Psychology (1st edition)
Rose M. Spielman, Kathryn Dumper, William Jenkins, Arlene Lacombe, Marilyn Lovett, Marion Perlmutter (OpenStax), 2014
CC BY 4.0 Older edition, still CC BY: free to send with attribution. The newer 2e is non-commercial.
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Psychology 2e
Rose M. Spielman, William J. Jenkins, Marilyn D. Lovett et al. (OpenStax), 2020
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Introduction to Psychology: Moving Towards Diversity and Inclusion
Jessica Motherwell McFarlane, Amelia Liangzi Shi, Dinesh Ramoo, Tareq Yousef (BCcampus), 2024
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Introduction to Psychology: The Full Noba Collection
Noba Project, Diener Education Fund (many module authors), 2026
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Non-commercial use only, and Noba's own terms apply: link, do not resend.
Research Methods in Psychology (4th edition)
Rajiv S. Jhangiani, I-Chant A. Chiang, Carrie Cuttler, Dana C. Leighton, 2019
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Learning Statistics with R
Danielle Navarro, 2018
CC BY-SA 4.0 Free to send; keep the author credit and CC BY-SA licence with the file.
Learning Statistics with jamovi
Danielle J. Navarro, David R. Foxcroft, 2025
CC BY-SA 4.0 Free to send; free online at davidfoxcroft.github.io/lsj-book and from Open Book Publishers.
Answering Questions with Data: Introductory Statistics for Psychology Students
Matthew J. C. Crump, Danielle J. Navarro, Jeffrey Suzuki, 2018
CC BY-SA 4.0 Free to send with attribution; HTML book, no official PDF.
Statistical Analysis in JASP: A Guide for Students (7th edition)
Mark A. Goss-Sampson, 2025
CC BY This 2025 edition only is CC BY; older editions were all rights reserved.
Online Statistics Education: A Multimedia Course of Study
David M. Lane (project leader), Rice University, 2013
Public domain Public domain: free to send; a citation is requested.
Introductory Statistics (1st edition)
Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean (OpenStax), 2013
CC BY 4.0 Free to send with attribution. The newer 2e is non-commercial.
Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences
Linda R. Cote, Rupa G. Gordon, Chrislyn E. Randell, Judy Schmitt, Helena Marvin (UMSL), 2021
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Principles of Social Psychology (1st International H5P Edition)
Rajiv Jhangiani, Hammond Tarry (adapted from Charles Stangor), 2022
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The Psychology of Human Thought: An Introduction
Robert J. Sternberg, Joachim Funke (eds.), 2019
CC BY-SA 4.0 Text CC BY-SA 4.0; the cover is CC BY-ND, so send the PDF unaltered.
Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Wikibooks contributors, 2026
CC BY-SA 4.0 Living wiki book: free to send with a link back to Wikibooks.
Lifespan Development
Diana Riser, Rose Spielman, David Biek et al. (OpenStax), 2024
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Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective (4th edition)
Martha Lally, Suzanne Valentine-French (College of Lake County), 2022
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Child Growth and Development
Jennifer Paris, Antoinette Ricardo, Dawn Rymond, Alexa Johnson (College of the Canyons), 2019
CC BY 4.0 Free to send with attribution.
Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders (formerly Abnormal Psychology), 4th edition
Alexis Bridley, Lee W. Daffin Jr. (Washington State University), 2026
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Critical Health Psychology: Foundations, Approaches and Applications
Sarah Riley, Kathryn McGuigan, Eleanor Brittain, Gareth Terry, Aorangi Kora, Siobhan Healy-Cullen, Clifford van Ommen, Don Baken (eds.), 2025
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The Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Denis O'Hara, Jim Schirmer, Michael Ellwood, Kate Witteveen (University of Queensland), 2025
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Organizational Behavior
J. Stewart Black, David S. Bright et al. (OpenStax), 2019
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Industrial-Organizational Psychology (standalone chapter for intro courses)
SIOP Getting I-O into Intro Textbooks task force (Joe Allen, Talya Bauer, Jason Dahling et al.), 2020
CC BY 4.0 A single chapter, not a full book; free to send with credit to SIOP.
Educational Psychology
Kelvin Seifert, Rosemary Sutton (Global Text Project), 2009
CC BY 3.0 Free to send with attribution.
Personality Theory in a Cultural Context
Mark D. Kelland, 2017
CC BY 4.0 Free to send with attribution.
Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
Elizabeth D. Kirby, Melissa J. Glenn, Noah J. Sandstrom, Christina L. Williams et al. (OpenStax), 2024
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The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1
William James, 1890
Public domain Public domain (Project Gutenberg): free to send.
The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2
William James, 1890
Public domain Public domain (Project Gutenberg): free to send.
Talks to Teachers on Psychology; and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
William James, 1899
Public domain Public domain (Project Gutenberg): free to send.
The Interpretation of Dreams (tr. A. A. Brill)
Sigmund Freud, 1913
Public domain Public domain in the USA (1913 Brill translation): free to send.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud (preface by G. Stanley Hall), 1920
Public domain Public domain in the USA (1920 translation): free to send.
A Beginner's Psychology
Edward Bradford Titchener, 1915
Public domain Public domain (Project Gutenberg): free to send.
Psychology: An Elementary Text-Book (tr. Max Meyer)
Hermann Ebbinghaus, 1908
Public domain Public domain in the USA; translator died 1967, so outside the US check local law.
An Introduction to Psychology (tr. Rudolf Pintner)
Wilhelm Wundt, 1912
Public domain Public domain (Project Gutenberg): free to send.
Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies
Edward L. Thorndike, 1911
Public domain Public domain (Project Gutenberg): free to send.
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