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• Ashton, M. C. (2022). Individual Differences and Personality (4th ed.). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
  
  
• Burger, J. M. (2019). Personality (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
  
  
• Carver, C. S., & Scheier, M. F. (2017). Perspectives on Personality (8th ed.). New York: Pearson Education.
  
  
• Cervone, D., & Pervin, L. A. (2019). Personality: Theory and Research (14th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  
• Cooper, C. (2020). Individual Differences and Personality (4th ed.). New York: Routledge.
  
  
• Frager, R., & Fadiman, J. (2013). Personality and Personal Growth (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
  
  
• Funder, D. (2019). The Personality Puzzle (8th ed.). New York: W.W. Norton.
  
  
• Haslam, N., Smillie, L., & Song, J. (2017). An Introduction to Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence (2nd ed.). New York: Sage Publications.
  
  
• Larsen, R.J., & Buss, D. M. (2018). Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Education.
  
  
• Matthews, G., Deary, I. J., & Whiteman, M. C. (2009). Personality Traits (3rd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  
  
• Mayer, J. D. (2018). Personality: A Systems Approach (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
  
  
• McAdams, D. P. (2008). The Person: An Introduction to the Science of Personality Psychology (5th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  
• Mischel, W., Shoda, Y., & Ayduk, O. (2008). Introduction to Personality: Toward an Integrative Science of the Person (8th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  
• Miserandino, M. (2011). Personality Psychology: Foundations and Findings. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

Personality Theory:

• Allen, B. P. (2006). Personality Theories: Development, Growth, and Diversity (5th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
  
  
• Cloninger, S. C. (2019). Theories of Personality: Understanding Persons (7th ed.). New York: Pearson.
  
  
• Crowne, D. P. (2010). Personality Theory (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Derlega, V. J., Winstead, B. A., & Jones, W. H. (2005). Personality: Contemporary Theory and Research (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning/Wadsworth.
  
  
• Engler, B. (2013). Personality Theories (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
  
  
• Ewen, R. B. (2009). An Introduction to Theories of Personality (7th ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  
  
• Feist, J., Feist, G. J., & Roberts, T-A. (2018). Theories of Personality (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
  
  
• Friedman, H. S., & Schustack, M. W. (2015). Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
  
  
• Hogan, R., & Smither, R. (2008). Personality: Theories and Applications (2nd ed.). Tulsa, OK: Hogan Press.
  
  
• John, O. P., & Robins, R. W. (Eds.). (2021). Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research (4th ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
  
  
• Olson, M., & Hergenhahn, B. R. (2019). An Introduction to Theories of Personality (9th ed.). New York: Pearson Education.
  
  
• Ryckman, R. M. (2013). Theories of Personality (10th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
  
  
• Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2017). Theories of Personality (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
  
  
• Sollod, R. N., Monte, C. F., & Wilson, J.P. (2020). Beneath the Mask: An Introduction to Theories of Personality (9th ed.). New York: Wiley.

Readings in Personality Psychology:

• Friedman, H. S., & Schustack, M. W. (Eds.). (2008). The Personality Reader (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
  
  
• Funder, D. C., & Ozer, D. J. (Eds.). (2010). Pieces of the Personality Puzzle: Readings in Theory and Research (5th ed.). New York: W.W. Norton.
  
  
• Mayer, J. D. (2007). Readings in Personality Psychology. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
  
  
• Morf, C. C., & Ayduk, O. (Eds.). (2005). Current Directions in Personality Psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

• Buss, A. H. (2011). Pathways to Individuality: Evolution and Development of Personality Traits. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  
  
• Funder, D. C., Parke, R. D., Tomlinson-Keasey, C. A., & Widaman, K. (Eds.). (1996). Studying Lives Through Time: Personality and Development. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  
  
• Kohnstamm, G. A., Halverson, Jr., C. F., Mervielde, I., & Havill, V. L. (Eds.). (2014). Parental Descriptions of Child Personality: Developmental Antecedents of the Big Five? Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  
  
• Mroczek, D. K., & Little, T. D. (Eds.). (2006). Handbook of Personality Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  
  
• Shaffer, D. R. (2009). Social and Personality Development (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Publishing.

Personality Structure:

• McCrae, R. R., & Costa, Jr., P. T. (2005). Personality in Adulthood: A Five-Factor Theory Perspective (2nd ed.). New York: The Guilford Press.
  
  
• Plutchik, R., & Conte, H. R. (Eds.). (1997). Circumplex Models of Personality and Emotions. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  
  
• Wiggins, J. S. (Ed.). (1996). The Five-Factor Model of Personality: Theoretical Perspectives. New York: The Guilford Press.

Intelligence:

• Brody, N. (1992). Intelligence (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
  
  
• Campbell, L., Campbell, B., & Dickinson, D. (2004). Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences (3rd ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
  
  
• Chamorro-Premuzic, T., & Furnham, A. (2005). Personality and Intellectual Competence. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  
  
• Cianciolo, A. T., & Sternberg, R. J. (2004). Intelligence: A Brief History. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
  
  
• Flynn, J. R. (2009). What Is Intelligence? Beyond the Flynn Effect. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  
  
• Fraser, S. (Ed.). (1995). The Bell Curve Wars: Race, Intelligence, and the Future of America. New York: Basic Books.
  
  
• Gardner, H. (2006). Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice. New York: Basic Books.
  
  
• Goleman, D. P. (2005). Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam Books.
  
  
• Herrnstein, R. J., & Murray, C. (1996). The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. New York: Free Press Paperbacks.
  
  
• Jensen, A. R. (1998). The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
  
  
• Miele, F. (2004). Intelligence, Race, and Genetics: Conversations with Arthur R. Jensen. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
  
  
• Neisser, U. (Ed.). (1998). The Rising Curve: Long-Term Gains in IQ and Related Measures. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  
  
• Salovey, P., & Sluyter, D. J. (Eds.). (1997). Emotional Development and Emotional Intelligence: Educational Implications. New York: Basic Books.
  
  
• Wyer, Jr., R. S., & Srull, T. K. (Eds.). (1989). Social Intelligence and Cognitive Assessments of Personality (Advances in Social Cognition, Vol. 2). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Motivation:

• Beck, R. C. (2003). Motivation: Theories and Principles (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
  
  
• Deckers, L. (2018). Motivation: Biological, Psychological, and Environmental (5th ed.). New York: Routledge.
  
  
• Franken, R. E. (2006). Human Motivation (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
  
  
• Higgins, E. T., & Sorrentino, R. M. (Eds.). (1990). Handbook of Motivation and Cognition: Volume 2. Foundations of Social Behavior. New York: Guilford Publications.
  
  
• Morsella, E., Bargh, J.A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (Eds.). (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Human Action (Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience). New York: Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Petri, H. L., & Govern, J. M. (2012). Motivation: Theory, Research, and Applications (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning/Wadsworth.
  
  
• Reeve, J. (2018). Understanding Motivation and Emotion (7th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  
• Sorrentino, R. M., & Higgins, E. T. (Eds.). (1986). Handbook of Motivation and Cognition: Volume 1. Foundations of Social Behavior. New York: The Guilford Press.

Biological Bases of Personality:

• Canli, T. (Ed.). (2006). Biology of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: The Guilford Press.
  
  
• Plomin, R., & McClearn, G. E. (Eds.). (1996). Nature, Nurture, and Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  
  
• Rowe, D. C. (1993). The Limits of Family Influence: Genes, Experience, and Behavior. New York: The Guilford Press.

Other Topics in Personality Psychology:

• Cervone, D., & Shoda, Y. (Eds.). (1999). The Coherence of Personality: Social-Cognitive Bases of Consistency, Variability, and Organization. New York: Guilford Publications.
  
  
• Corr, P. J., & Matthews, G. (Eds.). (2020). The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  
  
• Dutton, D. G. (2007). The Abusive Personality: Violence and Control in Intimate Relationships (2nd ed.). New York: The Guilford Press.
  
  
• Dweck, C. S. (2000). Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development. Philadephia, PA: Psychology Press.
  
  
• Eliasz, A., Hampson, S. E., & de Raad, B. (Eds.). (2015). Advances in Personality Psychology (Vol. 2). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
  
  
• Furnham, A. (2008). Personality and Intelligence at Work: Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work. London: Routledge.