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12 books with a reading profile close to Small Fry: A Memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs. Inward-looking 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

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.
3

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.
4

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.
5

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.
6

Lucky

by Alice Sebold

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

In 1981, as a freshman at Syracuse University, Alice Sebold was raped and beaten in a public park.
7

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.
8

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

by Sue Klebold

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Sue Klebold spent sixteen years raising Dylan Klebold before he and Eric Harris carried out the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
9

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.
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

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

by Catherine Gildiner

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

Catherine Gildiner recounts five singular cases from her twenty-five years as a clinical psychologist, focusing on patients who endured extreme childhood neglect and physical abuse.
12

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

by David Sheff

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

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

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