Who This Author Is

Alice Miller has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 15 catalog-linked books across 1983 to 2009, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1983 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Basic Books and Random House Inc.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Basic Books and Random House Inc

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1983 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Basic Books and Random House Inc.

Top Books To Start With

  1. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

    Basic Books • 2007 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2007 • 133 pages.

  2. Paths of Life

    Random House Inc • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1999 • 208 pages.

  3. Paths of Life: Seven Scenarios

    Random House Inc • 1998 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 188 pages.

  4. Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child

    Noonday Pr • 1998 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  5. Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth

    Penguin USA • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 187 pages.

  6. Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries

    Bantam Dell Pub Group • 1991 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1991 • 224 pages.

  7. For Your Own Good : Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 1990 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1990 • 282 pages.

  8. THOU SHALT NOT BE AWARE

    Pluto • 1985 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1985 • 352 pages.

  9. Breaking down the wall of silence

    Basic Books • 2009 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2009.

  10. Heralds of a New Age

    American Federation of Astrologers • 1998 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 84 pages.

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