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Books Like Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities

by Flora Rheta Schreiber · about this book

Loved Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities by Flora Rheta Schreiber? If its nonfiction, female lead and dissociative identity hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Good Morning, Monster, What My Bones Know and I'm Glad My Mom Died. 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 Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities: Nonfiction · Female Lead · Dissociative Identity · Childhood Trauma · Child Abuse

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   Good Morning, Monster

   Catherine Gildiner

   Therapy Journey · Trauma Recovery · Popular Psychology · Childhood Trauma · Mental Health Advocacy

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   What My Bones Know

   Stephanie Foo

   Therapy Journey · Trauma Recovery · Mental Health Advocacy · Childhood Trauma · Child Abuse

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   I'm Glad My Mom Died

   Jennette McCurdy

   Therapy Journey · Childhood Trauma · Trauma Recovery · Child Abuse · Nonfiction

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   If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

   Gregg Olsen

   Child Abuse · Childhood Trauma · Nonfiction · Intense · Toxic Family Dynamics

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   Tess of the Road

   Rachel Hartman

   Trauma Recovery · Sexual Assault · Toxic Family Dynamics · Mother and Daughter · Sexual Assault Content

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   This Is Me: A Reckoning

   Hayden Panettiere

   Nonfiction · Mental Health Advocacy · Toxic Family Dynamics · Trauma Recovery · Memoir & Biography

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   In the Dream House

   Carmen Maria Machado

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

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   The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

   Elizabeth Kendall

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

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   Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark

   Sarafina El-Badry Nance

   Trauma Recovery · Nonfiction · Toxic Family Dynamics · Childhood Trauma · Memoir & Biography

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    The Girl Who Played with Fire

    Stieg Larsson

    Childhood Trauma · Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Child Abuse · Intense

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    The Woman in Me

    Britney Spears

    Toxic Family Dynamics · Nonfiction · Mental Health Advocacy · Trauma Recovery · Memoir & Biography

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    Brother

    Ania Ahlborn

    Torture · Child Abuse · Intense · Toxic Family Dynamics · Sexual Assault Content

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    When We Were Silent

    Fiona McPhillips

    Child Abuse · Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Intense · Dark

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    Parable of the Talents

    Octavia E. Butler

    Sexual Assault Content · Torture · Intense · Mother and Daughter · Dark

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    Daughter of the Blood

    Anne Bishop

    Child Abuse · Sexual Assault Content · Childhood Trauma · Torture · Intense

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    My Name Is Venus Black

    Heather Lloyd

    Mother and Daughter · Trauma Recovery · Toxic Family Dynamics · Child Abuse · Emotional

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    Strange Sally Diamond

    Liz Nugent

    Childhood Trauma · Child Abuse · Sexual Assault Content · Dark · Female Lead

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18. 

    Carrie

    Stephen King

    Toxic Family Dynamics · Child Abuse · Intense · Haunting · Dark

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    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Mental Health Advocacy · Nonfiction · Haunting · Memoir & Biography · Emotional

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    Ham On Rye

    Charles Bukowski

    Child Abuse · Childhood Trauma · Toxic Family Dynamics · Memoir & Biography · Dark

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