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Cut Cut (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.76 — 60,765 ratings — published 2000
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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 17 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,478 ratings — published 1998
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Skin Game Skin Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,323 ratings — published 1999
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Scars Scars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,665 ratings — published 2010
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Willow Willow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.90 — 32,885 ratings — published 2009
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Wintergirls Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.96 — 127,596 ratings — published 2009
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,279,242 ratings — published 2006
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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 11 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,408 ratings — published 2004
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Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program For Self-Injurers Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program For Self-Injurers (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.79 — 371 ratings — published 1998
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Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,943 ratings — published
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The Luckiest Girl in the World The Luckiest Girl in the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,339 ratings — published 1997
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Girl in Pieces Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.93 — 287,711 ratings — published 2016
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Identical Identical (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.29 — 67,873 ratings — published 2008
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Crosses Crosses (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.84 — 609 ratings — published 1991
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Impulse (Impulse, #1) Impulse (Impulse, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.25 — 83,378 ratings — published 2007
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Break Break (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,798 ratings — published 2009
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Scarred Scarred (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,708 ratings — published 2008
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Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred (TrueColors, #7) Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred (TrueColors, #7)
by (shelved 5 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,996 ratings — published 2005
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Bodies under Siege: Self-mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry Bodies under Siege: Self-mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.80 — 215 ratings — published 1987
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Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light: A Memoir of Cutting, Healing, and Hope Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light: A Memoir of Cutting, Healing, and Hope (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.66 — 114 ratings — published 2007
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,007,589 ratings — published 2015
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The Hollow Dolls The Hollow Dolls (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.26 — 111 ratings — published 2013
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Purpose for the Pain Purpose for the Pain (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.24 — 516 ratings — published 2008
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Sleeveless Sleeveless (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.24 — 46 ratings — published 2002
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The Perfect Cut The Perfect Cut (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.76 — 401 ratings — published 2008
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Stitched: A Memoir Stitched: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.35 — 37 ratings — published 2005
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Kiss of Broken Glass Kiss of Broken Glass (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,657 ratings — published 2014
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Sharp: A Memoir Sharp: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.60 — 699 ratings — published 2012
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Her Her (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.26 — 475 ratings — published 2013
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Lady Injury Lady Injury (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.19 — 118 ratings — published 2015
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Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,650 ratings — published 2008
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Rage (Riders of the Apocalypse, #2) Rage (Riders of the Apocalypse, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,968 ratings — published 2011
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Kaylee: The "What If?" Game Kaylee: The "What If?" Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.03 — 707 ratings — published 2022
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Red Tears Red Tears (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.90 — 649 ratings — published 2007
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It's Kind of a Funny Story It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.07 — 264,622 ratings — published 2006
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How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.31 — 1,157 ratings — published 2010
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The Burn Journals: A Memoir (Vintage) The Burn Journals: A Memoir (Vintage)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.84 — 8,269 ratings — published 2004
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The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.84 — 83 ratings — published 1997
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On a Scale of One to Ten On a Scale of One to Ten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.50 — 2,896 ratings — published 2019
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Lights On, Rats Out: A Memoir Lights On, Rats Out: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.30 — 187 ratings — published 2017
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Bait Bait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,966 ratings — published 2009
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The Redemption of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #2) The Redemption of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.08 — 59,887 ratings — published 2013
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Crossing the Line Crossing the Line (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.17 — 63 ratings — published 2008
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Blood Wounds Blood Wounds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.31 — 1,824 ratings — published 2011
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Etched on Me Etched on Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.88 — 394 ratings — published 2014
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Edgewise Edgewise (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.83 — 471 ratings — published 2008
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On the Cutting Edge: My Struggle With Self-injury and Mental Illness On the Cutting Edge: My Struggle With Self-injury and Mental Illness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.00 — 5 ratings — published 2009
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Twisted (Twisted, #1) Twisted (Twisted, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.97 — 63 ratings — published 2013
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Life, Vol. 1 (Life, #1) Life, Vol. 1 (Life, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 3.79 — 710 ratings — published 2002
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Like a Broken Doll-Urban Underground Like a Broken Doll-Urban Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-injury)
avg rating 4.22 — 86 ratings — published 2010
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“Having a strong urge is like having a child throw a temper tantrum inside you, screaming "Hurt yourself!" But if you repeatedly ignore the urge's request and don't harm yourself, your brain will learn that urges don't work, just as a child learns that throwing a tantrum won't work.”
Kim L. Gratz, Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments

“Somehow however just knowing that I could fully expect unhappiness to return – if not predictably then nevertheless reliably – was strangely liberating. The point was that even chaos had a structure a beginning and eventually an end. It was possible to live through it. I’d been doing as much for twenty years.”
Caroline Kettlewell, Skin Game

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