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Mental Health Book Summaries

How Not to Disappear
by Clare Furniss • 2015
A pregnant teen drives her great-aunt across England to outrun dementia and unearth family secrets.
4.08
1k+
How Not to Disappear Summary
How Not to Disappear
A pregnant teen drives her great-aunt across England to outrun dementia and unearth family secrets.
by Clare Furniss 2015 416 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Forgiveness
by Marina Cantacuzino • 2022
Forgiveness can be a trap, a weapon, or a lifeline. The difference, told through real stories.
4.19
78
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness
Forgiveness can be a trap, a weapon, or a lifeline. The difference, told through real stories.
by Marina Cantacuzino 2022 295 pages
4.19
78 ratings
A Spot of Bother
by Mark Haddon • 2006
A British family braces for a wedding while the father secretly comes apart at the seams.
3.50
38k+
A Spot of Bother Summary
A Spot of Bother
A British family braces for a wedding while the father secretly comes apart at the seams.
by Mark Haddon 2006 354 pages
3.50
38k+ ratings
GPS
by Lucie Rico • 2022
After her best friend vanishes, a woman obsessively tracks the GPS dot still moving on her phone.
3.09
418
GPS Summary
GPS
After her best friend vanishes, a woman obsessively tracks the GPS dot still moving on her phone.
by Lucie Rico 2022 215 pages
3.09
418 ratings
How Compassion Works
by John Makransky • 2025
Your natural compassion is buried, not broken. A meditation system that digs it back out.
4.24
17
How Compassion Works Summary
How Compassion Works
Your natural compassion is buried, not broken. A meditation system that digs it back out.
by John Makransky 2025 288 pages
4.24
17 ratings
Discovering Your Personality Type
by Don Richard Riso • 1992
Nine personality patterns run your life. A system for identifying yours and loosening its grip.
3.91
500+
Discovering Your Personality Type Summary
Discovering Your Personality Type
Nine personality patterns run your life. A system for identifying yours and loosening its grip.
by Don Richard Riso 1992 224 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz • 2019
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
4.60
20
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time Summary
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz 2019 175 pages
4.60
20 ratings
Taking Off the Mask
by Hannah Belcher • 2022
You hide your autism to survive. A workbook for unmasking, one experiment at a time.
4.04
415
Taking Off the Mask Summary
Taking Off the Mask
You hide your autism to survive. A workbook for unmasking, one experiment at a time.
by Hannah Belcher 2022 160 pages
4.04
415 ratings
Welcome to AuDHD
by Megan Griffith • 2025
Autism wants order; ADHD wants stimulation. Stop fighting your brain and start working with it.
4.05
256
Welcome to AuDHD Summary
Welcome to AuDHD
Autism wants order; ADHD wants stimulation. Stop fighting your brain and start working with it.
by Megan Griffith 2025 208 pages
4.05
256 ratings
Last Call at the Local
by Sarah Grunder Ruiz • 2024
A robbed musician collides with a tattooed Irish pub owner who can't believe she would stay.
3.83
11k+
Last Call at the Local Summary
Last Call at the Local
A robbed musician collides with a tattooed Irish pub owner who can't believe she would stay.
by Sarah Grunder Ruiz 2024 368 pages
3.83
11k+ ratings
I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen
by Kate Strickler • 2025
A messy home, a real body, a full life: how to want what you already have.
3.85
12k+
I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen Summary
I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen
A messy home, a real body, a full life: how to want what you already have.
by Kate Strickler 2025 192 pages
3.85
12k+ ratings
No Time to Say Goodbye
by Carla Fine • 1996
For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.
4.25
1k+
No Time to Say Goodbye Summary
No Time to Say Goodbye
For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.
by Carla Fine 1996 272 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Managing Conflict Mindfully
by Leonard L. Riskin • 2023
Why conflict hijacks your brain, and a three-part method to reclaim calm and find better solutions.
5.00
2
Managing Conflict Mindfully Summary
Managing Conflict Mindfully
Why conflict hijacks your brain, and a three-part method to reclaim calm and find better solutions.
by Leonard L. Riskin 2023 355 pages
5.00
2 ratings
The Ego and the Id
by Sigmund Freud • 1923
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
3.81
12k+
The Ego and the Id Summary
The Ego and the Id
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
by Sigmund Freud 1923 87 pages
3.81
12k+ ratings
Stuff Happens!
by Emma Gleeson • 2021
Why you keep things you never use, and how to let go without the guilt.
Stuff Happens! Summary
Stuff Happens!
Why you keep things you never use, and how to let go without the guilt.
by Emma Gleeson 2021
You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent
by Carla Naumburg • 2022
You think you're a bad parent. The real problem is that voice, and self-compassion quiets it.
4.06
356
You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent Summary
You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent
You think you're a bad parent. The real problem is that voice, and self-compassion quiets it.
by Carla Naumburg 2022 224 pages
4.06
356 ratings
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
by Alex C. Wolf • 2020
Break anxiety's loop with CBT: journaling, exposure, and mindfulness to retrain your brain.
3.00
2
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Summary
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Break anxiety's loop with CBT: journaling, exposure, and mindfulness to retrain your brain.
by Alex C. Wolf 2020 128 pages
3.00
2 ratings
Talking Back
by Rowland G. Hazard • 2021
Diagnoses fail, pills disappoint. A self-directed plan of small daily movements rebuilds your life.
3.04
25
Talking Back Summary
Talking Back
Diagnoses fail, pills disappoint. A self-directed plan of small daily movements rebuilds your life.
by Rowland G. Hazard 2021 149 pages
3.04
25 ratings
Emotional Intelligence Game Changers
by Harvey Deutschendorf • 2023
101 repeatable emotional intelligence moves: small actions that win at work and at home.
4.56
70
Emotional Intelligence Game Changers Summary
Emotional Intelligence Game Changers
101 repeatable emotional intelligence moves: small actions that win at work and at home.
by Harvey Deutschendorf 2023 320 pages
4.56
70 ratings
Feel Better In 5
by Rangan Chatterjee • 2019
Five minutes for mind, body, and heart, piggybacked onto routines you never skip.
4.09
2k+
Feel Better In 5 Summary
Feel Better In 5
Five minutes for mind, body, and heart, piggybacked onto routines you never skip.
by Rangan Chatterjee 2019 288 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
Born to Flourish
by Richard J. Davidson • 2026
Five minutes a day of the right mental exercises can rewire your brain for flourishing.
4.15
165
Born to Flourish Summary
Born to Flourish
Five minutes a day of the right mental exercises can rewire your brain for flourishing.
by Richard J. Davidson 2026 304 pages
4.15
165 ratings
What No One Tells You
by Alexandra Sacks • 2019
New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.
4.00
1k+
What No One Tells You Summary
What No One Tells You
New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.
by Alexandra Sacks 2019 400 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Gospel-Centered Counseling
by Robert W. Kellemen • 2014
The gospel is more than forgiveness: a complete operating system for lasting personal change.
4.20
104
Gospel-Centered Counseling Summary
Gospel-Centered Counseling
The gospel is more than forgiveness: a complete operating system for lasting personal change.
by Robert W. Kellemen 2014 320 pages
4.20
104 ratings
Anxiety Rx
by Russell Kennedy • 2020
The wound is in your body, not your thoughts. A physician's guide to releasing trapped alarm.
4.01
1k+
Anxiety Rx Summary
Anxiety Rx
The wound is in your body, not your thoughts. A physician's guide to releasing trapped alarm.
by Russell Kennedy 2020 412 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Spurgeon's Sorrows
by Zack Eswine • 2014
Depression is not a spiritual failure: how Charles Spurgeon's darkest hours point to grace.
4.44
2k+
Spurgeon's Sorrows Summary
Spurgeon's Sorrows
Depression is not a spiritual failure: how Charles Spurgeon's darkest hours point to grace.
by Zack Eswine 2014 127 pages
4.44
2k+ ratings
Private Lies
by Frank Pittman • 1989
The affair is not the sex. It's the secret. And the secret is a power play.
4.01
76
Private Lies Summary
Private Lies
The affair is not the sex. It's the secret. And the secret is a power play.
by Frank Pittman 1989 309 pages
4.01
76 ratings
How Not to Fit In
by Jess Joy • 2024
Late autism or ADHD diagnosis: how to unmask, rest, and rebuild on your brain's terms.
3.93
500+
How Not to Fit In Summary
How Not to Fit In
Late autism or ADHD diagnosis: how to unmask, rest, and rebuild on your brain's terms.
by Jess Joy 2024 323 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Guided Meditation For Mindfulness
by Positivity Protection • 2019
Meditation without the cushion: five minutes of breathing, and every chore becomes a teacher.
3.00
1
Guided Meditation For Mindfulness Summary
Guided Meditation For Mindfulness
Meditation without the cushion: five minutes of breathing, and every chore becomes a teacher.
by Positivity Protection 2019
3.00
1 ratings
Van Gogh
by Ingo F. Walther • 1988
Every painting, one volume: the failed preacher who transformed painting, told through 871 canvases.
4.10
58k+
Van Gogh Summary
Van Gogh
Every painting, one volume: the failed preacher who transformed painting, told through 871 canvases.
by Ingo F. Walther 1988 720 pages
4.10
58k+ ratings
The Guyde
by Howie Reith • 2020
Science-backed tools to rewire the self-doubt that sabotages your dating life.
4.42
26
The Guyde Summary
The Guyde
Science-backed tools to rewire the self-doubt that sabotages your dating life.
by Howie Reith 2020 396 pages
4.42
26 ratings
From Triggered to Tranquil
by Susan Campbell • 2021
Triggers point to childhood wounds. A step-by-step method for using the signal to heal, not hurt.
4.20
86
From Triggered to Tranquil Summary
From Triggered to Tranquil
Triggers point to childhood wounds. A step-by-step method for using the signal to heal, not hurt.
by Susan Campbell 2021 248 pages
4.20
86 ratings
The Food Mood Connection
by Uma Naidoo • 2020
Stress rewires your gut in two hours. The foods that restabilize anxiety, mood, and focus.
3.85
441
The Food Mood Connection Summary
The Food Mood Connection
Stress rewires your gut in two hours. The foods that restabilize anxiety, mood, and focus.
by Uma Naidoo 2020 401 pages
3.85
441 ratings
Reclaim Your Life
by Carissa Gustafson • 2019
Seven weeks to stop obeying your thoughts and move toward what you actually value.
4.16
180
Reclaim Your Life Summary
Reclaim Your Life
Seven weeks to stop obeying your thoughts and move toward what you actually value.
by Carissa Gustafson 2019 196 pages
4.16
180 ratings
Snatched from the flames
by Nathan Reynolds • 2018
Bred into an occult bloodline and trained to kill, he buried his shattered selves for 27 years.
4.43
144
Snatched from the flames Summary
Snatched from the flames
Bred into an occult bloodline and trained to kill, he buried his shattered selves for 27 years.
by Nathan Reynolds 2018 340 pages
4.43
144 ratings
Validation Is For Parking
by Nicole Kalil • 2022
Confidence isn't a reward for achievement. It starts with the promises you keep to yourself.
4.23
139
Validation Is For Parking Summary
Validation Is For Parking
Confidence isn't a reward for achievement. It starts with the promises you keep to yourself.
by Nicole Kalil 2022 157 pages
4.23
139 ratings
A Triune Concept of the Brain and Behaviour
by Paul D. MacLean • 1974
You have three brains. The ancient one is in charge and cannot read this sentence.
4.29
7
A Triune Concept of the Brain and Behaviour Summary
A Triune Concept of the Brain and Behaviour
You have three brains. The ancient one is in charge and cannot read this sentence.
by Paul D. MacLean 1974 165 pages
4.29
7 ratings
The Jealousy Cure
by Robert L. Leahy • 2018
Why jealousy hijacks your brain, and how to stop treating your partner like a suspect.
4.03
500+
The Jealousy Cure Summary
The Jealousy Cure
Why jealousy hijacks your brain, and how to stop treating your partner like a suspect.
by Robert L. Leahy 2018 248 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
The Weight of Sand
by Wolf Gunnar • 2025
A Marine veteran builds his neighbor's porch to quiet the war still raging in his head.
4.46
236
The Weight of Sand Summary
The Weight of Sand
A Marine veteran builds his neighbor's porch to quiet the war still raging in his head.
by Wolf Gunnar 2025 370 pages
4.46
236 ratings
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Workbook
by Melisa Robichaud • 2015
You're not a worrier: you're allergic to uncertainty. A CBT workbook that rewires the reaction.
4.06
259
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Workbook Summary
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Workbook
You're not a worrier: you're allergic to uncertainty. A CBT workbook that rewires the reaction.
by Melisa Robichaud 2015 272 pages
4.06
259 ratings
Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids
by Kelli Miller • 2018
Sixty play-based tools to help kids channel their fast minds into focus, calm, and confidence.
4.26
311
Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids Summary
Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids
Sixty play-based tools to help kids channel their fast minds into focus, calm, and confidence.
by Kelli Miller 2018 150 pages
4.26
311 ratings
Easton
by Riley Hart • 2024
A cop finds a broken man in the woods and offers a rescue that never ends.
4.31
2k+
Easton Summary
Easton
A cop finds a broken man in the woods and offers a rescue that never ends.
by Riley Hart 2024 245 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology
by Eve Caligor • 2018
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
4.79
38
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology Summary
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
by Eve Caligor 2018 615 pages
4.79
38 ratings
Mind Over Explicit Matter
by Trish Leigh • 2025
Your brain treats porn like a drug. The plan to starve the compulsion and rewire arousal.
4.58
69
Mind Over Explicit Matter Summary
Mind Over Explicit Matter
Your brain treats porn like a drug. The plan to starve the compulsion and rewire arousal.
by Trish Leigh 2025 240 pages
4.58
69 ratings
En attendant Bojangles
by Olivier Bourdeaut • 2016
A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.
4.23
19k+
En attendant Bojangles Summary
En attendant Bojangles
A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.
by Olivier Bourdeaut 2016 159 pages
4.23
19k+ ratings
Unstressed
by Alane K. Daugherty • 2019
Your body has been practicing stress for years. Here is the protocol for teaching it calm.
3.46
135
Unstressed Summary
Unstressed
Your body has been practicing stress for years. Here is the protocol for teaching it calm.
by Alane K. Daugherty 2019 216 pages
3.46
135 ratings
The Myth of Mental Illness
by Thomas Szasz • 1961
Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.
3.76
1k+
The Myth of Mental Illness Summary
The Myth of Mental Illness
Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.
by Thomas Szasz 1961 320 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
7 Rules for a Calm Mind in a Chaotic World
by Abhijeet Mukherjee • 2025
Seven practical rules to quiet an anxious mind, from breathwork to digital boundaries.
4.36
123
7 Rules for a Calm Mind in a Chaotic World Summary
7 Rules for a Calm Mind in a Chaotic World
Seven practical rules to quiet an anxious mind, from breathwork to digital boundaries.
by Abhijeet Mukherjee 2025 200 pages
4.36
123 ratings
Overloaded
by Ginny Smith • 2021
Your brain is a chemical balancing act. Every emotion, memory, and choice depends on it.
3.95
294
Overloaded Summary
Overloaded
Your brain is a chemical balancing act. Every emotion, memory, and choice depends on it.
by Ginny Smith 2021 336 pages
3.95
294 ratings
Campos de fresas (Novela ambientada en el mundo de las drogas).
by Jordi Sierra i Fabra • 1997
A teenager overdoses on a party drug; her friends have hours to find the antidote.
3.24
8k+
Campos de fresas (Novela ambientada en el mundo de las drogas). Summary
Campos de fresas (Novela ambientada en el mundo de las drogas).
A teenager overdoses on a party drug; her friends have hours to find the antidote.
by Jordi Sierra i Fabra 1997
3.24
8k+ ratings
The Strong, Sensitive Boy
by Ted Zeff • 2010
Your gentle son was not born broken. A guide to raising sensitive boys into confident men.
3.75
321
The Strong, Sensitive Boy Summary
The Strong, Sensitive Boy
Your gentle son was not born broken. A guide to raising sensitive boys into confident men.
by Ted Zeff 2010 176 pages
3.75
321 ratings
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