50 Books like Life in the City of Dirty Water

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

From the Ashes 97%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

Red Paint

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

4.12

3k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Red Paint 96%

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

We Survived the Night

by Julian Brave NoiseCat • 2025

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

4.27

1k+

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌎 Native Sovereignty 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

We Survived the Night 95%

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

by Julian Brave NoiseCat 2025

4.27

1k+ ratings

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌎 Native Sovereignty 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

The Reason You Walk

by Wab Kinew • 2015

His father endured residential school. His final lesson: how to forgive, and how to die.

4.07

4k+

🧡 Indigenous Memoir 🏚️ Residential Schools 🪶 Anishinaabe Culture 🤝 Reconciliation ✊ Indigenous Activism

The Reason You Walk 95%

His father endured residential school. His final lesson: how to forgive, and how to die.

by Wab Kinew 2015

4.07

4k+ ratings

🧡 Indigenous Memoir 🏚️ Residential Schools 🪶 Anishinaabe Culture 🤝 Reconciliation ✊ Indigenous Activism

Medicine River

by Mary Annette Pember • 2025

A dress with 365 jingles: one Ojibwe woman dancing to heal her mother's boarding-school past.

3.91

2k+

🏫 Indian Boarding Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔍 Investigative Memoir 🔐 Family Secrets 🪶 Ojibwe Culture

Medicine River 94%

A dress with 365 jingles: one Ojibwe woman dancing to heal her mother's boarding-school past.

by Mary Annette Pember 2025

3.91

2k+ ratings

🏫 Indian Boarding Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔍 Investigative Memoir 🔐 Family Secrets 🪶 Ojibwe Culture

We Will Be Jaguars

by Nemonte Nenquimo • 2024

Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.

4.50

11k+

🪶 Indigenous Resistance 🛢️ Extractive Industries 🌳 Amazon Conservation 🧠 Ancestral Wisdom ⚖️ Land Rights

We Will Be Jaguars 94%

Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.

by Nemonte Nenquimo 2024

4.50

11k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Resistance 🛢️ Extractive Industries 🌳 Amazon Conservation 🧠 Ancestral Wisdom ⚖️ Land Rights

Where White Men Fear to Tread

by Russell Means • 1995

How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

4.14

1k+

🪶 Lakota Culture ✊ Indigenous Activism 🏫 Boarding School Legacy 🌱 Cultural Reclamation 📜 Treaty Rights

Where White Men Fear to Tread 94%

How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

by Russell Means 1995

4.14

1k+ ratings

🪶 Lakota Culture ✊ Indigenous Activism 🏫 Boarding School Legacy 🌱 Cultural Reclamation 📜 Treaty Rights

Broken Circle

by Theodore Fontaine • 2010

Forced into a residential school at seven, an Ojibway boy survives on forbidden words and kitchen.

4.01

740

🏫 Residential Schools 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 🕊️ Truth And Reconciliation 🗜️ Forced Assimilation 🤕 Child Abuse Survivor

Broken Circle 93%

Forced into a residential school at seven, an Ojibway boy survives on forbidden words and kitchen.

by Theodore Fontaine 2010

4.01

740 ratings

🏫 Residential Schools 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 🕊️ Truth And Reconciliation 🗜️ Forced Assimilation 🤕 Child Abuse Survivor

Life in Two Worlds

by Ted Nolan • 2023

Called a savage by teammates, he won Coach of the Year, then the league blackballed him.

4.22

522

🏒 Hockey Memoirs 🦅 Indigenous Athletes ✊ Racism In Sports 🌿 Cultural Reclamation 🛡️ Servant Leadership

Life in Two Worlds 93%

Called a savage by teammates, he won Coach of the Year, then the league blackballed him.

by Ted Nolan 2023

4.22

522 ratings

🏒 Hockey Memoirs 🦅 Indigenous Athletes ✊ Racism In Sports 🌿 Cultural Reclamation 🛡️ Servant Leadership

Forgiveness

by Mark Sakamoto • 2014

One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.

4.00

5k+

🏕️ Japanese Internment 📖 Multigenerational Memoir 🪖 Pow Survival 🌏 Mixed Race Identity 💔 Addiction And Family

Forgiveness 93%

One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.

by Mark Sakamoto 2014

4.00

5k+ ratings

🏕️ Japanese Internment 📖 Multigenerational Memoir 🪖 Pow Survival 🌏 Mixed Race Identity 💔 Addiction And Family

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

3.79

2k+

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Unwasted 93%

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Tattoos on the Heart

by Gregory Boyle • 2009

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

4.49

31k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation 🩹 Shame And Healing 🌱 Second Chances

Tattoos on the Heart 92%

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

by Gregory Boyle 2009

4.49

31k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation 🩹 Shame And Healing 🌱 Second Chances

Spirit Run

by Noé Álvarez • 2020

He joined a 6,000-mile indigenous run, and his mother's silence finally made sense.

3.50

5k+

🏃 Running Memoirs 🌿 Indigenous Spirituality 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧬 Generational Trauma 🏔️ Ultrarunning

Spirit Run 92%

He joined a 6,000-mile indigenous run, and his mother's silence finally made sense.

by Noé Álvarez 2020

3.50

5k+ ratings

🏃 Running Memoirs 🌿 Indigenous Spirituality 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧬 Generational Trauma 🏔️ Ultrarunning

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

The Sunset Route 92%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

Soulbriety

by Elisa Hallerman • 2022

Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.

4.01

242

🔗 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧩 Inner Parts Work 🙏 Spiritual Recovery

Soulbriety 92%

Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.

by Elisa Hallerman 2022

4.01

242 ratings

🔗 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧩 Inner Parts Work 🙏 Spiritual Recovery

Poverty Safari

by Darren McGarvey • 2017

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

4.01

7k+

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🔁 Cycle Of Poverty

Poverty Safari 92%

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

by Darren McGarvey 2017

4.01

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🔁 Cycle Of Poverty

Navajos Wear Nikes

by Jim Kristofic • 2011

The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.

4.08

709

🏜️ Reservation Life 🌐 Cultural Identity 👁️ Outsider Perspective 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🪶 Indigenous Traditions

Navajos Wear Nikes 92%

The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.

by Jim Kristofic 2011

4.08

709 ratings

🏜️ Reservation Life 🌐 Cultural Identity 👁️ Outsider Perspective 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🪶 Indigenous Traditions

Living Resistance

by Kaitlin B. Curtice • 2023

Resistance is a daily practice of integration, starting in your body and extending to the land.

4.11

2k+

🪶 Indigenous Spirituality 🔓 Decolonial Practice 🦶 Embodied Resistance ✊ Spiritual Activism 💗 Radical Self-Acceptance

Living Resistance 92%

Resistance is a daily practice of integration, starting in your body and extending to the land.

by Kaitlin B. Curtice 2023

4.11

2k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Spirituality 🔓 Decolonial Practice 🦶 Embodied Resistance ✊ Spiritual Activism 💗 Radical Self-Acceptance

Painting With Ashes

by Michael Adam Beck • 2022

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

4.55

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Painting With Ashes 92%

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

by Michael Adam Beck 2022

4.55

47 ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

The Lost and the Found

by Kevin Fagan • 2025

A Florida surfer girl and Danville football star hit the same sidewalk. One came back.

4.27

912

🏕️ Homelessness 🏠 Housing Policy 💉 Harm Reduction 🧭 Addiction Recovery ⚖️ Structural Inequality

The Lost and the Found 92%

A Florida surfer girl and Danville football star hit the same sidewalk. One came back.

by Kevin Fagan 2025

4.27

912 ratings

🏕️ Homelessness 🏠 Housing Policy 💉 Harm Reduction 🧭 Addiction Recovery ⚖️ Structural Inequality

A Little Bit Broken

by Roz Weston • 2022

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

4.25

1k+

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

A Little Bit Broken 92%

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

by Roz Weston 2022

4.25

1k+ ratings

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

by Bob Joseph • 2018

The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.

4.57

10k+

🍁 Canadian History 📜 Indigenous Policy 🏫 Residential Schools 🤝 Truth And Reconciliation 🔒 Assimilation Policy

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act 92%

The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.

by Bob Joseph 2018

4.57

10k+ ratings

🍁 Canadian History 📜 Indigenous Policy 🏫 Residential Schools 🤝 Truth And Reconciliation 🔒 Assimilation Policy

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

by Nick Flynn • 2004

His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.

3.80

12k+

👤 Absent Fathers 🏚️ Homelessness In America 🍷 Addiction And Family 🩹 Memoir Of Recovery 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City 92%

His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.

by Nick Flynn 2004

3.80

12k+ ratings

👤 Absent Fathers 🏚️ Homelessness In America 🍷 Addiction And Family 🩹 Memoir Of Recovery 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Red Skin, White Masks

by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

4.46

941

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory 🌲 Land-Based Resistance 💰 Anti-Capitalism

Red Skin, White Masks 92%

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014

4.46

941 ratings

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory 🌲 Land-Based Resistance 💰 Anti-Capitalism

Flying on the Inside

by Rachel Gotto • 2021

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

3.88

3k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Flying on the Inside 92%

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

by Rachel Gotto 2021

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Canary in the Coal Mine

by William Cooke • 2021

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

3.92

728

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Trauma Informed Care

Canary in the Coal Mine 92%

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

by William Cooke 2021

3.92

728 ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Trauma Informed Care

Walking with Ghosts

by Gabriel Byrne • 2021

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

4.10

4k+

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

Walking with Ghosts 92%

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

by Gabriel Byrne 2021

4.10

4k+ ratings

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

On Being Human

by Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

3.91

4k+

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

On Being Human 92%

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019

3.91

4k+ ratings

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

The Tell

by Amy Griffin • 2025

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

3.92

56k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Repressed Memory

The Tell 92%

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

by Amy Griffin 2025

3.92

56k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Repressed Memory

Profiles in Mental Health Courage

by Patrick J. Kennedy • 2024

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

4.19

247

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

Profiles in Mental Health Courage Summary

Profiles in Mental Health Courage 92%

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

by Patrick J. Kennedy 2024

4.19

247 ratings

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

Yesterday I Cried

by Iyanla Vanzant • 1998

Abused girl to spiritual teacher: the transformation that healed her and became her message.

4.26

3k+

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🚧 Self-Sabotage 🤲 Forgiveness Practice

Yesterday I Cried 92%

Abused girl to spiritual teacher: the transformation that healed her and became her message.

by Iyanla Vanzant 1998

4.26

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🚧 Self-Sabotage 🤲 Forgiveness Practice

American Drug Addict

by Brett Douglas • 2018

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

American Drug Addict 92%

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

by Brett Douglas 2018

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

265k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces 92%

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

265k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Parrot's Perch 91%

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Whole Language

by Gregory Boyle • 2021

A Jesuit priest built the world's largest gang rehab program. His method: relentless tenderness.

4.54

2k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma Healing ✝️ Jesuit Spirituality 🏘️ Belonging And Community 🧘 Compassion Practice

The Whole Language 91%

A Jesuit priest built the world's largest gang rehab program. His method: relentless tenderness.

by Gregory Boyle 2021

4.54

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma Healing ✝️ Jesuit Spirituality 🏘️ Belonging And Community 🧘 Compassion Practice

Red Nation Rising

by Nick Estes • 2021

Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.

4.38

159

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ Native American Politics ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🚫 Police Abolition 🌱 Decolonization

Red Nation Rising 91%

Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.

by Nick Estes 2021

4.38

159 ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ Native American Politics ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🚫 Police Abolition 🌱 Decolonization

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

by Lisa F. Smith • 2016

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

4.14

7k+

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Girl Walks Out of a Bar 91%

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

by Lisa F. Smith 2016

4.14

7k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Sastun

by Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

678

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

Sastun 91%

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

by Rosita Arvigo 1994

4.38

678 ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

Peace from Broken Pieces

by Iyanla Vanzant • 2010

Her daughter's death stripped away every mask that success and spirituality had provided.

4.23

3k+

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪢 Generational Patterns 🙏 Spiritual Memoirs 🕯️ Grief And Loss 💚 Self-Healing

Peace from Broken Pieces 91%

Her daughter's death stripped away every mask that success and spirituality had provided.

by Iyanla Vanzant 2010

4.23

3k+ ratings

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪢 Generational Patterns 🙏 Spiritual Memoirs 🕯️ Grief And Loss 💚 Self-Healing

Love Warrior

by Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

4.07

75k+

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Love Warrior 91%

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016

4.07

75k+ ratings

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Silicon Valley Porn Star

by Jason Portnoy • 2022

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

4.32

256

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience

Silicon Valley Porn Star 91%

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

by Jason Portnoy 2022

4.32

256 ratings

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu

by Rigoberta Menchú • 1984

Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.

3.86

7k+

🧱 Indigenous Resistance ✝️ Liberation Theology 🎙️ Testimonio Literature 🪶 Mayan Culture 🌽 Peasant Movements

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu Summary

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu 91%

Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.

by Rigoberta Menchú 1984

3.86

7k+ ratings

🧱 Indigenous Resistance ✝️ Liberation Theology 🎙️ Testimonio Literature 🪶 Mayan Culture 🌽 Peasant Movements

Drink

by Ann Dowsett Johnston • 2013

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

3.74

4k+

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women's Health 🍻 Binge Drinking 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✊ Feminist Critique

Drink 91%

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

by Ann Dowsett Johnston 2013

3.74

4k+ ratings

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women's Health 🍻 Binge Drinking 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✊ Feminist Critique

A Piece of Cake

by Cupcake Brown • 2006

At eleven she found her mother dead. By twenty, she was smoking crack behind a Dumpster.

4.26

39k+

🥃 Addiction Memoirs 🏠 Foster Care 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🤝 Twelve-Step Recovery 🕊️ Grief Memoirs

A Piece of Cake 91%

At eleven she found her mother dead. By twenty, she was smoking crack behind a Dumpster.

by Cupcake Brown 2006

4.26

39k+ ratings

🥃 Addiction Memoirs 🏠 Foster Care 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🤝 Twelve-Step Recovery 🕊️ Grief Memoirs

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps

by Stephanie S. Covington • 1994

The Twelve Steps, reimagined through women's experience of trauma, relationships, and identity.

4.45

643

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma 🕊️ Spiritual Recovery 🧘 Emotional Sobriety

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps Summary

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps 91%

The Twelve Steps, reimagined through women's experience of trauma, relationships, and identity.

by Stephanie S. Covington 1994

4.45

643 ratings

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma 🕊️ Spiritual Recovery 🧘 Emotional Sobriety

Nowhere Girl

by Cheryl Diamond • 2021

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

4.04

9k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

Nowhere Girl 91%

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

by Cheryl Diamond 2021

4.04

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

Mentors

by Russell Brand • 2019

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

3.67

2k+

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 🔄 Twelve Step Recovery

Mentors 91%

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

by Russell Brand 2019

3.67

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 🔄 Twelve Step Recovery

A Gift of Hope

by Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

3.98

3k+

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A Gift of Hope 91%

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

by Danielle Steel 2012

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

Finding My Balance

by Mariel Hemingway • 2003

Her family's legacy was suicide and addiction. She found her way out on a yoga mat.

3.50

204

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🧘 Yoga And Meditation 💔 Family Trauma 🥗 Mindful Nutrition 🧬 Generational Healing

Finding My Balance 91%

Her family's legacy was suicide and addiction. She found her way out on a yoga mat.

by Mariel Hemingway 2003

3.50

204 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🧘 Yoga And Meditation 💔 Family Trauma 🥗 Mindful Nutrition 🧬 Generational Healing

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

by Gabor Maté • 2007

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

4.48

24k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Addiction Recovery

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts 91%

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

by Gabor Maté 2007

4.48

24k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Addiction Recovery

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