9 Top mental illness books like He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness by Miriam Feldman

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He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

By: Miriam Feldman

4.32

Format: None pages, ebook

In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations of families enjoy deep roots in old homes…

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1. Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder

By: Randi Kreger , Paul T. Mason

4.01

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder i… read more

Similar categories in Randi Kreger's Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It's important that you don't continue to ignore or accept rages. Realize that extreme rage directed at you or your children is verbal and emotional abuse. Even if you think you can handle it, over t…"

-Randi Kreger, Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder

"Children who experience abuse also learn to deny pain and chaos or accept them as normal and proper. They learn that their feelings were wrong or didn't matter. They learn to focus on immediate survi…"

-Randi Kreger, Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder

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2. Moral Disorder and Other Stories

By: Margaret Atwood

3.64

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Margaret Atwood is acknowledged as one of the foremost writers of our time. In Moral Disorder she h… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Moral Disorder and Other Stories book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
"You can't lead if no one will follow."

-Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder and Other Stories

"I could do a good imitation of a competent young woman."

-Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder and Other Stories

"But all doors used regularly are doors to the afterlife."

-Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder and Other Stories

"The objects I chose were designed to hold something, but I didn't fill them up. They remained empty. They were little symbolic shrines to thirst."

-Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder and Other Stories

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3. The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

By: Elyn R. Saks

4.31

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she's an endowed professor at the prestigious University of … read more

Similar categories in Elyn R. Saks's The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
"in my experience, the words “now just calm down"

-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

"some truths that were too difficult and frightening to know."

-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

"The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not"

-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

"I needed to put two critical ideas together: that I could both be mentally ill and lead a rich and satisfying life."

-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

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4. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

By: Mark Lukach

4.29

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and … read more

Similar categories in Mark Lukach's My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

5. Manic: A Memoir

By: Terri Cheney

2.89

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Terri Cheney's Manic: A Memoir book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
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6. A Mercy

By: Toni Morrison

4.51

Format: 192 pages,

In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch… read more

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7. Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope

By: Randye Kaye

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

When readers first meet Ben, he is a sweet, intelligent, seemingly well-adjusted youngster. Fast fo… read more

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8. Stash: My Life in Hiding

By: Laura Cathcart Robbins

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive and vivid memoir—in the vein of Drinking: A Love Story and Somebody’s Daughter—about t… read more

Similar categories in Laura Cathcart Robbins's Stash: My Life in Hiding book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • mental health
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9. While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

By: Meg Kissinger

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illnes… read more

Similar categories in Meg Kissinger's While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Tanner's Worry book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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11. The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1)

By: Jess Lourey

4.23

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

Two girls vanished. A woman buried alive. Between two crimes—decades of secrets yet to be unearthed… read more

Similar categories in Jess Lourey's The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1) book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
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12. The Bookshop of Yesterdays

By: Amy Meyerson

3.65

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant… read more

Similar categories in Amy Meyerson's The Bookshop of Yesterdays book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
"Every day has a past. Every day has a tomorrow."

-Amy Meyerson, The Bookshop of Yesterdays

"You don’t have to like your family, you only have to love them."

-Amy Meyerson, The Bookshop of Yesterdays

"It's difficult seeing parents for who they are rather than who we want them to be."

-Amy Meyerson, The Bookshop of Yesterdays

"The law’s a profession of the written word. Do you know what most lawyers want to be? Writers."

-Amy Meyerson, The Bookshop of Yesterdays

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13. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

Similar categories in Patric Gagne's Sociopath: A Memoir book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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14. Just by Looking at Him

By: Ryan O'Connell

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the star of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a “funny, tender, and… read more

Similar categories in Ryan O'Connell's Just by Looking at Him book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
"I used to believe it was a privilege to be loved by anybody. Not anymore."

-Ryan O'Connell, Just by Looking at Him

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15. Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

By: Ralph Macchio

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, the… read more

Similar categories in Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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16. Me: Moth

By: Amber McBride

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Me: Moth book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
  • mental health
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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17. The Third Daughter

By: Talia Carner

4.17

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

From the author of Jerusalem Maiden comes a remarkable story, inspired by little-known true events,… read more

Similar categories in Talia Carner's The Third Daughter book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
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18. Cost of Living: Essays

By: Emily Maloney

3.59

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combined with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exa… read more

Similar categories in Emily Maloney's Cost of Living: Essays book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • mental health
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19. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir

By: Michael McDonald

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more

Similar categories in Michael McDonald's What a Fool Believes: A Memoir book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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20. The Curious Secrets of Yesterday

By: Namrata Patel

4.02

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman’s ambitions clash with familial expectations in a captivating novel about generational secr… read more

Similar categories in Namrata Patel's The Curious Secrets of Yesterday book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

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21. Never Simple

By: Liz Scheier

3.73

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This gripping and darkly funny memoir “is a testament to the undeniable, indestructible love betwee… read more

Similar categories in Liz Scheier's Never Simple book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Clearly I hadn't actually won the Shitty Family Olympics, just placed in the qualifiers. It could've been worse."

-Liz Scheier, Never Simple

"Having a mentally ill parent meant simultaneously wrestling with a hard relationship while mourning the absence of the one you actually wanted."

-Liz Scheier, Never Simple

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22. Someone I Used to Know

By: Patty Blount

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's been two years since the night that changed Ashley's life. Two years since she was raped by he… read more

Similar categories in Patty Blount's Someone I Used to Know book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
  • mental health
"Every time there’s a terrorist attack, everybody starts screaming for border closings and tighter security at airports. Does anybody ever shrug it off and say, ‘Oh, it’s just extremists being extremi…"

-Patty Blount, Someone I Used to Know

Cover of The Next Chapter: Making Peace with Hard Memories, Finding Hope All Around Me, and Clearing Space for Good Things to Come by Jana Kramer

23. The Next Chapter: Making Peace with Hard Memories, Finding Hope All Around Me, and Clearing Space for Good Things to Come

By: Jana Kramer

3.91

Format: 304 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling author and country music superstar, Jana Kramer, reveals how she said go… read more

Similar categories in Jana Kramer's The Next Chapter: Making Peace with Hard Memories, Finding Hope All Around Me, and Clearing Space for Good Things to Come book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Catch Her in a Lie (Steinbeck and Reed, #0,5) by Jess Lourey

24. Catch Her in a Lie (Steinbeck and Reed, #0,5)

By: Jess Lourey

3.71

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

Two agents on the trail of a serial killer. A mother and daughter on the trip of a lifetime. Fates … read more

Similar categories in Jess Lourey's Catch Her in a Lie (Steinbeck and Reed, #0,5) book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
Cover of American Daughter by Stephanie Thornton Plymale

25. American Daughter

By: Stephanie Thornton Plymale

4.20

Format: 288 pages, ebook

For 50 years, Stephanie Plymale kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. No one outside her immedia… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Thornton Plymale's American Daughter book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • memoir
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comeback Summer by Ali Brady

26. The Comeback Summer

By: Ali Brady

3.85

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Two sisters have one summer to crush their comfort zones and save their grandmother’s legacy in thi… read more

Similar categories in Ali Brady's The Comeback Summer book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
"More is lost from indecision than making the wrong decision, bubeleh."

-Ali Brady, The Comeback Summer

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27. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

Similar categories in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • audiobook
Cover of Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight for Her Son by Mindy Greiling

28. Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight for Her Son

By: Mindy Greiling

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

One mother’s fight to support her son and change a broken system In his early twenties, Mindy Grei… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Greiling's Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight for Her Son book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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29. Shred Sisters

By: Betsy Lerner

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sister… read more

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30. He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

By: Miriam Feldman

4.32

Format: None pages, ebook

In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations of families enjoy deep roots in old homes… read more

Similar categories in Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley

31. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

By: Lisa Marie Presley

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Marie Presley's From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir book and Miriam Feldman's He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

24 Best audiobook books like He Came in with It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness by Miriam Feldman

Transform Your Habits

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder

Randi Kreger , Paul T. Mason

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Moral Disorder and Other Stories

Margaret Atwood

3.64

Transform Your Habits

My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

Mark Lukach

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Stash: My Life in Hiding

Laura Cathcart Robbins

3.92

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Cane

Jean Toomer , Darwin Turner

3.83

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Sonny's Blues

James Baldwin

4.30

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

4.43

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Secret History; Or, the Horrors of St. Domingo and Laura

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