Books like Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber

Elie Wiesel's autobiographical memoir chronicles his childhood in a Hungarian ghetto and his harrowing survival in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, exploring the horrors of the Holocaust and its lasting moral impact.

Truddi Chase’s memoir recounts her therapy journey uncovering 92 distinct personalities, detailing her experiences with child sexual abuse, dissociative identity disorder, and her path to recovery.

A biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr., detailing his brilliance, his 31‑year battle with schizophrenia, and his eventual remission.

An autobiographical account of Olaudah Equiano’s journey from enslavement in West Africa to freedom and entrepreneurial success, offering a rare first‑hand perspective on the Atlantic slave trade.

The Gift of Therapy is a practical guide that compiles Irvin D. Yalom’s 35‑year experience as a psychiatrist into 85 thoughtful, often original therapeutic ideas for counsellors and patients.

From Kay Redfield Jamison - an international authority on manic-depressive illness, and one of the few women who are full professors of medicine at American universities - a remarkable personal testimony: the revelation of her own struggle since adolescence with manic-depression, and how it has shaped her life. Vividly, directly, with candor, wit, and simplicity, she takes us into the fascinating and dangerous territory of this form of madness - a world in which one pole can be the alluring dark land ruled by what Byron called the "melancholy star of the imagination," and the other a desert of depression and, all too frequently, death. A moving and exhilarating memoir by a woman whose furious determination to learn the enemy, to use her gifts of intellect to make a difference, led her to become, by the time she was forty, a world authority on manic-depression, and whose work has helped save countless lives.

Jane Phillips turns a suicide note into a powerful memoir, charting her daily life with Multiple Personality Disorder and her decade‑long partnership with a therapist to uncover painful memories and achieve unity.

Elyn R. Saks, a distinguished professor and lawyer, chronicles her lifelong battle with schizophrenia, detailing how she overcame challenges to build a respected career in law, psychology, and psychiatry.

A biographical account of Sylvia, the world’s first white Ranee, consort of Sir Vyner Brooke, detailing her private secretary role, family ties, decadent lifestyle, and literary pursuits.

Robert B. Oxnam recounts his battle with alcoholism and the hidden reality of multiple personality disorder, revealing how therapy uncovered eleven distinct identities rooted in childhood trauma.

Eve Sizek, a woman diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, recounts her struggle, diagnosis, and recovery, offering an intimate biography of triumph over mental illness.

A psychologist's memoir of his struggle with dissociative disorders, including the emergence of twenty-four separate personalities.

Joan Frances Casey’s memoir reveals how a psychotic episode and subsequent therapy uncover her struggle with Multiple Personality Disorder, as she confronts a hidden history of abuse that threatens her artistic identity.

A former child survivor of incest and dissociative identity disorder recounts the terror of a childhood threat and the decades of silence that followed, culminating in the emergence of five distinct personalities speaking for the first time.

Debbie Nathan uncovers the real people behind the Sybil case, revealing their lives, struggles, and the journey to understanding dissociative identity disorder.