50 Books like Reham Khan

The Upstairs Wife

by Rafia Zakaria • 2015

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

3.78

1k+

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir 🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Pakistani Politics

The Upstairs Wife 95%

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

by Rafia Zakaria 2015

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir 🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Pakistani Politics

بی‌حجاب

by Yasmine Mohammed • 2019

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

4.36

3k+

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism 💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 New Atheism

بی‌حجاب 94%

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

by Yasmine Mohammed 2019

4.36

3k+ ratings

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism 💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 New Atheism

The Imam's Daughter

by Hannah Shah • 2009

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

4.15

2k+

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse 💔 Childhood Abuse ✝️ Conversion Memoir

The Imam's Daughter 94%

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

by Hannah Shah 2009

4.15

2k+ ratings

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse 💔 Childhood Abuse ✝️ Conversion Memoir

Kabul Beauty School

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

26k+

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Kabul Beauty School 93%

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2007

3.67

26k+ ratings

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Goodbye, Sweet Girl

by Kelly Sundberg • 2018

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

3.83

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control 🌫️ Gaslighting 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse

Goodbye, Sweet Girl 93%

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

by Kelly Sundberg 2018

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control 🌫️ Gaslighting 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse

Not Without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody • 1987

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

4.19

39k+

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy 🛡️ Maternal Protection 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

Not Without My Daughter 93%

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

by Betty Mahmoody 1987

4.19

39k+ ratings

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy 🛡️ Maternal Protection 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

A Search for Purple Cows 93%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

A Well-Trained Wife

by Tia Levings • 2024

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

4.28

38k+

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 🔒 Purity Culture

A Well-Trained Wife 93%

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

by Tia Levings 2024

4.28

38k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 🔒 Purity Culture

Brutally Honest

by Melanie Brown • 2018

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

4.05

6k+

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control 🌱 Trauma And Recovery 📸 Fame And Exploitation

Brutally Honest 92%

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

by Melanie Brown 2018

4.05

6k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control 🌱 Trauma And Recovery 📸 Fame And Exploitation

I Am Malala

by Malala Yousafzai • 2014

A Pakistani schoolgirl's blog angered the Taliban. They answered with a bullet on her school bus.

4.34

37k+

📚 Girls' Education ✊ Youth Activism 🚫 Taliban Oppression 💪 Feminist Activism 🌍 Global Education

I Am Malala 92%

A Pakistani schoolgirl's blog angered the Taliban. They answered with a bullet on her school bus.

by Malala Yousafzai 2014

4.34

37k+ ratings

📚 Girls' Education ✊ Youth Activism 🚫 Taliban Oppression 💪 Feminist Activism 🌍 Global Education

Crazy Love

by Leslie Morgan Steiner • 2009

Five days before the wedding, he slammed her against a wall. She said I do anyway.

3.85

4k+

🔒 Domestic Abuse 🔄 Abuse Cycle 🔗 Coercive Control 💣 Love Bombing 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse

Crazy Love 92%

Five days before the wedding, he slammed her against a wall. She said I do anyway.

by Leslie Morgan Steiner 2009

3.85

4k+ ratings

🔒 Domestic Abuse 🔄 Abuse Cycle 🔗 Coercive Control 💣 Love Bombing 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse

Knife

by Salman Rushdie • 2024

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

3.98

29k+

🩹 Trauma Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🗽 Free Speech 🎯 Writers Under Threat ⚔️ Religious Violence

Knife 92%

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

by Salman Rushdie 2024

3.98

29k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🗽 Free Speech 🎯 Writers Under Threat ⚔️ Religious Violence

Unbreakable

by Jenni Rivera • 2013

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

4.47

2k+

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse ✊ Chicana Feminism 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mothers

Unbreakable 92%

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

by Jenni Rivera 2013

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse ✊ Chicana Feminism 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mothers

Stones Into Schools

by Greg Mortenson • 2009

What actually defeats the Taliban: girls' schools in places helicopters can't reach.

3.85

17k+

🎓 Girls' Education 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🏥 Humanitarian Work 🏘️ Community Development 🌍 Sustainable Aid

Stones Into Schools 92%

What actually defeats the Taliban: girls' schools in places helicopters can't reach.

by Greg Mortenson 2009

3.85

17k+ ratings

🎓 Girls' Education 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🏥 Humanitarian Work 🏘️ Community Development 🌍 Sustainable Aid

Brave

by Rose McGowan • 2018

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

3.86

10k+

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems ✊ Fourth Wave Feminism

Brave 92%

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

by Rose McGowan 2018

3.86

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems ✊ Fourth Wave Feminism

Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2006

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

4.20

93k+

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation ⚖️ Honor Culture ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Infidel 92%

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation ⚖️ Honor Culture ✊ Bodily Autonomy

A Different Kind of Power

by Jacinda Ardern • 2025

A prime minister led through massacre and pandemic with empathy, then walked away. Here is why.

4.45

21k+

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👩‍💼 Female Leadership 💙 Empathetic Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Management 🎭 Impostor Syndrome

A Different Kind of Power 92%

A prime minister led through massacre and pandemic with empathy, then walked away. Here is why.

by Jacinda Ardern 2025

4.45

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👩‍💼 Female Leadership 💙 Empathetic Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Management 🎭 Impostor Syndrome

Awake

by Jen Hatmaker • 2025

Her marriage imploded. She trusted her body, gathered her friends, and built a bigger table.

4.05

50k+

🩹 Divorce Recovery ⛪️ Faith Deconstruction 🪢 Codependency 🌸 Purity Culture 🧠 Body Wisdom

Awake 92%

Her marriage imploded. She trusted her body, gathered her friends, and built a bigger table.

by Jen Hatmaker 2025

4.05

50k+ ratings

🩹 Divorce Recovery ⛪️ Faith Deconstruction 🪢 Codependency 🌸 Purity Culture 🧠 Body Wisdom

The House of My Mother

by Shari Franke • 2025

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

4.27

216k+

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔒 High-Control Groups 🥀 Family Estrangement

The House of My Mother 92%

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

by Shari Franke 2025

4.27

216k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔒 High-Control Groups 🥀 Family Estrangement

The Sound of Gravel

by Ruth Wariner • 2016

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

4.31

68k+

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival 🚪 Escape Narratives 🧸 Parentified Children

The Sound of Gravel 92%

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

by Ruth Wariner 2016

4.31

68k+ ratings

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival 🚪 Escape Narratives 🧸 Parentified Children

Iran Awakening

by Shirin Ebadi • 2006

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

4.18

6k+

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism ⚖️ Human Rights Law ✊ Resistance Memoirs

Iran Awakening 92%

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

by Shirin Ebadi 2006

4.18

6k+ ratings

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism ⚖️ Human Rights Law ✊ Resistance Memoirs

Last to Eat, Last to Learn

by Pashtana Durrani • 2023

Afghanistan's first female tribal chief ran secret tablet schools until the Taliban came for her.

4.38

626

🎓 Girls' Education 🧕 Afghan Women 📚 Conflict-Zone Education 🏫 Rural Education 👑 Tribal Leadership

Last to Eat, Last to Learn 92%

Afghanistan's first female tribal chief ran secret tablet schools until the Taliban came for her.

by Pashtana Durrani 2023

4.38

626 ratings

🎓 Girls' Education 🧕 Afghan Women 📚 Conflict-Zone Education 🏫 Rural Education 👑 Tribal Leadership

Untitled

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh • 2016

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

3.76

1k+

🗣️ Muslim Women's Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💻 Digital Activism 🌉 Hyphenated Identity

Untitled 92%

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh 2016

3.76

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Muslim Women's Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💻 Digital Activism 🌉 Hyphenated Identity

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

In the Dream House 92%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

Saving Five

by Amanda Nguyen • 2025

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

4.25

4k+

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏛️ Legislative Advocacy 🌊 Grief Processing

Saving Five 92%

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

by Amanda Nguyen 2025

4.25

4k+ ratings

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏛️ Legislative Advocacy 🌊 Grief Processing

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 92%

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

Paris

by Paris Hilton • 2023

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

4.21

91k+

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

Paris 92%

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

by Paris Hilton 2023

4.21

91k+ ratings

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

Escape

by Carolyn Jessop • 2007

Forced into polygamy at eighteen. Fifteen years and eight children later, she fled with all of them.

3.99

47k+

🐝 Mormon Fundamentalism 🔗 Polygamous Sects 🏃‍♀️ Cult Escape 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Trauma

Escape 92%

Forced into polygamy at eighteen. Fifteen years and eight children later, she fled with all of them.

by Carolyn Jessop 2007

3.99

47k+ ratings

🐝 Mormon Fundamentalism 🔗 Polygamous Sects 🏃‍♀️ Cult Escape 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Trauma

Women Escaping Violence

by Elaine J. Lawless • 2001

Courts want a neat victim narrative. Shelters give women room for the messy truth that heals.

3.94

🏚️ Domestic Violence 💬 Narrative Healing 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Feminist Theory 🧠 Trauma Studies

Women Escaping Violence 92%

Courts want a neat victim narrative. Shelters give women room for the messy truth that heals.

by Elaine J. Lawless 2001

3.94

17 ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 💬 Narrative Healing 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Feminist Theory 🧠 Trauma Studies

Until We Are Free

by Shirin Ebadi • 2016

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

4.27

2k+

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Until We Are Free 91%

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

by Shirin Ebadi 2016

4.27

2k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

by Ranya Tabari Idliby • 2014

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

3.47

204

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia 🌉 Cultural Assimilation 📖 Progressive Islam

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie 91%

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

by Ranya Tabari Idliby 2014

3.47

204 ratings

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia 🌉 Cultural Assimilation 📖 Progressive Islam

Discover Your True North

by Bill George • 2015

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

3.9

1k+

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women ⛓️ State Oppression ✊ Memoir Of Resistance

Discover Your True North 91%

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

by Bill George 2015

3.9

1k+ ratings

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women ⛓️ State Oppression ✊ Memoir Of Resistance

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Lipstick Jihad 91%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

If We Break

by Kathleen Buhle • 2022

A political wife's hidden life of addiction and betrayal, and her fight to reclaim herself.

4.20

3k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔗 Co-Dependency 💔 Infidelity Recovery 🔒 Family Secrets

If We Break 91%

A political wife's hidden life of addiction and betrayal, and her fight to reclaim herself.

by Kathleen Buhle 2022

4.20

3k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔗 Co-Dependency 💔 Infidelity Recovery 🔒 Family Secrets

Class

by Stephanie Land • 2023

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

3.61

15k+

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs

Class 91%

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

by Stephanie Land 2023

3.61

15k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That?

by Lundy Bancroft • 2013

Daily readings that expose his control tactics, restore your reality, and reclaim your freedom.

4.58

427

🏠 Domestic Abuse 🪞 Gaslighting 🩹 Trauma Healing 💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🧱 Boundaries

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? Summary

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? 91%

Daily readings that expose his control tactics, restore your reality, and reclaim your freedom.

by Lundy Bancroft 2013

4.58

427 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse 🪞 Gaslighting 🩹 Trauma Healing 💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🧱 Boundaries

The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change?

by Patricia Evans • 2006

A test for change in a verbally abusive partner, and a safety plan for leaving when he fails.

4.19

316

🗣️ Verbal Abuse 🌀 Gaslighting 🧠 Abuser Psychology 🚪 Leaving Abuse 🚩 Relationship Red Flags

The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change? Summary

The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change? 91%

A test for change in a verbally abusive partner, and a safety plan for leaving when he fails.

by Patricia Evans 2006

4.19

316 ratings

🗣️ Verbal Abuse 🌀 Gaslighting 🧠 Abuser Psychology 🚪 Leaving Abuse 🚩 Relationship Red Flags

Dear Madam President

by Jennifer Palmieri • 2018

Leadership was designed by men. A White House veteran shows women how to rewrite the rules.

3.89

6k+

🗳️ Women In Politics ✊ Feminist Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Authentic Leadership 🛡️ Resilience Building

Dear Madam President 91%

Leadership was designed by men. A White House veteran shows women how to rewrite the rules.

by Jennifer Palmieri 2018

3.89

6k+ ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics ✊ Feminist Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Authentic Leadership 🛡️ Resilience Building

Down the Rabbit Hole

by Holly Madison • 2015

A 9 PM curfew, a weekly allowance, and a mansion where girlfriends competed rather than bonded.

3.57

52k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Hollywood Tell-All 💔 Emotional Abuse 🔮 Cult Dynamics 📺 Reality Television

Down the Rabbit Hole 91%

A 9 PM curfew, a weekly allowance, and a mansion where girlfriends competed rather than bonded.

by Holly Madison 2015

3.57

52k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Hollywood Tell-All 💔 Emotional Abuse 🔮 Cult Dynamics 📺 Reality Television

The Battered Woman

by Lenore E. Walker • 1980

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

4.01

101

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control ⚖️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Second Wave Feminism

The Battered Woman 91%

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

by Lenore E. Walker 1980

4.01

101 ratings

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control ⚖️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Second Wave Feminism

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl

by Tess Holliday • 2017

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

3.54

880

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience 📢 Body Positivity Movement 🛡️ Abuse Survivors

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl Summary

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl 91%

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

by Tess Holliday 2017

3.54

880 ratings

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience 📢 Body Positivity Movement 🛡️ Abuse Survivors

Power Play

by Julia Banks • 2021

She was a Liberal MP. Then she walked. An Australian parliamentarian's story of misogyny and exit.

3.94

463

🗳️ Women In Politics 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🧩 Workplace Gender Bias 🚫 Systemic Misogyny 🧭 Authentic Leadership

Power Play 91%

She was a Liberal MP. Then she walked. An Australian parliamentarian's story of misogyny and exit.

by Julia Banks 2021

3.94

463 ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🧩 Workplace Gender Bias 🚫 Systemic Misogyny 🧭 Authentic Leadership

Reading Lolita in Tehran

by Azar Nafisi • 2003

Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.

3.66

141k+

🕌 Iranian Memoir 🇮🇷 Women In Iran 📖 Literary Memoir 🚫📖 Forbidden Reading ♀️📚 Feminist Reading

Reading Lolita in Tehran 91%

Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.

by Azar Nafisi 2003

3.66

141k+ ratings

🕌 Iranian Memoir 🇮🇷 Women In Iran 📖 Literary Memoir 🚫📖 Forbidden Reading ♀️📚 Feminist Reading

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

Quest For Love

by Anneke Lucas • 2022

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

4.50

377

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse 🌀 Cycles Of Abuse 📢 Breaking The Silence

Quest For Love 91%

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

by Anneke Lucas 2022

4.50

377 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse 🌀 Cycles Of Abuse 📢 Breaking The Silence

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

3.92

4k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

Persian Girls 91%

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006

3.92

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

If the Oceans Were Ink

by Carla Power • 2015

A year studying the Quran with a traditional sheikh cost a secular journalist all her certainties.

4.12

2k+

📖 Quranic Studies 🧕 Women In Islam 🌱 Progressive Islam ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Religious Literacy

If the Oceans Were Ink 91%

A year studying the Quran with a traditional sheikh cost a secular journalist all her certainties.

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Loud 91%

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by Drew Afualo 2024

4.29

26k+ ratings

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A Child Called "It" 91%

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

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4.14

463k+ ratings

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Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

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T is for Transformation 91%

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

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4.22

2k+ ratings

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Comfort Zones 🧱 Resilience Building

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