Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
by Lori Gottlieb
★ Top 25 book of 2019 · #15 on Best Books of 2019
Therapist Lori Gottlieb finds herself sitting in a colleague's office as a patient after a crisis upends her life. Alongside her own sessions, she shares the struggles of the people she treats, with humor and candor.
Best for: Readers curious about therapy, human behavior and the questions we all struggle with
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 2019, out of 84 2019 books that cleared our data bar.
What Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is about
Lori Gottlieb is a Los Angeles psychotherapist and advice columnist, and this memoir shows her life from both sides of the therapy room. After her long-time boyfriend ends things because he cannot live with a kid, she finds herself seeking help from Wendell, a quirky, seasoned therapist in a cardigan and khakis. Her friends push her to go, even though she is a trained therapist herself.
Alongside her own sessions, we meet the people she treats: John, a successful producer who thinks everyone around him is an idiot; Julie, a newlywed facing a terminal cancer diagnosis; Rita, who is turning seventy and says she does not want to live anymore if life does not get better; and Charlotte, a twenty-something who drinks too much and keeps choosing the wrong men. The questions they wrestle with turn out to be the ones Gottlieb brings to Wendell. Warm, candid and often funny, it will appeal to anyone curious about therapy, grief, regret, and the stories we tell ourselves.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone on the Best Books of 2019
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone came out in 2019. Of the 84 books first published in 2019 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #15 on our Best Books of 2019 list.
Why it made the list: 887 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (35 ratings); 32 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2019 list
- Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir, #13
- Ultralearning Scott Young, #14
- Daisy Jones & the Six Taylor Jenkins Reid, #16
- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong, #17
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 814 want to read it, 32 are reading it now and 41 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.8 out of 5 from 35 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 93 | 55% |
| Reader love | 21 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 89 | 20% |
Questions about Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
When was Maybe You Should Talk to Someone published?
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb was first published in 2019.
Was Maybe You Should Talk to Someone one of the best books of 2019?
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 2019, out of 84 2019 books that cleared our data bar. 887 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (35 ratings); 32 are reading it right now.
Why is Maybe You Should Talk to Someone on the Best Books of 2019 list?
887 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (35 ratings); 32 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2019
- Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston, #1
- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, #2
- Heartstopper, Volume 2 Alice Oseman, #3
- Guts Raina Telgemeier, #4
- The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, #5
- The Wicked King Holly Black, #6
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How we know
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