Books like I Was Here
12 books with a reading profile close to I Was Here by Gayle Forman. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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My Heart and Other Black Holes
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Sixteen-year-old Aysel is a physics enthusiast who believes her depression is a physical weight, a "slug" consuming her from the inside.
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Saint Anything
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Sydney Stanford has spent years living in the shadow of her charismatic older brother, Peyton.
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Left Neglected
by Lisa Genova
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Sarah Nickerson is a high-achieving executive and mother balancing a demanding career and family life until a car accident causes traumatic brain injury.
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Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
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.
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
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.
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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.
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Inside the O'Briens
by Lisa Genova
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Joe O’Brien is a veteran Boston police officer experiencing involuntary tremors and uncharacteristic outbursts of temper.
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Bruce Perry illustrates how extreme trauma and neglect reshape the physical architecture of the developing human brain.
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Cut
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Callie is a fourteen-year-old girl who has stopped speaking and is sent to Sea Pines, a residential treatment center for troubled girls, where she is being treated for cutting herself.
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Thirteen Reasons Why
by Jay Asher
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a box of cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, a classmate who recently died by suicide.
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A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
James Frey recounts his arrival at a Minnesota rehabilitation center following years of severe alcohol and drug dependency.
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by Eric Weiner
narrative, psychology
Eric Weiner, a self-described professional malcontent, travels across the globe to investigate how environment and national policy dictate human satisfaction.
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