Books like Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
12 books with a reading profile close to Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger. Inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.
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1
A History of Autism
history, narrative
Adam Feinstein traces the evolution of autism from its earliest clinical observations to modern neurological research.
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2
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks
narrative, accessible
In this work, Oliver Sacks investigates the sensory errors of the human brain, categorizing hallucinations caused by medical conditions and chemical triggers.
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3
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
In Love’s Executioner, Irvin D.
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The Complete Persepolis
Also contemplative · history, narrative
Marjane Satrapi chronicles her upbringing in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War.
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Oliver Sacks chronicles twenty-four case studies of individuals living with significant neurological deviations.
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The 57 Bus
history, narrative
In 2013, a high school student named Sasha was asleep on the 57 bus in Oakland, California, when Richard Thomas, another teenager, set Sasha’s skirt on fire.
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Bruce Perry illustrates how extreme trauma and neglect reshape the physical architecture of the developing human brain.
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight drove his car into the Maine woods, abandoned it, and disappeared into the forest.
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Unwell Women
Also inward-looking · history, narrative
Elinor Cleghorn traces the evolution of medical misogyny from the ancient Greek concept of the wandering womb to the modern mismanagement of autoimmune diseases and chronic pain.
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The Devil's Arithmetic
by Jane Yolen
history, narrative
Twelve-year-old Hannah Stern is tired of her family’s constant focus on the past during Passover Seders, finding the stories of the Holocaust repetitive.
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
Also inward-looking and contemplative · history, narrative
Ishmael Beah recounts his transition from a twelve-year-old fleeing rebel attacks in Sierra Leone to a government soldier fueled by cocaine, gunpowder, and trauma.
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The Fountains of Silence
by Ruta Sepetys
history, narrative
In 1957, Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, arrives in Madrid with his Leica camera to capture the visual landscape of post-Civil War Spain.
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