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Books like In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
The best books like In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts are The Body Keeps the Score, When the Body Says No, and The Myth of Normal. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté is about addiction, trauma, compassion. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Body Keeps the Score
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Bessel van der Kolk · Psychology
The Body Keeps the Score is Bessel van der Kolk's account of four decades spent studying and treating trauma, from Vietnam veterans at the VA in the 1970s to survivors of childhood abuse, accidents, and domestic violence.
Shares trauma and neuroscience with In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts.
Read the summary → - When the Body Says No
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Gabor Maté · Health
When the Body Says No is Gabor Maté's investigation into how chronic stress and emotional suppression contribute to serious illness.
Both dig into trauma.
Read the summary → - The Myth of Normal
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Gabor Maté · Health
The Myth of Normal is Gabor Maté's most ambitious book, co-written with his son Daniel Maté.
Both dig into trauma.
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- Lost Connections
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Johann Hari · Health
Lost Connections is Johann Hari's argument that depression and anxiety are not primarily chemical imbalances in the brain but responses to social and environmental conditions — disconnection from meaningful work, close relationships, the natural world, a secure future, and status that feels deserved.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Mountains Beyond Mountains
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Tracy Kidder · Biography
Tracy Kidder's portrait of Paul Farmer — the physician and anthropologist who co-founded Partners in Health and spent decades treating tuberculosis, AIDS, and cholera in rural Haiti and among the poorest communities of the world — is one of the most compelling biographies of a contemporary American figure.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Scattered Minds
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Gabor Maté · Health
Scattered Minds, originally published as Scattered, is Gabor Maté's account of ADHD seen through the lens of his own diagnosis and his decades of clinical practice.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - Spark
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John J. Ratey · Health
Spark is John Ratey's argument, grounded in neuroscience, that aerobic exercise is the single most powerful thing most people can do for their brain.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - The Depression Cure
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Stephen Ilardi · Health
The Depression Cure is Stephen Ilardi's account of Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC), a structured program he developed at the University of Kansas for treating depression without primary reliance on antidepressants.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
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Robert M. Sapolsky · Health
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers is Robert Sapolsky's definitive popular account of the biology of stress.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - A General Theory of Love
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Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon · Psychology
A General Theory of Love is a 2000 book by three psychiatrists at the University of California, San Francisco — Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon — who set out to explain love scientifically without stripping it of its significance.
Both dig into neuroscience.
Read the summary → - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah · Memoir
Ishmael Beah was twelve years old when the Sierra Leone civil war reached his village and he was separated from his family.
Both dig into trauma.
Read the summary → - Adult Children of Alcoholics
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Janet G. Woititz · Psychology
Adult Children of Alcoholics is Janet Woititz's clinical guide to the lasting psychological patterns that develop in children raised in alcoholic families.
Both dig into trauma.
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Books like In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: quick answers
What are the best books like In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts?
The best books like In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté are The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté, Lost Connections by Johann Hari, Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, such as addiction, trauma, compassion.
What should I read after In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts?
A natural next read after In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts is The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. Shares trauma and neuroscience with In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Other strong choices are When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté, Lost Connections by Johann Hari.
What books are similar to In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté?
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts centers on addiction, trauma, compassion. Books with a similar feel include The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté, Lost Connections by Johann Hari, Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
