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Books like Lucky

12 books with a reading profile close to Lucky by Alice Sebold. Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Somebody's Daughter

by Ashley C. Ford

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Ashley C.
2

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

by Sue Klebold

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Sue Klebold spent sixteen years raising Dylan Klebold before he and Eric Harris carried out the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
3

Small Fry: A Memoir

by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Lisa Brennan-Jobs details her upbringing as the daughter of Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs.
4

Look Me in the Eye

by John Elder Robison

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.
5

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.
6

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

by Marya Hornbacher

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.
7

Sybil

by Flora Rheta Schreiber

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Flora Rheta Schreiber documents the psychiatric case of Shirley Ardell Mason, referred to by the pseudonym Sybil Dorsett.
8

Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

by Portia de Rossi

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.
9

Prozac Nation

by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Elizabeth Wurtzel chronicles her decades-long struggle with atypical depression, beginning with her childhood in a fractured household and continuing through her chaotic years at Harvard.
10

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.
11

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

by Susannah Cahalan

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Susannah Cahalan, a young journalist at the New York Post, experienced a sudden descent into psychosis, seizures, and memory loss.
12

What My Bones Know

by Stephanie Foo

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

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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