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Books like A Million Little Pieces

12 books with a reading profile close to A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

by Catherine Gildiner

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Catherine Gildiner recounts five singular cases from her twenty-five years as a clinical psychologist, focusing on patients who endured extreme childhood neglect and physical abuse.
2

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

by Susannah Cahalan

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Susannah Cahalan, a young journalist at the New York Post, experienced a sudden descent into psychosis, seizures, and memory loss.
3

Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

by Henry Marsh

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Henry Marsh provides a candid account of his decades spent as a consultant neurosurgeon, focusing on the high-stakes reality of intracranial procedures.
4

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

by Christie Tate

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Christie Tate arrives at Dr.
5

I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED

by Jennette McCurdy

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Jennette McCurdy recounts her childhood as a professional actor, detailing the control her mother, Debbie, exerted over her career and anatomy.
6

My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel

by Derf Backderf

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Derf Backderf chronicles his high school years in Ohio alongside Jeffrey Dahmer, who would later become a notorious serial killer.
7

Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

by Brian L. Weiss

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Brian Weiss, a psychiatrist trained in conventional methods, describes the case of a young patient named Catherine who came to him with anxiety and phobias.
8

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

by Amy Chua

memoir, narrative

In this memoir, law professor Amy Chua chronicles her strict adherence to Chinese parenting methods while raising her two daughters, Sophia and Lulu, in the United States.
9

The Pact

by Jodi Picoult

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

The story centers on Chris Harte and Emily Gold, lifelong neighbors whose families share nearly every meal and milestone.
10

Running with Scissors

by Augusten Burroughs

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Augusten Burroughs recounts his adolescence living with his mother’s psychiatrist, Dr.
11

The Impossible Knife of Memory

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

For five years, Hayley Kincain has lived on the road while her father, Andy, drove a truck to escape the flashbacks and night terrors born from his combat tours in Iraq.
12

I Was Here

by Gayle Forman

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

When Cody’s best friend Meg dies by suicide in a lonely motel room, she leaves behind a digital suicide note and a series of encrypted computer files.

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