Books like Inner hunger by Marianne Apostolides

After being murdered at fourteen, Susie Salmon watches from heaven as her family, friends, and killer grapple with grief and justice, revealing how love and forgiveness shape a family's future.

A groundbreaking work that explains how trauma rewires the brain and body, and presents evidence‑based therapies—from neurofeedback to yoga—that unlock the mind’s natural capacity for healing.

Jennifer Egan’s interlocking narratives weave the lives of Bennie Salazar, a former punk rocker turned record executive, and Sasha, a restless young woman, across decades and continents, exploring music, memory and the fragile threads that bind us.

A groundbreaking memoir that blends personal narrative with rigorous theory, charting Maggie Nelson’s queer romance, pregnancy, and the politics of love and family.

A candid memoir of Lori Gottlieb’s teenage battle with anorexia nervosa, revisiting her 1970s diary to reveal the loneliness, family dynamics, and societal pressures that drove her dieting obsession.

Marya Hornbacher’s memoir chronicles her battle with anorexia and bulimia, detailing hospital stays, therapy, and the loss of family and jobs as she ultimately finds a path to recovery.

Portia de Rossi opens on her concealed struggle with anorexia and bulimia during her rise to fame on "Ally McBeal" and "Arrested Development," revealing the toll of Hollywood’s spotlight on her health and identity.

Anorexia is a harrowing autobiographical account of Katie Metcalfe’s battle with the eating disorder, her journey through hospital treatment, and the profound effects on her family.

Chronicles the author's grief, fear, and powerlessness as her daughter suffered and eventually died due to an eating disorder, and describes her experiences dealing with her daughter's disease and her own helplessness.

An autobiographical account of a Black woman’s battle with bulimia, exploring cultural barriers, self‑esteem struggles, and the scarcity of race‑sensitive eating‑disorder treatment.

Abby Norman’s memoir recounts her battle with endometriosis, from chronic pain and misdiagnosis to self‑education and activism, revealing the gender bias that often dismisses women’s medical complaints.

In 1930s Northern Canada, brothers Arthur and Jake vie for their father's farm amid looming war. When a young woman arrives, sibling rivalry turns into a fragile, emotional storm that shakes their rural lives.

Already a book club favorite, Hunger is Erica Simone Turnipseed's captivating follow-up to A Love Noire, in which heartache fans the flames of lust when freethinking Noire and Innocent, her urbane African ex, reunite. Noire and Innocent are both having a thirtysomething crisis. A beleaguered graduate student, she's got no money, no man, and no Ph.D.—yet. His former identity as a successful investment banker and eligible bachelor has disappeared. A year of predoctoral research in Haiti leaves Noire drained. And a trip home to Cote d'Ivoire offers Innocent little more than intermittent sexual gratification. In the aftermath of 9/11, Noire and Innocent are back in New York City and find solace in each other's beds. But even that arrangement collapses under the weight of Innocent's revelation that he has unfinished business in Africa. For Noire and Innocent, patching together their unraveling lives becomes an exercise in hope and humility. With Hunger, Turnipseed lives up to the promise of A Love Noire, maturing into a writer who fearlessly explores the intersection of sex, love, identity, and loss in a cross-cultural context.

Aimee Liu revisits her pioneering memoir on anorexia, blending personal testimony with research on the origins, long‑term effects, and treatment of eating disorders, offering insights into recovery and relapse patterns.