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Mental Illness in Fiction and Nonfiction

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A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
A Beautiful Mind
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Sylvia Nasar
Bedlam: A Year in the Life of a Mental Hospital (Dominic Bosco)
Bedlam: A Year in the Life of a Mental Hospital
2
Dominic Bosco
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
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Sylvia Plath
But Inside I'm Screaming (Elizabeth Flock)
But Inside I'm Screaming
4
Elizabeth Flock
Devil in the Details (Jennifer Traig)
Devil in the Details
5
Jennifer Traig
Down Came the Rain (Brooke Sheilds)
Down Came the Rain
6
Brooke Sheilds
Get Well Soon (Julie Halpern)
Get Well Soon
7
Julie Halpern
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
8
Susanna Kaysen
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
9
Anonymous
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
10
Gillian Flynn
I Am the Cheese
I Am the Cheese
11
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
12
Joanne Greenberg
Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter
Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter
13
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
14
John Green
Me and Emma
Me and Emma
15
Mockingbird Years: a Life in and Out of Therapy (Emily Fox Gordon)
Mockingbird Years: a Life in and Out of Therapy
16
Emily Fox Gordon
Murder of Innocence: the Tragic Life and Final Rampage of Laurie Dann, the Schoolhouse Killer (Joel Kaplan)
Murder of Innocence: the Tragic Life and Final Rampage of Laurie Dann, the Schoolhouse Killer
17
Joel Kaplan
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
Nineteen Minutes
18
Jodi Picoult
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
19
Ken Kesey
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
20
Judith Guest
The Pact (Jodi Picoult)
The Pact
21
Jodi Picoult
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
22
Stephen Chbosky
The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
23
Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Prozac Nation
24
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Rage (Stephen King)
Rage
25
Stephen King
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
26
Gillian Flynn
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
27
Wally Lamb
Shock (Kitty Dukakis)
Shock
28
Kitty Dukakis
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood (Julie Gregory)
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
29
Julie Gregory
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
30
Thomas Harris
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
31
Laurie Halse Anderson
Sybil (Flora Rheta Schreiber)
Sybil
32
Flora Rheta Schreiber
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
33
Jay Asher
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface (Martha Manning)
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
34
Martha Manning
Voluntary Madness (Norah Vincent)
Voluntary Madness
35
Norah Vincent
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
36
Lionel Shriver
When the Rabbit Howls (Truddi Chase)
When the Rabbit Howls
37
Truddi Chase
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