Books like The Year I Stopped Trying by Katie Heaney

A candid memoir by psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb that blurs the line between therapist and patient, revealing the universal quest for meaning, love, and healing within personal and clinical journeys.

Lena Dunham’s witty, personal memoir chronicles her rise as a television star and her struggles as a young woman striving for balance, humorously reflecting on adulthood, relationships, and the pursuit of "having it all."

A witty, self‑portrait anthology of Issa Rae’s everyday awkwardness, blending humor with sharp observations on Black identity, introversion, relationships, and cultural expectations.

Psychological book on people dealing with high sensitivity.

College junior Harriet runs the campus advice column "Dear Emma," offering guidance while her own love life spirals: a silent crush, a new friend, and a threat to her blossoming friendship with a rival.

In her powerful new book, critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself from them. When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she'd been told about herself and the habits and defenses she'd developed over years of trying to meet others' expectations. The values she and so many other women had learned in girlhood did not prioritize their personal safety, happiness, or freedom, and she set out to reframe those values and beliefs. Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny. Written with Febos' characteristic precision, lyricism, and insight, Girlhood is a philosophical treatise, an anthem for women, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood, toward a chosen self.

Did you know that the Moon is the same size as Australia? Or that a blue whale's heart is as large as a car? This title explores a world of subjects, from the tiniest microchips to the massive, swirling planet Jupiter, with stunning photographs and images to help you visualise and understand each comparison.