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12 books with a reading profile close to Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton, Glennon Doyle. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.

  1. 1 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

    Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

    by Lori Gottlieb

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

    Lori Gottlieb presents a dual narrative that follows her life as a psychotherapist and as a patient following a personal crisis.

  2. 2 I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

    I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

    by Baek Se-hee

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

    This book documents a series of psychiatric consultations between the author and her therapist as she manages dysthymia, a state of persistent, low-grade depression.

  3. 3 The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

    The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

    by Naoki Higashida

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, accessible

    Thirteen-year-old Naoki Higashida uses a handmade alphabet grid to communicate his internal reality as a non-verbal person with autism.

  4. 4 Everything I Know About Love

    Everything I Know About Love

    by Dolly Alderton

    Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

    Dolly Alderton chronicles her emergence into adulthood through a series of personal vignettes, recipes, and satirical emails.

  5. 5 Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

    Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

    by Susan Cain

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, accessible

    Susan Cain argues that the bittersweet state of mind—characterized by a tendency toward melancholy, longing, and an acute awareness of passing time—is a functional tool for creativity and human connection.

  6. 6 The Gifts of Imperfection

    The Gifts of Imperfection

    by Brené Brown

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, accessible

    In this guide to psychological resilience, Brené Brown presents ten guideposts for cultivating wholehearted living.

  7. 7 Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

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

    by Christie Tate

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, accessible

    Christie Tate arrives at Dr.

  8. 8 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

    Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

    by Matthew Perry

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

    Matthew Perry details the arc of his life from his childhood in Canada to his global recognition as Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends.

  9. 9 Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

    Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

    by David Sheff

    Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

    David Sheff chronicles the years he spent navigating his son Nic’s addiction to methamphetamine and various other drugs.

  10. 10 I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED

    I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED

    by Jennette McCurdy

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, accessible

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

  11. 11 Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

    Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

    by Elizabeth Gilbert

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

    After the events of Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert finds herself in a serious relationship with Felipe, an older Brazilian man.

  12. 12 The Woman in Me

    The Woman in Me

    by Britney Spears

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

    Britney Spears details her transition from a child performer in Kentwood, Louisiana, to a global pop music fixture under constant tabloid surveillance.

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