If you've participated in my class, you know I recommend many books. These are books that I've read that address substance use, health, and/or social or cultural issues. Please know these are my personal recommendations. I am not receiving any financial support from the authors or publishers. 

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Dawes DE. The Political Determinants of Health. Johns Hopkins University Press; 2020. 

Dweck CS. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Updated Edition. Ballantine Books; 2016.

Kimmerer RW. Braiding Sweetgrass. Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed Editions; 2013.​ 

Knott H. In My Own Moccasins. A Memoir of Resilience. University of Regina Press; 2019. 

Menakem R. My Grandmother’s Hands. Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Bodies and Hearts. Central Recovery Press; 2017.​

Murthy VH. Together. The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. Harper Collins Publishers. 2020.​  

Quinones S. Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. Bloomsbury Press; 2016.​ 

Rembert W (as told by Kelly EI). Chasing Me To My Grave. An Artists Memoir of the Jim Crow South. Bloomsbury Publishing; 2021

van der Kolk BA. The Body Keeps the Score. Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Penguin Books; 2015.