When I got divorced, I went searching for books that could help me make sense of it all—what happened, why I felt the way I did, and what the hell I was supposed to do next.
What did I find? Not much.
Everything on the shelves was either about co-parenting (cats didn’t count) or religious-based divorce recovery (I wasn’t even allowed to go on a Christian service trip when I was in high school because I wasn’t a regular member of the church, so…). I wanted stories that reflected my experience—so I started collecting them myself.
Enter The Divorcée Bookshelf—a reading list of books I wish existed when I got divorced that I’ve collected over the years. These are books that have helped me untangle marriage, love, friendship, and everything in between.
This list? It’s my divorce syllabus—the books that helped me process, question, and rebuild. Maybe you’ll find something in here that speaks to you, too.
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Books about divorce are being published all the time. We’ll update this list and add more recommendations to the Divorcée Bookshelf regularly.
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