Start with high-confidence dysfunctional families books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
North of Normal
Cea Sunrise Person, Harper
White Dresses
Mary Pflum Peterson
Holy Disruptor
Amy Duggar King, Unknown Author
The Normal One
Jeanne Safer, Ph.D.
Scattershot
David Lovelace
Fault Lines
Karl Pillemer Ph.D., Karl Pillemer
The Power of Parting
Eamon Dolan
Trapped in T Mirror
Elan Golomb, PhD
When Our Grown Kids Disappoint US
Jane Adams
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
A Light in the Dark
Kenneth M. Adams, Mary E. Meyer
Breaking Night
Liz Murray
Happens Every Day
Isabel Gillies
A Child Called It
Dave Pelzer
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson
Problem Child
Terrell Carter, Stacy Thunes
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
Stephanie M. Kriesberg PsyD, Wendy T. Behary LCSW
Children of the Self-absorbed
Nina W Brown EdD LPC, Nina W. Brown
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
