The Greatest Books of All Time on Psychological Trauma
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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1439 | Édes Anna | Dezső Kosztolányi | 1926 | Hungarian | Hungarian | |
| 1578 | The Cement Garden | Ian McEwan | 1978 | British | English | |
| 2068 | The Black Dahlia | James Ellroy | 1987 | American | English | |
| 4997 | A Nest Of Nightmares | Lisa Tuttle | 1986 | American | English | |
| 6717 | Beat Not The Bones | Charlotte Jay | 1952 | Australian | English | |
| 6735 | The Deep Blue Good By | John D. MacDonald | 1964 | American | English | |
| 7893 | Communion | Whitley Strieber | 1987 | American | English | |
| 7931 | The Judas Child | Carol O'Connell | 1998 | American | English | |
| 8239 | Nineteen Seventy Seven | David Peace | 2000 | British | English | |
| 9572 | Pigeons On The Grass | Wolfgang Koeppen | 1951 | German | German | |
| 9821 | Alex | Pierre Lemaitre | 2011 | French | French | |
| 11287 | Heartsick | Chelsea Cain | 2007 | American | English | |
| 11430 | The Troop | Nick Cutter | 2014 | Canadian | English | |
| 14232 | Lost Boy Lost Girl | Peter Straub | 2003 | American | English | |
| 14984 | Wild at Heart | Barry Gifford | 1990 | American | English | |
| 16526 | The Red Laugh | Leonid Andreyev | 1904 | Russian | English | |
| 17125 | An American Dream | Norman Mailer | 1965 | American | English | |
| 17125 | Evil And The Mask | Fuminori Nakamura | 2010 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17125 | The Tooth Fairy | Graham Joyce | 1996 | British | English | |
| 17125 | A Taste of Fear | Tharwat Abaza | 1968 | Egyptian | Unknown | |
| 17125 | The 9th Girl | Tami Hoag | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17125 | Trauma And Recovery | Judith Lewis Herman | 1992 | American | English |