Books like Sociopath
12 books with a reading profile close to Sociopath by Patric Gagne. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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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.
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What My Bones Know
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
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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Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
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.
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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.
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Pageboy
by Elliot Page
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
In this memoir, Elliot Page recounts his transition from a closeted actor in the public eye to a man living authentically.
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Prozac Nation
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.
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Small Fry: A Memoir
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Lisa Brennan-Jobs details her upbringing as the daughter of Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs.
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Sybil
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Flora Rheta Schreiber documents the psychiatric case of Shirley Ardell Mason, referred to by the pseudonym Sybil Dorsett.
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Lucky
by Alice Sebold
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
In 1981, as a freshman at Syracuse University, Alice Sebold was raped and beaten in a public park.
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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Portia de Rossi chronicles her descent into anorexia and bulimia while starring on the television show Ally McBeal.
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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
Rob Sheffield uses fifteen physical mix tapes to structure the story of his marriage to Renée Crist, a fellow music critic who died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism at age thirty-one.
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