12 Books like Thoughts Are Things & The God In You

Toda la felicidad del universo

by César Brandon Ndjocu • 2018

A son pieces together a childhood of violence, searching poetry for the words his family buried.

3.82

411

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🔀 Fragmentary Narrative 💔 Family Trauma 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Healing Journey

Toda la felicidad del universo 91%

A son pieces together a childhood of violence, searching poetry for the words his family buried.

by César Brandon Ndjocu 2018

3.82

411 ratings

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🔀 Fragmentary Narrative 💔 Family Trauma 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Healing Journey

The Gift

by Edith Eger • 2020

A Holocaust survivor turned therapist maps the escape from the mental prisons we construct.

4.43

21k+

🕊️ Trauma Healing 🔒 Self-Limiting Beliefs ✋ Personal Agency 💖 Self-Compassion ❤️‍🩹 Forgiveness Work

The Gift 91%

A Holocaust survivor turned therapist maps the escape from the mental prisons we construct.

by Edith Eger 2020

4.43

21k+ ratings

🕊️ Trauma Healing 🔒 Self-Limiting Beliefs ✋ Personal Agency 💖 Self-Compassion ❤️‍🩹 Forgiveness Work

Peaks and Valleys

by Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

4.04

5k+

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Peaks and Valleys 90%

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

by Spencer Johnson 2009

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Kiss Me Like You Mean It

by J.R. Rogue • 2018

A poet torn between her husband and a younger lover can't stop sabotaging the love she craves.

3.95

641

🌀 Self-Sabotage In Love 🔁 Toxic Love Cycles 🛋️ Healing Through Therapy 💔 Trauma And Intimacy 🔄 Second Chance Love

Kiss Me Like You Mean It 90%

A poet torn between her husband and a younger lover can't stop sabotaging the love she craves.

by J.R. Rogue 2018

3.95

641 ratings

🌀 Self-Sabotage In Love 🔁 Toxic Love Cycles 🛋️ Healing Through Therapy 💔 Trauma And Intimacy 🔄 Second Chance Love

Mother Tongue

by Demetria Martínez • 1990

An activist shelters a Salvadoran poet from death squads. Their love is a sanctuary under siege.

3.82

672

🖤 Chicana Literature 🖤 Latin American Diaspora 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🖤 War And Intimacy 🖤 Exile And Longing

Mother Tongue 90%

An activist shelters a Salvadoran poet from death squads. Their love is a sanctuary under siege.

by Demetria Martínez 1990

3.82

672 ratings

🖤 Chicana Literature 🖤 Latin American Diaspora 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🖤 War And Intimacy 🖤 Exile And Longing

A Ghost in the Throat

by Doireann Ní Ghríofa • 2020

A poet-mother's obsession with an Irish widow's lament rewrites her life in echoes.

4.00

11k+

🖋️ Poetic Memoir 🔥 Female Obsession 📚 Archival Research 🍼 Motherhood And Milk 🌊 Lyrical Meditation

A Ghost in the Throat 90%

A poet-mother's obsession with an Irish widow's lament rewrites her life in echoes.

by Doireann Ní Ghríofa 2020

4.00

11k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Memoir 🔥 Female Obsession 📚 Archival Research 🍼 Motherhood And Milk 🌊 Lyrical Meditation

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou • 1969

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

4.30

586k+

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 90%

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

by Maya Angelou 1969

4.30

586k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

Told You So

by Mayci Neeley • 2025

Caught between her boyfriend's abuse and her church, a young Mormon athlete fights to survive.

3.58

51k+

🏔️ Mormon Memoir ⛪ Religious Trauma 🙏 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Abusive Relationship 👩‍👦 Single Motherhood

Told You So 90%

Caught between her boyfriend's abuse and her church, a young Mormon athlete fights to survive.

by Mayci Neeley 2025

3.58

51k+ ratings

🏔️ Mormon Memoir ⛪ Religious Trauma 🙏 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Abusive Relationship 👩‍👦 Single Motherhood

Impulse

by Ellen Hopkins • 2007

Three suicide survivors in a wilderness program must confront the pain that drove them to the edge.

4.25

83k+

🖋️ Verse Novel 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🖤 Suicide Survival 🤝 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Impulse 89%

Three suicide survivors in a wilderness program must confront the pain that drove them to the edge.

by Ellen Hopkins 2007

4.25

83k+ ratings

🖋️ Verse Novel 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🖤 Suicide Survival 🤝 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Evil Eye

by Etaf Rum • 2023

A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.

3.93

25k+

🕳️ Generational Trauma 💭 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🌏 Immigrant Daughter 🥀 Quietly Devastating

Evil Eye 89%

A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.

by Etaf Rum 2023

3.93

25k+ ratings

🕳️ Generational Trauma 💭 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🌏 Immigrant Daughter 🥀 Quietly Devastating

Verrà l'alba, starai bene

by Gianluca Gotto • 2025

She outran grief through perfect control, until a stranger's crisis in Sri Lanka breaks her open.

4.07

2k+

🌱 Healing Journey 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🎯 Perfectionism 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Verrà l'alba, starai bene 89%

She outran grief through perfect control, until a stranger's crisis in Sri Lanka breaks her open.

by Gianluca Gotto 2025

4.07

2k+ ratings

🌱 Healing Journey 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🎯 Perfectionism 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Get Me Out of Here

by Rachel Reiland • 2002

A desperate wife and mother enters psychoanalysis with a therapist who will not give up on her.

3.97

7k+

🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 🧸 Inner Child Healing 🫂 Therapist-Patient Bond 🥀 Overcoming Childhood Abuse

Get Me Out of Here 89%

A desperate wife and mother enters psychoanalysis with a therapist who will not give up on her.

by Rachel Reiland 2002

3.97

7k+ ratings

🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 🧸 Inner Child Healing 🫂 Therapist-Patient Bond 🥀 Overcoming Childhood Abuse

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