Coma Books | Summaries & Audio

The Blink of an Eye

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

4.09

467

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families In Crisis 🖐️ Body Loss And Identity

The Blink of an Eye 90%

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018

4.09

467 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families In Crisis 🖐️ Body Loss And Identity

The Life We Almost Had

by Amelia Henley • 2020

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

3.81

1k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

The Life We Almost Had 87%

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

by Amelia Henley 2020

3.81

1k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

The Nocturnal Brain

by Guy Leschziner • 2019

What sleepwalking, night terrors, and waking paralysis reveal about the sleeping brain.

4.02

4k+

😴 Sleep Disorders 🔬 Sleep Science 🧠 Clinical Neurology 📋 Case Studies 📖 Narrative Medicine

The Nocturnal Brain 86%

What sleepwalking, night terrors, and waking paralysis reveal about the sleeping brain.

by Guy Leschziner 2019

4.02

4k+ ratings

😴 Sleep Disorders 🔬 Sleep Science 🧠 Clinical Neurology 📋 Case Studies 📖 Narrative Medicine

Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks • 2012

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

3.93

25k+

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Hallucinations 86%

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

by Oliver Sacks 2012

3.93

25k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Anesthesia

by Kate Cole-Adams • 2017

Anesthesia works. No one knows how. And some patients are awake, paralyzed, and remember everything.

3.20

396

🧠 Consciousness Studies 📚 Medical Humanities 🏛️ History Of Medicine ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

Anesthesia 86%

Anesthesia works. No one knows how. And some patients are awake, paralyzed, and remember everything.

by Kate Cole-Adams 2017

3.20

396 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 📚 Medical Humanities 🏛️ History Of Medicine ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

Angel Falls

by Kristin Hannah • 2000

To wake his comatose wife, a doctor must summon the movie star she secretly married first.

3.89

79k+

🖤 Women's Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Amnesia 🗝️ Family Secrets 😢 Tearjerker

Angel Falls 86%

To wake his comatose wife, a doctor must summon the movie star she secretly married first.

by Kristin Hannah 2000

3.89

79k+ ratings

🖤 Women's Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Amnesia 🗝️ Family Secrets 😢 Tearjerker

Do No Harm

by Henry Marsh • 2014

A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.

4.25

43k+

🧠 Neurosurgery ✍️ Surgical Memoir ⚠️ Medical Mistakes 🤝 Doctor-Patient Bond 🕯️ End Of Life Care

Do No Harm 86%

A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.

by Henry Marsh 2014

4.25

43k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery ✍️ Surgical Memoir ⚠️ Medical Mistakes 🤝 Doctor-Patient Bond 🕯️ End Of Life Care

Ghost Boy

by Martin Pistorius • 2011

At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.

4.05

28k+

🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs 🧠 Locked-In Syndrome 🏥 Neurological Disorders 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Caregiver Devotion

Ghost Boy 85%

At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.

by Martin Pistorius 2011

4.05

28k+ ratings

🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs 🧠 Locked-In Syndrome 🏥 Neurological Disorders 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Caregiver Devotion

Veronica. decided to die. Paul Coelho. the Russian original. hardcover

by Paulo Coelho • 1998

After a suicide attempt, a woman wakes in a mental hospital with days to live.

3.74

245k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💀 Mortality Awakening 🏃 Institutional Escape 🤔 Existential Reflection

Veronica. decided to die. Paul Coelho. the Russian original. hardcover Summary

Veronica. decided to die. Paul Coelho. the Russian original. hardcover 85%

After a suicide attempt, a woman wakes in a mental hospital with days to live.

by Paulo Coelho 1998

3.74

245k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💀 Mortality Awakening 🏃 Institutional Escape 🤔 Existential Reflection

In My Time of Dying

by Sebastian Junger • 2024

A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.

3.82

9k+

🏥 Medical Memoir 🕳️ Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Studies 🌌 Existential Meaning 🧠 Consciousness Studies

In My Time of Dying 85%

A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.

by Sebastian Junger 2024

3.82

9k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 🕳️ Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Studies 🌌 Existential Meaning 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 85%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

My Next Breath

by Jeremy Renner • 2025

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

4.15

42k+

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🌬️ Conscious Breathing

My Next Breath 85%

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

by Jeremy Renner 2025

4.15

42k+ ratings

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🌬️ Conscious Breathing

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

by Stephen LaBerge • 1989

Learn to notice when you are dreaming, and then rewrite the script: the original training manual.

4.22

4k+

🌙 Lucid Dreaming 💤 Sleep Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛡️ Nightmare Treatment 💡 Creative Incubation

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming Summary

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming 85%

Learn to notice when you are dreaming, and then rewrite the script: the original training manual.

by Stephen LaBerge 1989

4.22

4k+ ratings

🌙 Lucid Dreaming 💤 Sleep Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛡️ Nightmare Treatment 💡 Creative Incubation

The Immortal Mind

by Michael Egnor • 2025

Half a brain removed, yet the self stays whole. A neurosurgeon's evidence for an immortal soul.

4.31

288

🧠 Neuroscience Of Consciousness ✝️ Christian Apologetics ✨ Near-Death Experiences ☯️ Substance Dualism 🕊️ Free Will Debate

The Immortal Mind 85%

Half a brain removed, yet the self stays whole. A neurosurgeon's evidence for an immortal soul.

by Michael Egnor 2025

4.31

288 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Consciousness ✝️ Christian Apologetics ✨ Near-Death Experiences ☯️ Substance Dualism 🕊️ Free Will Debate

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

20k+

🎪 Eccentric Family 👩‍👧 Troubled Mother 🎭 Tragicomic Tone 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💕 Love And Madness

En attendant Bojangles 85%

A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.

by Olivier Bourdeaut 2016

4.23

20k+ ratings

🎪 Eccentric Family 👩‍👧 Troubled Mother 🎭 Tragicomic Tone 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💕 Love And Madness

Mapping the Darkness

by Kenneth Miller • 2023

A grad student watching his son's eyes discovered REM and revealed the brain's hidden third state.

3.89

230

😴 Sleep Science 🏥 History Of Medicine 📖 Scientific Biography 🕐 Circadian Rhythms 💤 Sleep Deprivation

Mapping the Darkness 85%

A grad student watching his son's eyes discovered REM and revealed the brain's hidden third state.

by Kenneth Miller 2023

3.89

230 ratings

😴 Sleep Science 🏥 History Of Medicine 📖 Scientific Biography 🕐 Circadian Rhythms 💤 Sleep Deprivation

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom • 2018

Annie dies on her wedding day and meets five guides who reveal her life's hidden connections.

4.33

69k+

☁️ Afterlife Journey 🔗 Interconnected Lives 🔁 Redemption Arc 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Healing 💕 Sacrificial Love

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Summary

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven 85%

Annie dies on her wedding day and meets five guides who reveal her life's hidden connections.

by Mitch Albom 2018

4.33

69k+ ratings

☁️ Afterlife Journey 🔗 Interconnected Lives 🔁 Redemption Arc 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Healing 💕 Sacrificial Love

When the Air Hits Your Brain

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

4.35

12k+

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility 💙 Medical Empathy 💀 Confronting Mortality

When the Air Hits Your Brain 85%

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996

4.35

12k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility 💙 Medical Empathy 💀 Confronting Mortality

On the Move

by Oliver Sacks • 2015

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

4.03

22k+

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity

On the Move 85%

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

by Oliver Sacks 2015

4.03

22k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Choice

by Henry Denker • 1987

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

3.84

103

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Hospital Setting

The Choice 85%

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

by Henry Denker 1987

3.84

103 ratings

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Hospital Setting

Gray Matters

by Theodore H. Schwartz • 2024

Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.

4.36

1k+

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 History Of Medicine 🧬 Brain Science 🔬 Surgical Innovation 💥 Brain Trauma

Gray Matters 85%

Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.

by Theodore H. Schwartz 2024

4.36

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 History Of Medicine 🧬 Brain Science 🔬 Surgical Innovation 💥 Brain Trauma

Counting Sheep

by Paul R. Martin • 2002

What happens during the third of your life spent asleep, and the cost of treating it as optional.

3.99

440

🛏️ Sleep Science 🌙 Dream Psychology ⏰ Circadian Rhythms 😴 Sleep Deprivation 🐬 Animal Sleep

Counting Sheep 85%

What happens during the third of your life spent asleep, and the cost of treating it as optional.

by Paul R. Martin 2002

3.99

440 ratings

🛏️ Sleep Science 🌙 Dream Psychology ⏰ Circadian Rhythms 😴 Sleep Deprivation 🐬 Animal Sleep

Dreaming Wide Awake

by David Jay Brown • 2016

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

4.26

125

🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Dreaming Wide Awake 85%

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

by David Jay Brown 2016

4.26

125 ratings

🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Morning Star

by Karl Ove Knausgård • 2020

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

3.96

19k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

The Morning Star 85%

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

by Karl Ove Knausgård 2020

3.96

19k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

If I Stay

by Gayle Forman • 2009

Outside her body after the crash, a teenage cellist watches her boyfriend beg her to stay.

3.91

972k+

🫥 Out-Of-Body Perspective 🎻 Musician Protagonist ⚖️ Life Or Death Choice 🥀 Bittersweet 🌧️ Pacific Northwest

If I Stay 85%

Outside her body after the crash, a teenage cellist watches her boyfriend beg her to stay.

by Gayle Forman 2009

3.91

972k+ ratings

🫥 Out-Of-Body Perspective 🎻 Musician Protagonist ⚖️ Life Or Death Choice 🥀 Bittersweet 🌧️ Pacific Northwest

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi • 2016

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

4.41

820k+

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air 84%

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

by Paul Kalanithi 2016

4.41

820k+ ratings

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

The Gift

by Freida McFadden • 2022

She owes her life to a transplant, but the new heart comes with memories of murder.

3.18

174k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Memories 🔍 Investigative Amateur 🤫 Secrets And Lies

The Gift 84%

She owes her life to a transplant, but the new heart comes with memories of murder.

by Freida McFadden 2022

3.18

174k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Memories 🔍 Investigative Amateur 🤫 Secrets And Lies

Métamorphose en bord de ciel

by Mathias Malzieu • 2011

A dying stuntman strikes a deal with a bird-woman: wings in exchange for his human form.

3.64

3k+

🪶 Magical Realism 💔 Terminal Romance 🤝 Magical Bargain 🦅 Human To Animal 🌙 Bittersweet Fable

Métamorphose en bord de ciel 84%

A dying stuntman strikes a deal with a bird-woman: wings in exchange for his human form.

by Mathias Malzieu 2011

3.64

3k+ ratings

🪶 Magical Realism 💔 Terminal Romance 🤝 Magical Bargain 🦅 Human To Animal 🌙 Bittersweet Fable

Till The Last Breath

by Durjoy Datta • 2013

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

3.97

7k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

Till The Last Breath 84%

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

by Durjoy Datta 2013

3.97

7k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

In the Land of Pain

by Alphonse Daudet • 1929

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

3.68

597

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative 💀 Terminal Illness 🤕 Chronic Pain

In the Land of Pain 84%

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

by Alphonse Daudet 1929

3.68

597 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative 💀 Terminal Illness 🤕 Chronic Pain

One Hundred Names for Love

by Diane Ackerman • 2011

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

3.85

2k+

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs 🧠 Neuroplasticity ✍️ Writing As Therapy

One Hundred Names for Love 84%

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

by Diane Ackerman 2011

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs 🧠 Neuroplasticity ✍️ Writing As Therapy

Anna O

by Matthew Blake • 2024

A murder suspect has slept four years. One sleep psychologist is determined to wake her.

3.43

32k+

😴 Sleep Disorder 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🏠 Family Secrets ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📺 Trial By Media

Anna O 84%

A murder suspect has slept four years. One sleep psychologist is determined to wake her.

by Matthew Blake 2024

3.43

32k+ ratings

😴 Sleep Disorder 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🏠 Family Secrets ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📺 Trial By Media

Bellevue

by Robin Cook • 2024

Bellevue's ghosts kill a young surgeon's patients, demanding he answer for his ancestors' crimes.

3.36

5k+

🏥 Medical Horror 👻 Haunted Hospital 🔗 Ancestral Guilt 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Bellevue 84%

Bellevue's ghosts kill a young surgeon's patients, demanding he answer for his ancestors' crimes.

by Robin Cook 2024

3.36

5k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Horror 👻 Haunted Hospital 🔗 Ancestral Guilt 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Why Can't We Sleep

by Darian Leader • 2019

Humans once slept in two shifts. The anxiety about perfect sleep is a modern invention.

3.16

422

🛌 Sleep Culture 🌙 History Of Sleep 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🏭 Industrial Capitalism Critique

Why Can't We Sleep 84%

Humans once slept in two shifts. The anxiety about perfect sleep is a modern invention.

by Darian Leader 2019

3.16

422 ratings

🛌 Sleep Culture 🌙 History Of Sleep 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🏭 Industrial Capitalism Critique

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2016

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

3.93

274k+

🏨 Psychiatric Hospital 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 💔 Toxic Relationship 🏠 Found Family

Girl in Pieces 84%

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2016

3.93

274k+ ratings

🏨 Psychiatric Hospital 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 💔 Toxic Relationship 🏠 Found Family

Doctor Sleep

by Stephen King • 2013

A hospice worker protects a girl whose psychic beacon has lured a tribe of soul-eating nomads.

4.13

304k+

🧠 Psychic Horror 🧛 Psychic Vampires 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Psychic Link 👻 Haunted Past

Doctor Sleep 84%

A hospice worker protects a girl whose psychic beacon has lured a tribe of soul-eating nomads.

by Stephen King 2013

4.13

304k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Horror 🧛 Psychic Vampires 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Psychic Link 👻 Haunted Past

After

by Bruce Greyson • 2021

When your brain shuts down, you might still be there. A near-death researcher's fifty-year case.

4.18

6k+

🌅 Near-Death Studies 🧠 Consciousness Research 🕊️ Life After Death 👁️ Out-Of-Body Experiences 🔬 Scientific Spirituality

After 84%

When your brain shuts down, you might still be there. A near-death researcher's fifty-year case.

by Bruce Greyson 2021

4.18

6k+ ratings

🌅 Near-Death Studies 🧠 Consciousness Research 🕊️ Life After Death 👁️ Out-Of-Body Experiences 🔬 Scientific Spirituality

I Am a Strange Loop

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 2007

The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.

3.95

9k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌊 Emergence 🪞 Theory Of Self

I Am a Strange Loop 84%

The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007

3.95

9k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌊 Emergence 🪞 Theory Of Self

Upward Bound

by Woody Brown • 2026

At a day program for disabled adults, nonspeaking Walter types what no one will hear.

4.02

10k+

🧠 Nonspeaking Protagonist 🏥 Institutional Care 🌈 Autistic Adulthood 💭 Silent Inner Life 🤲 Caregiver Bond

Upward Bound 84%

At a day program for disabled adults, nonspeaking Walter types what no one will hear.

by Woody Brown 2026

4.02

10k+ ratings

🧠 Nonspeaking Protagonist 🏥 Institutional Care 🌈 Autistic Adulthood 💭 Silent Inner Life 🤲 Caregiver Bond

The Art of Lucid Dreaming

by Clare R. Johnson • 2020

Sixty practices that teach your sleeping brain to notice the dream and hand you the controls.

4.25

126

🛌 Lucid Dreaming 💭 Dream Work 💚 Emotional Healing 😴 Sleep States 🧘 Mindfulness

The Art of Lucid Dreaming 84%

Sixty practices that teach your sleeping brain to notice the dream and hand you the controls.

by Clare R. Johnson 2020

4.25

126 ratings

🛌 Lucid Dreaming 💭 Dream Work 💚 Emotional Healing 😴 Sleep States 🧘 Mindfulness

Scribe Us Threshold.

by Alexander Batthyány

If severe brain damage destroys the self, what returns to say goodbye in the final hours?

4.03

102

✨ Near-Death Studies 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔗 Mind-Body Problem 🩺 Palliative Care 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology

Scribe Us Threshold. 84%

If severe brain damage destroys the self, what returns to say goodbye in the final hours?

by Alexander Batthyány

4.03

102 ratings

✨ Near-Death Studies 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔗 Mind-Body Problem 🩺 Palliative Care 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology

Nightmare Obscura

by Michelle Carr • 2025

A dream engineer reveals why nightmares are real to your brain, and how to hack them.

3.67

573

🔬 Sleep Science 💭 Lucid Dreaming 🛠️ Dream Therapy 🧠 Sleep And Memory 📱 Sleep Technology

Nightmare Obscura 84%

A dream engineer reveals why nightmares are real to your brain, and how to hack them.

by Michelle Carr 2025

3.67

573 ratings

🔬 Sleep Science 💭 Lucid Dreaming 🛠️ Dream Therapy 🧠 Sleep And Memory 📱 Sleep Technology

The Graceview Patient

by Caitlin Starling • 2025

A desperate patient enters an experimental hospital where the building hungers.

3.45

3k+

🏥 Hospital Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🩺 Medical Gaslighting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Medical Experimentation

The Graceview Patient 84%

A desperate patient enters an experimental hospital where the building hungers.

by Caitlin Starling 2025

3.45

3k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🩺 Medical Gaslighting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Medical Experimentation

The Sleep Solution

by W. Chris Winter • 2017

Your insomnia is likely fear disguised as sleeplessness. Behavioral tools, not pills, are the fix.

4.02

4k+

💤 Sleep Science 😴 Insomnia Treatment 🛌 Sleep Disorders 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The Sleep Solution 84%

Your insomnia is likely fear disguised as sleeplessness. Behavioral tools, not pills, are the fix.

by W. Chris Winter 2017

4.02

4k+ ratings

💤 Sleep Science 😴 Insomnia Treatment 🛌 Sleep Disorders 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Beautiful Scars

by Kilee Brookbank • 2017

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

4.29

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving 🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery

Beautiful Scars 84%

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

by Kilee Brookbank 2017

4.29

41 ratings

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving 🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery

Psychoanalysis Sleep and Dreams

by André Tridon • 2013

Dreams, even nightmares, are wishes you cannot admit. Decode them and insomnia dissolves.

2.00

💤 Dream Psychology 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🌙 Dream Interpretation 🧠 Unconscious Mind 😴 Insomnia Relief

Psychoanalysis Sleep and Dreams 84%

Dreams, even nightmares, are wishes you cannot admit. Decode them and insomnia dissolves.

by André Tridon 2013

2.00

2 ratings

💤 Dream Psychology 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🌙 Dream Interpretation 🧠 Unconscious Mind 😴 Insomnia Relief

Nona the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2022

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

4.33

57k+

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 👥 Body Sharing 🥀 Tender Horror

Nona the Ninth 84%

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

by Tamsyn Muir 2022

4.33

57k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 👥 Body Sharing 🥀 Tender Horror

Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz • 2003

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

4.00

277k+

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4.00

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by James R. Doty • 2016

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Into the Magic Shop 84%

A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.

by James R. Doty 2016

4.23

28k+ ratings

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An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 84%

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

by Haruki Murakami 1985

4.11

154k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories 🧠 Mind As Prison 💤 Dream Logic

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