#24 in Self-help
Games People Play
- 192
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships is a 1964 book by psychiatrist Eric Berne, popularizing Berne's model of transactional analysis. The book was a bestseller at the time of its publication, despite drawing academic criticism for some of the psychoanalytic theories it presented. It has been considered one of the first pop psychology books.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 125 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 45% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Self-help average of 7.7. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 60 | 48% |
| Hardcover | 6.7 | 65 | 52% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“It is uniquivocally rare that I do not finish a book - be it even ones with bad writing, confusing exposition, or ridiculous story beats. In this case, what I thought was going to be a book rooted in understanding people better that promotes self-awareness…”
Frequently asked
How long is Games People Play?
It has 192 pages — shorter than 86% of the ranked books in Self-help.
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