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Fiction or non-fiction in which obsession plays a major role. I have stayed away from naming all compulsive behavior as psychological disorder--a judgement call I'm not prepared to make.
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Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
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Randy O. Frost (Goodreads Author)
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Born to Be Perfect
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Obsession (Alex Delaware, #21)
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Homer & Langley
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Compulsion (Alex Delaware, #22)
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Collections of Nothing
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String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm
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Zen of Hoarding
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Saira Priest (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Lesbian Crushes and Bulimia: A Diary on How I Acquired My Eating Disorder
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Natasha Holme (Goodreads Author)
3.29 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Challenging Children: Success With Homeopathy
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Linlee Jordan (Goodreads Author)
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Dirty Little Secrets
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C.J. Omololu (Goodreads Author)
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Life in a Whirlwind of Numbers: 26 Years of OCD
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David William Dahlberg (Goodreads Author)
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Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
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Collecting Dreams
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Oneless Oneness: Tao as an Existential Remedy
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Marcel Eschauzier (Goodreads Author)
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I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes
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Dream Catcher
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Without Opposite: A Philosophical Adventure
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Marcel Eschauzier (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Dirty Secret
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Jessie Sholl (Goodreads Author)
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Coming Clean
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Kimberly Rae Miller (Goodreads Author)
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Concrete
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The Hoarding Handbook: A Guide for Human Service Professionals
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The Door
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Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding
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3.95 avg rating — 640 ratings
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The First Bad Man
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Miranda July (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 35,684 ratings
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Organize & Create Discipline: An A-to-Z Guide to an Organized Existence
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3.18 avg rating — 120 ratings
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Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring
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Michael A. Tompkins (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 207 ratings
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The Simple Life: Thoughts on Simplicity, Frugality, and Living Well
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Larry Roth (Editor)
3.43 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
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Dave Bruno (Goodreads Author)
2.90 avg rating — 2,323 ratings
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Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers and My Uncle Arthur, New York's Greatest Hoarders
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Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess
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Rachel Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 6,079 ratings
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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
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90 Lessons for Living Large in 90 Square Feet
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Felice Cohen (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 93 ratings
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