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Books Featuring People With Depression

These stories help me understand. They help me empathize. They help me through my own dark tunnels.
This is a list of books that center on depression and comorbid mental illnesses.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
1
Albert Camus
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2
Stephen Chbosky
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
3
Sylvia Plath
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
4
Gail Honeyman
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
5
John Green
All the Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)
All the Bright Places
6
Jennifer Niven
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
7
John Green
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
8
Tim O'Brien
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
9
Jeffrey Eugenides
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
10
Jonathan Safran Foer
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
11
Sally Rooney
Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell)
Fangirl
12
Rainbow Rowell
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
13
Viktor Frankl
We Were Liars (E. Lockhart)
We Were Liars
14
E. Lockhart
Furiously Happy (Jenny Lawson)
Furiously Happy
15
Jenny Lawson
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
16
F. Scott Fitzgerald
More Than This (Patrick Ness)
More Than This
17
Patrick Ness
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
18
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
19
Erich Maria Remarque
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
20
Jay Asher
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
21
Wally Lamb
Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Prozac Nation
22
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
23
Virginia Woolf
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottlieb)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
24
Lori Gottlieb
Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
Hyperbole and a Half
25
Allie Brosh
My Heart and Other Black Holes (Jasmine Warga)
My Heart and Other Black Holes
26
Jasmine Warga
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
27
J.D. Salinger
Challenger Deep (Neal Shusterman)
Challenger Deep
28
Neal Shusterman
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
29
Hermann Hesse
Reasons to Stay Alive (Matt Haig)
Reasons to Stay Alive
30
Matt Haig
Mosquitoland (David Arnold)
Mosquitoland
31
David Arnold
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
32
Joan Didion
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
33
Noviolet Bulawayo
Fans of the Impossible Life (Kate Scelsa)
Fans of the Impossible Life
34
Kate Scelsa
The Return of the Soldier (Rebecca West)
The Return of the Soldier
35
Rebecca West
It's Kind of a Funny Story (Ned Vizzini)
It's Kind of a Funny Story
36
Ned Vizzini
The Silver Linings Playbook (Matthew Quick)
The Silver Linings Playbook
37
Matthew Quick
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
38
Robert Burton
Love Letters to the Dead (Ava Dellaira)
Love Letters to the Dead
39
Ava Dellaira
The Noonday Demon (Andrew Solomon)
The Noonday Demon
40
Andrew Solomon
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