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Mental Health Book Summaries

Diary of an Oxygen Thief
by Anonymous
A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.
2.71
76k+
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Diary of an Oxygen Thief
A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.
by Anonymous 2006 140 pages
2.71
76k+ ratings
Sex for One
by Betty Dodson • 1996
Self-pleasure as the foundation, not the fallback: the method that taught a generation to climax.
4.08
1k+
Sex for One Summary
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Sex for One
Self-pleasure as the foundation, not the fallback: the method that taught a generation to climax.
by Betty Dodson 1996 208 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Don't Believe Everything You Think
by Joseph Nguyen • 2022
All your mental suffering comes from one activity you have never questioned.
3.79
57k+
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
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Don't Believe Everything You Think
All your mental suffering comes from one activity you have never questioned.
by Joseph Nguyen 2022 114 pages
3.79
57k+ ratings
Strong Ground
by Brené Brown • 2025
Your leadership ceiling is not your skill set. It is how much vulnerability you can bear.
4.14
7k+
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Strong Ground
Your leadership ceiling is not your skill set. It is how much vulnerability you can bear.
by Brené Brown 2025 448 pages
4.14
7k+ ratings
Ego and Archetype
by Edward F. Edinger • 1972
The God you thought you lost is buried in your psyche. Psychology has a map.
4.33
2k+
Ego and Archetype Summary
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Ego and Archetype
The God you thought you lost is buried in your psyche. Psychology has a map.
by Edward F. Edinger 1972 328 pages
4.33
2k+ ratings
Women Who Think Too Much
by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema • 2003
Women ruminate twice as much, doubling depression risk. A researcher's plan to stop the spiral.
3.31
4k+
Women Who Think Too Much Summary
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Women Who Think Too Much
Women ruminate twice as much, doubling depression risk. A researcher's plan to stop the spiral.
by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema 2003 273 pages
3.31
4k+ ratings
When Things Don't Go Your Way
by Haemin Sunim • 2018
A Zen teacher publicly shamed: his hard-won practices for when your world comes apart.
4.12
3k+
When Things Don't Go Your Way Summary
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When Things Don't Go Your Way
A Zen teacher publicly shamed: his hard-won practices for when your world comes apart.
by Haemin Sunim 2018 240 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Distorted
by Nyla K.
A secret prison inmate falls for the possessive guard who tortures him between whispered promises.
3.90
16k+
Distorted Summary
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Distorted
A secret prison inmate falls for the possessive guard who tortures him between whispered promises.
by Nyla K. 2021 460 pages
3.90
16k+ ratings
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating
by Allen Carr • 2019
Kill the illusion that junk food comforts, and the urge to binge dies with it.
3.70
500+
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating
Kill the illusion that junk food comforts, and the urge to binge dies with it.
by Allen Carr 2019 258 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
The Erotic Mind
by Jack Morin • 1995
Your hottest turn-ons are not perversions; they are ingenious attempts to heal your oldest wounds.
4.23
1k+
The Erotic Mind Summary
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The Erotic Mind
Your hottest turn-ons are not perversions; they are ingenious attempts to heal your oldest wounds.
by Jack Morin 1995 400 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Almond
by Sohn Won-Pyung
A boy who cannot feel is targeted by a boy of rage, who tests his emptiness with growing cruelty.
4.14
100k+
Almond Summary
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Almond
A boy who cannot feel is targeted by a boy of rage, who tests his emptiness with growing cruelty.
by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 272 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Tell Me What You Want
by Justin J. Lehmiller • 2018
Nearly every sexual fantasy turns out to be common. The real dysfunction is hiding from desire.
3.82
1k+
Tell Me What You Want Summary
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Tell Me What You Want
Nearly every sexual fantasy turns out to be common. The real dysfunction is hiding from desire.
by Justin J. Lehmiller 2018 288 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Anchored
by Deb Dana • 2021
Your body writes the story. Learn to pick up a different pen.
3.91
2k+
Anchored Summary
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Anchored
Your body writes the story. Learn to pick up a different pen.
by Deb Dana 2021 208 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
The Power of Letting Go
by John Purkiss
Stop striving. Clear inner debris, complete past pain, and what you want arrives with less force.
3.69
2k+
The Power of Letting Go Summary
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The Power of Letting Go
Stop striving. Clear inner debris, complete past pain, and what you want arrives with less force.
by John Purkiss
3.69
2k+ ratings
I May Be Wrong
by Björn Natthiko Lindeblad • 2020
A Swedish forest monk's final lesson: stop believing every thought, and uncertainty becomes freedom.
4.27
13k+
I May Be Wrong Summary
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I May Be Wrong
A Swedish forest monk's final lesson: stop believing every thought, and uncertainty becomes freedom.
by Björn Natthiko Lindeblad 2020 257 pages
4.27
13k+ ratings
Crazy Like Us
by Ethan Watters • 2009
Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.
4.10
4k+
Crazy Like Us Summary
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Crazy Like Us
Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.
by Ethan Watters 2009 320 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
No Bad Parts
by Richard C. Schwartz • 2021
Your worst inner voices aren't broken. They're protectors, and beneath them you're already whole.
4.10
20k+
No Bad Parts Summary
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No Bad Parts
Your worst inner voices aren't broken. They're protectors, and beneath them you're already whole.
by Richard C. Schwartz 2021 218 pages
4.10
20k+ ratings
Unhinged
by Steph Macca
She's a convicted killer. They're the patients who run the asylum. And they've decided she's theirs.
3.95
51k+
Unhinged Summary
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Unhinged
She's a convicted killer. They're the patients who run the asylum. And they've decided she's theirs.
by Steph Macca 2024 269 pages
3.95
51k+ ratings
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay
by Mira Kirshenbaum • 1996
Stuck between staying and leaving? Diagnostic questions that answer what love alone cannot.
4.19
3k+
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay Summary
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Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay
Stuck between staying and leaving? Diagnostic questions that answer what love alone cannot.
by Mira Kirshenbaum 1996 304 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Vaping
by Allen Carr • 2021
Nicotine relieves only the craving it caused. See the trick, and quitting takes zero willpower.
4.51
1k+
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Vaping Summary
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Vaping
Nicotine relieves only the craving it caused. See the trick, and quitting takes zero willpower.
by Allen Carr 2021 266 pages
4.51
1k+ ratings
Greek Lessons
by Han Kang
She cannot speak. He is going blind. In a Greek class, their silences begin to touch.
3.60
49k+
Greek Lessons Summary
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Greek Lessons
She cannot speak. He is going blind. In a Greek class, their silences begin to touch.
by Han Kang 2011 192 pages
3.60
49k+ ratings
Gods in Everyman
by Jean Shinoda Bolen • 1989
Eight Greek gods map the male psyche. The ones patriarchy rewards are the ones that empty you.
4.11
1k+
Gods in Everyman Summary
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Gods in Everyman
Eight Greek gods map the male psyche. The ones patriarchy rewards are the ones that empty you.
by Jean Shinoda Bolen 1989 368 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Owning Your Own Shadow
by Robert A. Johnson • 1991
Civilization split you in two. The buried half still runs you, and it holds your best.
3.97
5k+
Owning Your Own Shadow Summary
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Owning Your Own Shadow
Civilization split you in two. The buried half still runs you, and it holds your best.
by Robert A. Johnson 1991 118 pages
3.97
5k+ ratings
The Baby Decision
by Merle Bombardieri • 1981
Logic fails the baby question. The exercises that surface the answer your body already knows.
4.19
1k+
The Baby Decision Summary
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The Baby Decision
Logic fails the baby question. The exercises that surface the answer your body already knows.
by Merle Bombardieri 1981 352 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Whole Again
by Jackson MacKenzie • 2019
The wound lives in your body. A protocol for healing what talk therapy cannot touch.
4.19
3k+
Whole Again Summary
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Whole Again
The wound lives in your body. A protocol for healing what talk therapy cannot touch.
by Jackson MacKenzie 2019 304 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
Many Lives, Many Masters
by Brian L. Weiss • 1988
A Yale psychiatrist's patient recalled past lives, then named his dead son's secret heart defect.
4.17
84k+
Many Lives, Many Masters Summary
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Many Lives, Many Masters
A Yale psychiatrist's patient recalled past lives, then named his dead son's secret heart defect.
by Brian L. Weiss 1988 219 pages
4.17
84k+ ratings
Stop Letting Everything Affect You
by Daniel Chidiac • 2025
Rumination and reactivity are practiced habits. Rewire them with language, not willpower.
4.04
10k+
Stop Letting Everything Affect You Summary
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Stop Letting Everything Affect You
Rumination and reactivity are practiced habits. Rewire them with language, not willpower.
by Daniel Chidiac 2025 171 pages
4.04
10k+ ratings
Empire of Hate
by Rina Kent
To save her brother, she takes a job with the man who once destroyed her.
3.88
31k+
Empire of Hate Summary
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Empire of Hate
To save her brother, she takes a job with the man who once destroyed her.
by Rina Kent 2022 382 pages
3.88
31k+ ratings
A Liberated Mind
by Steven C. Hayes • 2019
Language gave us anxiety. Stop fighting your inner voice and reclaim what matters.
4.25
2k+
A Liberated Mind Summary
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A Liberated Mind
Language gave us anxiety. Stop fighting your inner voice and reclaim what matters.
by Steven C. Hayes 2019 448 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Battlefield of the Mind
by Joyce Meyer • 1995
A lifetime of wrong thoughts built your prison. Here is the key, and it fits.
4.32
80k+
Battlefield of the Mind Summary
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Battlefield of the Mind
A lifetime of wrong thoughts built your prison. Here is the key, and it fits.
by Joyce Meyer 1995 288 pages
4.32
80k+ ratings
Hello Beautiful
by Ann Napolitano
A basketball player marries Julia Padavano, then loves her sister, splitting the family for decades.
4.13
500k+
Hello Beautiful Summary
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Hello Beautiful
A basketball player marries Julia Padavano, then loves her sister, splitting the family for decades.
by Ann Napolitano 2023 594 pages
4.13
500k+ ratings
Hillbilly Elegy
by J.D. Vance • 2016
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
3.83
500k+
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
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Hillbilly Elegy
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
by J.D. Vance 2016 274 pages
3.83
500k+ ratings
The Other Half of Church
by Jim Wilder • 2020
A pastor ran identical Bible plans. One man thrived, one froze. Neuroscience revealed why.
4.23
1k+
The Other Half of Church Summary
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The Other Half of Church
A pastor ran identical Bible plans. One man thrived, one froze. Neuroscience revealed why.
by Jim Wilder 2020 241 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness
by Andy Puddicombe • 2011
Your mind doesn't need silencing. A former monk's ten-minute method for training it toward calm.
4.03
13k+
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness Summary
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The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness
Your mind doesn't need silencing. A former monk's ten-minute method for training it toward calm.
by Andy Puddicombe 2011 224 pages
4.03
13k+ ratings
Mother Hunger
by Kelly McDaniel • 2021
Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.
4.08
6k+
Mother Hunger Summary
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Mother Hunger
Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.
by Kelly McDaniel 2021 227 pages
4.08
6k+ ratings
Change
by Paul Watzlawick • 1974
When fixing things only makes them worse, the problem is the solution.
4.24
500+
Change Summary
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Change
When fixing things only makes them worse, the problem is the solution.
by Paul Watzlawick 1974 200 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
I Don't Want to Talk About It
by Terrence Real • 1997
Men's depression hides behind anger, work, and silence. Here is why, and the way out.
4.30
4k+
I Don't Want to Talk About It Summary
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I Don't Want to Talk About It
Men's depression hides behind anger, work, and silence. Here is why, and the way out.
by Terrence Real 1997 384 pages
4.30
4k+ ratings
Yo te inventé
by Francesca Zappia
Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.
4.02
30k+
Yo te inventé Summary
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Yo te inventé
Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.
by Francesca Zappia 2015 584 pages
4.02
30k+ ratings
Coming Alive
by Barry Michels • 2017
Four ten-second mental moves that bypass the inner voice insisting change is impossible.
4.03
500+
Coming Alive Summary
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Coming Alive
Four ten-second mental moves that bypass the inner voice insisting change is impossible.
by Barry Michels 2017 320 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Love Sense
by Sue Johnson • 2013
Why holding your partner's hand quiets your brain's alarm, and how to build that safety.
4.09
2k+
Love Sense Summary
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Love Sense
Why holding your partner's hand quiets your brain's alarm, and how to build that safety.
by Sue Johnson 2013 352 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
Forbidden
by Tabitha Suzuma
Lochan and Maya raised their siblings. They're in love, and their secret could destroy them.
3.95
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Forbidden Summary
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Forbidden
Lochan and Maya raised their siblings. They're in love, and their secret could destroy them.
by Tabitha Suzuma 2010 418 pages
3.95
76k+ ratings
Obsessed
by Allison Britz • 2017
After one nightmare, her brain outlaws pencils, cracks, and food. Obedience only costs more.
3.91
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Obsessed Summary
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Obsessed
After one nightmare, her brain outlaws pencils, cracks, and food. Obedience only costs more.
by Allison Britz 2017 368 pages
3.91
6k+ ratings
Don't Worry
by Shunmyō Masuno • 2013
Anxiety is mostly self-inflicted. A Zen monk's 48 lessons for stopping the habits that produce it.
3.68
2k+
Don't Worry Summary
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Don't Worry
Anxiety is mostly self-inflicted. A Zen monk's 48 lessons for stopping the habits that produce it.
by Shunmyō Masuno 2013
3.68
2k+ ratings
Without Conscience
by Robert D. Hare • 1993
They process death and paper identically. The deficit that defines a psychopath.
4.06
13k+
Without Conscience Summary
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Without Conscience
They process death and paper identically. The deficit that defines a psychopath.
by Robert D. Hare 1993 236 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
The Betrayal Bind
by Michelle Mays • 2023
Betrayed partners aren't codependent. Their chaos is predictable biology, and the wound is healable.
4.59
458
The Betrayal Bind Summary
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The Betrayal Bind
Betrayed partners aren't codependent. Their chaos is predictable biology, and the wound is healable.
by Michelle Mays 2023 364 pages
4.59
458 ratings
The Easy Way to Stop Drinking
by Allen Carr • 2005
Remove the desire to drink, and quitting becomes not a sacrifice but a celebration.
4.13
1k+
The Easy Way to Stop Drinking Summary
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The Easy Way to Stop Drinking
Remove the desire to drink, and quitting becomes not a sacrifice but a celebration.
by Allen Carr 2005 272 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
by Sally M. Winston • 2017
Horrifying thoughts aren't a sign you're broken. The trap is trying to suppress them.
4.28
3k+
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts Summary
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Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
Horrifying thoughts aren't a sign you're broken. The trap is trying to suppress them.
by Sally M. Winston 2017 192 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Still Beating
by Jennifer Hartmann
Abducted with her sister's fiancé, she must surrender to the one man she swore to hate forever.
4.19
200k+
Still Beating Summary
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Still Beating
Abducted with her sister's fiancé, she must surrender to the one man she swore to hate forever.
by Jennifer Hartmann 2020 314 pages
4.19
200k+ ratings
5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life
by Bill Eddy • 2018
The ten percent who escalate every conflict. Spot them, manage them, protect yourself.
3.88
2k+
5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life Summary
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5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life
The ten percent who escalate every conflict. Spot them, manage them, protect yourself.
by Bill Eddy 2018 208 pages
3.88
2k+ ratings
Radical Honesty
by Brad Blanton • 2005
The unspoken truths eating at your health, and the face-to-face practice that releases them.
3.81
3k+
Radical Honesty Summary
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Radical Honesty
The unspoken truths eating at your health, and the face-to-face practice that releases them.
by Brad Blanton 2005 286 pages
3.81
3k+ ratings
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