Fictional Mental Hospital Novels

Novels that are set, or partially set, in a mental hospital or a psychiatric ward in a regular hospital. FICTION ONLY.

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1	It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini 4.09 avg rating — 243,667 ratings score: 16,212, and 163 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.04 avg rating — 839,843 ratings score: 14,368, and 145 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 707,667 ratings score: 12,393, and 124 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Cut by Patricia McCormick 3.76 avg rating — 57,339 ratings score: 6,480, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 210,657 ratings score: 6,425, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Impulse (Impulse, #1) by Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 76,054 ratings score: 5,797, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,332,925 ratings score: 5,582, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 117,691 ratings score: 5,309, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford 3.83 avg rating — 39,072 ratings score: 4,922, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green 3.88 avg rating — 30,961 ratings score: 4,290, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4.11 avg rating — 168,992 ratings score: 4,073, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 186,406 ratings score: 3,822, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Room by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 785,256 ratings score: 3,035, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Get Well Soon (Anna Bloom, #1) by Julie Halpern (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 6,631 ratings score: 2,727, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.01 avg rating — 1,182,554 ratings score: 2,514, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 3.92 avg rating — 225,787 ratings score: 2,445, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 3.67 avg rating — 246,115 ratings score: 2,151, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 339,220 ratings score: 2,054, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	alias Grace. by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 136,519 ratings score: 2,044, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 4.02 avg rating — 100,851 ratings score: 1,951, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Without MAlice by Amesbury Clarke (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 322 ratings score: 1,900, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Asylum by Patrick McGrath 3.94 avg rating — 25,135 ratings score: 1,459, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Woman in White by Collins / McCready / Bavidge (Artist) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 148,726 ratings score: 1,357, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing 3.61 avg rating — 19,312 ratings score: 1,173, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 7,734 ratings score: 1,077, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Endless Love by Scott Spencer 3.55 avg rating — 4,794 ratings score: 1,076, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Clean by Amy Reed (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,151 ratings score: 1,074, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 58,676 ratings score: 1,065, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 4.02 avg rating — 539,624 ratings score: 1,062, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 27,863 ratings score: 993, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Pill Hill by Bryan W. Dull (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 984, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 136,896 ratings score: 870, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufeld 3.63 avg rating — 3,805 ratings score: 845, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The End of Miracles: A Novel by Monica Starkman (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 248 ratings score: 800, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3.59 avg rating — 86,000 ratings score: 781, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward 4.01 avg rating — 593 ratings score: 773, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy 3.94 avg rating — 16,263 ratings score: 759, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Diary of a Mad Housewife by Sue Kaufman 3.78 avg rating — 1,637 ratings score: 745, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 4,708 ratings score: 688, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Made You Up by Francesca Zappia (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 28,221 ratings score: 686, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Paperweight by Meg Haston (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 14,306 ratings score: 681, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Faces in the Water by Janet Frame 4.03 avg rating — 2,058 ratings score: 676, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 5,689 ratings score: 577, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Skinny by Ibi Kaslik 3.43 avg rating — 6,603 ratings score: 575, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway 3.84 avg rating — 2,944 ratings score: 569, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier 3.77 avg rating — 16,232 ratings score: 564, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	An Inconvenient Wife by Megan Chance (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 3,516 ratings score: 557, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Whalestoe Letters by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,499 ratings score: 555, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	In All Things: A Return to the Drooling Ward by Ed Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 3,630 ratings score: 499, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Lilith by J.R. Salamanca really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 240 ratings score: 488, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	A Masque of Infamy by Kelly Dessaint (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 483, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick 3.74 avg rating — 5,609 ratings score: 479, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Briefing for a Descent Into Hell by Doris Lessing 3.74 avg rating — 2,134 ratings score: 477, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	When I Was Five I Killed Myself by Howard Buten 3.72 avg rating — 3,432 ratings score: 472, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Right Behind You by Gail Giles (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 5,352 ratings score: 467, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Rowan the Strange (Ivy, #3) by Julie Hearn 3.96 avg rating — 310 ratings score: 461, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	For Their Own Good by Bradette Michel (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 399, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Monkey taming by Judith Fathallah 3.77 avg rating — 698 ratings score: 397, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Observations by Jane Harris 3.62 avg rating — 7,111 ratings score: 395, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Cracker Factory by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt 3.90 avg rating — 412 ratings score: 395, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Treatment (The Program, #2) by Suzanne Young (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23,414 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Program (The Program, #1) by Suzanne Young (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 54,043 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 52,515 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	More Than You Can Chew by Marnelle Tokio 3.80 avg rating — 727 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Mercy, Unbound by Kim Antieau (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 437 ratings score: 377, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame 3.98 avg rating — 1,682 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig 3.72 avg rating — 2,207 ratings score: 368, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Cracked by K.M. Walton (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 4,129 ratings score: 365, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Love in the Asylum by Lisa Carey (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 777 ratings score: 357, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Lust for Life by Irving Stone 4.25 avg rating — 27,290 ratings score: 353, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	A Lone Walk by Gul Y. Davis 3.48 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Schasm (Schasm, #1) by Shari J. Ryan (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 339 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	الخيميائي by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,814,691 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Purge by Sarah Darer Littman (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 2,959 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Pilgrim by Timothy Findley 3.80 avg rating — 3,609 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Just Perfect by Hanne Arts (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.26 avg rating — 87,464 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Vegetarian by Han Kang 3.59 avg rating — 144,801 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer 3.76 avg rating — 46,534 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allan 3.32 avg rating — 1,209 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Red Ribbons: A Sequel to Just Perfect by Hanne Arts (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #3) by Michelle Hodkin (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 57,821 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	There are Reasons Noah Packed No Clothes by Robert Jacoby (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2) by Michelle Hodkin (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 94,838 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	America by E.R. Frank 3.93 avg rating — 1,355 ratings score: 267, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson 3.76 avg rating — 118 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Entangled by Cat Clarke (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 6,630 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Ultraviolet (Ultraviolet, #1) by R.J. Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 9,450 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	But Inside I'm Screaming by Elizabeth Flock (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 3,034 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Playing the Genetic Lottery by Terri Morgan 3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Finer Points of Becoming Machine by Emily Andrews 3.53 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Umbrella by Will Self 3.15 avg rating — 1,903 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Beauty Tips for the Bereaved by Sunny Haralson (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Kaylee: The "What If?" Game by Christine Dzidrums (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 658 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Happiness Animal by Will Jelbert (Goodreads Author) 3.27 avg rating — 708 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	A Tundra Tale by Lone Alaskan Gypsy (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Diary of the mad: A short story collection by Victoria Haugnes (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Zombie Park by Simon Marlowe (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	1962: An Evergreen Falls Short Story by Kimberly Harlow it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tags: asylum, depression, eating-disorder, mental-hospital, mental-illness, psychiatric-hospital, psychiatry, psychology, schizophrenia, setting, suicide

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message 1: by jo (new)

Nov 30, 2010 11:57AM

oh no i screwed up! The Last Time I Wore a Dress is a memoir! please someone with higher power delete it!

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message 2: by Meaghan (new)

Nov 30, 2010 12:13PM

I think since you added it, you have to remove it.

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message 3: by jo (new)

Nov 30, 2010 04:50PM

nope. only a librarian can do it. :(

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message 4: by Meaghan (new)

Nov 30, 2010 05:01PM

I am a librarian and I can't remove it. I can only remove the books that I added.

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message 5: by Meaghan (new)

Nov 30, 2010 05:02PM

Oh, wait, I think I figured out how to remove the book. No problem.

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message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 17, 2011 05:19AM

I was looking for such a list! great

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message 7: by jo (new)

Dec 17, 2011 08:09AM

mistake, again. The Loony-Bin Trip is not fiction. i'm hopeless. sorry.

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message 8: by Sam (new)

Feb 21, 2012 11:50PM

I hate this list so much!

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message 9: by Meaghan (new)

Feb 22, 2012 12:31AM

Sam wrote: "I hate this list so much!"

Why?

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message 10: by Sam (new)

Feb 22, 2012 01:10AM

Majority of these books are sensationalizing mental illness or furthering the negative stigmas placed on them. Not to mention a great deal of them are inaccurate of what it is like to be in a mental hospital. People who read these types of books, are usually trying to grasp what it is like in a mental hospital, but they go into it with misconceptions and a great deal of these authors play into those misconceptions by perpetuating the same old cliches of the mentally ill. Some of these books and they're movie counterparts are the reason that the stigma on mental illness is so high and really sick people do not get help, because of the goddamn stigma placed on the mentally ill. So listing Mental Hospital Novels, I find utterly repugnant.

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message 11: by Meaghan (new)

Feb 22, 2012 09:52AM

I'm not endorsing the content of these books just by putting them together in a list. I just thought the topic was list-worthy.

And I agree with you about inaccuracy, etc. I've got depression/mild bipolar and have been in mental hospitals a few times. In novels, even contemporary ones, characters stay for weeks or months, when in fact they usually kick you out after less than a week whether you're any better or not.

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message 12: by Larisa (new)

Jun 29, 2012 12:55AM

It's far from repugnant. I have also spent time in in-patient care. Stigma from movies and books should not (and probably do not) sway the government when it comes to federally funding programs to help the mentally ill. That's like saying listening to Metallica (or any metal band for that matter) causes kids to commit suicide or homicide. That's patently ridiculous. I love being able to gage my illness against those in these kinds of books. It gives me a lot of perspective on my own, fiction or not. There are works of fiction on mental illness that do infact greatly mirror the real world of mental illness. So, thank you Meghan for the great list of books. I feel like I've found some good new company to keep!!

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message 13: by Hoda (new)

Jul 02, 2012 01:39PM

Many books voted on the list are not fiction books, like "Prozac Nation' and 'Girl, interrupted'.

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message 14: by ╟ ♫ Tima ♪ ╣ ♥ (last edited Jul 13, 2012 02:01AM) (new)

Jul 13, 2012 01:30AM

Removed for being Non-Fiction/Biography:

Don't Ever Tell: Kathy's Story: A True Tale of a Childhood Destroyed by Neglect and Fear by Kathy O'Beirne
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
My Heart Stopped Beating by Chamed
The Sunset Strip Diaries by Amy Asbury
The Minds of Billy Milligan: 24 Wajah Billy by Daniel Keyes
Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg
Struck by Living: From Depression to Hope by Julie Hersh
Life Inside: A Memoir by Mindy Lewis
The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie Autumn
The Day The Voices Stopped by Ken Steele
Bad Girl: Confessions Of A Teenage Delinquent by Abigail Vona
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych E.R. by Julie Holland
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir by Bill Clegg
More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
by Joan Frances Casey, Lynn Wilson
Purge: Rehab Diaries by Nicole J. Johns

I was torn on this one:

The Whalestoe Letters by Mark Z. Danielewski, which is shelved and listed as Fiction, but the description states it is a book of true letters a woman sent her son while she was dying in a mental ward. Clarification, anyone?

And there were a good dozen or more whose descriptions were incredibly vague, missing all together or were questionable whether they belong on the list or not, but I left them for now. :)

-- But I left "A Million Little Pieces" because of the author's admission to having made up so many parts. If someone wants it removed for being sort-of true, I will happily do so ;)

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message 15: by Loveliest Evaris (new)

Jan 03, 2013 05:12PM

I had to stay in a mental hospital once.. for about a week.. School related stress, built up of Strattera in my system just exploded and didn't really help with my major MAJOR depression, at least that's the explanation given to me by my psychiatrist.

I know these places are supposed to help people, but God was it hell. I didn't feel like I could be myself..the food was very tasty but the only time I felt safe and secure was when I WASNT talking about my feelings, because it was like they didn't care...sigh, why do those kinds of places only staff the assholes?

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message 16: by Meaghan (last edited Jan 20, 2014 09:33AM) (new)

Jan 03, 2013 07:24PM

Yes, it is very unfortunate when staff are rude (or worse) to very vulnerable people who are hurting really badly. In one of my psych ward experiences, a nurse refused to feed me even after I told her I had hypoglycemia, a low blood sugar condition where all kinds of nasty things happened if I got too hungry. I had to wait like four hours maybe, till the shift change, before I got any food and by then I was a wreck. Well, even more of a wreck I mean.

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message 17: by Breezy (new)

Jan 10, 2013 03:17AM

I know quite a few people who stayed in mental hospitals for as long as two years. Some of them stressed the constant surveillence and the nurses. There was also quite a bit of scheduled activities. The nurses listened and if you had a breakdown you were put in a room with a window or what was referred to as "booty juice". Are there any books from this list that put you in their shoes?

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message 18: by Schell (new)

Jun 07, 2013 12:15PM

Thanks Tina for the additional "Non-Fiction & Biography" titles. Perhaps a second list...

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message 19: by Jamie (new)

Sep 01, 2013 08:59AM

I never went to an actual mental hospital but, for three months I went to a troubled teens boarding school. I need to write a book about my experience there. It was the worst/best time of my life.

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message 20: by Meaghan (new)

Sep 01, 2013 01:58PM

Which one? I've got an interest in those places and I've heard of a lot of them.

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message 21: by Jamie (new)

Sep 01, 2013 02:50PM

It's no longer around actually. It was Crater Lake School. One messed up place.

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message 22: by Meaghan (new)

Sep 01, 2013 03:00PM

I have a website that profiles missing people, and in one instance I've got THREE kids who disappeared, on three separate occasions, from the same troubled teen boarding school (the now-defunct CEDU School in California) and were never found. All of them have been missing for years; I think the most recent case is from 2004. And in one case, the kid was physically handicapped and basically not capable of running away.

I had never heard of Crater Lake School, but I looked it up. It sounds rather horrible.

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message 23: by Jamie (new)

Sep 01, 2013 03:03PM

Ya it was a crazy place. I thank the stars my mother drove all the way from Texas to pick me up and bring me home from that nightmare.

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message 24: by Veronica (new)

May 09, 2014 12:52AM

How about The Medea Complex?? It's a mental hospital too, she's in a lunatic asylum ~

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message 25: by Lydia (new)

Jul 06, 2015 01:32PM

I see you removed it once for being non-fiction, but it seems Girl, Interrupted has made it back on here. I wonder if it would help if you added the word "fictional" to the title of the list?

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message 26: by Meaghan (new)

Jul 06, 2015 02:06PM

You would think people would know that, by definition, a novel is fiction.

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message 27: by Lydia (new)

Jul 06, 2015 02:10PM

You know what? I'm a pretty smart person who's incredibly obsessed with books, and I don't think I knew that. So maybe it's not common knowledge? Either way, you just taught me something. Thanks!

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message 28: by Meaghan (new)

Jul 06, 2015 02:15PM

Well, I did what you suggested and tacked "Fictional" onto the list name. It was already specified in the description.

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message 29: by Lydia (new)

Jul 06, 2015 02:22PM

I just had an idea for a title that's even more concise. How about Mental Hospital Fiction?

I know, I did see that it was specified in the description. I don't understand people who don't read descriptions, and it's your list, so it's ultimately up to you - just throwing out ideas as to how to keep it more accurate. Can you still remove Girl, Interrupted from it? Right now it's sitting at 62.

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message 30: by Allie (new)

Feb 02, 2018 04:38PM

Hey y'all,

I just started a new book club called "Damage" under groups that you can join if you'd like! It focuses on reading a book every other month that is about physical, mental, emotional, or intellectual differences. (And yes, I redefine how "damage" should be viewed in the group description!) Hope you join!

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