The field of affectiveology at the new millennium: Clinically relevant advances as reflected in books (1998–2007)

This brief review summarizes what in the view of the writer represent 10 illustrative authored monographs (as contrasted to edited texts) reflecting the transition of the field of affectiveology into the new millennium. The choice of these books is meant to emphasize the breadth of our field, embracing among others normal emotional life, the clinical descriptive approach, evolutionary biology, genetics, neurobiology, and therapeutics. I may have had some penchant for the unusual – and in this sense this is a very personal list – but my intention was to highlight new developments which are shaping our field.