Memoir · Similar reads
Books like Hunger
Hunger by Roxane Gay is about body image, trauma, identity. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 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.
Read the summary → - Intuitive Eating
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Evelyn Tribole · Health
Intuitive Eating, first published in 1995 and now in its fourth edition, is registered dietitian Evelyn Tribole's framework for disengaging from diet culture and relearning to eat in response to hunger and satiety rather than external rules.
Read the summary → - Daring Greatly
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Brené Brown · Health
Daring Greatly is Brené Brown's argument, drawn from twelve years of qualitative research on shame and vulnerability, that the willingness to show up without guarantees — to be seen, to risk failure, to remain open in the presence of uncertainty — is not weakness but the foundation of courage, connection, and meaningful achievement.
Read the summary → - Eating Animals
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Jonathan Safran Foer · Health
Eating Animals began as a project to understand what food Foer would feed his newborn son.
Read the summary → - 10% Happier
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Dan Harris · Memoir
10% Happier is Dan Harris's account of discovering meditation after a panic attack live on Good Morning America in 2004 forced him to confront an anxiety problem he'd been managing with cocaine and a punishing work schedule.
Read the summary → - A Grief Observed
