The most popular trauma books of 2026

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 2026.

Cover of Missing Me

Missing Me

Ayana Lage

Published 2026

208 pages

Cover of Why We Suffer and How We Heal

Why We Suffer and How We Heal

Suzan Song

Published 2026

272 pages

Cover of Good Kids

Good Kids

Maggie Nick

Published 2026

334 pages

Cover of Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT

Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT

Kirby Reutter

Published 2026

184 pages

Cover of How to Plant a Billion Trees

How to Plant a Billion Trees

Nicole Walker

Published 2026

224 pages

Cover of Unlearning Jewish Anxiety

Unlearning Jewish Anxiety

Caryn Aviv

Published 2026

160 pages

Cover of For God's Sake

For God's Sake

Anna Clark Miller

Published 2026

224 pages

Cover of The Cost of Healing in Silence

The Cost of Healing in Silence

Ashley McGirt-Adair

Published 2026

224 pages

Cover of The Unshaming Way Workbook

The Unshaming Way Workbook

David Bedrick

Published 2026

160 pages

Cover of Reclaiming Your Life from Medical Trauma

Reclaiming Your Life from Medical Trauma

James C. Jackson PsyD

Published 2026

320 pages

Cover of Heal Your Trauma

Heal Your Trauma

Dan Roberts

Published 2026

224 pages

Cover of Understanding Trauma and Resilience

Understanding Trauma and Resilience

Evan B. Marbury

Published 2026

232 pages

Cover of The Johns Hopkins Guide to Everyday Psychological First Aid

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Everyday Psychological First Aid

George S. Everly, Jeffrey M. Lating

Published 2026

344 pages

Cover of The Generosity of Scars

The Generosity of Scars

Scott Mann

Published 2026

256 pages

Cover of Campus Whisper Networks Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors

Campus Whisper Networks Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors

Janet Hinson Shope, Richard Pringle

Published 2026

178 pages

Cover of Human Theatre and Energetic Alchemy Somatic Presence in Performance Practice

Human Theatre and Energetic Alchemy Somatic Presence in Performance Practice

Richard Martinez

Published 2026

290 pages

Cover of A Brilliant Adaptation How Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Power of the Therapeutic Bond Saved Me

A Brilliant Adaptation How Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Power of the Therapeutic Bond Saved Me

Sally Maslansky

Published 2026

200 pages

Cover of Seeing What Is There My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic Era

Seeing What Is There My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic Era

Erica Rex

Published 2026

256 pages

Cover of Blue Lights Dark Mind

Blue Lights Dark Mind

Ryan Macdonald

Published 2026

336 pages

Cover of Physiological Psychology

Physiological Psychology

Shuzhi Lin, ZHENG. LIN SHEN (SHUZHI.)

Published 2026

650 pages

Cover of Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) into EMDR Therapy

Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) into EMDR Therapy

Daphne Fatter

Published 2026

250 pages

Cover of Galaxy The Healing Powers of a Rescue Dog

Galaxy The Healing Powers of a Rescue Dog

Jen Wilson, Judy Katz

Published 2026

192 pages

Cover of Precarity, Trauma, Addiction, and Love in Philosophical Counseling (Philosophical Practice

Precarity, Trauma, Addiction, and Love in Philosophical Counseling (Philosophical Practice

Ross Channing Reed

Published 2026

242 pages

Cover of Tears of a Warrior

Tears of a Warrior

Janet J. Seahorn, E. Anthony Seahorn

Published 2026

240 pages

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