The best psychology books of 2013

It's the season for Christmas book lists and we've trawled through them, looking for the psychology-themed tomes earning a recommendation. Here are ten suggestions, in no particular order: 1. The best non-fiction book of the year as voted by readers at GoodReads was The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek. "Temple Grandin reports from the forefront of autism science, bringing her singular perspective to a thrilling journey into the heart of the autism revolution."2. On Slate's list of the 10 most crucial books of 2013 was Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. "Love it or hate it," said Slate, "Sandberg and her book will forever be a founding document for a generation of career women who found in its pages advice, sympathy, understanding, provocation—or just a way to start the discussion they’ve been needing to have for years."3. The winner of the British Psychological Society's 2013 Book Award in the popular category was Claudia Hammond's Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception.4. Barnes and Noble listed Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath among the year's best new non-fiction. "As usual, his research covers a vast terrain;" said the Barnes and Noble editors, "in this case, from Cold War battlefields to the minutiae of microscopic cancer research; and as usual, his findings [in this case about the effects of obstacles and challenges] are as telling as they are surprising....
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