Handwriting Book Listings
The following is a list of quality books on the subject of Handwriting Analysis.
A stars rating system used in movie guides is used to indicate relative value.
The following list of publications carry no endorsement or implied recommendation. Included is only a partial list of current and out of print reading materials on handwriting analysis. Further, books that are out of print are often found at used book stores or inter-library loan services. Self published papers are often available through specialty book sellers such as those listed here. It is up to the readers discrimination which books are selected for reading and purchase.
- TITLE: ABC de la Graphologie
SYNOPSIS: Basic French Graphology (French and English versions; English version is rare)
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Achieving Compatibility with Handwriting Analysis
SYNOPSIS: Follow up to their previous work. Well illustrated.
IN PRINT: Newcastle Publishing Co.
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Advanced Graphology
SYNOPSIS: Advanced concepts
IN PRINT: Personnel Consultants & Publishers, Inc.
LEARNING LEVEL: Advanced
- TITLE: Advanced Graphology
SYNOPSIS: Selected topics.
IN PRINT: Scriptor Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Analysis of Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Basic British Graphology, some research
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Excellent beginners
- TITLE: Behold: The Inner Universe of Handwriting Analysis
SYNOPSIS: Interesting for it's use of offbeat methods
IN PRINT: O'Sullivan Woodside & Co. 1974
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Can Type A Behaviour Be Seen in Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Character Structure and Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Chinese Handwriting and Graphology
SYNOPSIS: Special Interest
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Crime & Penmanship
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Danger Between The Lines
SYNOPSIS: Comprehensive study of potential dangerousness
IN PRINT: Kimon Iannetta - self-published
LEARNING LEVEL: Advanced
- TITLE: Development and Disorders of Written Language
SYNOPSIS: Excellent; samples are the basis of the analyses; uses differential diagnosis
IN PRINT: Grune & Stratton 1965
LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate
- TITLE: Diagrams of the Unconscious
SYNOPSIS: Highly technical
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Advanced
- TITLE: Drugs and Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Special Interest
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Encyclopedia of the Written Word
SYNOPSIS: Well indexed reference source by a great Graphologist
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Energy Flow in the Script
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Evaluating Evidence
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Experiments in Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Classic research in Graphology; quantitative measurement of graphological speed, must reading
IN PRINT: Books for Professionals (See Booksellers below)
LEARNING LEVEL: Advanced
- TITLE: Female/Male Traits in Handwriting
SYNOPSIS:
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Fast Facts - Two & Samples, 2 Vol.
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Reference
- TITLE: Grapho-Therapeutics
SYNOPSIS: Extends Crepieux-Jamin, adds grapho-therapy, resultants
IN PRINT: Paul de Sainte Colombe Center
LEARNING LEVEL: Beginners Comprehensive
- TITLE: Graphology
SYNOPSIS: Well organized and concise.
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books (RIDER LONDON)
LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate
- TITLE: Graphology, Early Recognition and the Tree Test
SYNOPSIS: Special Interest - Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Guide to Personality Through Your Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Hard to find but good basic material
IN PRINT: Out of Print
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Handwriting - A Personality Projection
SYNOPSIS: Excellent stroke concepts
IN PRINT: Fern Ridge Press Publishers
LEARNING LEVEL: Good intermediate
- TITLE: Handwriting -- Revelation of Self
SYNOPSIS:
IN PRINT: Out of Print
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Handwriting & Personality
SYNOPSIS: Interesting and clever
IN PRINT:
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Handwriting, A key to Personality
SYNOPSIS: Probably the #1 book on Graphology by a true master
IN PRINT:
LEARNING LEVEL: Beginners Comprehensive
- TITLE: Handwriting Analysis, Putting It to Work For You
SYNOPSIS: Lots of graphics and self tests
IN PRINT: Contemporary Books
LEARNING LEVEL:Basic
- TITLE: Handwriting Analysis, The Complete Basic Book
SYNOPSIS: Contemporary, easy to understand, well illustrated.
IN PRINT: Newcastle Publishing Co.
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Handwriting Analysis and the Employment Selection Process
SYNOPSIS: Addresses hiring techniques
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate - Special Interest
- TITLE: Handwriting Analysis as a Psychodiagnostic Tool
SYNOPSIS: Good but difficult to read. Originally written in German.
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Advanced
- TITLE: Handwriting Analysis: An Adventure in Self-discovery ISBN: 0-9698926-0-8
SYNOPSIS: Introduction to handwriting Analysis and Reference
IN PRINT: CAPCO International; Self-Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Handwriting Tells
SYNOPSIS: Oldie but goodie.
IN PRINT: Available from regional booksellers (See below)
LEARNING LEVEL: Beginners Comprehensive
- TITLE: How to Analyse Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Basic book on graphology; includes section on eye-ear dichotomy, signatures, etc.
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Beginners Comprehensive
- TITLE: Human Character Types of Erich Fromm
SYNOPSIS: Unrated
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Knowing Your Child Through Handwriting and Drawings
SYNOPSIS: Interesting for working with children's writing
IN PRINT: Out of Print
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Learn Graphology, A Practical Course
SYNOPSIS: Very complete.
IN PRINT: Scriptor Books
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Looking at the Big Picture
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Multilingual Dictionary of Graphology (3rd edition)
SYNOPSIS: Excellent dictionary of Graphological terms in 5 languages
IN PRINT: Self Published (see booksellers below)
LEARNING LEVEL: Reference all levels
- TITLE: OXFORD 1987 Symposium on Graphological Research
SYNOPSIS: Proceedings from First British Symposium of Graphological Research at Oxford University
IN PRINT: Self Published (see booksellers below)
LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate to Advanced
- TITLE: Personality Traits At A Glance
AUTHOR: Dr. Erika M. Karohs
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Personality in Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Excellent Presentation of Graphology Concepts; Tops
IN PRINT: Newcastle Publishing Co., Inc.
LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate
- TITLE: Pocket Dictionary of Basic and Evaluated Traits
AUTHOR: Dr. Erika M. Karohs
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Schematic Graphology
SYNOPSIS: Presents the Wittlich method
IN PRINT: Delmar Graphological Systems
LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate
- TITLE: Self-Portraits in Autographs
SYNOPSIS: Well illustrated.
IN PRINT: Carlton Press, Inc. -or- American Association of Handwriting Analysts (AAHA)
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: Serial Killers - The Face of Evil
SYNOPSIS:
IN PRINT:
LEARNING LEVEL: Unrated Publication
- TITLE: Sex, Health and your Handwriting
SYNOPSIS:
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Sexual Deviations as Seen in Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: European graphology. Well illustrated.
IN PRINT: The Whitson Publishing Co.
LEARNING LEVEL: SI
- TITLE: Symbolism of Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Jam packed with psychology & graphology
IN PRINT: Scriptor Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Advanced
- TITLE: The ABC's of Handwriting Analysis
SYNOPSIS: Light weight but interesting
IN PRINT: Paragon House Publishers
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: The Analysts' Handbook, (2 volumes)
AUTHOR: Dr. Erika M. Karohs
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: The Art of Graphology
SYNOPSIS: European graphology. Well illustrated.
IN PRINT: The Whitson Publishing Co.
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: The Business of Document Examination
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: The Essentials of Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Unrated Publication
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: The Language of Handwriting & How To Read It
SYNOPSIS: Reference source on Graphological Technique
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: The Language of Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Covers a broad range of concepts
IN PRINT: Newcastle Publishing Co. Inc..
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: The Printer
SYNOPSIS: One of the few references on this subject. Well illustrated
IN PRINT: Self Published
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest - Unrated Publication
- TITLE: The Psychology of Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Hard to find but worth the effort.
IN PRINT: Available from regional booksellers (See below)
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: The Psychology of Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Good blend of psychology & graphology
IN PRINT: Scriptor Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Advanced
- TITLE: The Psychology of Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Good stuff. Digression on expressive movements.
IN PRINT: Books for Professionals (See Booksellers below)
LEARNING LEVEL: Advanced
- TITLE: The Science of Reading Character in Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Old and hard to find
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Excellent beginners
- TITLE: The Secret Self
SYNOPSIS: Timely illustrations, well presented
IN PRINT: Adama Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Basic
- TITLE: The Soul and Handwriting
SYNOPSIS: Excellent translation by Edward O'Neill
IN PRINT: Scriptor Books
LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate
- TITLE: Understanding Your Sexual Relationships
SYNOPSIS: Well written and illustrated.
IN PRINT: Newcastle Publishing Co.
LEARNING LEVEL: Special Interest
- TITLE: You and Your Private I
SYNOPSIS: Lengthy treatise on the Personal Pronoun I (PPI)
IN PRINT: AAHA Publications...
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: You Are What You Write
SYNOPSIS: Great overview of Graphology
IN PRINT:
LEARNING LEVEL: General
- TITLE: Your Character from your Handwriting
SYNOPSIS:
IN PRINT: Out of Print Used Books
LEARNING LEVEL: General
Some Book Sellers:
Many of the listed book retailers have additional information about their offerings in the LINKS page. Be sure to vist that page to locate a specific book.
American Association of Handwriting Analysts (AAHA) Publications
Pat Platon
849 Barclay Drive
Rolingbrook, IL 60440-6120
(630) 771-0081
email: AAHA Office
Erika Karohs
4080 Sunset Lane
Pebble Beach, CA 03953-3050
phone: (408) 624-8151
email: Dr. Erika Karohs
GRAPHEX
P.O. Box 20175
Columbus, OH 43220-0175
phone: (800) 255-0739
email: Dr. Ellen Bowers
Mostly Books
6208 E. Speedway
Tucson, AZ 85712-5129
phone: (877) 39BOOKS
email: Tricia Clapp
Nigel Bradley
PO Box 205
HARROW
HA1 1ZU
Great Britain
email: Nigel Bradley
