Book Series Guide

Philip G. Zimbardo

Author guide

Philip G. Zimbardo Books in Order

Philip George Zimbardo (1933–2024) was an American social psychologist and Stanford University professor emeritus. His work examined social influence, shyness, imprisonment, deindividuation, the psychology of evil, time perspective, heroism, and teaching. He co-created the Discovering Psychology educational series, served as president of the American Psychological Association, and founded the Heroic Imagination Project.

social psychologypopular psychologyeducational psychologytime perspective

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Philip G. Zimbardo's Newest Book

Psychology According to Shakespeare: What You Can Learn About Human Nature from Shakespeare's Great Plays

nonfiction · First published 2024

Not sure where to begin?

Start with one of these

Cover of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

The clearest entry point to Zimbardo's work on social situations, moral transformation, and the Stanford prison experiment.

The Time Paradox: The New Psychology That Will Change Your Life

The best starting point for his research and writing on time perspective.

Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (9)
  1. Influencing Attitudes and Changing Behavior

    nonfiction · 1969

  2. Shyness: What It Is, What to Do About It

    nonfiction · 1977

  3. The Shy Child: Overcoming and Preventing Shyness from Infancy to Adulthood

    nonfiction · 1981

  4. Violence Workers: Police Torturers and Murderers Reconstruct Brazilian Atrocities

    nonfiction · 2002

  5. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

    nonfiction · 2007

  6. The Time Paradox: The New Psychology That Will Change Your Life

    nonfiction · 2008

  7. The Demise of Guys: Why Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

    nonfiction · 2012

  8. Man (Dis)connected: How Technology Has Sabotaged What It Means to Be Male

    nonfiction · 2015

    "'Zimbardo has put his finger on a great challenge of the modern era' - The Sunday Times Masculinity is in meltdown. Young men are failing as never before : academically, socially and sexually. But why? And what needs to be done?…

  9. Psychology According to Shakespeare: What You Can Learn About Human Nature from Shakespeare's Great Plays

    nonfiction · 2024

Nonfiction (1)
  1. Zimbardo: My Life Revealed

    memoir · 2021

Edited works (5)
  1. The Cognitive Control of Motivation

    edited-collection · 1969

  2. Psychology for Our Times: Readings

    edited-collection · 1973

  3. Persuasion, Coercion, Indoctrination, and Mind Control: Readings

    edited-collection · 1983

  4. Readings on Human Behavior: The Best of Science

    edited-collection · 1988

  5. The Psychology of Mind Control: Readings in Persuasion, Influence, Indoctrination, and Conversion

    edited-collection · 1991

Other (11)
  1. Canvassing for Peace: A Manual for Volunteers

    manual · 1970

  2. Psychology and Life

    textbook · 1971

    Discover where learning comes to life... MyPsychLab MyPsychLab is an exciting new learning and teaching tool designed to increase student success in the classroom, and quickly and easily give instructors access to every imaginable…

  3. Working with Psychology: A Student's Resource Book

    textbook-resource · 1971

  4. Psychology and You

    textbook · 1978

  5. The Shyness Workbook

    self-help · 1979

  6. Mastering Psychology and Life

    textbook-resource · 1979

  7. Psychology

    textbook · 1994

  8. Psychology: A European Text

    textbook · 1995

  9. The Time Cure: Overcoming PTSD with the New Psychology of Time Perspective Therapy

    self-help · 2012

  10. Living and Loving Better with Time Perspective Therapy: Healing from the Past, Embracing the Present, Creating an Ideal Future

    self-help · 2017

  11. Seeing Through the Grief: A Time Perspective Therapy Approach

    self-help · 2024