Books Like The Body Keeps the Score

Looking for books like The Body Keeps the Score? A landmark look at how trauma reshapes the body and brain, and what actually helps people heal from it.

What tends to stick with readers is its informative, thought-provoking and essential feel. Changed how an entire field talks about trauma and healing. Below are 6 books that carry that feeling in different ways, matched on shared mood, themes and reading experience. The Body Keeps the Score is a long, slow-paced read (reading level: easy to follow), so we've noted where each pick is quicker, slower or heavier.

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The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk

6 books you might enjoy

1.
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
Like The Body Keeps the Score, Man's Search for Meaning is thought-provoking. It's the quicker read of the two.
Short · Easy pace · Easy to follow
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2.
Daring Greatly
Brene Brown
Daring Greatly shares The Body Keeps the Score's thought-provoking appeal. It runs a bit longer than The Body Keeps the Score.
Medium · Easy pace · Beginner-friendly
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3.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts
Susan Cain
Quiet: The Power of Introverts shares The Body Keeps the Score's informative and thought-provoking appeal. It runs a bit longer than The Body Keeps the Score.
Medium · Easy pace · Beginner-friendly
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4.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Thinking, Fast and Slow shares The Body Keeps the Score's informative and thought-provoking appeal. Both carry the #dense tag. It's a more demanding read than The Body Keeps the Score.
Long · Slow pace · Moderate
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5.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind shares The Body Keeps the Score's informative and thought-provoking appeal. The pace is easier than The Body Keeps the Score's.
Long · Easy pace · Easy to follow
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The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
If it was the informative side of The Body Keeps the Score you loved, The Power of Habit delivers it too. It runs a bit longer than The Body Keeps the Score.
Medium · Easy pace · Beginner-friendly
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