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These Characters Need Therapy

I was thinking about how in the majority of the books that I read, the characters NEED therapy, so here a list of books that I read and almost made me send money to the author to pay for therapy because no one with good mental health would write these completely screwed up in the head characters.
P.S. Some of these books are my favorites, so what does that say about me? idk
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
1
Sylvia Plath
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
2
Jeffrey Eugenides
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
3
Ottessa Moshfegh
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
4
Sally Rooney
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
5
Sally Rooney
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
6
Jacqueline Susann
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
7
Haruki Murakami
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
8
Stephen Chbosky
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
9
Hanya Yanagihara
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
10
Madeline Miller
Giovannis Room (James Baldwin)
Giovannis Room
11
James Baldwin
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
12
Ocean Vuong
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
13
William Shakespeare
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
14
Oscar Wilde
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
15
Donna Tartt
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
16
John Green
Wolfsong (T J Klune)
Wolfsong
17
T J Klune
Radio Silence (Alice Oseman)
Radio Silence
18
Alice Oseman
The Foxhole Court (Nora Sakavic)
The Foxhole Court
19
Nora Sakavic
The Raven King (Nora Sakavic)
The Raven King
20
Nora Sakavic
The Raven Boys (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Raven Boys
21
Maggie Stiefvater
The Dream Thieves (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Dream Thieves
22
Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (Maggie Stiefvater)
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
23
Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven King (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Raven King
24
Maggie Stiefvater
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
25
Donna Tartt
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
Six of Crows
26
Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom (Leigh Bardugo)
Crooked Kingdom
27
Leigh Bardugo
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
28
Virginia Woolf
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
29
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
30
William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
31
Emily Bronte
Daisy Jones & the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones & the Six
32
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
33
Stephen King
Vicious (V.E.Schwab)
Vicious
34
V.E.Schwab
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
36
J.D. Salinger
Percy Jackson Series (Rick Riordan)
Percy Jackson Series
37
Rick Riordan
Heroes of Olympus Series (Rick Riordan)
Heroes of Olympus Series
38
Rick Riordan
Divergent Series (Veronica Roth)
Divergent Series
39
Veronica Roth
The Hunger Games Trilogy (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games Trilogy
40
Suzanne Collins
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