50 Books like Unbearable Lightness

Pageboy

by Elliot Page • 2023

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

3.72

77k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Memoir 🪞 Gender Dysphoria 💔 Emotional Abuse 🥀 Eating Disorders

Pageboy 96%

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

by Elliot Page 2023

3.72

77k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Memoir 🪞 Gender Dysphoria 💔 Emotional Abuse 🥀 Eating Disorders

Over the Top

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2019

A hairdresser's path from meth addiction to Queer Eye stardom, and the secret he carried.

4.18

69k+

🧑‍🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity

Over the Top 95%

A hairdresser's path from meth addiction to Queer Eye stardom, and the secret he carried.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2019

4.18

69k+ ratings

🧑‍🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting

by Evanna Lynch • 2021

Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.

4.52

7k+

🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery 📖 Mental Health Memoirs 🪞 Body Image 🏨 Inpatient Treatment 🎭 Creative Healing

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting 95%

Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.

by Evanna Lynch 2021

4.52

7k+ ratings

🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery 📖 Mental Health Memoirs 🪞 Body Image 🏨 Inpatient Treatment 🎭 Creative Healing

Perfectly Queer

by Jillian Abby • 2023

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

4.46

236

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Perfectly Queer 95%

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

by Jillian Abby 2023

4.46

236 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Another Word for Love

by Carvell Wallace • 2024

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

4.25

2k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

Another Word for Love 93%

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

by Carvell Wallace 2024

4.25

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

Darkness Visible

by William Styron • 1990

Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

3.99

32k+

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌅 Depression Recovery 🛑 Suicide Prevention

Darkness Visible 93%

Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

by William Styron 1990

3.99

32k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌅 Depression Recovery 🛑 Suicide Prevention

Nice Girls Don't Win

by Parvati Shallow • 2025

Her Survivor smile was a trauma response. This memoir is the demolition.

3.74

8k+

🧘 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Somatic Healing 🙇‍♀️ People-Pleasing 🤰 Motherhood 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity

Nice Girls Don't Win 93%

Her Survivor smile was a trauma response. This memoir is the demolition.

by Parvati Shallow 2025

3.74

8k+ ratings

🧘 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Somatic Healing 🙇‍♀️ People-Pleasing 🤰 Motherhood 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity

What a Girl Wants

by Roxy Bourdillon • 2025

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

4.18

142

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity 🎭 People Pleasing 🪞 Body Image

What a Girl Wants 93%

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

by Roxy Bourdillon 2025

4.18

142 ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity 🎭 People Pleasing 🪞 Body Image

Boy Erased

by Garrard Conley • 2016

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

3.62

22k+

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Boy Erased 93%

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

by Garrard Conley 2016

3.62

22k+ ratings

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

The Dark Side of Innocence

by Terri Cheney • 2011

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

3.98

2k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🍷 Self-Medication 🎓 Perfectionism

The Dark Side of Innocence 93%

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

by Terri Cheney 2011

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🍷 Self-Medication 🎓 Perfectionism

Not My Father's Son

by Alan Cumming • 2014

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

4.06

48k+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Not My Father's Son 93%

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

by Alan Cumming 2014

4.06

48k+ ratings

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

The Velvet Rage

by Alan Downs • 2005

Success and beauty won't fix it: the shame gay men carry from childhood, and the skills that heal.

4.06

12k+

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Self-Help 🪞 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Shame And Healing 🚪 Coming Out 🏆 Validation Seeking

The Velvet Rage 93%

Success and beauty won't fix it: the shame gay men carry from childhood, and the skills that heal.

by Alan Downs 2005

4.06

12k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Self-Help 🪞 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Shame And Healing 🚪 Coming Out 🏆 Validation Seeking

Lucky Man

by Michael J. Fox • 2002

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

4.08

29k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

Lucky Man 93%

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

by Michael J. Fox 2002

4.08

29k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

Boy Meets Depression

by Kevin Breel • 2015

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

3.82

873

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Grief And Loss

Boy Meets Depression 93%

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

by Kevin Breel 2015

3.82

873 ratings

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Grief And Loss

Life's Work

by David Milch • 2022

Deadwood's creator gambled away a fortune, then raced dementia to write his last story.

4.22

1k+

📺 Television Writing 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎨 Creative Recovery 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Life's Work 93%

Deadwood's creator gambled away a fortune, then raced dementia to write his last story.

by David Milch 2022

4.22

1k+ ratings

📺 Television Writing 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎨 Creative Recovery 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

4.06

87k+

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

An Unquiet Mind 93%

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995

4.06

87k+ ratings

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

Short Stories

by Columbus Short • 2020

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

3.94

293

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Short Stories 93%

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

by Columbus Short 2020

3.94

293 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Building a Life Worth Living

by Marsha M. Linehan • 2020

The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.

4.10

6k+

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🏥 Clinical Psychology 🎭 Borderline Personality 🔬 Therapy Development

Building a Life Worth Living 93%

The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.

by Marsha M. Linehan 2020

4.10

6k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🏥 Clinical Psychology 🎭 Borderline Personality 🔬 Therapy Development

Body Work

by Melissa Febos • 2022

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

4.22

6k+

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Body Work 92%

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

by Melissa Febos 2022

4.22

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Matthew Perry • 2022

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

3.94

408k+

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🎭 Fame And Emptiness

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Summary

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing 92%

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

by Matthew Perry 2022

3.94

408k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🎭 Fame And Emptiness

Buddha & the Borderline

by Kiera Van Gelder • 2010

BPD nearly killed her. Buddhist practice and a radical therapy brought her back.

4.11

5k+

🧠 Bpd Recovery 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🧰 Dbt Skills 💔 Attachment Trauma 🔪 Self-Destructive Behavior

Buddha & the Borderline 92%

BPD nearly killed her. Buddhist practice and a radical therapy brought her back.

by Kiera Van Gelder 2010

4.11

5k+ ratings

🧠 Bpd Recovery 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🧰 Dbt Skills 💔 Attachment Trauma 🔪 Self-Destructive Behavior

Madness

by Marya Hornbacher • 2008

At four, she never slept. At thirty, she'd survived mania, addiction, and the psychiatric ward.

4.04

15k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🍷 Dual Diagnosis 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🏥 Psychiatric Hospitals

Madness 92%

At four, she never slept. At thirty, she'd survived mania, addiction, and the psychiatric ward.

by Marya Hornbacher 2008

4.04

15k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🍷 Dual Diagnosis 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🏥 Psychiatric Hospitals

In My Room

by Jim Lucey • 2014

Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.

3.38

203

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌱 Recovery Journeys 💬 Stigma And Mental Health 🩹 Trauma And Recovery 🔄 Recovery Model

In My Room 92%

Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.

by Jim Lucey 2014

3.38

203 ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌱 Recovery Journeys 💬 Stigma And Mental Health 🩹 Trauma And Recovery 🔄 Recovery Model

OPEN

by Frankie Bridge • 2020

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

4.30

1k+

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out 💊 Therapy And Medication 🤗 Self-Compassion

OPEN 92%

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

by Frankie Bridge 2020

4.30

1k+ ratings

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out 💊 Therapy And Medication 🤗 Self-Compassion

Living Better

by Alastair Campbell • 2020

A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.

4.24

2k+

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🌧️ Depression Management 🗣️ Mental Health Stigma 👥 Partner Support 🔄 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Living Better 92%

A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.

by Alastair Campbell 2020

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🌧️ Depression Management 🗣️ Mental Health Stigma 👥 Partner Support 🔄 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Burn Rate

by Andy Dunn • 2022

He hid bipolar disorder while building Bonobos. A jail cell forced the secret out.

4.33

3k+

🏢 Startup Memoirs 🧠 Bipolar Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🚀 Startup Culture 💬 Vulnerable Leadership

Burn Rate 92%

He hid bipolar disorder while building Bonobos. A jail cell forced the secret out.

by Andy Dunn 2022

4.33

3k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Memoirs 🧠 Bipolar Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🚀 Startup Culture 💬 Vulnerable Leadership

The Center Cannot Hold

by Elyn R. Saks • 2007

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

4.33

23k+

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition 🏥 Institutional Psychiatry 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

The Center Cannot Hold 92%

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

by Elyn R. Saks 2007

4.33

23k+ ratings

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition 🏥 Institutional Psychiatry 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

In the Dream House 92%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

See A Little Light

by Bob Mould • 2011

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

3.80

2k+

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

See A Little Light 92%

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

by Bob Mould 2011

3.80

2k+ ratings

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

In the Form of a Question

by Amy Schneider • 2023

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

3.51

3k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

In the Form of a Question 92%

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

by Amy Schneider 2023

3.51

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

This Is How

by Augusten Burroughs • 2012

Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.

3.68

13k+

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Radical Honesty 🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🔍 Dealing With Shame

This Is How 92%

Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.

by Augusten Burroughs 2012

3.68

13k+ ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Radical Honesty 🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🔍 Dealing With Shame

Men Have Called Her Crazy

by Anna Marie Tendler • 2024

Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.

3.43

23k+

🏥 Trauma Memoir 🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry 💔 Self-Harm Recovery 🖤 Suicidal Ideation 🔥 Female Anger

Men Have Called Her Crazy 92%

Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.

by Anna Marie Tendler 2024

3.43

23k+ ratings

🏥 Trauma Memoir 🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry 💔 Self-Harm Recovery 🖤 Suicidal Ideation 🔥 Female Anger

Acne

by Laura Chinn • 2022

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

4.28

1k+

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

Acne 92%

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

by Laura Chinn 2022

4.28

1k+ ratings

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

PURE OCD

by Chrissie Hodges • 2017

Third-grade vomit, a suicide pact, invisible mental torment: a memoir of hidden OCD.

4.27

146

🧠 Ocd Memoirs 🧩 Pure O 💭 Intrusive Thoughts ⛪ Religious Scrupulosity 🤝 Self Acceptance

PURE OCD 92%

Third-grade vomit, a suicide pact, invisible mental torment: a memoir of hidden OCD.

by Chrissie Hodges 2017

4.27

146 ratings

🧠 Ocd Memoirs 🧩 Pure O 💭 Intrusive Thoughts ⛪ Religious Scrupulosity 🤝 Self Acceptance

Paris

by Paris Hilton • 2023

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

4.21

91k+

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

Paris 92%

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

by Paris Hilton 2023

4.21

91k+ ratings

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

by Lisa F. Smith • 2016

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

4.14

7k+

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Girl Walks Out of a Bar 92%

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

by Lisa F. Smith 2016

4.14

7k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Profiles in Mental Health Courage

by Patrick J. Kennedy • 2024

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

4.19

247

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

Profiles in Mental Health Courage Summary

Profiles in Mental Health Courage 92%

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

by Patrick J. Kennedy 2024

4.19

247 ratings

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

He Said, She Said

by Gigi Gorgeous • 2019

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

3.65

400

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

He Said, She Said 92%

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

by Gigi Gorgeous 2019

3.65

400 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

Most Talkative

by Andy Cohen • 2012

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

3.81

17k+

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture 😄 Self-Deprecating Humor 📺 Pop Culture Obsession

Most Talkative 92%

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

by Andy Cohen 2012

3.81

17k+ ratings

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture 😄 Self-Deprecating Humor 📺 Pop Culture Obsession

Walking with Ghosts

by Gabriel Byrne • 2021

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

4.10

4k+

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

Walking with Ghosts 92%

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

by Gabriel Byrne 2021

4.10

4k+ ratings

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

The Noonday Demon

by Andrew Solomon • 2000

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

4.19

16k+

🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment ⚖️ Health Inequity 🆘 Suicide Prevention

The Noonday Demon 92%

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

by Andrew Solomon 2000

4.19

16k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment ⚖️ Health Inequity 🆘 Suicide Prevention

Brain over Binge

by Kathryn Hansen • 2011

Binge eating is a brain habit, not a disorder. Stop acting on urges, and they stop.

3.84

3k+

🩹 Eating Disorder Recovery 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🌊 Urge Surfing 🧘 Mindful Detachment 📖 Eating Disorder Memoir

Brain over Binge 92%

Binge eating is a brain habit, not a disorder. Stop acting on urges, and they stop.

by Kathryn Hansen 2011

3.84

3k+ ratings

🩹 Eating Disorder Recovery 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🌊 Urge Surfing 🧘 Mindful Detachment 📖 Eating Disorder Memoir

Hunger

by Roxane Gay • 2017

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

4.17

122k+

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance ⚡ Weight Stigma 📖 Trauma Memoirs

Hunger 92%

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

by Roxane Gay 2017

4.17

122k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance ⚡ Weight Stigma 📖 Trauma Memoirs

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

First Comes Love 92%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

The Chronology of Water

by Lidia Yuknavitch • 2011

A swimmer's body remembered the abuse, the addiction, the stillbirth. One day she wrote it.

4.19

18k+

🔥 Experimental Memoir 🌈 Queer Memoir 🧠 Trauma And The Body ✍️ Writing As Healing 🏊 Swimming Memoir

The Chronology of Water 92%

A swimmer's body remembered the abuse, the addiction, the stillbirth. One day she wrote it.

by Lidia Yuknavitch 2011

4.19

18k+ ratings

🔥 Experimental Memoir 🌈 Queer Memoir 🧠 Trauma And The Body ✍️ Writing As Healing 🏊 Swimming Memoir

The Only Pirate at the Party

by Lindsey Stirling • 2016

Thrown off reality TV for being too weird, a violinist turned that weirdness into sold-out arenas.

4.14

6k+

🎻 Musician Memoirs 📹 Youtube Creators 🍽️ Eating Disorder Recovery 🎨 Creative Careers 🚫 Rejection Resilience

The Only Pirate at the Party 92%

Thrown off reality TV for being too weird, a violinist turned that weirdness into sold-out arenas.

by Lindsey Stirling 2016

4.14

6k+ ratings

🎻 Musician Memoirs 📹 Youtube Creators 🍽️ Eating Disorder Recovery 🎨 Creative Careers 🚫 Rejection Resilience

Divided Minds

by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards ✍️ Writing As Survival 👪 Family Mental Illness

Divided Minds 92%

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005

4.00

3k+ ratings

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