Book Reviews & Recommendations
Joseph Nguyen’s slim manifesto tackles a giant problem: the way unexamined thinking fuels anxiety, self doubt, and the endless habit of sabotaging our own progress. In a little over a hundred pages, he argues that thoughts are not facts, mental chatter is […]
Mel Robbins wants to give you two words to lighten your mental load: let them. In her latest self help juggernaut, she argues that much of our stress comes from trying to control people and outcomes we simply cannot. The prescription is […]
Amy Griffin’s The Tell: A Memoir is a haunting and heartfelt exploration of trauma, memory, and self-discovery. It begins with a simple observation from her daughter: “You’re here, but you’re not here.” That single moment sparks Griffin’s journey into the deepest corners […]
Zoe Thorogood’s graphic memoir is part diary, part performance, and part mirror that refuses to soften what it reflects. Framed as six months in which the artist writes a book about writing the book, it spirals through depression, anxiety, impostor syndrome, and […]
In Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life, Christie Tate invites readers into the most intimate corners of her psyche, offering a memoir that is equal parts confessional, shocking, and deeply vulnerable. The book chronicles her experience […]
In No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, Dr. Richard C. Schwartz invites readers to rethink what it means to be human. Instead of seeing ourselves as a single, unified identity, he argues that we […]
Miriam Toews has always blurred the line between fiction and truth, but in A Truce That Is Not Peace, she finally lays her own life bare in a memoir that feels both intimate and elusive. It is a meditation on why we […]
Katherine May’s Wintering is a quietly introspective book that invites readers to rethink how we approach the darker, quieter periods of our lives. It is part memoir, part meditation, and part lyrical essay about the value of slowing down, withdrawing, and finding […]
An Honest, Hilarious, and Unflinchingly Real Memoir About Autism, Womanhood, and Survival Fern Brady’s Strong Female Character is one of those rare memoirs that hits hard and still makes you laugh out loud. With her trademark blunt humor and razor-sharp insight, the […]
Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family is one of those rare nonfiction books that feels both monumental and intimate a sweeping account of scientific discovery intertwined with the harrowing, deeply personal story of one American family. […]