Book List

Recommended Healing & Trauma Books 
Updated: March 30, 2024

SUICIDE RELATED:
Suicide: The Forever Decision by Paul G. Quinnett *highly recommend
A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
The Suicidal Mind by Edwin S. Shneidman
Why People Die by Suicide by Thomas Joiner
Suicidal Christians by Nita Tarr
How I Stayed Alive When my Brain was Trying to Kill Me by Susan R. Blaunder
Love Is Oxygen by Jarrid Wilson
Recklessly Alive by Sam Eaton
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron (Depression)


DRUG ADDICTION & NEW BELIEVER:
Made to Marvel by Travis Habbershon (former drug addict now pastor)


SEXUAL ABUSE:
The Packing House by G. Donald Cribbs

TRAUMA RELATED:
Mended by Angie Smith
Unmasking the Great Pretender by Linda Forester
It's Ok Not to be Okay by Sheila Walsh
Trauma to Transformation by Linda Forester
Forgiving My Father, Forgiving Myself by Ruth Graham
The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen
The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp
Forgiveness by Linda Forester
Face to Face with Jesus by Samaa Habib
Breaking Anxiety's Grip by Dr. Michelle Bengtson
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass, Laura Davis Complex PTSD by Pete Walker Growing Up Again by Jean Clarke & Connie Dawson Getting Past Your Past by Francine Shapiro, PhD Healing Developmental Trauma by Laurence Heller Ph.D. Healing the Wounded Spirit by John & Paula Sanford Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivor's  by Janina Fisher Healing Trauma by Peter Levine It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn Moving Beyond Trauma by Eileen Smith Trauma and the Soul by Donald Kalsched Trauma Bonding by Dr. Annely Alexander Trauma & the Body by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton The Transformation by Dr. James Gordon What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce D. Perry Ten Hours to Live by Brian Wills

SPIRITUAL ENCOURAGEMENT / SELF HELP:
Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer
The Strength You Need by Robert Morgan
Soul Keeping by John Ortberg
The Cure by McNicol Thrall


OTHER: The Gift of Pain by Dr. Paul Brand & Philip Yancey







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