Mental Illness

Books about the internal struggles people must face when confronted with mental illnesses or mental disorders.

New Releases Tagged "Mental Illness"

Anger Is Only a Shadow
When the Smoke Clears
Exposures: A Story About Life with OCD and the Power of Facing Your Fears
Hollow Bones
Sociopath
The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 2
You'd Be Home Now
The Truth About Ruby Cooper
Anger Is Only a Shadow
When the Smoke Clears
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
Her Silence
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
Silent Flames (Dark & Silent Night, #4)
The Secrets of Us
Esther Is Now Following You
Adelaide
The Glass Girl
The Bell Jar
All the Bright Places
Girl, Interrupted
Turtles All the Way Down
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Thirteen Reasons Why
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Wintergirls
Challenger Deep
The Yellow Wall-Paper
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Made You Up
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Every Last Word
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonCut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanScars by Cheryl RainfieldGirl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Books On Self-Injury
147 books — 221 voters
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCut by Patricia McCormickVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
274 books — 781 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonWonder by R.J. PalacioOut of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperHating Jesse Harmon by Robin MimnaPuddle Jumping by Amber L.  Johnson
Disability-positive stories
507 books — 346 voters
ALS Saved My Life ... until it didn't by Jenni Kleinman BerebitskyHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldEl Deafo by Cece Bell
Books Written by Disabled Authors
417 books — 185 voters


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John  Green
“ There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't. ...more ”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

Elizabeth Wurtzel
“ I'm the girl who is lost in space, the girl who is disappearing always, forever fading away and receding farther and farther into the background. Just like the Cheshire cat, someday I will suddenly leave, but the artificial warmth of my smile, that phony, clownish curve, the kind you see on miserably sad people and villains in Disney movies, will remain behind as an ironic remnant. I am the girl you see in the photograph from some party someplace or some picnic in the park, the one who is in fac ...more ”
― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

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Café Bibliothérapie Café Bibliothérapie is a social #LitTherapy book club that pairs fiction with non-fiction to enc…more
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Our focus is on books that help people understand mental illnesses and the system of care; knowl…more
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Summit Shelf: Mental Illness, Wellness, and Bibliotherapy A group for those from past Jack Summits, or those interested in mental health, to share books t…more
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