Surviving: Why We Stay and How We Leave Abusive Relationships
By: Beverly T. Gooden
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A revealing look at why domestic violence victims stay with their abusers…and how they can ultimate…
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1. The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond
By: Patricia Evans
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal a… read more
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- nonfiction
- abuse
2. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
By: Katherine May
3.86
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more
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- nonfiction
"The problem with “everything"-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
3. On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
By: Elise Loehnen
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considere… read more
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- nonfiction
"When you don't stop, you don't have to feel."-Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
4. Prima Facie
By: Suzie Miller
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This is not life, this is law… Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top cr… read more
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"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie
5. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
By: Roxane Gay
4.43
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay has edited a collection of essays that explore wh… read more
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- nonfiction
"Angry women care. Angry women speak and yell and sob their truths."-Roxane Gay, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
"I am a real survivor because I survived, even if some days it feels like I didn't survive at all."-Roxane Gay, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
"Anger is the privilege of the truly broken, and yet, I've never met a woman who was broken enough that she allowed herself to be angry."-Roxane Gay, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
"It is more like carrying something really heavy, forever. You do not get to put it down: you have to carry it, and so you carry it the way you need to, however it fits best."-Roxane Gay, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
6. Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
By: Rachel Louise Snyder
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For decades, Rachel Louise Snyder has been a fierce advocate reporting on the darkest social issues… read more
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- nonfiction
"I didn't intentionally gravitate towards stories of women. I was interested in human rights, which often boiled down to this question: who was winning and who was losing? And over and over again, cou…"-Rachel Louise Snyder, Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
7. Restless Dolly Maunder
By: Kate Grenville
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more
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8. The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl
By: Melanie Chisholm
3.92
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An intimate memoir from international pop star Melanie Chisholm--better known as Mel C. or Sporty S… read more
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- nonfiction
"Why would we want to date stupid controlling men when we could be having a far better time with our mates?"-Melanie Chisholm, The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl
"You’re not stupid if you don’t know something; you’re stupid if you don’t find out what it means, because you’ve missed an opportunity to learn something."-Melanie Chisholm, The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl
9. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)
By: John E. Douglas
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more
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- nonfiction
10. The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power
By: Katherine Morgan Schafler
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every “recovering perfectionist” t… read more
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- nonfiction
"Energy management beats time management."-Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power
"Feeling less in danger is not the same as feeling safe."-Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power
"Enthusiasm itself will not be enough to sustain an endeavor."-Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power
"Forgiveness is not a line you cross, it's a path you walk on."-Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power
11. All She Wants
By: Kelli Hawkins
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Ask no questions. Tell no lies. The utterly compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Oth… read more
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12. Dinner with the Schnabels
By: Toni Jordan
3.68
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
You can marry into them, but can you ever really be one of them? A novel about marriage, love and … read more
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13. Everyone and Everything
By: Nadine J. Cohen
4.29
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister. … read more
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14. No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
By: Rachel Louise Snyder
4.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder frames this urgent and immersive account of … read more
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- nonfiction
"Michelle saw was what so many other women before her had seen: that an abuser appears more powerful than the system."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"The average batterer, Adams told me, “is more likable than his victim, because domestic violence affects victims a lot more than it affects batterers."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"When I questioned whether she believed he really had changed, she said yes, but she also said she believed she could probably trigger him again in a minute."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"The very fact that intimate partner violence is so often addressed in civil court, rather than criminal court, gives insight into how we as a society still view it."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
15. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
By: Héctor García
3.72
Format: 208 pages, None
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- nonfiction
16. Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
By: Nicole Morris
4.31
Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition
They just vanished … Disappeared. Gone. Lost. No answers. Still missing. Imagine the pain, conf… read more
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"I find it harder and harder to talk about. It’s the frustration. I wish people had been this interested back then – we might have her with us."-Nicole Morris, Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
"I just kept living in hope, but I’ve got used to that fact now. The hope is gone. I still dream about her, and I still have nightmares about her. It gets easier to cope with, but it never leaves"-Nicole Morris, Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
"It’s tough. When my own son goes out, it’s natural to worry, but I get really paranoid. I worry that something’s going to happen, or he’s going to go missing when he goes out. I’m very protective of …"-Nicole Morris, Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
"Sometimes as a family we don’t like to talk about it because all this stuff is going through our heads about what could have happened to him. It upsets us because we didn’t want him to suffer. We jus…"-Nicole Morris, Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
17. All Her Little Lies
By: Becca Day
4.09
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
Everyone's convinced her son is a killer, but Alex Forrester knows him best, doesn't she? Cynthi… read more
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18. Killing Me
By: Michelle Gagnon
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Amber Jamison cannot believe she's about to become the latest victim of a serial killer-she's savvy… read more
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19. See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
By: Jess Hill
4.66
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria’s dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone … read more
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"I don't bash you with my fists, I bash you with my emotions, to keep you under control."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"I explain patriarchy as a dual system of power: men's power over women, and some men's power over other men. - Michael Kimmel"-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"Mangan is adamant: women's violence may cause distress to men in abusive relationships, but men are almost never in danger of being killed."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"Whether perpetrators abuse strategically or on impulse, however, they usually have one thing in common: a supercharged sense of entitlement."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
20. Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor’s investigation into stalking
By: Nicole Madigan
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A gripping blend of memoir, investigation and expert analysis, Obsession takes a deep dive into the… read more
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21. Surviving: Why We Stay and How We Leave Abusive Relationships
By: Beverly T. Gooden
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A revealing look at why domestic violence victims stay with their abusers…and how they can ultimate… read more
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- abuse
