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Books like Sybil

12 books with a reading profile close to Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Inward-looking; a moderate read.

1

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.
2

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.
3

Somebody's Daughter

by Ashley C. Ford

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

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4

Small Fry: A Memoir

by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

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

Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

by Portia de Rossi

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Portia de Rossi chronicles her descent into anorexia and bulimia while starring on the television show Ally McBeal.
7

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.
8

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.
9

Look Me in the Eye

by John Elder Robison

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

John Elder Robison details his life growing up with undiagnosed Asperger’s syndrome in a volatile household.
10

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.
11

The Liars' Club

by Mary Karr

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Published in 1995, Mary Karr’s memoir recreates her volatile childhood in the 1960s within a gritty East Texas oil town.
12

Sociopath

by Patric Gagne

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Patric Gagne recounts her life as a person diagnosed with sociopathy, challenging the assumption that the condition is synonymous with villainy.

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