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Books About Women and Mental Illness, Both Fiction and Nonfiction

These are the top 400 books on a Goodreads list by the same name. I am not sure how some of the books qualify, like when they are memoirs by men, but I am sure most of them are indeed about girls or women with mental illness.
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2005 - Thanks for the Vodka (Harpie)
2005 - Thanks for the Vodka
1
Harpie
26A (Diana Evans)
26A
2
Diana Evans
34 Pieces of You (Carmen Rodrigues)
34 Pieces of You
3
Carmen Rodrigues
Addition (Toni Jordan)
Addition
4
Toni Jordan
Adventures in Mother-Sitting (Doreen Cox)
Adventures in Mother-Sitting
5
Doreen Cox
Affinity (Sarah Waters)
Affinity
6
Sarah Waters
After Birth (Elisa Albert)
After Birth
7
Elisa Albert
After the Strawberry (Kathryn Pope)
After the Strawberry
8
Kathryn Pope
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
9
Aeschylus
Agorafabulous! (Sara Benincasa)
Agorafabulous!
10
Sara Benincasa
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
11
Margaret Atwood
Alice + Freda Forever (Alexis Coe)
Alice + Freda Forever
12
Alexis Coe
All the Best People (Sonja Yoerg)
All the Best People
13
Sonja Yoerg
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
14
Miriam Toews
An Angel at My Table (Janet Frame)
An Angel at My Table
15
Janet Frame
An Emergency in Slow Motion (William Todd Schultz)
An Emergency in Slow Motion
16
William Todd Schultz
An Invisible Sign of My Own (Aimee Bender)
An Invisible Sign of My Own
17
Aimee Bender
An Unquiet Mind (Kay Redfield Jamison)
An Unquiet Mind
18
Kay Redfield Jamison
And I Don't Want to Live This Life (1983) (Deborah Spungen)
And I Don't Want to Live This Life (1983)
19
Deborah Spungen
Andy-Roo: The Birthday Surprise! (Linda Hales)
Andy-Roo: The Birthday Surprise!
20
Linda Hales
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
21
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
22
Leo Tolstoy
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
23
Alison Bechdel
Aspertools (Harold Reitman)
Aspertools
24
Harold Reitman
The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
25
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
26
Kate Chopin
Awakening Kali (T.S. Ghosh)
Awakening Kali
27
T.S. Ghosh
The Bad Girl (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Bad Girl
28
Mario Vargas Llosa
Bad Girl (Abigail Vona)
Bad Girl
29
Abigail Vona
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
30
Dorothy Allison
Beautiful Affliction (Lene Fogelberg)
Beautiful Affliction
31
Lene Fogelberg
Beautiful Me (Natasha Jennings)
Beautiful Me
32
Natasha Jennings
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep
33
S.J. Watson
Behind the Smile (Marie Osmond)
Behind the Smile
34
Marie Osmond
Being Mean (Patricia Eagle)
Being Mean
35
Patricia Eagle
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
36
Sylvia Plath
The Best Little Girl in the World (Steven Levenkron)
The Best Little Girl in the World
37
Steven Levenkron
The Best-Kept Secret (Florence Rush)
The Best-Kept Secret
38
Florence Rush
Beyond Blue (Therese J. Borchard)
Beyond Blue
39
Therese J. Borchard
The Bird's Nest (Shirley Jackson)
The Bird's Nest
40
Shirley Jackson
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