| The meaning of addiction: Compulsive experience and its interpretation. S Peele Lexington Books/DC Heath and Com, 1985 | 968 | 1985 |
| Love and addiction. S Peele, A Brodsky Taplinger, 1975 | 881 | 1975 |
| Diseasing of America: Addiction treatment out of control S Peele | 835 | 1989 |
| Truth about addiction and recovery S Peele, A Brodsky, M Arnold Simon and Schuster, 1992 | 396 | 1992 |
| Exploring psychological benefits associated with moderate alcohol use: a necessary corrective to assessments of drinking outcomes? S Peele, A Brodsky Drug and alcohol dependence 60 (3), 221-247, 2000 | 389 | 2000 |
| Diseasing of America: How we allowed recovery zealots and the treatment industry to convince us we are out of control S Peele Prentice Hall, 1995 | 214 | 1995 |
| A moral vision of addiction: How people's values determine whether they become and remain addicts S Peele Journal of drug issues 17 (2), 187-215, 1987 | 205 | 1987 |
| The implications and limitations of genetic models of alcoholism and other addictions. S Peele Journal of Studies on Alcohol 47 (1), 63-73, 1986 | 180 | 1986 |
| Promoting self-change from problem substance use: Practical implications for policy, prevention and treatment H Klingemann, J Barker, LC Sobell, J Blomqvist, W Cloud, T Ellinstad, ... Springer Science & Business Media, 2001 | 175 | 2001 |
| The cultural context of psychological approaches to alcoholism: Can we control the effects of alcohol? S Peele American Psychologist 39 (12), 1337, 1984 | 164 | 1984 |
| The meaning of addiction: An unconventional view S Peele Jossey-Bass, 1998 | 148 | 1998 |
| Addiction as a cultural concept. S Peele Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1990 | 115 | 1990 |
| Reductionism in the psychology of the eighties: Can biochemistry eliminate addiction, mental illness, and pain? S Peele American Psychologist 36 (8), 807, 1981 | 106 | 1981 |
| How much is too much: Healthy habits or destructive addictions S Peele Prentice-Hall, 1981 | 95 | 1981 |
| Resisting 12-step coercion: How to fight forced participation in AA, NA, or 12-step treatment. S Peele, C Bufe, A Brodsky See Sharp Press, 2000 | 94 | 2000 |
| Alcohol and pleasure: A health perspective S Peele, M Grant Routledge, 2013 | 93 | 2013 |
| Fools for love: The romantic ideal, psychological theory, an addictive love. S Peele Yale University Press, 1988 | 85 | 1988 |
| Addiction: Not just brain malfunction. D Heim Nature 507 (7490), 2014 | 84 | 2014 |
| The conflict between public health goals and the temperance mentality. S Peele American Journal of Public Health 83 (6), 805-810, 1993 | 84 | 1993 |
| Redefining addiction I. Making addiction a scientifically and socially useful concept S Peele International Journal of Health Services 7 (1), 103-124, 1977 | 78 | 1977 |
