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

12 books with a reading profile close to Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb. Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Love Warrior

by Glennon Doyle Melton, Glennon Doyle

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Glennon Doyle Melton documents the collapse and rebuilding of her personal life following her husband’s admission of chronic infidelity.
2

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

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

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.
5

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.
6

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.
7

The Choice: Embrace the Possible

by Edith Eger

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz, where she survived the manual labor camps and a death march by clinging to her internal mental landscape.
8

Reasons to Stay Alive

by Matt Haig

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

At twenty-four, Matt Haig experienced a physical and mental breakdown in Ibiza that led to years of severe depression and panic disorder.
9

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.
10

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

by Susannah Cahalan

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, accessible

Susannah Cahalan, a young journalist at the New York Post, experienced a sudden descent into psychosis, seizures, and memory loss.
11

Crying in H Mart

by Michelle Zauner

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Michelle Zauner, the musician known as Japanese Breakfast, recounts her transition from a rebellious daughter to a primary caregiver after her mother receives a terminal cancer diagnosis.
12

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.

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