Start with high-confidence psycholinguistics books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Proust and the Squid
Maryanne Wolf
Meaning of Meaning
C. K. Ogden, I. A. Richards
Language Vs. Reality
N.J. Enfield
Bye Bye I Love You
Michael Erard
Thought and Language, Revised and Expanded Edition
Lev S. Vygotsky
Native Listening
Anne Cutler
Storytelling and the Sciences of Mind
David Herman
The Power of Language
Viorica Marian
Kisisi (our Language)
Perry Gilmore
Linguaphile
Julie Sedivy
Word Knowledge and Word Usage
Vito Pirrelli, Ingo Plag
