The Greatest Books of All Time on 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
17120 A Flat Place Noreen Masud 2023 Unknown English
17120 Emergency Kathleen Alcott 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Suicide Museum Ariel Dorfman 2023 Chilean English
17120 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2023 French French
17120 Retrospective Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2023 Colombian Spanish
17120 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17120 Ninth Building Zou Jingzhi 2023 Chinese Chinese
17120 Fires In The Dark Kay Redfield Jamison 2023 Unknown English
17120 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17120 When The World Didn’t End Guinevere Turner 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Postcard Anne Berest 2023 French French
17120 Shy Max Porter 2023 British English
17120 Still Life With Bones Alexa Hagerty 2023 Unknown English
17120 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2023 Korean Korean
17120 Ghosts Of The Orphanage Christine Kenneally 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Absent Moon Luiz Schwarcz 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
17120 An Autobiography Of Skin Lakiesha Carr 2023 Unknown English
17120 Old God’s Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
17120 I Have Some Questions For You Rebecca Makkai 2023 American English
17120 Skull Water Heinz Insu Fenkl 2023 Unknown English
17120 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17120 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 Unknown English
17120 Holler, Child Latoya Watkins 2023 Unknown English
17120 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2021 French French
17120 Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You Lucinda Williams 2023 American English
17120 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17120 Hitler, Stalin, Mum And Dad Daniel Finkelstein 2023 British English
17120 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17120 Tell Me An Ending Jo Harkin 2022 Unknown English
17120 Hurricane Girl Marcy Dermansky 2022 American English
17120 Such Sharp Teeth Rachel Harrison 2022 American English
17120 Missionaries Phil Klay 2020 American English
17120 Everything We Had: An Oral History Of The Vietnam War Al Santoli 1981 American English
17120 Big Sky Kate Atkinson 2019 British English
17120 Alive At The End Of The World Saeed Jones 2022 American English
17120 The Long Take Robin Robertson 2018 British English
17120 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17120 Close Your Eyes And Count To 10 Lisa Unger American Unknown
17120 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17120 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17120 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17120 As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow Zoulfa Katouh 2022 Unknown English
17120 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17120 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17120 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17120 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17120 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17120 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
17120 The Lookback Window Kyle Dillon Hertz 2023 Unknown English
17120 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17120 Revelation Freshly Erupting Nelly Sachs German German
17120 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17120 The Stirrings Catherine Taylor Unknown English
17120 Everything/Nothing/Someone Alice Carrière 2023 Unknown English
17120 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17120 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17120 Life And Words Veena Das 2006 Indian English
17120 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17120 The Primordial Mind In Health And Illness Michael Robbins 2011 American Unknown
17120 Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation To Imagination Donnel B. Stern 1997 American English
17120 Awakening The Dreamer Philip M. M. Bromberg 2006 American English
17120 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17120 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17120 A Bird In Winter Louise Doughty 2023 British English
17120 The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh 2016 British English
17120 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17120 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17120 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17120 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17120 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart Holly Ringland 2018 Australian English
17120 The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
17120 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17120 A House In The Sky Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda 2013 Canadian English
17120 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17120 To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars Christopher Paolini 2020 American English
17120 Bleeding Heart Yard Elly Griffiths 2022 British English
17120 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17120 Not That Bad Roxane Gay 2018 American English
17120 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
17120 チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9] Tatsuki Fujimoto Japanese Japanese
17120 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 In This Corner Of The World Fumiyo Kouno 2007 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Silence Of The Lambs And Red Dragon Thomas Harris 1991 American Unknown
17120 Origami Man Matthew FitzSimmons 2020 American English
17120 Shipping News Annie Proulx 1993 American English
17120 Remote Control Andy McNab 1997 British English
17120 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese
17120 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English
17120 Conspiracy Of Silence Mel and Karen Silverstein American Unknown
17120 Fantasticland Mike Bockoven 2016 American English
17120 Identical Ellen Hopkins 2008 American English
17120 The Painted Drum Louise Erdrich 2013 American English
17120 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Emil Ferris 2017 American English
17120 Deeper Than The Dead Tami Hoag 2009 American English
17120 Secrets To The Grave Tami Hoag 2010 American English
17120 Down The Darkest Road Tami Hoag 2011 American English
17120 Almost Dead Lisa Jackson 2007 American English
17120 Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 2007 American English
17120 You Will Pay Lisa Jackson 2017 American English
17120 If She Only Knew Lisa Jackson 2000 American English
17120 After She's Gone Lisa Jackson 2015 American English
17120 Baking Cakes In Kigali Gaile Parkin 2009 South African English