ACEs BOOK LIST
Here is a range of books that can help you heal. Take a look and review what looks interesting, inspirational, or helpful to you on your healing journey.
Fiction (Young Adult):
- The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton
- Holes, by Louis Sachar
- Dear Justyce, by Nic Stone
- How It All Blew Up, by Arvin Ahmadi
- Orbiting Jupiter, by Gary D. Schmidt
- Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate
- On the Come Up, by Angie Thomas
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, By Gail Honeyman
- Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- The Kite Runner, by Khaleed Hosseini
- A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaleed Hosseini
- Wayward Children Series, by Seanan McGuire
- All My Rage, by Sabaa Tahir
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, by Erika L. Sanchez
- Only This Beautiful Moment, by Abdi Nazemian
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Last Night I Sang to the Monster, by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Shut Up, This is Serious, by Carolina Ixta
Non-Fiction (Young Adult):
Non-Fiction (Adult):
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity, by Nadine Burke Harris
- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, by Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, by Peter A. Levine
- No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, by Richard C. Schwartz
- Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing, by David A. Treleaven
- Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies, by Renee Linklater
- The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
- What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
- Your Brain Is a Safe Space: How to Stop Trauma and PTSD from Controlling Your Life (Trauma release exercises and mental care), by Michele Rosenthal
- The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole, by Arielle Schwartz
- The Trans Self-Care Workbook, by Theo Lorenz
- Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, by Monique W. Morris
- In Their Names: The Untold Story of Victims’ Rights, Mass Incarceration, and the Future of Public Safety, by Lenore Anderson
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and The Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem
Memoirs (Adult, Young Adult):