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Books like The Pact

12 books with a reading profile close to The Pact by Jodi Picoult. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

by Brian L. Weiss

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Brian Weiss, a psychiatrist trained in conventional methods, describes the case of a young patient named Catherine who came to him with anxiety and phobias.
2

The Impossible Knife of Memory

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

For five years, Hayley Kincain has lived on the road while her father, Andy, drove a truck to escape the flashbacks and night terrors born from his combat tours in Iraq.
3

Inside the O'Briens

by Lisa Genova

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Joe O’Brien is a veteran Boston police officer experiencing involuntary tremors and uncharacteristic outbursts of temper.
4

Saint Anything

by Sarah Dessen

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Sydney Stanford has spent years living in the shadow of her charismatic older brother, Peyton.
5

Left Neglected

by Lisa Genova

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Sarah Nickerson is a high-achieving executive and mother balancing a demanding career and family life until a car accident causes traumatic brain injury.
6

I Was Here

by Gayle Forman

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

When Cody’s best friend Meg dies by suicide in a lonely motel room, she leaves behind a digital suicide note and a series of encrypted computer files.
7

My Heart and Other Black Holes

by Jasmine Warga

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Sixteen-year-old Aysel is a physics enthusiast who believes her depression is a physical weight, a "slug" consuming her from the inside.
8

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook

by Bruce D. Perry

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Bruce Perry illustrates how extreme trauma and neglect reshape the physical architecture of the developing human brain.
9

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

James Frey recounts his arrival at a Minnesota rehabilitation center following years of severe alcohol and drug dependency.
10

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The story follows Theodore Finch and Violet Markey, two teenagers who meet on the ledge of their high school bell tower.
11

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis awakens in a psychiatric hospital after a suicide attempt, her body scarred from years of self-harm.
12

Made You Up

by Francesca Zappia

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Alex Riddell faces a senior year of high school complicated by a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

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