The most popular trauma books of 2025

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 2025.

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Reenactments
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Reenactments

Tony Iezzi Ph.D., Melanie P. Duckworth Ph.D.

Published 2025

240 pages

I Love Me More
Cover of I Love Me More

I Love Me More

Jamila T. Davis, Tara Wallace

Published 2025

110 pages