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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Waking the Tiger
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Waking the Tiger

Peter A. Levine, Ann Fredirick

1997 · 2025 edition

290 pages

Kiss
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Kiss

Ted Dekker, Erin Healy

2008 · 2009 edition

322 pages

On Combat
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On Combat

Dave Grossman

Published 2004

395 pages

Sleepwalk
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Sleepwalk

Dan Chaon

2022 · 2023 edition

303 pages

Lucky
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Lucky

Louise Thompson

Published 2024

304 pages

Brain Energy
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Brain Energy

Christopher M. Palmer

Published 2022

320 pages

Ever After
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Ever After

Jude Deveraux

Published 2015

416 pages

Kind of Cruel
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Kind of Cruel

Sophie Hannah

2012 · 2014 edition

554 pages