Books like…

Books Like Lucky

by Alice Sebold · about this book

Loved Lucky by Alice Sebold? If its nonfiction, memoir & biography and sexual assault hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, Good Morning, Monster and What My Bones Know. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Lucky: Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Trauma Recovery

1. 

   The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

   Elizabeth Kendall

   Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Recovery Journey · Trauma Recovery · Intense

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   Good Morning, Monster

   Catherine Gildiner

   Trauma Recovery · Memoir & Biography · PTSD · Nonfiction · Sexual Assault

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   What My Bones Know

   Stephanie Foo

   Memoir & Biography · Trauma Recovery · PTSD · Nonfiction · Emotional

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   The Woman in Me

   Britney Spears

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Trauma Recovery · Emotional

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5. 

   In the Dream House

   Carmen Maria Machado

   Memoir & Biography · Trauma Recovery · Nonfiction · Intense · College Campus

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6. 

   This Is Me: A Reckoning

   Hayden Panettiere

   Recovery Journey · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Trauma Recovery · First Person Narrator

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   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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8. 

   Spare

   Prince Harry

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · PTSD · First Person Narrator

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9. 

   I'm Glad My Mom Died

   Jennette McCurdy

   Memoir & Biography · Trauma Recovery · Nonfiction · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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10. 

    Becoming

    Michelle Obama

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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11. 

    Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash

    Laura Clery

    Recovery Journey · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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12. 

    A Court of Mist and Fury

    Sarah J. Maas

    Trauma Recovery · PTSD · Intense · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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13. 

    Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

    Matthew Perry

    Recovery Journey · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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14. 

    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Memoir & Biography · PTSD · Nonfiction · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    When We Were Silent

    Fiona McPhillips

    Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Intense · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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16. 

    Tess of the Road

    Rachel Hartman

    Trauma Recovery · Sexual Assault · Emotional · Sexual Assault Content · Female Lead

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17. 

    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Emotional · First Person Narrator · Dark

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18. 

    Driven

    Susie Wolff

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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19. 

    Beyond the Wand

    Tom Felton

    Memoir & Biography · Recovery Journey · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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20. 

    Manacled

    SenLinYu

    Sexual Assault Content · PTSD · Intense · Emotional · Female Lead

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