The most popular trauma books of 2023

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. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

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Conquering PTSD
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Conquering PTSD

Hans Watson DO, Heather Burgess Justesen

Published 2023

195 pages

Stripped Naked
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Stripped Naked

Stephanie Haveman

Published 2023

144 pages

Unstressable
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Unstressable

Mo Gawdat, Alice Law

2023 · 2024 edition

368 pages

It's Time
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It's Time

Barbara de Leon Barton

Published 2023

110 pages

Getting Unstuck from PTSD
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Getting Unstuck from PTSD

Patricia A. Resick, Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Stefanie T. LoSavio

Published 2023

305 pages