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[MBTI] What are the best books on MBTI types?

neko 4

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I'm looking for good, thorough books on Meyers Briggs types so I can learn more. Any recommendations?
 

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I'm looking for good, thorough books on Meyers Briggs types so I can learn more. Any recommendations?

Please Understand Me by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates (1984). [MBTI also known Myers-Briggs Typology Index] Professor Keirsey is an NT and has written extensively on the Myers Briggs Typology Index. His Please Understand Me book sold two million copies. It was also used by me at two different universities as part of required reading. It was based on 40 years of clinical research. I find the writing style of Professor Keirsey very much to my liking. Though he is an NT, his writing style is very metaphorical. I also enjoy his entire series on the subject of the Myers Briggs Typology Index. The books are well written and quite illuminating.
 

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I found the coolest one, it's called "Life Types."
 

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'An Informal Listing of Myers Briggs Typology Index Books Ranked 1-13'

(1) Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type by Isabel Briggs Myers, 1980

(2) Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types by David Keirsey, 1984

(3) Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work by Otto Kroeger, 1998

(4) Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger, 1992

(5) Introduction to Type by Isabel Briggs Myers, 1980

(6) Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job by Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge, Edith Whitfield Seashore (Foreword), 1991

(7) Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment by Naomi L. Quenk, 1999

(8) Applications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in Counseling: A Casebook by Judith A. Provost, 1993

(9) Knowing Me, Knowing God by Malcolm Goldsmith, 1997

(1o) Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality by Naomi L. Quenk, 2002

(11) Sixteen Men: Understanding Masculine Personality Types by Loren E. Pedersen, 2002

(12) Just Your Type: Create the Relationship You've Always Wanted Using the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger, 2000

(13) I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just Not You: The Real Meaning of the 16 Personality Types by Roger R. Pearman, 1997
 
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