Fromm, E. H. (1941). Escape from freedom. New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston.
Escape From Freedom established Fromm's credentials as a social critic by exploring the psychological mechanisms behind authoritarianism and conformity as a way to escape the anxiety produced by the freedom of the individual in modern society.
Fromm, E. H. (1955). The sane society. New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston.
Fromm explores healthy alternatives to a sick society. His definition of psychological health focuses on various aspects of healthy or positive human relationships.
Fromm, E. H. (1973). The anatomy of human destructiveness. New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston.
This was one of Fromm's last works. In it he attempted a comprehensive review of the sociobiological and social science literature on human aggression. He synthesizes his research into a psychoanalytic theory of "biophilic" and "necrophilic" character structures.
Horney, K. (1937). The neurotic personality of our time. New York: W. W. Norton.
General review of neurosis as influenced by culture, human relationships, and tendencies toward helplessness, isolation, and hostility
Horney, K. (1942). Self-analysis. New York: W. W. Norton.
A description of the possibilities, techniques, and difficulties of self-analysis.
Horney, K. (1937). Feminine psychology. New York: W. W. Norton.
Collected papers and articles that deal mostly with specific Freudian concepts that are related to various aspects of sexuality; explores in detail the problems of the psychology of women in Freudian theory.*Annotations from J. Fadiman & R. Frager (1984), Personality and personal growth (2nd ed.), New York: Harper & Row
Erikson, E. H. (1950). Childhood and society. New York: W. W. Norton. (2nd ed. revised & enlarged, 1963.)
This the the classic work in which Erikson established the lifespan development approach as legitimate for psychoanalysis. It is the source of his famous "eight stages." he also shows how psychoanalytic development theory can be sued to understand the development of different personality characteristic in different cultures.
Erikson, E. H. (1958). Young man Luther. New York: W. W. Norton.
In this work, Erikson explored the use of psychoanalysis to understand a major historical figure, Martin Luther, as well as to shed light on some of Luther's historical contributions.
Erikson, E. H. (1968). Identity: Youth & crisis. New York: W. W. Norton.
The adolescent identity crisis was one of Erikson's favorite themes.
Erikson, E. H. (1969). Ghandi's truth. New York: W. W. Norton.
This books studies a contemporary figure using the approach developed in Young Man Luther.
Kohut, H. (1971). The analysis of the self. New York: International Universities Press.
Kohut offers a pretty sophisticated and technical discussion of the psychoanalytic treatment of narcissistic personality disorders.
St. Clair, M. (1986) Object relations and self psychology. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
This book is recommended as a good introduction and overview to the theories and major figures of object relations psychology.
Miller, A. (1983). For your own good. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Miller explores Freud's abandonment of the seduction theory and the role of culturally sanctioned physical and sexual abuse in the development of adult dysfunction.
Miller, A. (1984). Thou shalt not be aware. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
This book continues Miller's exploration of the role of culturally sanctioned abuse in the development of psychological problems
Miller, A. (1986). Pictures of a childhood. Toronto: Collins.
This books contains drawing that Miller produced in the course of her own analytic exploration of childhood trauma.
(See also various works by Jeffrey Moussaief Masson, including Assault on Truth and Final Analysis, concerning Freud's abandonment of the seduction theory. Masson had access to the Sigmund Freud Archives and got into a lot of trouble with official Psychoanalysis because of his findings and conclusions.)