A list of all the books I've read that have felt life altering, made me cry or angry or, even happy. All genres just the feels.
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last updated January, 2026
The Tell: A Memoir
Amy Griffin
Maeve Fly
C.J. Leede
Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica
I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
Terrence Real
Life of the Party
Olivia Gatwood
Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of Americaâs Shining Women
Kate Moore
The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Home for Unwanted Girls
Joanna Goodman
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
Bruce D. Perry
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman
Know My Name: A Memoir
Chanel Miller
Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It
Kate Harding
Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
Anna Mehler Paperny
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
Tanya Talaga
I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
Halsey Halsey
milk and honey
Rupi Kaur
I Hate You â Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
Jerold J. Kreisman
Iâm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
Rejection: Fiction
Tony Tulathimutte
The Yellow Wall-Paper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Robert Kolker
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Anthony Ray Hinton
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