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Women and Mental Illness (Fiction and Nonfiction)

A list borrowed from Goodreads about books touching on women and mental illness. The list is missing about a hundred from the original list, honestly just because I got tired of making this, hahaha - visit the original list to get the full listing. I also excluded a few books I thought to be inappropriate for the list's theme. I have not read every book on this list, so I cannot vouch for their treatment of mental illness - reader discretion is advised.
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
1
Sylvia Plath
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
2
Susanna Kaysen
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
3
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Prozac Nation
4
Elizabeth Wurtzel
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
5
Jeffrey Eugenides
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
6
Charlotte Bronte
An Unquiet Mind (Kay Redfield Jamison)
An Unquiet Mind
7
Kay Redfield Jamison
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
8
Janet Fitch
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
9
Virginia Woolf
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Hannah Green)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
10
Hannah Green
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
11
Laurie Halse Anderson
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
12
William Shakespeare
Sybil (Flora Rheta Schreiber)
Sybil
13
Flora Rheta Schreiber
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
14
Wally Lamb
My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me B (Amanda Green)
My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me B
15
Amanda Green
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
16
Stieg Larsson
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
17
Anonymous
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
18
William Shakespeare
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
19
Michael Cunningham
Wintergirls (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Wintergirls
20
Laurie Halse Anderson
Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs
21
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
22
John Green
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
23
Shirley Jackson
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
24
Jay Asher
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
25
Jean Rhys
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
26
Gillian Flynn
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
27
Jeannette Walls
Still Alice (Lisa Genova)
Still Alice
28
Lisa Genova
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (Marya Hornbacher)
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
29
Marya Hornbacher
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
30
Augusten Burroughs
Cut (Patricia McCormick)
Cut
31
Patricia McCormick
Strange Love: How Pro Wrestling Taught Me to Relax and Love My Mom (Ben Peller)
Strange Love: How Pro Wrestling Taught Me to Relax and Love My Mom
32
Ben Peller
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (Sylvia Plath)
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
33
Sylvia Plath
Madness: A Bipolar Life (Marya Hornbacher)
Madness: A Bipolar Life
34
Marya Hornbacher
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
35
Tennessee Williams
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
36
Henry James
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
37
Gillian Flynn
Veronika Decides to Die (Paulo Coelho)
Veronika Decides to Die
38
Paulo Coelho
The Center Cannot Hold (Elyn Saks)
The Center Cannot Hold
39
Elyn Saks
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
40
Shirley Jackson
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