Books like Inside the O'Briens
12 books with a reading profile close to Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
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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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, accessible
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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Left Neglected
by Lisa Genova
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
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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Saint Anything
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Sydney Stanford has spent years living in the shadow of her charismatic older brother, Peyton.
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The Pact
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The story centers on Chris Harte and Emily Gold, lifelong neighbors whose families share nearly every meal and milestone.
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My Heart and Other Black Holes
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
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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I Was Here
by Gayle Forman
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
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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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Bruce Perry illustrates how extreme trauma and neglect reshape the physical architecture of the developing human brain.
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by Eric Weiner
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
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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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
In 1964, Dr.
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Greg Gaines is a high school senior whose social strategy involves drifting between cliques without making friends.
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks
narrative, accessible
Oliver Sacks investigates the neurological mechanisms that process melody, rhythm, and pitch by documenting patients with extreme musical conditions.
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