50 Books like The Girl in the Green Dress

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 96%

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

The Minds of Billy Milligan

by Daniel Keyes • 1981

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

4.27

36k+

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

The Minds of Billy Milligan 96%

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

by Daniel Keyes 1981

4.27

36k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

A Child Called "It"

by Dave Pelzer • 1995

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

4.14

463k+

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

A Child Called "It" 95%

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

by Dave Pelzer 1995

4.14

463k+ ratings

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

Silent No More

by Aaron Fisher • 2012

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

4.09

786

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚖️ Legal Trauma 📰 Media Sensationalism

Silent No More 95%

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

by Aaron Fisher 2012

4.09

786 ratings

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚖️ Legal Trauma 📰 Media Sensationalism

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 95%

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 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 95%

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

Sybil

by Flora Rheta Schreiber • 1973

Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.

3.99

91k+

🎭 Dissociative Identity 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏥 Clinical Case Studies 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🧩 Recovered Memory

Sybil 95%

Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.

by Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973

3.99

91k+ ratings

🎭 Dissociative Identity 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏥 Clinical Case Studies 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🧩 Recovered Memory

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 95%

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 Phantom Prince

by Elizabeth Kendall • 1981

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

4.18

15k+

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

The Phantom Prince 95%

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

by Elizabeth Kendall 1981

4.18

15k+ ratings

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Secrets in the Cellar 95%

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

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 94%

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

The Dark Side of the Mind

by Kerry Daynes • 2019

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

4.02

8k+

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 😈 Criminal Motivation 🚶 Stalking

The Dark Side of the Mind 94%

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

by Kerry Daynes 2019

4.02

8k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 😈 Criminal Motivation 🚶 Stalking

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

by Bradley J. Edwards • 2020

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

4.32

1k+

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir 🗣️ Victim Advocacy 💪 Survivor Stories

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein 94%

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

by Bradley J. Edwards 2020

4.32

1k+ ratings

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir 🗣️ Victim Advocacy 💪 Survivor Stories

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

Hope

by Amanda Berry • 2015

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

4.37

20k+

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence 🔄 Stockholm Syndrome 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Hope 94%

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

by Amanda Berry 2015

4.37

20k+ ratings

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence 🔄 Stockholm Syndrome 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Sickened

by Julie Gregory • 2003

Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.

3.74

20k+

🏥 Medical Child Abuse 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse 🦋 Survivor Memoir 🎭 Gaslighting ❤️‍🩹 Healing From Trauma

Sickened 94%

Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.

by Julie Gregory 2003

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Child Abuse 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse 🦋 Survivor Memoir 🎭 Gaslighting ❤️‍🩹 Healing From Trauma

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford • 2020

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

4.24

9k+

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault ⚖️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Notes on a Silencing 94%

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

by Lacy Crawford 2020

4.24

9k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault ⚖️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

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 94%

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

Aftermath

by Susan J. Brison • 2001

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

4.35

486

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy 📖 Narrative Identity 🧩 Traumatic Memory

Aftermath 93%

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

by Susan J. Brison 2001

4.35

486 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy 📖 Narrative Identity 🧩 Traumatic Memory

The Haunted Self

by Onno van der Hart • 2006

The personality splits under trauma: one part manages lunch, another still flees the tiger.

4.44

393

🧠 Trauma Therapy 🔬 Dissociation Studies 💔 Complex Trauma 🪞 Inner Fragmentation 🔄 Trauma Processing

The Haunted Self 93%

The personality splits under trauma: one part manages lunch, another still flees the tiger.

by Onno van der Hart 2006

4.44

393 ratings

🧠 Trauma Therapy 🔬 Dissociation Studies 💔 Complex Trauma 🪞 Inner Fragmentation 🔄 Trauma Processing

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 93%

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

The Best Minds

by Jonathan Rosen • 2023

He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.

4.03

18k+

🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives 🔬 Forensic Psychiatry 🏛️ Insanity Defense 🏥 Deinstitutionalization 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

The Best Minds 93%

He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.

by Jonathan Rosen 2023

4.03

18k+ ratings

🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives 🔬 Forensic Psychiatry 🏛️ Insanity Defense 🏥 Deinstitutionalization 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

A Chance in the World

by Steve Pemberton • 2012

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

4.27

6k+

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir 📖 Reading As Escape 🌓 Mixed Race Identity

A Chance in the World 93%

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

by Steve Pemberton 2012

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir 📖 Reading As Escape 🌓 Mixed Race Identity

A Boy Without Hope

by Casey Watson • 2018

The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.

4.29

1k+

🏠 Foster Care System 👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🩹 Trauma-Informed Care 🔗 Attachment Theory

A Boy Without Hope 93%

The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.

by Casey Watson 2018

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care System 👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🩹 Trauma-Informed Care 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Courage to Heal

by Ellen Bass • 2008

A step-by-step path from silence and self-blame to reclaiming your life: the survivor's classic.

4.21

8k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧸 Inner Child Work 🤐 Shame Resilience ✊ Feminist Psychology

The Courage to Heal 93%

A step-by-step path from silence and self-blame to reclaiming your life: the survivor's classic.

by Ellen Bass 2008

4.21

8k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧸 Inner Child Work 🤐 Shame Resilience ✊ Feminist Psychology

Journey through Trauma

by Gretchen Schmelzer • 2018

Healing repeated trauma is a cycle, not a line: build safety first, then dismantle defenses.

4.50

452

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Complex Trauma 🔄 Phase-Based Healing 📖 Narrative Therapy 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Journey through Trauma 93%

Healing repeated trauma is a cycle, not a line: build safety first, then dismantle defenses.

by Gretchen Schmelzer 2018

4.50

452 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Complex Trauma 🔄 Phase-Based Healing 📖 Narrative Therapy 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

The Choice

by Edith Eger • 2017

Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.

4.57

133k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎭 Existential Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Choice 93%

Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.

by Edith Eger 2017

4.57

133k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎭 Existential Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 1995

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

4.32

2k+

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Embodied Trauma ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

The Wounded Heart 93%

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

by Dan B. Allender 1995

4.32

2k+ ratings

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Embodied Trauma ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Invincible

by Brian F. Martin • 2014

Your childhood in a violent home planted ten lies. Unlearning them changes everything.

4.57

698

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Domestic Violence Recovery 🔒 Limiting Beliefs 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Invincible 93%

Your childhood in a violent home planted ten lies. Unlearning them changes everything.

by Brian F. Martin 2014

4.57

698 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Domestic Violence Recovery 🔒 Limiting Beliefs 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Trauma

by Paul Conti • 2021

Trauma spreads through shame, distorting brains and crossing generations, but it can be broken.

3.73

2k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience 🧠 Neurobiology Of Trauma 🔄 Intergenerational Trauma

Trauma 93%

Trauma spreads through shame, distorting brains and crossing generations, but it can be broken.

by Paul Conti 2021

3.73

2k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience 🧠 Neurobiology Of Trauma 🔄 Intergenerational Trauma

While the City Slept

by Eli Sanders • 2016

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

3.98

4k+

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

While the City Slept 93%

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

by Eli Sanders 2016

3.98

4k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

Men Have Called Her Crazy

by Anna Marie Tendler • 2024

Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.

3.43

23k+

🏥 Trauma Memoir 🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry 💔 Self-Harm Recovery 🖤 Suicidal Ideation 🔥 Female Anger

Men Have Called Her Crazy 93%

Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.

by Anna Marie Tendler 2024

3.43

23k+ ratings

🏥 Trauma Memoir 🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry 💔 Self-Harm Recovery 🖤 Suicidal Ideation 🔥 Female Anger

A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD

by Arielle Schwartz • 2020

Childhood trauma reshapes you. A compassionate guide to healing the Complex PTSD it leaves.

4.23

416

🧠 Complex Ptsd 🩹 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🌿 Somatic Healing 💗 Self-Compassion

A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD Summary

A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD 93%

Childhood trauma reshapes you. A compassionate guide to healing the Complex PTSD it leaves.

by Arielle Schwartz 2020

4.23

416 ratings

🧠 Complex Ptsd 🩹 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🌿 Somatic Healing 💗 Self-Compassion

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 93%

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

Canaries Among Us

by Kayla Taylor • 2022

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

4.26

227

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🧸 Child Mental Health 📚 Trauma-Informed Education

Canaries Among Us 93%

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

by Kayla Taylor 2022

4.26

227 ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🧸 Child Mental Health 📚 Trauma-Informed Education

Just Another Kid

by Torey L. Hayden • 1988

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

4.24

6k+

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

Just Another Kid 93%

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

by Torey L. Hayden 1988

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

You'll Never Believe Me

by Kari Ferrell • 2025

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

3.34

3k+

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud ⛪ Mormon Upbringing 🪞 Body Image And Shame

You'll Never Believe Me 93%

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

by Kari Ferrell 2025

3.34

3k+ ratings

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud ⛪ Mormon Upbringing 🪞 Body Image And Shame

True Crime Addict

by James Renner • 2016

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

3.65

9k+

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

True Crime Addict 93%

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

by James Renner 2016

3.65

9k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

The Memory Palace

by Mira Bartok • 2011

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

3.55

8k+

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity 🧩 Mentally Ill Parents 🩹 Brain Injury Memoir

The Memory Palace 93%

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

by Mira Bartok 2011

3.55

8k+ ratings

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity 🧩 Mentally Ill Parents 🩹 Brain Injury Memoir

Healing Sex

by Staci Haines • 1999

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

4.29

549

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing 🤲 Survivors Of Abuse 🚧 Boundary Work

Healing Sex 93%

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

by Staci Haines 1999

4.29

549 ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing 🤲 Survivors Of Abuse 🚧 Boundary Work

Childhood Disrupted

by Donna Jackson Nakazawa • 2015

Your biology remembers what your mind tried to forget. The science of healing childhood adversity.

4.27

3k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧬 Epigenetics 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Childhood Disrupted 93%

Your biology remembers what your mind tried to forget. The science of healing childhood adversity.

by Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2015

4.27

3k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧬 Epigenetics 🔄 Neuroplasticity

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 93%

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

Divided Minds

by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards ✍️ Writing As Survival 👪 Family Mental Illness

Divided Minds 93%

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards ✍️ Writing As Survival 👪 Family Mental Illness

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Hunger

by Roxane Gay • 2017

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Grieving fully, including your anger, is the only road to authentic forgiveness.

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The Tao of Fully Feeling 92%

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

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The Sound of Gravel 92%

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by Ruth Wariner 2016

4.31

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