
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The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.20 — 55,736 ratings — published 2016
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Personality Type Personality Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.11 — 491 ratings — published 1998
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Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.78 — 5,750 ratings — published 1992
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The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.22 — 7,560 ratings — published 1999
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The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,357 ratings — published 2017
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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.83 — 54,466 ratings — published 1996
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Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,307 ratings — published 2021
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The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st Century Workplace The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st Century Workplace (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.08 — 515 ratings — published 2017
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Neuroscience of Personality: Brain Savvy Insights for All Types of People Neuroscience of Personality: Brain Savvy Insights for All Types of People (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.02 — 325 ratings — published 2011
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The INTP: Personality, Careers, Relationships, & the Quest for Truth and Meaning The INTP: Personality, Careers, Relationships, & the Quest for Truth and Meaning (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.21 — 893 ratings — published 2013
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The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 11,231 ratings — published 2018
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Psychological Types Psychological Types (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.31 — 4,192 ratings — published 1921
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Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.10 — 405 ratings — published 2002
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The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.26 — 3,435 ratings — published 2018
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From Fixation to Freedom: The Enneagram of Liberation From Fixation to Freedom: The Enneagram of Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.00 — 232 ratings — published 2001
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The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too) The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.83 — 23,905 ratings — published 2017
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Enneagram Transformations Enneagram Transformations (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.90 — 510 ratings — published 1993
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.07 — 476,339 ratings — published 2012
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The Essential Enneagram The Essential Enneagram (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,303 ratings — published 2000
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The Enneagram Made Easy: Discover the 9 Types of People – An Ancient Personality Test Made Simple for Everyday Life The Enneagram Made Easy: Discover the 9 Types of People – An Ancient Personality Test Made Simple for Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,424 ratings — published 1994
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The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.19 — 740 ratings — published 2000
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The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,035 ratings — published 1988
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Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,988 ratings — published 1988
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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.20 — 36,283 ratings — published 2023
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A Macat analysis of Milgram’s Obedience to Authority A Macat analysis of Milgram’s Obedience to Authority (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published
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Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition Through the Lens of Scripture (Resources for Changing Lives) Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition Through the Lens of Scripture (Resources for Changing Lives)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,604 ratings — published 2003
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The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.85 — 3,391 ratings — published 2000
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Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of our Identity in Christ Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of our Identity in Christ (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,182 ratings — published 2018
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How to navigate the world as an INTP: Strategies for self-improvement How to navigate the world as an INTP: Strategies for self-improvement (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Productivity For INFPs: How To Be Productive Within Your Natural Rhythms Productivity For INFPs: How To Be Productive Within Your Natural Rhythms (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.72 — 53 ratings — published
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The INFJ Personality Guide: Understand yourself, reach your potential, and live a life of purpose. The INFJ Personality Guide: Understand yourself, reach your potential, and live a life of purpose. (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.18 — 674 ratings — published
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The Infj Writer: Cracking the Creative Genius of the World's Rarest Type The Infj Writer: Cracking the Creative Genius of the World's Rarest Type (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.28 — 826 ratings — published 2016
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Introduction to Type Introduction to Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 168 ratings — published 1980
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Character and Neurosis: An Integrative View Character and Neurosis: An Integrative View (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.23 — 462 ratings — published 1990
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Ennea-type Structures: Self-Analysis for the Seeker (Consciousness Classics) Ennea-type Structures: Self-Analysis for the Seeker (Consciousness Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.98 — 90 ratings — published 1991
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People Types and Tiger Stripes People Types and Tiger Stripes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.19 — 64 ratings — published 1989
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Are You My Type, Am I Yours? Relationships Made Easy Through the Enneagram Are You My Type, Am I Yours? Relationships Made Easy Through the Enneagram (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.97 — 258 ratings — published 1995
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Enneatypes in Psychotherapy Enneatypes in Psychotherapy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 24 ratings — published 1995
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What Type Am I?: The Myers-Brigg Type Indication Made Easy What Type Am I?: The Myers-Brigg Type Indication Made Easy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.94 — 534 ratings — published 1998
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The Four Temperaments: A Fun and Practical Guide to Understanding Yourself and the People in Your Life The Four Temperaments: A Fun and Practical Guide to Understanding Yourself and the People in Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.00 — 18 ratings — published 2004
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Awareness: The Key to Acceptance, Respect, Forgiveness, and Growth Awareness: The Key to Acceptance, Respect, Forgiveness, and Growth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.00 — 45 ratings — published 1994
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The Art and Science of Personality Development The Art and Science of Personality Development (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 185 ratings — published 2015
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The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.68 — 6,845 ratings — published 2011
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The Five Love Languages of Teenagers The Five Love Languages of Teenagers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,169 ratings — published 2000
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Gordon W. Allport
“People it seems, are busy leading their lives into the future, whereas psychology, for the most part, is busy tracing them into the past.”
Gordon W. Allport, Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality

Gordon W. Allport
“Indeed the measure of our intellectual maturity, one philosopher suggests, is our capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better and better problems.”
Gordon W. Allport, Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality

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