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YA books dealing with issues relating to mental health and clinical psychology, first published in 2000 or later.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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All the Bright Places
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Jennifer Niven (Goodreads Author)
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
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Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
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Looking for Alaska
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
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Wintergirls
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
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Fangirl
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
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Turtles All the Way Down
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
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We Were Liars
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
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I'll Give You the Sun
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Jandy Nelson (Goodreads Author)
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Made You Up
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Francesca Zappia (Goodreads Author)
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Challenger Deep
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
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Crank (Crank, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
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My Heart and Other Black Holes
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Jasmine Warga (Goodreads Author)
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Impulse (Impulse, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
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Matthew Quick (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 48,552 ratings
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Just Listen
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 250,283 ratings
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Every Last Word
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Tamara Ireland Stone (Goodreads Author)
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Finding Audrey
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Sophie Kinsella (Goodreads Author)
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 411,120 ratings
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Hate List
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Cut
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3.76 avg rating — 60,060 ratings
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Eleanor & Park
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 1,250,256 ratings
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Eliza and Her Monsters
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Francesca Zappia (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 65,180 ratings
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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)
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Michelle Hodkin (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 190,374 ratings
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Suicide Notes
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3.80 avg rating — 54,070 ratings
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Girl in Pieces
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Kathleen Glasgow (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 260,725 ratings
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Without MAlice
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Amesbury Clarke (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 369 ratings
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Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
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Evan Roskos (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 4,103 ratings
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Holding Up the Universe
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Jennifer Niven (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 143,697 ratings
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Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1)
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Courtney C. Stevens (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 8,737 ratings
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
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Allie Brosh (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 215,121 ratings
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If I Wake
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Nikki Moyes (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 754 ratings
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I Was Here
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 68,302 ratings
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If You Find Me
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Emily Murdoch (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 24,361 ratings
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Phoebe Unfired
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Amalie Jahn (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Love Letters to the Dead
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Ava Dellaira (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 92,044 ratings
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A List of Cages
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Robin Roe (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 27,298 ratings
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Identical
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 66,762 ratings
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 29,712 ratings
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Saving Francesca
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 33,347 ratings
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Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
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Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 186,060 ratings
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here
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This Song Will Save Your Life
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Leila Sales (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 27,087 ratings
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Forbidden
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Tabitha Suzuma (Goodreads Author)
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Willow
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3.90 avg rating — 32,814 ratings
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When We Collided
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Emery Lord (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 29,711 ratings
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The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
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Teresa Toten (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 6,769 ratings
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Schizo
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3.67 avg rating — 4,267 ratings
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Every Day (Every Day, #1)
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David Levithan (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 242,903 ratings
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club, #1)
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Holly Bourne (Goodreads Author)
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Say What You Will
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Cammie McGovern (Goodreads Author)
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Hold Still
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Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author)
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OCD Love Story
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Corey Ann Haydu (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 4,300 ratings
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Clean
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Amy Reed (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 7,365 ratings
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Get Well Soon (Anna Bloom, #1)
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Julie Halpern (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 6,861 ratings
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Crazy
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Amy Reed (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 1,681 ratings
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By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Mosquitoland
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David Arnold (Goodreads Author)
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After
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Amy Efaw (Goodreads Author)
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Harley in the Sky
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Akemi Dawn Bowman (Goodreads Author)
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A Walk Between Raindrops
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Amalie Jahn (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 72 ratings
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All the Rage
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Courtney Summers (Goodreads Author)
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All of the Rogers
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Erin Lockwood (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 76 ratings
score: 900,
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Consider (Holo, #1)
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Kristy Acevedo (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,056 ratings
score: 884,
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A Quiet Kind of Thunder
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Sara Barnard (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 13,679 ratings
score: 862,
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Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)
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Katie McGarry (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 122,822 ratings
score: 857,
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How to Say Goodbye in Robot
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Natalie Standiford (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 8,525 ratings
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Scars
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Cheryl Rainfield (Goodreads Author)
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Paperweight
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Meg Haston (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 17,585 ratings
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The Program (The Program, #1)
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Suzanne Young (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 60,899 ratings
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The Boy Book (Ruby Oliver, #2)
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 10,532 ratings
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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The Burn Journals: A Memoir
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Girl, Interrupted
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3.94 avg rating — 274,356 ratings
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Cracked Up to Be
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Courtney Summers (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 19,592 ratings
score: 779,
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Freaks Like Us
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Susan Vaught (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 1,481 ratings
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Under Rose-Tainted Skies
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The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #1)
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 27,061 ratings
score: 714,
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We Are the Ants
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Shaun David Hutchinson (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 53,552 ratings
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Something like Normal
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Trish Doller (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 16,837 ratings
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The Day We Are Born (an Elements novel)
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Philippa Cameron (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Discarded Ones
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3.70 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Beware The Smart Kids
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Matthew J. Kushin (Goodreads Author)
4.77 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Marcelo in the Real World
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Francisco X. Stork (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 19,736 ratings
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Bitter End
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Chopsticks
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Jessica Anthony (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 29,902 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
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John Tiffany (Adaptation)
3.47 avg rating — 1,126,429 ratings
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Don't Touch
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Rachel M. Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 1,310 ratings
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When Oceans Rise
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Robin Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
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Girl Against the Universe
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Paula Stokes (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 5,724 ratings
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Damsel Distressed
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Kelsey Macke (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 982 ratings
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Your Voice Is All I Hear
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Leah Scheier (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,597 ratings
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The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #3)
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Michelle Hodkin (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 64,351 ratings
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Butter
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Erin Jade Lange (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 11,111 ratings
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Dirty Little Secrets
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C.J. Omololu (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 5,500 ratings
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The Half Life of Molly Pierce
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Katrina Leno (Goodreads Author)
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anxiety, bipolar, depression, fiction, mental-health, mental-illness, ocd, psychology, schizophrenia, suicide, young-adult
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Sep 23, 2012 10:00AM
Thank you for this list, Danya! Can't wait to read Something Like Normal and Crank.
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Jennifer wrote: "Thank you for this list, Danya! Can't wait to read Something Like Normal and Crank."Glad the list is helpful! :)
I hate to nitpick, but the Bell Jar was published from the 1960's.
Mallory wrote: "I hate to nitpick, but the Bell Jar was published from the 1960's."I know, but since this is an open list that anyone can vote on, unfortunately I don't think I can remove it...
Is it strange that I've coincidentally read most of these books..?
The Silver Linings Playbooks isn't YA. It's contemporary adult fiction.
I have read almost all these books, and I love them.
How is New Moon on this list wthDefinitely going to be looking through these all!
Lör wrote: "How is New Moon on this list wthDefinitely going to be looking through these all!"
My guess is because it involved depression and thoughts of suicide and reckless behavior due to a manic depressive state.
Danya wrote: "Mallory wrote: "I hate to nitpick, but the Bell Jar was published from the 1960's."I know, but since this is an open list that anyone can vote on, unfortunately I don't think I can remove it..."
I know I'm very late to the party here but in case anyone does come back to this list, books that do not meet criteria can be removed by a Goodreads Librarian. As it happens I'm one of those...
Amelia wrote: "Danya wrote: "Mallory wrote: "I hate to nitpick, but the Bell Jar was published from the 1960's."I know, but since this is an open list that anyone can vote on, unfortunately I don't think I can ..."
Thanks, Amelia! As it happens, I ended up becoming a Goodreads Librarian, and I try to review the list every once in a while. But if you've noticed a book that obviously doesn't fit, please feel free to remove it :)
Could you please add Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus?
Reineth wrote: "Is it strange that I've coincidentally read most of these books..?"
Lauren wrote: "Lör wrote: "How is New Moon on this list wthDefinitely going to be looking through these all!"
My guess is because it involved depression and thoughts of suicide and reckless behavior due to a m..."
Excellent diagnosis! I don't know how so many miss that.
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Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
