The most popular amnesia books

In an amnesia story, a character wakes with no idea who they are. Piecing together a name, a past and whom to trust drives the plot, and what they find is rarely what they hoped. The trope powers thrillers, romances and mysteries alike.

The Texan's Future Bride

Sheri WhiteFeather

Published 2013

224 pages

Forgetting Elena A Novel

Edmund White

1994 · 2010 edition

192 pages

The Man Without a Shadow

Joyce Carol Oates

Published 2016

512 pages

Maelstrom (Larger Print)

Ilsa Mayr

2009 · 2012 edition

301 pages

Too Good to Forget

Marilyn Tracy, Copyright Paperback Collection (library Of Congress)

1991 · 1994 edition

251 pages

Mr. Arkadin

Orson Welles

Published 2010

240 pages

Consciousness Lost and Found A Neuropsychological Exploration

Lawrence Weiskrantz

Published 1997

294 pages

Permanent Present Tense

Suzanne Corkin

Published 2013

Last Night in Montreal

Emily St. John Mandel

Published 2009

256 pages

My Life, Deleted A Memoir

Scott Bolzan, Joan Bolzan, Caitlin Rother

2011 · 2012 edition

304 pages

Milady Alex!

Diana G. Gallagher

Published 1997

135 pages

Gabriel

Moira Buffini

1997 · 2021 edition

88 pages

Sierra's Story (Degrees of Betrayal)

Dandi Daley Mackall

Published 2004

336 pages

A Son of Aran

Martin Gormally

Published 2008

356 pages

Delivering Justice

Barb Han

2016 · 2021 edition

1 page

Romy's Walk

Peggy Stoks

2001 · 2002 edition

Freefall (Walker Large Print Books)

Kristen Heitzmann

2006 · 2007 edition

661 pages

Double Take

Judy Mercer

1997 · 1998 edition

582 pages

Star Struck Dead A Lauren Atwill Mystery

Sheila York

Published 2003

341 pages

That which was

Glenn Patterson

2004 · 2005 edition

274 pages

We Were Liars Deluxe Edition

E. Lockhart

2014 · 2017 edition

272 pages

Demand Inside Out

Lisa Renee Jones