The best psychology books of 2014

From moving accounts of how we deal with dying and suffering to two brilliant takes on Freud. By Lisa Appignanesi

Being Mortal review – a surgeon’s view of how we should end our days

Doctor and New Yorker writer Atul Gawande argues that we should focus less on prolonging life and more on making it meaningful, writes Geraldine Bedell

In Your Prime: Older, Wiser, Happier by India Knight review – sharp, slanted and bracingly unbothered

All about me – yes, but these tips on ageing are also full of wit and style, writes Kathryn Hughes

In Your Prime review – India Knight tackles ageing with wit

The 48-year-old author’s guide to the joys and challenges of middle age is like a funny, informative conversation, writes Kate Kellaway

Atul Gawande: ‘If I haven’t succeeded in making you itchy, disgusted or cry I haven’t done my job’

The books interview: The surgeon-author talks to Sukhdev Sandhu about the limits of medicine, our view of death, and battles over taste with the editor of the New Yorker

The Marshmallow Test review – if you can resist, you will go far

Do you take your gratification instant or deferred? And why does it matter? American psychologist Walter Mischel tests your willpower. By Zoe Williams