Mental Health

Our minds shape how we experience every moment of life, yet maintaining mental wellness can feel like navigating without a map. These thoughtfully curated books offer expert guidance, personal insights, and practical tools for understanding and nurturing psychological wellbeing, whether you're seeking help with specific challenges or exploring paths to greater resilience and joy.

Mental Health Book Summaries

Kiss Me Like You Mean It

by J.R. Rogue • 2018

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

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500+

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

Kiss Me Like You Mean It

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

by J.R. Rogue 2018 282 pages

3.95

500+ ratings

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

Little Earthquakes

by Sarah Mandel • 2023

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

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500+

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💗 Self-Compassion

Little Earthquakes

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

by Sarah Mandel 2023 287 pages

4.17

500+ ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💗 Self-Compassion

Mentalizing in Clinical Practice

by Jon G. Allen • 2008

All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.

4.31

🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Social Cognition 🌊 Affect Regulation 🩹 Trauma Treatment 🎭 Borderline Personality

Mentalizing in Clinical Practice

All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.

by Jon G. Allen 2008 433 pages

4.31

39 ratings

🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Social Cognition 🌊 Affect Regulation 🩹 Trauma Treatment 🎭 Borderline Personality

Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies

by Marina S. Kurian • 2005

Your surgeon changes your stomach. This guide changes everything else: diet, habits, expectations.

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🏥 Bariatric Surgery 🍽️ Bariatric Nutrition 📋 Patient Guides 🧠 Emotional Eating ⚕️ Obesity Medicine

Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies

Your surgeon changes your stomach. This guide changes everything else: diet, habits, expectations.

by Marina S. Kurian 2005 384 pages

4.11

268 ratings

🏥 Bariatric Surgery 🍽️ Bariatric Nutrition 📋 Patient Guides 🧠 Emotional Eating ⚕️ Obesity Medicine

Dark Squares

by Danny Rensch • 2025

How a cult survivor built Chess.com, then faced the scandal that almost destroyed it.

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🕉️ High-Control Groups ♟️ Competitive Chess 💻 Online Chess ⚖️ Ethics In Sports 💔 Trauma Recovery

Dark Squares

How a cult survivor built Chess.com, then faced the scandal that almost destroyed it.

by Danny Rensch 2025 368 pages

4.37

500+ ratings

🕉️ High-Control Groups ♟️ Competitive Chess 💻 Online Chess ⚖️ Ethics In Sports 💔 Trauma Recovery

Beneath the Hood

by Emily McIntire • 2021

An influencer with an anxiety disorder collides with the mechanic who refuses to buy her act.

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10k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap 🌟 Celebrity Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

Beneath the Hood

An influencer with an anxiety disorder collides with the mechanic who refuses to buy her act.

by Emily McIntire 2021 416 pages

3.93

10k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap 🌟 Celebrity Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques

by Martina Dove • 2020

Scammers weaponize your own psychology. Learn their playbook and the one skill that defeats them.

3.31

🧠 Fraud Psychology 🗣️ Persuasion Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Scam Awareness 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques

Scammers weaponize your own psychology. Learn their playbook and the one skill that defeats them.

by Martina Dove 2020 156 pages

3.31

16 ratings

🧠 Fraud Psychology 🗣️ Persuasion Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Scam Awareness 📊 Behavioral Economics

Chercher Sam

by Sophie Bienvenu • 2014

A homeless man's dog vanishes. She was the last warmth left after his daughter's death.

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4k+

🐕 Human Animal Bond 🖤 Parental Grief 🤝 Found Family 🗣️ Raw Narrative Voice 🏙️ Gritty Realism

Chercher Sam

A homeless man's dog vanishes. She was the last warmth left after his daughter's death.

by Sophie Bienvenu 2014 172 pages

4.34

4k+ ratings

🐕 Human Animal Bond 🖤 Parental Grief 🤝 Found Family 🗣️ Raw Narrative Voice 🏙️ Gritty Realism

La felicidad

by Gabriel Rolón • 2023

The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.

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1k+

🎭 Critique Of Happiness 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🪞 Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🏛️ Cultural Critique 🛒 Consumerism Critique

La felicidad

The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.

by Gabriel Rolón 2023 299 pages

3.94

1k+ ratings

🎭 Critique Of Happiness 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🪞 Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🏛️ Cultural Critique 🛒 Consumerism Critique

You Gotta Eat

by Margaret Eby • 2024

No chopping required: feed yourself from cans, freezer bags, and a microwave, guilt-free.

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500+

🔋 Low-Energy Cooking ✨ Anti-Perfectionism 🧩 Assembly Meals 🥫 Pantry Cooking 💛 Self-Compassion

You Gotta Eat

No chopping required: feed yourself from cans, freezer bags, and a microwave, guilt-free.

by Margaret Eby 2024 191 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🔋 Low-Energy Cooking ✨ Anti-Perfectionism 🧩 Assembly Meals 🥫 Pantry Cooking 💛 Self-Compassion

Perfectly Queer

by Jillian Abby • 2023

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

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236

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Perfectly Queer

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

by Jillian Abby 2023 288 pages

4.46

236 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters

by Karen C.L. Anderson • 2018

She shaped the story you carry about yourself. Rewriting it is how you get free.

3.54

500+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics 🧘‍♀️ Emotional Autonomy 📖 Internal Narratives 💖 Self-Compassion 🧸 Re-Parenting

Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters

She shaped the story you carry about yourself. Rewriting it is how you get free.

by Karen C.L. Anderson 2018 200 pages

3.54

500+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics 🧘‍♀️ Emotional Autonomy 📖 Internal Narratives 💖 Self-Compassion 🧸 Re-Parenting

Modern Mindfulness

by Rohan Gunatillake • 2017

Your commute, your phone, your stress: all of it is meditation territory. The rules just changed.

3.68

500+

🧘 Secular Mindfulness ☕ Everyday Meditation 👁️ Attention Training 📱 Digital Wellness 🪷 Secular Buddhism

Modern Mindfulness

Your commute, your phone, your stress: all of it is meditation territory. The rules just changed.

by Rohan Gunatillake 2017 240 pages

3.68

500+ ratings

🧘 Secular Mindfulness ☕ Everyday Meditation 👁️ Attention Training 📱 Digital Wellness 🪷 Secular Buddhism

Relax.

by Timothy Caulfield • 2020

Never been safer, yet drowning in health anxiety. The evidence for what to actually worry about.

3.71

500+

🧪 Health Myths 😵 Decision Fatigue 📊 Risk Perception 🎯 Anti-Perfectionism 📱 Digital Wellness

Relax.

Never been safer, yet drowning in health anxiety. The evidence for what to actually worry about.

by Timothy Caulfield 2020 301 pages

3.71

500+ ratings

🧪 Health Myths 😵 Decision Fatigue 📊 Risk Perception 🎯 Anti-Perfectionism 📱 Digital Wellness

The Family Gene

by Joselin Linder • 2017

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

4.05

1k+

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness 🔬 Genetic Research

The Family Gene

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

by Joselin Linder 2017 272 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness 🔬 Genetic Research

Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis

by Alexandra Robbins • 2004

You're not behind. You're not broken. The rules for navigating the decade everyone finds hardest.

3.38

331

🧑‍🎓 Emerging Adulthood 💁 Twentysomething Life 🔄 Life Transitions 💖 Self-Acceptance 🎯 Purpose Cultivation

Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis

You're not behind. You're not broken. The rules for navigating the decade everyone finds hardest.

by Alexandra Robbins 2004 256 pages

3.38

331 ratings

🧑‍🎓 Emerging Adulthood 💁 Twentysomething Life 🔄 Life Transitions 💖 Self-Acceptance 🎯 Purpose Cultivation

How to Master Your Monkey Mind

by Don MacPherson • 2020

Your anxious inner voice can be retrained. Ten techniques, from breathwork to brain exercises.

3.78

225

🧠 Anxiety Management 🌬️ Breathwork 💭 Cognitive Reframing 🌱 Small Habits 🎬 Visualization Techniques

How to Master Your Monkey Mind

Your anxious inner voice can be retrained. Ten techniques, from breathwork to brain exercises.

by Don MacPherson 2020

3.78

225 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 🌬️ Breathwork 💭 Cognitive Reframing 🌱 Small Habits 🎬 Visualization Techniques

Billy No-Mates

by Max Dickins • 2022

No close male friends at 30: an engaged man investigates the male friendship crisis.

4.16

463

🧱 Male Friendship 📖 Masculinity Studies 🏚️ Male Loneliness 🤝 Adult Friendship 💔 Men And Emotions

Billy No-Mates

No close male friends at 30: an engaged man investigates the male friendship crisis.

by Max Dickins 2022 337 pages

4.16

463 ratings

🧱 Male Friendship 📖 Masculinity Studies 🏚️ Male Loneliness 🤝 Adult Friendship 💔 Men And Emotions

Strength in Stillness

by Bob Roth • 2018

No clearing of the mind, no special posture: 20 minutes twice a day to lower blood pressure.

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2k+

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 😰 Stress Reduction 🔬 Meditation Science 💤 Rest And Recovery 🏔️ Peak Performance

Strength in Stillness

No clearing of the mind, no special posture: 20 minutes twice a day to lower blood pressure.

by Bob Roth 2018 224 pages

3.21

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 😰 Stress Reduction 🔬 Meditation Science 💤 Rest And Recovery 🏔️ Peak Performance

The Gratitude Project

by Jeremy Adam Smith • 2020

The science of why thank-you notes change your health, and the practices that make gratitude stick.

3.69

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🧠 Positive Psychology 📝 Gratitude Practice 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Reciprocity 💪 Resilience

The Gratitude Project

The science of why thank-you notes change your health, and the practices that make gratitude stick.

by Jeremy Adam Smith 2020 248 pages

3.69

172 ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 📝 Gratitude Practice 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Reciprocity 💪 Resilience

My Maddie

by Tillie Cole • 2020

Convinced his touch kills, a biker spirals when his wife gets pregnant. She must anchor him.

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5k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🤕 Traumatized Hero 🤝 Found Family ❤️‍🩹 Hurt Comfort 🔪 Cult Survivor

My Maddie

Convinced his touch kills, a biker spirals when his wife gets pregnant. She must anchor him.

by Tillie Cole 2020 394 pages

4.44

5k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🤕 Traumatized Hero 🤝 Found Family ❤️‍🩹 Hurt Comfort 🔪 Cult Survivor

How to Sleep Well

by Neil Stanley • 2018

The sleep industry is selling you a crisis. The science says you're fine.

2.66

286

🔬 Sleep Science 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 😴 Sleep Myths 🩺 Wellness Skepticism 🌓 Circadian Rhythms

How to Sleep Well

The sleep industry is selling you a crisis. The science says you're fine.

by Neil Stanley 2018 256 pages

2.66

286 ratings

🔬 Sleep Science 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 😴 Sleep Myths 🩺 Wellness Skepticism 🌓 Circadian Rhythms

The Motivational Interviewing Workbook

by Angela Wood • 2020

Motivation has two parts: the why and the whether-you-can. The workbook that strengthens both.

4.01

132

📝 Self-Help Workbooks 🔄 Behavior Change ⚖️ Overcoming Ambivalence 🧭 Values Clarification 📈 Incremental Progress

The Motivational Interviewing Workbook

Motivation has two parts: the why and the whether-you-can. The workbook that strengthens both.

by Angela Wood 2020 170 pages

4.01

132 ratings

📝 Self-Help Workbooks 🔄 Behavior Change ⚖️ Overcoming Ambivalence 🧭 Values Clarification 📈 Incremental Progress

The Ballerina Mindset

by Megan Fairchild • 2021

What elite ballet teaches about managing perfectionism: techniques for any high-pressure pursuit.

3.98

500+

🎭 Performance Anxiety 🧷 Perfectionism 🧘 Stress Management 🏆 High Achievers 🩰 Ballet Memoir

The Ballerina Mindset

What elite ballet teaches about managing perfectionism: techniques for any high-pressure pursuit.

by Megan Fairchild 2021 177 pages

3.98

500+ ratings

🎭 Performance Anxiety 🧷 Perfectionism 🧘 Stress Management 🏆 High Achievers 🩰 Ballet Memoir

The Everything Self-Hypnosis Book

by Rene A. Bastaracherican • 2008

Your mind already knows how to change. The missing piece is knowing what to tell it.

3.33

🌀 Self-Hypnosis 🛋️ Hypnotherapy 🔄 Mental Reprogramming 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 👁️ Visualization Techniques

The Everything Self-Hypnosis Book

Your mind already knows how to change. The missing piece is knowing what to tell it.

by Rene A. Bastaracherican 2008 256 pages

3.33

24 ratings

🌀 Self-Hypnosis 🛋️ Hypnotherapy 🔄 Mental Reprogramming 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 👁️ Visualization Techniques

Stay or Leave

by The School of Life • 2021

Sex problems are usually connection problems in disguise. The stay-or-leave question rethought.

4.34

436

🧩 Relationship Indecision 🛋️ Couples Therapy 💔 Breakup Decisions 👨‍👩‍👧 Co-Parenting 📚 Practical Philosophy

Stay or Leave

Sex problems are usually connection problems in disguise. The stay-or-leave question rethought.

by The School of Life 2021 105 pages

4.34

436 ratings

🧩 Relationship Indecision 🛋️ Couples Therapy 💔 Breakup Decisions 👨‍👩‍👧 Co-Parenting 📚 Practical Philosophy

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set

by Tara Westover • 2023

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

4.34

360

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement 😣 Religious Trauma 📈 Class Transition

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

by Tara Westover 2023 960 pages

4.34

360 ratings

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement 😣 Religious Trauma 📈 Class Transition

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression

by Zindel V. Segal • 2001

Half of recovered patients relapse. Mindfulness training stops the slide before it starts.

4.31

452

🧘 Mindfulness-Based Therapy 🏥 Depression Treatment 🔄 Relapse Prevention 🧠 Cognitive Therapy 👤 Somatic Awareness

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression

Half of recovered patients relapse. Mindfulness training stops the slide before it starts.

by Zindel V. Segal 2001 471 pages

4.31

452 ratings

🧘 Mindfulness-Based Therapy 🏥 Depression Treatment 🔄 Relapse Prevention 🧠 Cognitive Therapy 👤 Somatic Awareness

Spiritual Sobriety

by Elizabeth Esther • 2016

Religious addiction: when devotion becomes a drug and the path out isn't abandoning faith.

3.90

106

⛪ Religious Recovery 💔 Faith Deconstruction 🛑 Spiritual Abuse 🪜 12-Step Spirituality 🌈 Progressive Christianity

Spiritual Sobriety

Religious addiction: when devotion becomes a drug and the path out isn't abandoning faith.

by Elizabeth Esther 2016 194 pages

3.90

106 ratings

⛪ Religious Recovery 💔 Faith Deconstruction 🛑 Spiritual Abuse 🪜 12-Step Spirituality 🌈 Progressive Christianity

Men's Work

by Connor Beaton • 2023

Stop self-sabotage at its source by facing the darkness you've spent a lifetime running from.

4.39

500+

🌑 Shadow Work 🧠 Jungian Psychology 💪 Healthy Masculinity 🧔 Father Wound ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Regulation

Men's Work

Stop self-sabotage at its source by facing the darkness you've spent a lifetime running from.

by Connor Beaton 2023 272 pages

4.39

500+ ratings

🌑 Shadow Work 🧠 Jungian Psychology 💪 Healthy Masculinity 🧔 Father Wound ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Regulation

Smarter Tomorrow

by Elizabeth R. Ricker • 2021

Fifteen minutes of personal experiments each day can upgrade your brain: here's how to start.

3.66

252

🧠 Cognitive Enhancement 🔬 Scientific Self-Help 🧪 Self-Experimentation 🧬 Biohacking 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Smarter Tomorrow

Fifteen minutes of personal experiments each day can upgrade your brain: here's how to start.

by Elizabeth R. Ricker 2021 368 pages

3.66

252 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Enhancement 🔬 Scientific Self-Help 🧪 Self-Experimentation 🧬 Biohacking 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Parenting Children With ADHD

by Vincent J. Monastra • 2004

An ADHD parenting playbook from a clinician: nutrition, behavior, and advocacy beyond medication.

4.05

462

🧠 Adhd Parenting ⭐ Behavior Modification 📋 Educational Advocacy 🔄 Executive Function 🌈 Neurodivergent Children

Parenting Children With ADHD

An ADHD parenting playbook from a clinician: nutrition, behavior, and advocacy beyond medication.

by Vincent J. Monastra 2004 268 pages

4.05

462 ratings

🧠 Adhd Parenting ⭐ Behavior Modification 📋 Educational Advocacy 🔄 Executive Function 🌈 Neurodivergent Children

The Sorrows of Love

by The School of Life • 2018

No one teaches you how to love well. The first lesson: your disappointment is normal.

3.89

500+

💕 Romantic Relationships 🛠️ Relationship Skills 🧠 Emotional Maturity 🏠 Everyday Intimacy 🥀 Love Realism

The Sorrows of Love

No one teaches you how to love well. The first lesson: your disappointment is normal.

by The School of Life 2018 80 pages

3.89

500+ ratings

💕 Romantic Relationships 🛠️ Relationship Skills 🧠 Emotional Maturity 🏠 Everyday Intimacy 🥀 Love Realism

Teach Us to Sit Still

by Tim Parks • 2010

A novelist's chronic pain baffled doctors. Sitting still and facing his own mind finally healed him.

3.65

1k+

🧘 Mind-Body Healing 🧠 Psychosomatic Medicine 🪷 Secular Buddhism 🧘‍♀️ Meditation And Healing 🩺 Integrative Medicine

Teach Us to Sit Still

A novelist's chronic pain baffled doctors. Sitting still and facing his own mind finally healed him.

by Tim Parks 2010 336 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

🧘 Mind-Body Healing 🧠 Psychosomatic Medicine 🪷 Secular Buddhism 🧘‍♀️ Meditation And Healing 🩺 Integrative Medicine

Anxious in Love

by Carolyn Daitch • 2012

Anxiety fills the space between you. Practical tools to calm yourself and turn toward your partner.

3.55

255

💕 Romantic Relationships 😰 Anxiety Management 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Conflict Resolution 💑 Couples Therapy

Anxious in Love

Anxiety fills the space between you. Practical tools to calm yourself and turn toward your partner.

by Carolyn Daitch 2012 208 pages

3.55

255 ratings

💕 Romantic Relationships 😰 Anxiety Management 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Conflict Resolution 💑 Couples Therapy

Close Your Eyes, Get Free

by Grace Smith • 2018

Bad habits live in the subconscious, where willpower can't reach. Self-hypnosis can.

4.23

239

🌀 Self-Hypnosis 🧠 Mental Reprogramming 😌 Stress Reduction 🌊 Brainwave Meditation 🔬 Neuroplasticity

Close Your Eyes, Get Free

Bad habits live in the subconscious, where willpower can't reach. Self-hypnosis can.

by Grace Smith 2018 288 pages

4.23

239 ratings

🌀 Self-Hypnosis 🧠 Mental Reprogramming 😌 Stress Reduction 🌊 Brainwave Meditation 🔬 Neuroplasticity

Desperate Remedies

by Andrew Scull • 2022

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

4.09

448

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris 🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

Desperate Remedies

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

by Andrew Scull 2022 512 pages

4.09

448 ratings

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris 🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

A Nurse's Story

by Louise Curtis • 2020

An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.

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1k+

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🩺 Nursing Memoirs 🦠 Pandemic Frontline 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 💔 Vicarious Trauma

A Nurse's Story

An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.

by Louise Curtis 2020 286 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🩺 Nursing Memoirs 🦠 Pandemic Frontline 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 💔 Vicarious Trauma

The Girl He Used to Know

by Tracey Garvis Graves • 2019

A quiet librarian's old wounds reopen when she encounters the college ex she never forgot.

3.93

52k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💙 Neurodivergent Romance 🧠 Autism Representation 🎓 College Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Girl He Used to Know

A quiet librarian's old wounds reopen when she encounters the college ex she never forgot.

by Tracey Garvis Graves 2019 291 pages

3.93

52k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💙 Neurodivergent Romance 🧠 Autism Representation 🎓 College Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Happy Me Project

by Holly Matthews • 2022

Train your brain for joy, own your weirdness, and become your own savior. No fluff included.

3.85

136

📘 Practical Psychology 🔗 Limiting Beliefs 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🗣️ Inner Critic 🚧 Boundary Setting

The Happy Me Project

Train your brain for joy, own your weirdness, and become your own savior. No fluff included.

by Holly Matthews 2022 272 pages

3.85

136 ratings

📘 Practical Psychology 🔗 Limiting Beliefs 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🗣️ Inner Critic 🚧 Boundary Setting

Ask Me Again

by E.J. Noyes • 2018

An Army surgeon returns from war. Her mind doesn't. Her girlfriend is caught in the crossfire.

4.46

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Romance 🪖 Military Homecoming ❤️‍🩹 Ptsd Recovery 🫂 Hurt Comfort ✨ Hard-Won Happy Ending

Ask Me Again

An Army surgeon returns from war. Her mind doesn't. Her girlfriend is caught in the crossfire.

by E.J. Noyes 2018 288 pages

4.46

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Romance 🪖 Military Homecoming ❤️‍🩹 Ptsd Recovery 🫂 Hurt Comfort ✨ Hard-Won Happy Ending

The Pain We Carry

by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez • 2022

Racial trauma is stored in the body. Breath, ancestors, and self-compassion are the medicine.

4.41

500+

🩸 Racial Trauma 🧠 Complex Ptsd ✊🏾 Bipoc Mental Health 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

The Pain We Carry

Racial trauma is stored in the body. Breath, ancestors, and self-compassion are the medicine.

by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez 2022 208 pages

4.41

500+ ratings

🩸 Racial Trauma 🧠 Complex Ptsd ✊🏾 Bipoc Mental Health 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Managing Your Emotions

by Joyce Meyer • 2023

Feelings are real but fickle. A 90-day devotional for building emotional steadiness on faith.

4.63

194

🕊️ Christian Devotional 💔 Emotional Healing 🤲 Forgiveness Practice 🔓 Shame Recovery 🔗 Codependency Healing

Managing Your Emotions

Feelings are real but fickle. A 90-day devotional for building emotional steadiness on faith.

by Joyce Meyer 2023 208 pages

4.63

194 ratings

🕊️ Christian Devotional 💔 Emotional Healing 🤲 Forgiveness Practice 🔓 Shame Recovery 🔗 Codependency Healing

Jellyfish Have No Ears

by Adèle Rosenfeld • 2022

Hearing fading, a woman navigates a surreal inner world and the choice of a cochlear implant.

3.13

1k+

🦻 Deaf Experience 👤 Imaginary Companions 🌀 Surreal Encounters 🖤 Melancholy 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Jellyfish Have No Ears

Hearing fading, a woman navigates a surreal inner world and the choice of a cochlear implant.

by Adèle Rosenfeld 2022 192 pages

3.13

1k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Experience 👤 Imaginary Companions 🌀 Surreal Encounters 🖤 Melancholy 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands

by Dasha Kiper • 2023

Your brain is built to misunderstand dementia; that's why caregiving feels like a moral failure.

4.18

1k+

🧠 Dementia Care 👥 Caregiver Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🔬 Neuropsychology

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands

Your brain is built to misunderstand dementia; that's why caregiving feels like a moral failure.

by Dasha Kiper 2023 290 pages

4.18

1k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 👥 Caregiver Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🔬 Neuropsychology

Rootless

by Krystle Zara Appiah • 2023

A wife vanishes to Ghana. Her husband stays with their child, searching the silence for answers.

3.83

5k+

🏚️ Marriage In Crisis 🌍 Diaspora Fiction 😰 Motherhood Ambivalence 🔗 Generational Sacrifice 🔄 Nonlinear Storytelling

Rootless

A wife vanishes to Ghana. Her husband stays with their child, searching the silence for answers.

by Krystle Zara Appiah 2023 346 pages

3.83

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Marriage In Crisis 🌍 Diaspora Fiction 😰 Motherhood Ambivalence 🔗 Generational Sacrifice 🔄 Nonlinear Storytelling

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire

by Dan Conway • 2019

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

4.22

199

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation 🍸 Addiction Memoir 🎲 Risk And Reward

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

by Dan Conway 2019 201 pages

4.22

199 ratings

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation 🍸 Addiction Memoir 🎲 Risk And Reward

Mindful Medicine

by Jan Chozen Bays • 2022

Healing from burnout fits between patients. Forty practices to restore purpose, no time added.

4.15

🩺 Burnout Recovery 💙 Compassion Fatigue 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🤲 Self-Compassion 🔄 Micro-Habits

Mindful Medicine

Healing from burnout fits between patients. Forty practices to restore purpose, no time added.

by Jan Chozen Bays 2022 240 pages

4.15

40 ratings

🩺 Burnout Recovery 💙 Compassion Fatigue 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🤲 Self-Compassion 🔄 Micro-Habits

Homeschooled

by Stefan Merrill Block • 2026

His mother's homeschooling promised genius and freedom. It delivered a decade alone in a bedroom.

3.63

21k+

🏠 Homeschooling Memoir 🔗 Parental Enmeshment 🏝️ Childhood Isolation 📚 Unschooling ✋ Controlling Parents

Homeschooled

His mother's homeschooling promised genius and freedom. It delivered a decade alone in a bedroom.

by Stefan Merrill Block 2026 288 pages

3.63

21k+ ratings

🏠 Homeschooling Memoir 🔗 Parental Enmeshment 🏝️ Childhood Isolation 📚 Unschooling ✋ Controlling Parents

Growing from Depression

by Neel Burton • 2010

Depression is a signal, not a sentence. Philosophy-backed strategies to mine it for growth.

3.83

174

🌱 Depression Recovery 🧘 Anxiety Management 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🍃 Mindfulness Practice 🏛️ Philosophical Therapy

Growing from Depression

Depression is a signal, not a sentence. Philosophy-backed strategies to mine it for growth.

by Neel Burton 2010 140 pages

3.83

174 ratings

🌱 Depression Recovery 🧘 Anxiety Management 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🍃 Mindfulness Practice 🏛️ Philosophical Therapy

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