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.

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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