HandResearch.com presents:
Palmistry books Top 50 by user ratings!
'Wisdom-of-the-crowd': the best hand reading books ever according
user ratings reported at Amazon, GoodReads & LibraryThing
The ranking below involves an overview of the Top 50 most frequently rate books from the fields of hand reading (palmistry, palm reading, hand analysis, chirology, etc.). The ranking is based on the combination of average 'user rating rank' [UR-rank] + total 'rating amount rank' [RA-rank] reported for each title at Amazon, GoodReads & LibraryThing. This Top 50 ranking is based on in total more than 3000 user ratings, excluding the user ratings involving more than a 100 other titles which do not have enough user ratings (usually less than 19) in order to become included.
Additionally, the expert votes from the Amazon Palmistry TOP 100 books project (rated by some of the hand reading pros listed in the Global Hand Reading Network) is also shared for each title. The expert votes served to become decisive for titles with equal overall rating rank.
NOTICE: Interestingly, the ranking suggests that 'the wisdom of the crowd' supports the recommendations made by hand reading expert voters; for, the Top 3 most recommended titles submitted by the expert voters are present in the Top 5 top performing titles according the user ratings reported at the three platforms Amazon, GoodReads & LibraryThing!
TIP: Beyond this Top 50 user rating ranking there is another opportunity available: the Palmistry books Top 50 ranking based on popularity!
- Ranking based on data from January 15, 2018 -
• No.1 'The Art and Science of Hand Reading' (2016), author: Ellen Goldberg 
• No.2 'Lifeprints: Deciphering Your Life Purpose from Your Fingerprints' (2007), author: Richard Unger
• No.3 'Hand Book: Your Life is in Your Hands' (2014), author: Mark Seltman
• No.4 'Spellbinding Power of Palmistry' (2005), author: Johnny Fincham 
• No.5 'The Benham Book of Palmistry' (1900), author: William G. Benham
• No.6 'Palm Reading for Beginners' (2000), author: Richard Webster 
• No.7 'Palmistry: Apprentice to Pro in 24 Hours' (2007), author: Johnny Fincham
• No.8 'The Secret Code on Your Hands' (2007), author: Vernon Mahabal
• No.9 'The Art of Hand Reading' (1999), author: Lori Reid
• No.10 'Your Fate Is in Your Hands' (2000), author: Donna McCue
• No.11 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Palmistry' (2005), author: Robin Gile
• No.12 'Principles of Palmistry' (2013), author: Dr. Gaurav Agrawal 
• No.13 'Palmistry: The Universal Guide' (2009), author: Nathaniel Altman
• No.14 'The Palmistry Bible' (2005), author: Jane Struthers
• No.15 'Destiny at Your Fingertips' (2008), author: Ronelle Coburn
• No.16 'The Palmistry Workbook' (2014), author: Laetitia Valverde
• No.17 'Palmistry - Palm Readings In Your Own Words' (2012), author: Julian Moore
• No.18 'Palmistry: How to Chart the Lines of Your Life' (1993), author: Roz Levine 
• No.19 'Palmistry 4 Today' (2009), author: Frank C. Clifford
• No.20 'Palm Reading: A Little Guide To Life's Secrets' (1995), author: Dennis Fairchild
• No.21 'Cheiro's Palmistry for All' (1916), author: Cheiro 
• No.22 'The Complete Book of Palmistry' (2001), author: Richard Webster
• No.23 'Palmistry Quick & Easy' (2001), author: Peter Hazel
• No.24 'Palmistry: The Language of The Hand' (1894), author: Cheiro
• No.25 'The Encyclopedia of Palmistry' (1996), author: Edward D. Campbell
• No.26 'Revealing Hands: How to Read Palms' (1995), author: Richard Webster
• No.27 'Instant Palm Reader' (2001), author: Linda Domin
• No.28 'Hand Psychology' (1989), author: Andrew Fitzherbert
• No.29 'Palmistry: A Beginners Guide to Palmistry' (2015), author: Lois Hewitt
• No.30 'Cheiro's Guide To The Hand' (1900), author: Cheiro
• No.31 'Destiny in The Palm of Your Hand' (2000), author: Ghanshyam Singh Birla
• No.32 'The Palmistry Workbook' (1984), author: Nathaniel Altman
• No.33 'The Complete Book of Palmistry' (1983), author: Joyce Wilson
• No.34 'Hands: A Complete Guide to Palmistry' (1985), author: Enid Hoffman
• No.35 'Runic Palmistry' (2001), author: Jon Saint-Germain
• No.36 'Practice of Palmistry' (1897), author: Comte De Saint-Germain
• No.37 'The Book of Palmistry' (2004), author: Nathaniel Altman
• No.38 'Karmic Palmistry' (2003), author: Jon Saint-Germain
• No.39 'Palmistry: Palm Reading For Beginners' (2015), author: Mia Rose
• No.40 'The Art of Hand Analysis' (2000), author: Mir Bashir
• No.41 'Palmistry (Predictions Library)' (1995), author: David V. Barrett
• No.42 'Practical Palmistry' (2004), author: Shrimali Dutt
• No.43 'You Can Read Palms' (2010), author: Richard Webster
• No.44 'Palmistry, Your Highway to Life' (1997), author: Hazel Whitaker
• No.45 'The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Palmistry' (1999), author: Nathaniel Altman
• No.46 'Change at Hand' (1989), author: Sandra Kynes
• No.47 'Palmistry' (1990), author: Lori Reid
• No.48 'Your Health in Your Hands' (2002), author: Lori Reid
• No.49 'Digit Ratio' (2002), author: John T. Manning
• No.50 'The Everything Palmistry Book' (2003), author: Katina Z. Jones
(Ranking details are presented below for each title)
No. 1
[UR-rank: 1, RA-rank: 13 | Avg.: 7]
'The Art and Science of Hand Reading' (2016),
author: Ellen Goldberg
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.842 [N=57], GoodReads 4.667 [N=12],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.812 [N=69]
Expert votes: 1 x 
x 0
No. 2
[UR-rank: 7, RA-rank: 8 | Avg.: 7.5]
'Lifeprints: Deciphering Your Life Purpose from Your Fingerprints' (2007), author: Richard Unger
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.387 [N=62], GoodReads 4.171 [N=41],
LibraryThing 3.5 [N=2] | Total average 4.286 [N=105]
Expert votes: 14 x
x 0
No. 3
[UR-rank: 2, RA-rank: 16 | Avg.: 9]
'Hand Book: Your Life is in Your Hands' (2014),
author: Mark Seltman
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.625 [N=56], GoodReads 3 [N=1],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.596 [N=57]
Expert votes: - 
-
No. 4
[UR-rank: 9, RA-rank: 11 | Avg.: 10]
'Spellbinding Power of Palmistry' (2005),
author: Johnny Fincham
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.429 [N=49], GoodReads 3.939 [N=33],
LibraryThing 5 [N=1] | Total average 4.241 [N=83]
Expert votes: 14 x
x 0
No. 5
[UR-rank: 12, RA-rank: 14 | Avg.: 13]
'The Benham Book of Palmistry' (1900),
author: William G. Benham
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.167 [N=30], GoodReads 4.189 [N=37],
LibraryThing 4 [N=1] | Total average 4.176 [N=68]
Expert votes: 17 x
x 0
No. 6
[UR-rank: 25, RA-rank: 1 | Avg.: 13]
'Palm Reading for Beginners' (2000),
author: Richard Webster
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.370 [N=127], GoodReads 3.588 [N=141],
LibraryThing 3.5 [N=2] | Total average 3.956 [N=270]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 7
[UR-rank: 20, RA-rank: 6 | Avg.: 13]
'Palmistry: Apprentice to Pro in 24 Hours' (2007),
author: Johnny Fincham
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.314 [N=86], GoodReads 3.7 [N=70],
LibraryThing 5 [N=1] | Total average 4.045 [N=157]
Expert votes: 6 x
x 1
No. 8
[UR-rank: 13, RA-rank: 15 | Avg.: 14]
'The Secret Code on Your Hands' (2007),
author: Vernon Mahabal
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.475 [N=40], GoodReads 3.444 [N=18],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.155 [N=58]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 9
[UR-rank: 24, RA-rank: 5 | Avg.: 14.5]
'The Art of Hand Reading' (1999),
author: Lori Reid
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.319 [N=72], GoodReads 3.675 [N=80],
LibraryThing 3.833 [N=6] | Total average 3.975 [N=158]
Expert votes: 11 x
x 0
No. 10
[UR-rank: 3, RA-rank: 29 | Avg.: 16]
'Your Fate Is in Your Hands' (2000),
author: Donna McCue
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.5 [N=30], GoodReads 4.333 [N=3],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.485 [N=33]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 11
[UR-rank: 26, RA-rank: 9 | Avg.: 17.5]
'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Palmistry' (2005),
author: Robin Gile
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.214 [N=42], GoodReads 3.681 [N=44],
LibraryThing 3.75 [N=6] | Total average 3.929 [N=92]
Expert votes: 2 x
x 0
No. 12
[UR-rank: 11, RA-rank: 25 | Avg.: 18]
'Principles of Palmistry' (2013),
author: Dr Gaurav Agrawal
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.192 [N=26], GoodReads 4.167 [N=12],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.184 [N=38]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 13
[UR-rank: 4, RA-rank: 33 | Avg.: 18.5]
'Palmistry: The Universal Guide' (2009),
author: Nathaniel Altman
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 5 [N=11], GoodReads 3.941 [N=17],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.357 [N=28]
Expert votes: 3 x
x 0
No. 14
[UR-rank: 28, RA-rank: 10 | Avg.: 19]
'The Palmistry Bible' (2005),
author: Jane Struthers
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.042 [N=42], GoodReads 3.836 [N=61],
LibraryThing 4 [N=3] | Total average 3.852 [N=69]
Expert votes: 2 x
x 0
No. 15
[UR-rank: 17, RA-rank: 23 | Avg.: 20]
'Destiny at Your Fingertips' (2008),
author: Ronelle Coburn
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.194 [N=31], GoodReads 3.875 [N=8],
LibraryThing 3 [N=1] | Total average 4.1 [N=40]
Expert votes: 2 x
x 0
No. 16
[UR-rank: 8, RA-rank: 32 | Avg.: 20]
'The Palmistry Workbook' (2014),
author: Laetitia Valverde
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.5 [N=14], GoodReads 4.059 [N=17],
LibraryThing 4 [N=1] | Total average 4.25 [N=32]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 17
[UR-rank: 22, RA-rank: 19 | Avg.: 20.5]
'Palmistry - Palm Readings In Your Own Words' (2012), author: Julian Moore
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.129 [N=31], GoodReads 3.842 [N=19],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.02 [N=50]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 18
[UR-rank: 38, RA-rank: 3 | Avg.: 20.5]
'Palmistry: How to Chart the Lines of Your Life' (1993), author: Roz Levine
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.143 [N=35], GoodReads 3.632 [N=136],
LibraryThing 3.471 [N=17] | Total average 3.713 [N=188]
Expert votes: 2 x
x 1
No. 19
[UR-rank: 6, RA-rank: 37 | Avg.: 21.5]
'Palmistry 4 Today' (2009),
author: Frank C. Clifford
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.579 [N=19], GoodReads 3.5 [N=6],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.32 [N=25]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 20
[UR-rank: 42, RA-rank: 2 | Avg.: 22]
'Palm Reading: A Little Guide To Life's Secrets' (1995), author: Dennis Fairchild
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.979 [N=96], GoodReads 3.289 [N=121],
LibraryThing 2.556 [N=9] | Total average 3.553 [N=226]
Expert votes: 1 x
x 1
No. 21
[UR-rank: 41, RA-rank: 4 | Avg.: 22.5]
'Cheiro's Palmistry for All' (1916),
author: Cheiro
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.602 [N=35], GoodReads 3.628 [N=145],
LibraryThing 2.333 [N=6] | Total average 3.581 [N=186]
Expert votes: 4 x
x 2
No. 22
[UR-rank: 16, RA-rank: 30 | Avg.: 23]
'The Complete Book of Palmistry' (2001),
author: Richard Webster
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.526 [N=19], GoodReads 3.538 [N=13],
LibraryThing 4 [N=1] | Total average 4.121 [N=33]
Expert votes: 1 x
x 0
No. 23
[UR-rank: 29, RA-rank: 18 | Avg.: 23.5]
'Palmistry Quick & Easy' (2001),
author: Peter Hazel
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.5 [N=22], GoodReads 3.481 [N=27],
LibraryThing 2.75 [N=2] | Total average 3.873 [N=51]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 24
[UR-rank: 41, RA-rank: 7 | Avg.: 24]
'Palmistry: The Language of The Hand' (1894),
author: Cheiro
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.944 [N=18], GoodReads 3.695 [N=95],
LibraryThing 2 [N=8] | Total average 3.620 [N=121]
Expert votes: 5 x
x 1
No. 25
[UR-rank: 15, RA-rank: 34 | Avg.: 24.5]
'The Encyclopedia of Palmistry' (1996),
author: Edward D. Campbell
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4 [N=13], GoodReads 4.267 [N=15],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.143 [N=28]
Expert votes: 10 x
x 2
No. 26
[UR-rank: 10, RA-rank: 39 | Avg.: 24.5]
'Revealing Hands: How to Read Palms' (1995),
author: Richard Webster
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.235 [N=17], GoodReads 4.167 [N=6],
LibraryThing 4 [N=1] | Total average 4.208 [N=24]
Expert votes: 0 x
x 1
No. 27
[UR-rank: 32, RA-rank: 17 | Avg.: 24.5]
'Instant Palm Reader' (2001),
author: Linda Domin
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.045 [N=22], GoodReads 3.633 [N=30],
LibraryThing 3 [N=1] | Total average 4.352 [N=53]
Expert votes: 1 x
x 2
No. 28
[UR-rank: 5, RA-rank: 46 | Avg.: 25.5]
'Hand Psychology' (1989),
author: Andrew Fitzherbert
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 5 [N=10], GoodReads 3.875 [N=8],
LibraryThing 3 [N=2] | Total average 4.35 [N=20]
Expert votes: 11 x
x 0
No. 29
[UR-rank: 31, RA-rank: 22 | Avg.: 26.5]
'Palmistry: A Beginners Guide to Palmistry' (2015),
author: Lois Hewitt
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.2 [N=15], GoodReads 3.56 [N=25],
LibraryThing 5 [N=1] | Total average 3.489 [N=41]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 30
[UR-rank: 34, RA-rank: 20 | Avg.: 27]
'Cheiro's Guide To The Hand' (1900),
author: Cheiro
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.09 [N=11], GoodReads 3.636 [N=33],
LibraryThing 4 [N=1] | Total average 3.755 [N=45]
Expert votes: 7 x
x 2
No. 31
[UR-rank: 30, RA-rank: 27 | Avg.: 28.5]
'Destiny in The Palm of Your Hand' (2000),
author: Ghanshyam Singh Birla
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.87 [N=23], GoodReads 3.909 [N=11],
LibraryThing - [N=1] | Total average 3.882 [N=34]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 32
[UR-rank: 23, RA-rank: 35 | Avg.: 29]
'The Palmistry Workbook' (1984),
author: Nathaniel Altman
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.5 [N=4], GoodReads 3.952 [N=21],
LibraryThing 3.5 [N=3] | Total average 3.982 [N=28]
Expert votes: 2 x
x 0
No. 33
[UR-rank: 48, RA-rank: 12 | Avg.: 30]
'The Complete Book of Palmistry' (1983),
author: Joyce Wilson
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.438 [N=16], GoodReads 3.54 [N=21],
LibraryThing 2.889 [N=9] | Total average 3.44 [N=75]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 34
[UR-rank: 18, RA-rank: 43 | Avg.: 30.5]
'Hands: A Complete Guide to Palmistry' (1985),
author: Enid Hoffman
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.429 [N=7], GoodReads 3.75 [N=12],
LibraryThing 4.5 [N=3] | Total average 4.068 [N=22]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 35
[UR-rank: 36, RA-rank: 26 | Avg.: 31]
'Runic Palmistry' (2001),
author: Jon Saint-Germain
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.667 [N=15], GoodReads 3.80 [N=20],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 3.743 [N=35]
Expert votes: 0 x
x 1
No. 36
[UR-rank: 14, RA-rank: 48 | Avg.: 31]
'Practice of Palmistry' (1897),
author: Comte De Saint-Germain
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.353 [N=17], GoodReads - [N=0],
LibraryThing 2.25 [N=2] | Total average 4.132 [N=19]
Expert votes: 0 x
x 2
No. 37
[UR-rank: 19, RA-rank: 44 | Avg.: 31.5]
'The Book of Palmistry' (2004),
author: Nathaniel Altman
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4 [N=1], GoodReads 4.056 [N=18],
LibraryThing 4 [N=2] | Total average 4.048 [N=21]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 38
[UR-rank: 33, RA-rank: 31 | Avg.: 32]
'Karmic Palmistry' (2003),
author: Jon Saint-Germain
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.231 [N=13], GoodReads 3.5 [N=20],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 3.788 [N=33]
Expert votes: 1 x
x 0
No. 39
[UR-rank: 43, RA-rank: 24 | Avg.: 33.5]
'Palmistry: Palm Reading For Beginners' (2015),
author: Mia Rose
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.375 [N=24], GoodReads 3.643 [N=14],
LibraryThing 5 [N=1] | Total average 3.513 [N=39]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 40
[UR-rank: 21, RA-rank: 49 | Avg.: 35]
'The Art of Hand Analysis' (2000),
author: Mir Bashir
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.708 [N=12], GoodReads 4.751 [N=7],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 4.206 [N=19]
Expert votes: 2 x
x 0
No. 41
[UR-rank: 49, RA-rank: 21 | Avg.: 35]
'Palmistry' (1995),
author: David V. Barrett
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon - [N=0], GoodReads 3.475 [N=40],
LibraryThing 2 [N=2] | Total average 3.405 [N=42]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 42
[UR-rank: 35, RA-rank: 36 | Avg.: 35.5]
'Practical Palmistry' (2004),
author: Shrimali Dutt
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.75 [N=4], GoodReads 3.783 [N=23],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 3.778 [N=27]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 43
[UR-rank: 33, RA-rank: 31 | Avg.: 32]
'You Can Read Palms' (2010),
author: Richard Webster
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4 [N=5], GoodReads 3.867 [N=15],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 3.9 [N=20]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 44
[UR-rank: 47, RA-rank: 28 | Avg.: 37.5]
'Palmistry, Your Highway to Life' (1997),
author: Hazel Whitaker
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.5 [N=4], GoodReads 3.37 [N=27],
LibraryThing 3 [N=3] | Total average 3.471 [N=34]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 45
[UR-rank: 37, RA-rank: 40 | Avg.: 38.5]
'The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Palmistry' (1999),
author: Nathaniel Altman
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 4.286 [N=7], GoodReads 3.4 [N=15],
LibraryThing 4.25 [N=2] | Total average 3.729 [N=19]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 46
[UR-rank: 45, RA-rank: 38 | Avg.: 41.5]
'Change at Hand' (1989),
author: Sandra Kynes
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.8 [N=10], GoodReads 3.267 [N=15],
LibraryThing - [N=0] | Total average 3.48 [N=42]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 47
[UR-rank: 44, RA-rank: 41 | Avg.: 42.5]
'Palmistry' (2004),
author: Lori Reid
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon - [N=0], GoodReads 3.5 [N=22],
LibraryThing 3.5 [N=2] | Total average 3.5 [N=24]
Expert votes: -
-
No. 48
[UR-rank: 40, RA-rank: 50 | Avg.: 45]
'Your Health in Your Hands' (2002),
author: Lori Reid
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.9 [N=3], GoodReads 3.5 [N=14],
LibraryThing 4.25 [N=2] | Total average 3.642 [N=19]
Expert votes: 1 x
x 0
No. 49
[UR-rank: 46, RA-rank: 45 | Avg.: 45.5]
'Digit Ratio' (1997),
author: John T. Manning
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.78 [N=6], GoodReads 3.36 [N=14],
LibraryThing 3.5 [N=1] | Total average 3.484 [N=21]
Expert votes: 3 x
x 0
No. 50
[UR-rank: 50, RA-rank: 42 | Avg.: 46]
'The Everything Palmistry Book' (1999),
author: Katina Z. Jones
User ratings data for title above:
Amazon 3.58 [N=6], GoodReads 2.88 [N=16],
LibraryThing 3.00 [N=2] | Total average 3.065 [N=24]
Expert votes: 1 x
x 0