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Book Riot Reader's Favorite Books About Mental Illness

"Regardless of age range or genre, reading about struggles with mental illness can be cathartic, it can be discomfiting, and it can help people relate to those affected."
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The Masked Truth (Kelley Armstrong)
The Masked Truth
1
Kelley Armstrong
The Silver Linings Playbook (Matthew Quick)
The Silver Linings Playbook
2
Matthew Quick
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
3
Judith Guest
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
4
Sylvia Plath
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface (Martha Manning)
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
5
Martha Manning
Darkness Visible (William Styron)
Darkness Visible
6
William Styron
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
7
Joanne Greenberg
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide (Kay Redfield Jamison)
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
8
Kay Redfield Jamison
Belzhar (Meg Wolitzer)
Belzhar
9
Meg Wolitzer
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
10
Thomas Mann
The Memory of Light (Francisco X. Stork)
The Memory of Light
11
Francisco X. Stork
The Quiet Room (Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett)
The Quiet Room
12
Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett
Furiously Happy (Jenny Lawson)
Furiously Happy
13
Jenny Lawson
We Are the Ants (Shaun David Hutchinson)
We Are the Ants
14
Shaun David Hutchinson
The First Time She Drowned (Kerry Kletter)
The First Time She Drowned
15
Kerry Kletter
Highly Illogical Behavior (John Corey Whaley)
Highly Illogical Behavior
16
John Corey Whaley
When We Collided (Emery Lord)
When We Collided
17
Emery Lord
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me (Ellen Forney)
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
18
Ellen Forney
An Unquiet Mind
An Unquiet Mind
19
Veronika Decides to Die (Paulo Coelho)
Veronika Decides to Die
20
Paulo Coelho
The Noonday Demon (Andrew Solomon)
The Noonday Demon
21
Andrew Solomon
Wild Awake (Hilary T. Smith)
Wild Awake
22
Hilary T. Smith
Bright Lines (Tanwi Nandini Islam)
Bright Lines
23
Tanwi Nandini Islam
Crazy (Pete Earley)
Crazy
24
Pete Earley
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
25
J.D. Salinger
January First (Michael Schofield)
January First
26
Michael Schofield
Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Prozac Nation
27
Elizabeth Wurtzel
I Hate You, Don't Leave Me, Understanding the Borderline Personality (Jerold Kreisman)
I Hate You, Don't Leave Me, Understanding the Borderline Personality
28
Jerold Kreisman
Women and Madness (Phyllis Chesler)
Women and Madness
29
Phyllis Chesler
The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
30
A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
A Beautiful Mind
31
Sylvia Nasar
Girl Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl Interrupted
32
Susanna Kaysen
It's Kind of a Funny Story (Ned Vizzini)
It's Kind of a Funny Story
33
Ned Vizzini
The Buddha and the Borderline (Kiera Van Gelder)
The Buddha and the Borderline
34
Kiera Van Gelder
The Weight of Zero (Karen Fortunati)
The Weight of Zero
35
Karen Fortunati
Splintered (A. G. Howard)
Splintered
36
A. G. Howard
Navigating Early
Navigating Early
37
Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto
Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto
38
Finding Alice (Melody Carlson)
Finding Alice
39
Melody Carlson
Why Am I Still Depressed? (Dr. James Phelps)
Why Am I Still Depressed?
40
Dr. James Phelps
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