Intergenerational Trauma Books

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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.55 — 37,518 ratings — published 2016
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.35 — 272,765 ratings — published 2014
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.01 — 397,330 ratings — published 2019
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.39 — 11,547 ratings — published 2017
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Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.18 — 318 ratings — published
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Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,000 ratings — published 2023
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My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1) My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.51 — 52,360 ratings — published 2021
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Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.15 — 586 ratings — published 2017
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.31 — 34,671 ratings — published 2022
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The Vanishing Half The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.12 — 849,142 ratings — published 2020
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.36 — 88,185 ratings — published 2015
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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,311 ratings — published 2018
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Mapping the Interior Mapping the Interior (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.59 — 13,894 ratings — published 2017
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Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,087 ratings — published 2022
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Surviving the City (Surviving the City, #1) Surviving the City (Surviving the City, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,596 ratings — published 2019
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How to Sell a Haunted House How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.64 — 164,466 ratings — published 2023
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Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.04 — 229 ratings — published 2023
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Thistlefoot Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.94 — 24,175 ratings — published 2022
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House of Yesterday House of Yesterday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.68 — 384 ratings — published 2022
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Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, and Generational Trauma Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, and Generational Trauma (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.21 — 39 ratings — published
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What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.42 — 107,022 ratings — published 2021
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The Wall The Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.01 — 32,592 ratings — published 1963
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Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.31 — 198,816 ratings — published 2021
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Of Women and Salt Of Women and Salt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.69 — 48,987 ratings — published 2021
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The Ancestor Syndrome The Ancestor Syndrome (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.79 — 695 ratings — published 1998
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In Case of Emergency In Case of Emergency (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.13 — 297 ratings — published
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This Strange Eventful History This Strange Eventful History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.56 — 5,563 ratings — published
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Everything We Never Had Everything We Never Had (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,134 ratings — published 2024
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An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #6) An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #6)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.07 — 942 ratings — published 2021
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Glass Girls Glass Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.92 — 631 ratings — published 2025
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Spilled Ink: A Powerful YA Contemporary Novel About a Muslim Teen and Her Fight for Voice Spilled Ink: A Powerful YA Contemporary Novel About a Muslim Teen and Her Fight for Voice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.95 — 194 ratings — published 2024
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Asking for a Friend: A YA Rom-Com About a Taiwanese Teen, Her Frenemy, and Unexpected Love Asking for a Friend: A YA Rom-Com About a Taiwanese Teen, Her Frenemy, and Unexpected Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.62 — 329 ratings — published 2024
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Play Nice Play Nice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.92 — 38,054 ratings — published 2025
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The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color (The Social Justice Handbook Series) The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color (The Social Justice Handbook Series)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.42 — 488 ratings — published
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Not the Perfect Victim Not the Perfect Victim (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.80 — 30 ratings — published 2025
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Healer of the Water Monster Healer of the Water Monster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,620 ratings — published 2021
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,834,880 ratings — published 2018
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Blue Sisters Blue Sisters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.92 — 280,140 ratings — published 2024
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The Unfinished: A Stunning Debut YA Horror Where Mohawk Monsters Haunt Black Water and Missing Teens The Unfinished: A Stunning Debut YA Horror Where Mohawk Monsters Haunt Black Water and Missing Teens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.59 — 714 ratings — published 2024
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Conjure Women Conjure Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.87 — 18,691 ratings — published 2020
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The Bright Years The Bright Years (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.22 — 56,464 ratings — published 2025
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The Hunger We Pass Down The Hunger We Pass Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.83 — 499 ratings — published 2025
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The Color of a Lie The Color of a Lie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.25 — 983 ratings — published 2024
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The Bone Thief The Bone Thief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.96 — 744 ratings — published 2025
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The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.49 — 544 ratings — published 2025
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Necessary Fiction Necessary Fiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.99 — 256 ratings — published 2025
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Looking for Smoke Looking for Smoke (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,710 ratings — published 2024
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The Berry Pickers The Berry Pickers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.08 — 293,749 ratings — published 2023
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Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 4.18 — 591 ratings — published 2025
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Salt Bones Salt Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as intergenerational-trauma)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,223 ratings — published 2025
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“Orangtua adalah pekerjaan yang kesepian. Kalau emosi mereka menemukan jalur pelampiasan, mereka akan terus meneroka jalur itu.”
Wu Xiaole, On Children

“If intergenerational trauma can alter DNA, why can’t intergenerational love?”
Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

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