Books like Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
12 books with a reading profile close to Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Sociopath
by Patric Gagne
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
Patric Gagne recounts her life as a person diagnosed with sociopathy, challenging the assumption that the condition is synonymous with villainy.
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What My Bones Know
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
Stephanie Foo chronicles her transition from a high-functioning radio producer to a patient diagnosed with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Small Fry: A Memoir
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Lisa Brennan-Jobs details her upbringing as the daughter of Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs.
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A House in the Sky
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir
In 2008, freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout and photographer Nigel Brennan were kidnapped by teenage militants while traveling near Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Look Me in the Eye
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
John Elder Robison details his life growing up with undiagnosed Asperger’s syndrome in a volatile household.
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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Portia de Rossi chronicles her descent into anorexia and bulimia while starring on the television show Ally McBeal.
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Pageboy
by Elliot Page
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
In this memoir, Elliot Page recounts his transition from a closeted actor in the public eye to a man living authentically.
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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
Rob Sheffield uses fifteen physical mix tapes to structure the story of his marriage to Renée Crist, a fellow music critic who died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism at age thirty-one.
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The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
Lara Love Hardin recounts her rapid descent from a soccer mom in an affluent neighborhood to an inmate in a California county jail.
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My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
by Kabi Nagata
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Kabi Nagata’s autobiographical manga tracks her struggle with clinical depression, anxiety, and eating disorders throughout her twenties.
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Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Marya Hornbacher chronicles her fifteen-year struggle with severe eating disorders, detailing the physiological and psychological mechanics of anorexia and bulimia.
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