50 Books like Docile

The Body Papers

by Grace Talusan • 2019

Abused by her grandfather from age seven. At forty, a genetic test forced a different reckoning.

4.27

2k+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇵🇭 Filipino Diaspora 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse

The Body Papers 94%

Abused by her grandfather from age seven. At forty, a genetic test forced a different reckoning.

by Grace Talusan 2019

4.27

2k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇵🇭 Filipino Diaspora 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

by Baek Se-hee • 2018

She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.

3.21

104k+

🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🌧️ Depression Recovery 🔍 Cognitive Distortions

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki Summary

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki 94%

She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.

by Baek Se-hee 2018

3.21

104k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🌧️ Depression Recovery 🔍 Cognitive Distortions

Love Language

by Linda Marigliano • 2023

She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.

3.97

677

👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families 🎵 Music Memoirs 🍝 Food Memoirs

Love Language 94%

She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.

by Linda Marigliano 2023

3.97

677 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families 🎵 Music Memoirs 🍝 Food Memoirs

Permission to Come Home

by Jenny Wang • 2022

Your family gave you a survival map. A psychologist shows Asian Americans how to draw their own.

4.43

1k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧧 Asian American Identity 📖 Emotional Literacy

Permission to Come Home 93%

Your family gave you a survival map. A psychologist shows Asian Americans how to draw their own.

by Jenny Wang 2022

4.43

1k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧧 Asian American Identity 📖 Emotional Literacy

Made in China

by Anna Qu • 2021

At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.

3.85

3k+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Made in China 93%

At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.

by Anna Qu 2021

3.85

3k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Orphan Bachelors

by Fae Myenne Ng • 2023

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

3.91

238

🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Orphan Bachelors 93%

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

by Fae Myenne Ng 2023

3.91

238 ratings

🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Haldol and Hyacinths

by Melody Moezzi • 2013

A bipolar diagnosis, a string of psych wards, and an Iranian-American family holding her together.

3.94

1k+

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🤫 Mental Illness Stigma

Haldol and Hyacinths 92%

A bipolar diagnosis, a string of psych wards, and an Iranian-American family holding her together.

by Melody Moezzi 2013

3.94

1k+ ratings

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🤫 Mental Illness Stigma

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

by Amy Chua • 2011

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

3.67

54k+

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother 92%

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

by Amy Chua 2011

3.67

54k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash

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

Men Have Called Her Crazy 92%

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

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

The Memory Palace 92%

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

Private Equity

by Carrie Sun • 2024

An exclusive hedge fund. An MIT grad as the billionaire's assistant. Two years to lose everything.

3.60

5k+

📉 Wall Street Memoir 🔥 Career Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Family Pressure

Private Equity 92%

An exclusive hedge fund. An MIT grad as the billionaire's assistant. Two years to lose everything.

by Carrie Sun 2024

3.60

5k+ ratings

📉 Wall Street Memoir 🔥 Career Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Family Pressure

Boy Meets Depression

by Kevin Breel • 2015

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

3.82

873

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness

Boy Meets Depression 92%

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

by Kevin Breel 2015

3.82

873 ratings

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness

We Were Dreamers

by Simu Liu • 2022

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

4.33

31k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations

We Were Dreamers 92%

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

by Simu Liu 2022

4.33

31k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations

Darkness Visible

by William Styron • 1990

Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

3.99

32k+

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir

Darkness Visible 92%

Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

by William Styron 1990

3.99

32k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir

The Dark Side of Innocence

by Terri Cheney • 2011

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

3.98

2k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir

The Dark Side of Innocence 92%

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

by Terri Cheney 2011

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir

The Noonday Demon

by Andrew Solomon • 2000

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

4.19

16k+

🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment

The Noonday Demon 92%

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

by Andrew Solomon 2000

4.19

16k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment

Buddha & the Borderline

by Kiera Van Gelder • 2010

BPD nearly killed her. Buddhist practice and a radical therapy brought her back.

4.11

5k+

🧠 Bpd Recovery 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🧰 Dbt Skills

Buddha & the Borderline 92%

BPD nearly killed her. Buddhist practice and a radical therapy brought her back.

by Kiera Van Gelder 2010

4.11

5k+ ratings

🧠 Bpd Recovery 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🧰 Dbt Skills

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

On Being Human 92%

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

How Do You Feel?

by Jessi Gold • 2024

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

4.07

643

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism

How Do You Feel? 92%

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

by Jessi Gold 2024

4.07

643 ratings

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting

by Evanna Lynch • 2021

Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.

4.52

7k+

🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery 📖 Mental Health Memoirs 🪞 Body Image

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting 92%

Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.

by Evanna Lynch 2021

4.52

7k+ ratings

🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery 📖 Mental Health Memoirs 🪞 Body Image

The Latehomecomer

by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

9k+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Latehomecomer 92%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

Prozac Nation

by Elizabeth Wurtzel • 1994

At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.

3.64

64k+

🧠 Psychiatric Memoir 📖 Confessional Memoir 🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting

Prozac Nation 92%

At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.

by Elizabeth Wurtzel 1994

3.64

64k+ ratings

🧠 Psychiatric Memoir 📖 Confessional Memoir 🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting

Building a Life Worth Living

by Marsha M. Linehan • 2020

The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.

4.10

6k+

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🏥 Clinical Psychology

Building a Life Worth Living 92%

The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.

by Marsha M. Linehan 2020

4.10

6k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🏥 Clinical Psychology

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

Nowhere Girl 92%

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

Strangers to Ourselves

by Rachel Aviv • 2022

A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.

4.10

15k+

🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives

Strangers to Ourselves 92%

A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.

by Rachel Aviv 2022

4.10

15k+ ratings

🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives

Blessed Are the Crazy

by Sarah Griffith Lund • 2014

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

4.24

202

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health

Blessed Are the Crazy 92%

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

by Sarah Griffith Lund 2014

4.24

202 ratings

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health

An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

4.06

87k+

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert

An Unquiet Mind 92%

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995

4.06

87k+ ratings

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert

Profiles in Mental Health Courage

by Patrick J. Kennedy • 2024

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

4.19

247

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery

Profiles in Mental Health Courage Summary

Profiles in Mental Health Courage 92%

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

by Patrick J. Kennedy 2024

4.19

247 ratings

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery

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

You'll Never Believe Me 91%

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

The Center Cannot Hold

by Elyn R. Saks • 2007

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

4.33

23k+

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition

The Center Cannot Hold 91%

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

by Elyn R. Saks 2007

4.33

23k+ ratings

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition

In My Room

by Jim Lucey • 2014

Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.

3.38

203

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌱 Recovery Journeys 💬 Stigma And Mental Health

In My Room 91%

Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.

by Jim Lucey 2014

3.38

203 ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌱 Recovery Journeys 💬 Stigma And Mental Health

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

Divided Minds 91%

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

Never Stop Walking

by Christina Rickardsson • 2016

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

3.98

10k+

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma

Never Stop Walking 91%

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

by Christina Rickardsson 2016

3.98

10k+ ratings

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma

Nothing Holds Back the Night

by Delphine de Vigan • 2011

After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.

4.35

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 📖 Family Biography 🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma

Nothing Holds Back the Night 91%

After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.

by Delphine de Vigan 2011

4.35

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 📖 Family Biography 🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma

Burn Rate

by Andy Dunn • 2022

He hid bipolar disorder while building Bonobos. A jail cell forced the secret out.

4.33

3k+

🏢 Startup Memoirs 🧠 Bipolar Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

Burn Rate 91%

He hid bipolar disorder while building Bonobos. A jail cell forced the secret out.

by Andy Dunn 2022

4.33

3k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Memoirs 🧠 Bipolar Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez • 2021

Tired of translating yourself for others? Here is the toolkit to reclaim your mind, language, anger.

4.46

4k+

🤎 Woc Feminism 🧹 Decolonial Feminism 🧬 Generational Trauma

For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts Summary

For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts 91%

Tired of translating yourself for others? Here is the toolkit to reclaim your mind, language, anger.

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2021

4.46

4k+ ratings

🤎 Woc Feminism 🧹 Decolonial Feminism 🧬 Generational Trauma

Reasons to Stay Alive

by Matt Haig • 2015

At 24, panic attacks swallowed him whole. He is still here, and here is what helped.

4.06

113k+

🖊️ Depression Memoir 😰 Living With Anxiety 🌱 Mental Illness Recovery

Reasons to Stay Alive 91%

At 24, panic attacks swallowed him whole. He is still here, and here is what helped.

by Matt Haig 2015

4.06

113k+ ratings

🖊️ Depression Memoir 😰 Living With Anxiety 🌱 Mental Illness Recovery

Crying in H Mart

by Michelle Zauner • 2021

A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.

4.23

614k+

🍜 Food Memoir 🪦 Grief Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Family

Crying in H Mart 91%

A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.

by Michelle Zauner 2021

4.23

614k+ ratings

🍜 Food Memoir 🪦 Grief Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Family

Chinese Cinderella

by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

4.08

42k+

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect

Chinese Cinderella 91%

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

by Adeline Yen Mah 1999

4.08

42k+ ratings

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect

The Man Who Couldn't Stop

by David Adam • 2014

Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.

3.90

6k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🔬 Brain Science

The Man Who Couldn't Stop 91%

Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.

by David Adam 2014

3.90

6k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🔬 Brain Science

OPEN

by Frankie Bridge • 2020

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

4.30

1k+

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out

OPEN 91%

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

by Frankie Bridge 2020

4.30

1k+ ratings

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out

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

The Tell 91%

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

Eat a Peach

by David Chang • 2020

A chef bets everything on a doomed noodle bar. It thrives; his mind unravels.

3.88

28k+

🍜 Chef Memoir 🍽️ Restaurant Industry 🧠 Bipolar Disorder

Eat a Peach 91%

A chef bets everything on a doomed noodle bar. It thrives; his mind unravels.

by David Chang 2020

3.88

28k+ ratings

🍜 Chef Memoir 🍽️ Restaurant Industry 🧠 Bipolar Disorder

Living Better

by Alastair Campbell • 2020

A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.

4.24

2k+

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🌧️ Depression Management 🗣️ Mental Health Stigma

Living Better 91%

A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.

by Alastair Campbell 2020

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🌧️ Depression Management 🗣️ Mental Health Stigma

Bravey

by Alexi Pappas • 2021

She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.

4.19

11k+

🏃 Running Memoir 🏅 Women In Sports 💔 Grief And Loss

Bravey 91%

She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.

by Alexi Pappas 2021

4.19

11k+ ratings

🏃 Running Memoir 🏅 Women In Sports 💔 Grief And Loss

Red Paint

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

4.12

3k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Red Paint 91%

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Hi, Anxiety

by Kat Kinsman • 2016

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

3.64

1k+

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping

Hi, Anxiety 91%

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

by Kat Kinsman 2016

3.64

1k+ ratings

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping

Madness

by Marya Hornbacher • 2008

At four, she never slept. At thirty, she'd survived mania, addiction, and the psychiatric ward.

4.04

15k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🍷 Dual Diagnosis

Madness 91%

At four, she never slept. At thirty, she'd survived mania, addiction, and the psychiatric ward.

by Marya Hornbacher 2008

4.04

15k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🍷 Dual Diagnosis

The Liars' Club

by Mary Karr • 1995

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

3.94

72k+

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🍺 Alcoholic Parents

The Liars' Club 91%

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

by Mary Karr 1995

3.94

72k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🍺 Alcoholic Parents

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

The Best Minds 91%

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

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