The most popular trauma books

Books about trauma follow people living with the aftermath of something terrible. The event may be long past, but it returns in memory, in the body and in relationships. These novels and memoirs are about survival and the slow, uneven work of healing, told with honesty and respect.

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Speak
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Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson, 劳丽·哈尔斯·安德森

1999 · 2006 edition

198 pages

Lucky
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Lucky

Alice Sebold

1999 · 2021 edition

115 pages

Good Morning, Monster
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Good Morning, Monster

Catherine Gildiner, Кэтрин Гилдинер

2019 · 2020 edition

368 pages

Burnout
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Burnout

Emily Nagoski, Amelija Nagoski

2018 · 2019 edition

304 pages

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz, マイア・サラヴイッツ, 仁木 めぐみ

Published 2007

288 pages

Regeneration
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Regeneration

Pat Barker

1992 · 2013 edition

256 pages

Ceremony
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Ceremony

Leslie Marmon Silko, Tommy Orange

1977 · 1978 edition

275 pages

Suspect
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Suspect

Robert Crais

Published 2013

320 pages