🎭 Hidden Struggle

Behind a composed exterior, a character wages a private battle—against illness, addiction, grief, or circumstance—that no one around them fully perceives. These stories honor the invisible weight people carry in silence.

David and Goliath

by Malcolm Gladwell • 2013

Giants don't always win: the hidden weapons of underdogs, and why too much power backfires.

3.97

192k+

💎 Hidden Strengths 🌱 Adversity Advantage 📉 Diminishing Returns

David and Goliath 86%

Giants don't always win: the hidden weapons of underdogs, and why too much power backfires.

by Malcolm Gladwell 2013

3.97

192k+ ratings

💎 Hidden Strengths 🌱 Adversity Advantage 📉 Diminishing Returns

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

Not My Father's Son 86%

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

No Fixed Address

by Susin Nielsen • 2018

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

4.22

6k+

🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets

No Fixed Address 86%

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

by Susin Nielsen 2018

4.22

6k+ ratings

🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets

Muay Thai

by Michael Goodison • 2016

Modern life buries truth in comfort. In a Muay Thai ring, pain digs it back up.

4.24

138

🥊 Combat Sports ✈️ Travel Memoir 🥋 Martial Arts Memoir

Muay Thai 86%

Modern life buries truth in comfort. In a Muay Thai ring, pain digs it back up.

by Michael Goodison 2016

4.24

138 ratings

🥊 Combat Sports ✈️ Travel Memoir 🥋 Martial Arts Memoir

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse

Secrets in the Cellar 86%

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945

by Marie Jalowicz Simon • 2014

She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.

3.80

3k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🚩 Nazi Germany 👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 Summary

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 85%

She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.

by Marie Jalowicz Simon 2014

3.80

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🚩 Nazi Germany 👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight

Maid

by Stephanie Land • 2019

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

3.86

114k+

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor

Maid 85%

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

by Stephanie Land 2019

3.86

114k+ ratings

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor

Uncaged

by Frank Shamrock • 2012

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

3.65

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery

Uncaged 85%

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

by Frank Shamrock 2012

3.65

96 ratings

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery

Why Good People Do Bad Things

by Debbie Ford • 2008

Self-sabotage runs on hidden shame. The way out is an internal truce, not a fight.

3.95

537

🖤 Shadow Work 🔄 Self-Sabotage 😔 Toxic Shame

Why Good People Do Bad Things 85%

Self-sabotage runs on hidden shame. The way out is an internal truce, not a fight.

by Debbie Ford 2008

3.95

537 ratings

🖤 Shadow Work 🔄 Self-Sabotage 😔 Toxic Shame

Adrift

by Will Dean • 2026

A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.

3.78

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Gaslighting 🐻 Protective Mother

Adrift 85%

A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.

by Will Dean 2026

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Gaslighting 🐻 Protective Mother

12 Commandments

by Hanzi Freinacht • 2022

The problem isn't you, it's the pursuit of excellence. Here's how to thrive in mediocrity.

4.40

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🌑 Shadow Work 🛑 Anti-Perfectionism

12 Commandments 85%

The problem isn't you, it's the pursuit of excellence. Here's how to thrive in mediocrity.

by Hanzi Freinacht 2022

4.40

42 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🌑 Shadow Work 🛑 Anti-Perfectionism

Aikido in Everyday Life

by Terry Dobson • 1993

Stop meeting force with force. An Aikido master's guide to redirecting conflict until it dissolves.

3.86

176

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🥋 Martial Arts Wisdom 🎭 Interpersonal Dynamics

Aikido in Everyday Life 85%

Stop meeting force with force. An Aikido master's guide to redirecting conflict until it dissolves.

by Terry Dobson 1993

3.86

176 ratings

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🥋 Martial Arts Wisdom 🎭 Interpersonal Dynamics

Fish

by Stephen C. Lundin • 1996

She broke rules to escape the void where empathy and guilt should have been.

3.92

29k+

🩺 Clinical Memoir 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🎭 Masking And Mimicry

Fish 85%

She broke rules to escape the void where empathy and guilt should have been.

by Stephen C. Lundin 1996

3.92

29k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Memoir 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🎭 Masking And Mimicry

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

by Cho Nam-Joo • 2016

Kim Jiyoung does everything right, until motherhood breaks her into voices that are not her own.

4.16

192k+

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Generational Trauma 🧹 Invisible Labor

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 85%

Kim Jiyoung does everything right, until motherhood breaks her into voices that are not her own.

by Cho Nam-Joo 2016

4.16

192k+ ratings

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Generational Trauma 🧹 Invisible Labor

Supernormal

by Meg Jay • 2017

The most resilient people pay a hidden price: the exhausting, lifelong work of seeming normal.

4.31

1k+

🧒 Childhood Adversity 🛡️ Resilience Psychology 👁️ Hypervigilance

Supernormal 85%

The most resilient people pay a hidden price: the exhausting, lifelong work of seeming normal.

by Meg Jay 2017

4.31

1k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Adversity 🛡️ Resilience Psychology 👁️ Hypervigilance

How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness

by Toni Bernhard • 2015

Quiet the mental suffering your illness didn't create. Mindfulness for the chronically ill.

4.16

630

🏥 Chronic Illness 💊 Pain Management 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness Summary

How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness 85%

Quiet the mental suffering your illness didn't create. Mindfulness for the chronically ill.

by Toni Bernhard 2015

4.16

630 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness 💊 Pain Management 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Meeting the Shadow

by Connie Zweig • 1991

You cut off half of who you are in childhood. Becoming whole means taking it back.

4.30

2k+

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 🔒 Emotional Repression

Meeting the Shadow 85%

You cut off half of who you are in childhood. Becoming whole means taking it back.

by Connie Zweig 1991

4.30

2k+ ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 🔒 Emotional Repression

One Half from the East

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

3.98

3k+

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent

One Half from the East 85%

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016

3.98

3k+ ratings

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Creep 85%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Texts We Never Sent

by G. Forsyth-Read • 2026

Four estranged friends are forced to face old secrets when delayed messages from prom night arrive.

4.10

152

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🖤 Abusive Relationship 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story

Texts We Never Sent 85%

Four estranged friends are forced to face old secrets when delayed messages from prom night arrive.

by G. Forsyth-Read 2026

4.10

152 ratings

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🖤 Abusive Relationship 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story

Party of One

by Anneli Rufus • 2003

Your preference for solitude isn't a disorder. Society just needs you to believe it is.

3.71

3k+

🫂 Solitude And Society 🔇 Introversion Advocacy 🧬 Temperament Psychology

Party of One 85%

Your preference for solitude isn't a disorder. Society just needs you to believe it is.

by Anneli Rufus 2003

3.71

3k+ ratings

🫂 Solitude And Society 🔇 Introversion Advocacy 🧬 Temperament Psychology

Sound

by Bella Bathurst • 2017

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

3.91

288

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability

Sound 85%

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

by Bella Bathurst 2017

3.91

288 ratings

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka • 1948

An insurance clerk fills notebooks at night, dissecting himself with precision that still stings.

4.22

260

📓 Literary Diaries ✍️ Creative Struggle 🕳️ Existential Despair

The Diaries of Franz Kafka 85%

An insurance clerk fills notebooks at night, dissecting himself with precision that still stings.

by Franz Kafka 1948

4.22

260 ratings

📓 Literary Diaries ✍️ Creative Struggle 🕳️ Existential Despair

Not Fade Away

by Rebecca Alexander • 2014

At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.

3.96

1k+

🦽 Disability Memoirs 👂 Sensory Loss ⏳ Progressive Illness

Not Fade Away 85%

At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.

by Rebecca Alexander 2014

3.96

1k+ ratings

🦽 Disability Memoirs 👂 Sensory Loss ⏳ Progressive Illness

Obsessed

by Allison Britz • 2017

A nightmare about brain cancer traps a high-achieving teen in rituals she cannot explain or escape.

3.91

7k+

🧠 Living With Ocd 💯 Perfectionism 🛋️ Healing Journey

Obsessed 85%

A nightmare about brain cancer traps a high-achieving teen in rituals she cannot explain or escape.

by Allison Britz 2017

3.91

7k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Ocd 💯 Perfectionism 🛋️ Healing Journey

Mauvaise connexion

by Jo Witek • 2012

A lonely teen creates an online self and meets a photographer whose attention becomes her prison.

3.63

282

🖥️ Online Grooming 🎭 Secret Online Identity 💔 Mother Daughter Rift

Mauvaise connexion 85%

A lonely teen creates an online self and meets a photographer whose attention becomes her prison.

by Jo Witek 2012

3.63

282 ratings

🖥️ Online Grooming 🎭 Secret Online Identity 💔 Mother Daughter Rift

Near the Bone

by Christina Henry • 2021

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

3.69

22k+

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

Near the Bone 85%

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

by Christina Henry 2021

3.69

22k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

So Damn Sketchy

by Bonnie Kent • 2020

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

3.93

218

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries

So Damn Sketchy 85%

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

by Bonnie Kent 2020

3.93

218 ratings

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set

by Tara Westover • 2023

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

4.34

360

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set Summary

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set 85%

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

by Tara Westover 2023

4.34

360 ratings

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement

The Wives

by Simone Gorrindo • 2024

She joined a hidden world of rules, waiting, and rivalries: the sisterhood of Army wives.

3.77

9k+

🏠 Military Spouses 💪 Invisible Labor 👭 Female Friendship

The Wives 85%

She joined a hidden world of rules, waiting, and rivalries: the sisterhood of Army wives.

by Simone Gorrindo 2024

3.77

9k+ ratings

🏠 Military Spouses 💪 Invisible Labor 👭 Female Friendship

The Heart To Start

by David Kadavy • 2017

Procrastination isn't laziness. It's ego. The fix is embracing terrible first drafts.

4.16

1k+

🧱 Creative Blocks 💯 Perfectionism ⏳ Procrastination

The Heart To Start 85%

Procrastination isn't laziness. It's ego. The fix is embracing terrible first drafts.

by David Kadavy 2017

4.16

1k+ ratings

🧱 Creative Blocks 💯 Perfectionism ⏳ Procrastination

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

First Comes Love 85%

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

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul

by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun • 2023

Activists burn out. A quiet, sustainable alternative that turns sensitivity into a strength.

3.97

908

🧘 Quiet Activism 👂 Highly Sensitive People 🌱 Sustainable Activism

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul Summary

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul 85%

Activists burn out. A quiet, sustainable alternative that turns sensitivity into a strength.

by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun 2023

3.97

908 ratings

🧘 Quiet Activism 👂 Highly Sensitive People 🌱 Sustainable Activism

Snatched from the flames

by Nathan Reynolds • 2018

Bred into an occult bloodline and trained to kill, he buried his shattered selves for 27 years.

4.43

144

🕯️ Ritual Abuse ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🧩 Dissociative Identity Disorder

Snatched from the flames 85%

Bred into an occult bloodline and trained to kill, he buried his shattered selves for 27 years.

by Nathan Reynolds 2018

4.43

144 ratings

🕯️ Ritual Abuse ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🧩 Dissociative Identity Disorder

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka • 2023

Kafka's diaries: the body hatred, the office dread, the nights his fiction tried to escape.

4.28

577

📖 Literary Diaries 🎨 Creative Struggle 🌙 Dream Journaling

The Diaries of Franz Kafka 85%

Kafka's diaries: the body hatred, the office dread, the nights his fiction tried to escape.

by Franz Kafka 2023

4.28

577 ratings

📖 Literary Diaries 🎨 Creative Struggle 🌙 Dream Journaling

Words on Bathroom Walls

by Julia Walton • 2017

A boy hides schizophrenia at his new school, but the drug keeping him stable is temporary.

4.06

16k+

🧠 Living With Schizophrenia 🤫 Hidden Diagnosis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Words on Bathroom Walls 85%

A boy hides schizophrenia at his new school, but the drug keeping him stable is temporary.

by Julia Walton 2017

4.06

16k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Schizophrenia 🤫 Hidden Diagnosis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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

Boy Meets Depression 85%

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

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

See A Little Light 85%

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

The Padre

by Jennifer O'Leary • 2023

Gaddafi's cash. A parking timer. A priest. These built the IRA's most reliable bombs.

4.02

455

⚔️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🔫 Arms Trafficking

The Padre 85%

Gaddafi's cash. A parking timer. A priest. These built the IRA's most reliable bombs.

by Jennifer O'Leary 2023

4.02

455 ratings

⚔️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🔫 Arms Trafficking

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

Divided Minds 85%

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

by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment

Big Swiss 85%

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment

The Art of Taking Action

by Gregg Krech • 2014

Japanese psychology's rule: do what needs doing, no matter how you feel. Everything else follows.

3.88

1k+

🎌 Japanese Psychology 🏃 Action Over Feelings 📈 Kaizen

The Art of Taking Action 85%

Japanese psychology's rule: do what needs doing, no matter how you feel. Everything else follows.

by Gregg Krech 2014

3.88

1k+ ratings

🎌 Japanese Psychology 🏃 Action Over Feelings 📈 Kaizen

How to Be an Introvert in an Extrovert World

by Michele Connolly • 2018

Recharge your social battery, set guilt-free boundaries, and turn quiet into the ultimate advantage.

3.73

128

🧘 Introversion ❤️ Self-Acceptance 🔋 Social Energy

How to Be an Introvert in an Extrovert World Summary

How to Be an Introvert in an Extrovert World 85%

Recharge your social battery, set guilt-free boundaries, and turn quiet into the ultimate advantage.

by Michele Connolly 2018

3.73

128 ratings

🧘 Introversion ❤️ Self-Acceptance 🔋 Social Energy

The Heart and the Fist

by Eric Greitens • 2011

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

4.12

10k+

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

The Heart and the Fist 85%

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

by Eric Greitens 2011

4.12

10k+ ratings

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

Crux

by Gabriel Tallent • 2026

Outcast friends tackle a desert boulder to prove themselves but the fall could shatter their bond.

3.79

4k+

🧗 Rock Climbing 🫂 Found Family 💌 Unspoken Longing

Crux 85%

Outcast friends tackle a desert boulder to prove themselves but the fall could shatter their bond.

by Gabriel Tallent 2026

3.79

4k+ ratings

🧗 Rock Climbing 🫂 Found Family 💌 Unspoken Longing

Ego Is the Enemy

by Ryan Holiday • 2016

Ego fuels the climb, poisons the summit, and blocks the comeback. Restraint is the only fix.

4.13

90k+

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 🧘 Self-Restraint

Ego Is the Enemy 85%

Ego fuels the climb, poisons the summit, and blocks the comeback. Restraint is the only fix.

by Ryan Holiday 2016

4.13

90k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 🧘 Self-Restraint

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

From the Ashes 85%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

PDA by PDAers

by Sally Cat • 2018

A survival guide for demand avoidance: why instructions feel like attacks, and what actually helps.

4.00

🚫 Demand Avoidance 🎭 Autistic Masking 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Neurodivergent Parenting

PDA by PDAers 85%

A survival guide for demand avoidance: why instructions feel like attacks, and what actually helps.

by Sally Cat 2018

4.00

1 ratings

🚫 Demand Avoidance 🎭 Autistic Masking 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Neurodivergent Parenting

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

In the Dream House 85%

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

In Emergency, Break Glass

by Nate Anderson • 2022

Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.

3.91

323

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔧 Technology Critique 📱 Attention Economy

In Emergency, Break Glass 85%

Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.

by Nate Anderson 2022

3.91

323 ratings

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔧 Technology Critique 📱 Attention Economy

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