Books like Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
12 books with a reading profile close to Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Look Me in the Eye
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.
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The Minds of Billy Milligan
by Daniel Keyes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Daniel Keyes presents the legal and psychological history of Billy Milligan, the first person in United States history acquitted of major felonies by reason of insanity due to multiple personality disorder.
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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
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.
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'Tis
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · biography, memoir
Starting where his previous memoir concluded, Frank McCourt chronicles his arrival in New York City as an impoverished nineteen-year-old immigrant.
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Small Fry: A Memoir
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Lisa Brennan-Jobs details her upbringing as the daughter of Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs.
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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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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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My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel
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.
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Open
by Andre Agassi
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · biography, memoir
Andre Agassi begins this memoir with a blunt confession: he hates tennis.
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Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
by Joe Simpson
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates reached the 21,000-foot summit of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes before disaster struck during their descent.
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Spare
by Prince Harry
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · biography, memoir
Prince Harry recounts his life within the British royal family, centering on the psychological impact of his mother’s death and his subordinate position as the younger brother to the heir.
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