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Girl in Pieces Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.93 — 287,582 ratings — published 2016
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Cut Cut (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.76 — 60,764 ratings — published 2000
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Scars Scars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,663 ratings — published 2010
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,007,059 ratings — published 2015
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Willow Willow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.90 — 32,886 ratings — published 2009
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,278,885 ratings — published 2006
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God of Fury (Legacy of Gods, #5) God of Fury (Legacy of Gods, #5)
by (shelved 29 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.49 — 187,174 ratings — published 2023
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Impulse (Impulse, #1) Impulse (Impulse, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.25 — 83,369 ratings — published 2007
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Wintergirls Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.96 — 127,598 ratings — published 2009
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Skin Game Skin Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,322 ratings — published 1999
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Suicide Notes Suicide Notes (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.80 — 57,204 ratings — published 2008
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A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,478 ratings — published 1998
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Break Break (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,798 ratings — published 2009
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Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,942 ratings — published
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Kaylee: The "What If?" Game Kaylee: The "What If?" Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.03 — 707 ratings — published 2022
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Her Her (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.26 — 475 ratings — published 2013
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Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4) Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
by (shelved 15 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.57 — 454,205 ratings — published 2021
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Black Knight (Royal Elite, #4) Black Knight (Royal Elite, #4)
by (shelved 15 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.90 — 99,427 ratings — published 2020
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,310,530 ratings — published 1963
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,037,160 ratings — published 2007
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Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, and Survival Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, and Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,408 ratings — published 2004
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Broken Broken (ebook)
by (shelved 14 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.22 — 8,037 ratings — published 2016
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Fear Me, Love Me (Deadly Hearts, #1) Fear Me, Love Me (Deadly Hearts, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.74 — 15,932 ratings — published
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Kiss of Broken Glass Kiss of Broken Glass (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,657 ratings — published 2014
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Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3) Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.53 — 512,369 ratings — published 2020
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Intoxicating (Elite Protection Services, #1) Intoxicating (Elite Protection Services, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.95 — 7,007 ratings — published 2019
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Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.87 — 660,124 ratings — published 2017
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.95 — 292,076 ratings — published 1993
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Scarred Scarred (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,708 ratings — published 2008
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It's Kind of a Funny Story It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.07 — 264,601 ratings — published 2006
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Kiss the Villain (Villain, #1) Kiss the Villain (Villain, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.04 — 83,974 ratings — published 2025
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Still Beating Still Beating (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.19 — 270,304 ratings — published 2020
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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.10 — 688,414 ratings — published 2007
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.06 — 644,125 ratings — published 1999
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The Luckiest Girl in the World The Luckiest Girl in the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,339 ratings — published 1997
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Whit (Unexpected, #1) Whit (Unexpected, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.03 — 19,367 ratings — published 2022
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Speak: The Graphic Novel Speak: The Graphic Novel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.38 — 22,011 ratings — published 2018
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Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere, #2) Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,705 ratings — published 2016
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Prozac Nation Prozac Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.64 — 64,590 ratings — published 1994
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Seven Days in June Seven Days in June (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.97 — 238,260 ratings — published 2021
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Tortured Whispers Tortured Whispers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,713 ratings — published 2018
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Written in Red (The Others, #1) Written in Red (The Others, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.25 — 65,762 ratings — published 2013
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The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1) The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.01 — 113,650 ratings — published 2013
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Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1) Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,795 ratings — published 2014
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The Perfect Cut The Perfect Cut (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.76 — 401 ratings — published 2008
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Chase in Shadow (Johnnies, #1) Chase in Shadow (Johnnies, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,320 ratings — published 2012
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Under Your Scars (Under Your Scars, #1) Under Your Scars (Under Your Scars, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as self-harm)
avg rating 4.32 — 106,301 ratings — published 2023
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The Pucking Wrong Guy (Pucking Wrong, #2) The Pucking Wrong Guy (Pucking Wrong, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.98 — 44,538 ratings — published
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Dirty Love Dirty Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.86 — 10,526 ratings — published 2022
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The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as self-harm)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,665,652 ratings — published 2020
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“That's when I wanted to cut. I cut to quiet the cacophony. I cut to end this abstracted agony, to reel my selves back to one present and physical whole, whose blood was the proof of her tangibility.”
Caroline Kettlewell, Skin Game

Bessel van der Kolk
“When you have a persistent sense of heartbreak and gutwrench, the physical sensations become intolerable and we will do anything to make those feelings disappear. And that is really the origin of what happens in human pathology. People take drugs to make it disappear, and they cut themselves to make it disappear, and they starve themselves to make it disappear, and they have sex with anyone who comes along to make it disappear and once you have these horrible sensations in your body, you’ll do anything to make it go away.”
Bessel A. van der Kolk

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