Don't Turn Away: Healing Troubled Minds in Challenging Times
By: Penelope Campling
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
'Wise and compassionate' Gwen Adshead, author of The Devil You Know Over the course of her 40-ye…
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1. Agnes Grey
By: Anne Brontë , Angeline Goreau
3.71
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition can be found here. Drawing heavily from personal experience, Anne Bro… read more
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"Dakle,"-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"No one cares for the exterior."-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"But, God knows best, I concluded."-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"If you require perfection, you never will"-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
2. In My Room
By: Jim Lucey
4.81
Format: 539 pages, Paperback
'The room is a space for the mind, and a metaphor for the mind at the same time. Most of us will ne… read more
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- nonfiction
3. The Shock of the Fall
By: Nathan Filer
3.46
Format: None pages, Hardcover
What begins as the story of a lost boy turns into a story of a brave man yearning to understand wha… read more
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- mental health
4. The Skeleton Cupboard: Stories from a clinical psychologist
By: Tanya Byron
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Skeleton Cupboard is Professor Tanya Byron's account of her years of training as a clinical psy… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
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5. Odd Girl Out: Being Autistic in a Neurotypical World
By: Laura James
3.62
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From early childhood, Laura James knew she was different, but it wasn't until her mid-forties that … read more
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6. The Radleys
By: Matt Haig
4.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Radleys are an everyday family who juggle dysfunctional lives. Except, as Peter and Helen Radle… read more
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7. How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love
By: Logan Ury
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A “must-read” ( The Washington Post ) funny and practical guide to help you find, build, and keep t… read more
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- nonfiction
8. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
By: Adam Kay
3.91
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more
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- medical
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9. All That Remains: A Life in Death
By: Sue Black
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses… read more
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10. Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
By: Hadley Freeman
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , comes a “riveting” ( The New York Times… read more
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- medical
- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
"Life, unfortunately, is not like an ‘80s movie, in which a character has an epiphany, a triumphal rock track plays on the soundtrack, and everyone smiles at one another: roll end credits. If my teena…"-Hadley Freeman, Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
11. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
By: Steven Bartlett
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more
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- nonfiction
12. You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here
By: Benji Waterhouse
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
Humane, hilarious, and heart-breaking, You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
13. The Girl Upstairs
By: Georgina Lees
3.70
Format: 384 pages, ebook
How well do you know your neighbour? Would you trust them with your life? I heard Emily before … read more
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14. The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
By: Shon Faye
4.55
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than 1% of … read more
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- nonfiction
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement’s muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement's muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"Together, an LGBTQ+ coalition with class consciousness and anti-racism at its core must recover its radicalism and reaffirm its opposition to capitalism and patriarchy. Infighting and division are in…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
15. Traces: The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator
By: Patricia Wiltshire
3.60
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
Professor Patricia Wiltshire will take you on a journey through the fascinating edgeland where natu… read more
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- medical
- nonfiction
- memoir
16. What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry
By: Ben Cave
4.26
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD --- 'Poignant, funny, engross… read more
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- medical
- nonfiction
- memoir
17. The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
By: Kerry Daynes
4.03
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to the world of the forensic psychologist, where the people you meet are wildly unpredictab… read more
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- nonfiction
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"There is no them and us, it is just us."-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
"It's a shithole but at least I can get a decent brew.' How very British, I thought to myself."-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
"[t]he art of talking comes easier to some of us but others. For boys and men, so many of them still socialised in a myriad of destructive ways to hide weakness and took out their difficulties, the id…"-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
18. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion
By: Gwen Adshead
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more
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- mental health
19. Dear Dolly
By: Dolly Alderton
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-professional problem-solver was that t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Pero, ¿quién se enamora de lo correcto?"-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly
"Watching a best friend become a parent is a magical thing. It can open up a part of their personality that you've never seen before and it can also open a new chapter of your friendship."-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly
"...romantics are, ironically, the worst culprits for being relationship avoidant. This is for two reasons. The first being that committing to someone would mean they would have to call off the search…"-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly
20. The Institution
By: Helen Sarah Fields
3.97
Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition
To beat them, she’ll have to join them… On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison … read more
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21. The Book That No One Wanted to Read
By: Richard Ayoade
3.74
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a bo… read more
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22. Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
By: The Secret Barrister
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who c… read more
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- nonfiction
"We deceive ourselves, our cognitive dissonance only resolved by our brains reassuring us that, in spite of what anyone else might think, we know we're in the right."-The Secret Barrister, Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
23. Dear Evan Hansen
By: Val Emmich
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the show's creators comes the groundbreaking novel inspired by the Broadway smash hit Dear Eva… read more
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- mental health
"The me I am is not the me I was."-Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen
"It reminds me of that saying: “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree."-Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen
"There is nothing unrealistic about the love that one man feels for another"-Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen
"Meh is basically a shoulder shrug, and that pretty much sums up the reaction I get from society at large."-Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen
24. The Songs You've Never Heard
By: Becky Jerams
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Dual-written by K-pop hit writer Becky Jerams and BAFTA-winning children’s composer Ellie Wyatt,The… read more
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25. Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
By: Lily Bailey
4.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Written with the indelible power of Girl, Interrupted, Brain on Fire, and Reasons to Stay Alive, a … read more
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"For as long as I could remember, I wasn't me, I was me."-Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
"I suppose I should be thankful that if I have to go mad, at least I get to do it in a fashionable, aristocratic way."-Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
"I’d love to learn everything all over again, but learn it right this time. I’d love to return my brain to factory settings."-Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
"Two of us sat side by side in my head, woven together, inseparable. She didn't even have a name; she was just She. Really, it was hard to say where She ended and I began. But food was not shared with…"-Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
26. Other Names for Love
By: Taymour Soomro
3.24
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A charged, hypnotic debut novel about a boy's life-changing summer in rural Pakistan: a story of fa… read more
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27. Ten Things I Hate About Me
By: Joe Tracini
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
'This is a remarkable book. The honesty is startling and potent' Dawn French 'You have to buy this… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
28. The Madness : A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD Fergal Keane
By: Fergal Keane
4.42
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An Irish Times book of the year 2022A powerful, probing book about PTSD.As a journalist Keane has c… read more
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- mental health
29. The Midnight Game
By: Cynthia Murphy
3.86
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
A classic horror story for a new generation. Six strangers. One night. But how many survivors? … read more
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30. Thunderstone: A True Story of Losing One Home and Discovering Another
By: Nancy Campbell
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
‘It was believed lightning would not strike a house that held a thunderstone. And so these fossils … read more
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- memoir
31. Don't Turn Away: Healing Troubled Minds in Challenging Times
By: Penelope Campling
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
'Wise and compassionate' Gwen Adshead, author of The Devil You Know Over the course of her 40-ye… read more
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