Author · 1875 to 1961

Carl Jung books in order

Carl Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology and wrote Psychological Types and Man and His Symbols.

Books
31
Editions tracked
47
First editions
20
Nationality
Switzerland
Born
Kesswil, 1875
Died
Küsnacht, 1961

Carl Jung wrote 31 books we track between 1912 and 2021; in publication order they begin with Psychology of the Unconscious (1912).

Life

About Carl Jung

Writer

Known as
psychotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, essayist
Citizenship
Switzerland

Background

Educated at
Gymnasium am Münsterplatz, University of Basel, Wilhelmsgymnasium
Buried
Küsnacht Cemetery

Awards and honours

  • honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
  • honorary doctor of the Clark University (1909)
  • Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Notable works

From Wikidata (CC0); Wikipedia has articles on Carl Jung in 112 languages.

About Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 to 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist, born in Kesswil, Thurgau, who founded analytical psychology and introduced ideas such as archetypes, the collective unconscious and introversion and extraversion.

He worked as a research scientist at the Burghölzli psychiatric hospital in Zurich under Eugen Bleuler and became a close associate of Sigmund Freud. Psychology of the Unconscious (1912), based on lectures at Fordham University, cost him that friendship, and the two broke in 1913. Psychological Types (1921) set out his theory of personality types. He died at Küsnacht, near Zurich, and several of his best-known books appeared after his death. Memories, Dreams, Reflections, a partly autobiographical work prepared with his associate Aniela Jaffé, came out in German in 1962 (Exlibris) and in English, translated by Richard and Clara Winston, from Pantheon in 1963. Man and His Symbols (1964) grew out of his 1959 BBC Face to Face interview with John Freeman and paired his essay Approaching the Unconscious with chapters by Marie-Louise von Franz, Joseph L. Henderson, Aniela Jaffé and Jolande Jacobi. The Red Book was published in 2009.

For collectors

His English-language canon is the Collected Works, 20 volumes translated by R. F. C. Hull and published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in Britain and by Princeton University Press in its Bollingen Series in the United States. Collectors also seek the first English edition of Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Pantheon, 1963) and the 1964 first of Man and His Symbols, issued in hardcover by Doubleday.

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Reading guide

Carl Jung books in order

In order

First editions, year by year

  1. 1921Psychological TypesRascher
  2. 1928Two Essays on Analytical PsychologyBaillière, Tindall and Cox
  3. 1933Modern Man in Search of a SoulK. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co
  4. 1938Psychology and ReligionYale University Press
  5. 1949Essays on a Science of MythologyPantheon Books
  6. 1954Answer to JobRoutledge & K. Paul
  7. 1957Psychiatric StudiesRoutledge & Kegan Paul
  8. 1959The Archetypes and the Collective UnconsciousPantheon Books
  9. 1959The Basic Writings of C.G. JungRandom House
  10. 1962Memories, Dreams, ReflectionsRascher Verlag
  11. 1964Man and His SymbolsDoubleday
  12. 1964Civilization in TransitionRoutledge & K. Paul
  13. 1966The Spirit in Man, Art, and LiteratureRoutledge & K. Paul
  14. 1967Alchemical StudiesRoutledge & Kegan Paul
  15. 1970Structure and Dynamics of the PsycheTaylor & Francis Group
  16. 1971The Portable JungPenguin Books
  17. 1973SynchronicityPrinceton University Press
  18. 1983The Essential JungMJF Books
  19. 1994Jung on EvilRoutledge
  20. 2009The Red Book =Norton
Books and editions

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Questions collectors ask

Frequently asked questions

What order should I read Carl Jung's books in?

In publication order they begin with Psychology of the Unconscious (1912), then Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (1928) and Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933). Books in a series are listed in series order on this page.

What was Carl Jung's first book?

The earliest book we list is Psychology of the Unconscious, first published in 1912.

When was Carl Jung born?

Carl Jung was born in 1875 and died in 1961.

How many Carl Jung books does MyVolumes track?

We track 31 books by Carl Jung across 47 editions, 20 of them first editions.

What awards has Carl Jung won?

Carl Jung has won honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta, honorary doctor of the Clark University (1909), Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, according to Wikidata.

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Where these facts come from

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