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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
263 books — 775 voters
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenWithout MAlice by Amesbury ClarkeThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Mental Illness and Mental Hospitals
187 books — 92 voters

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniImpulse by Ellen HopkinsCut by Patricia McCormickAsylum by Madeleine RouxSuicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
Young Adult Psychiatric Hospitals
98 books — 81 voters
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly HayslipThe Damned Balkans by John FarebrotherThe Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine WamariyaCity of Thorns by Ben Rawlence
Refugee/Immigrant/Asylee Non Fiction
297 books — 74 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsDracula by Bram StokerAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Victorian Asylums
54 books — 69 voters
Asylum by Madeleine RouxSanctum by Madeleine RouxThe Scarlets by Madeleine RouxProject 17 by Laurie Faria StolarzThe Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki
Haunted Hospitals
47 books — 64 voters

Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn WilliamsInside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiMy Name Is Sangoel by Karen Lynn WilliamsHow I Learned Geography by Uri ShulevitzStepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقات by Margriet Ruurs
Children's Books About Refugees
228 books — 55 voters
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-CullorsThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloTears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric DysonJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Immigrant Justice & Anti-Racism
130 books — 32 voters

A Day of Judgment by Charles ToddThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThis House Is Haunted by John Boyne1962 by Kimberly HarlowCabello by Grea Alexander
Creepy Books
52 books — 31 voters
The Syrian Virgin by Zack LoveAnissa's Redemption by Zack LoveTrade Me by Courtney MilanThe Damned Balkans by John FarebrotherPlum Creek Bride by Lynna Banning
Romance Novels Capturing the Immigrant Experince
69 books — 22 voters

Twisted Heathens by J. RoseChurch by K.G. ReussCute but Psycho by Beatrix HollowLaces by Tempi LarkThe Pawn and the Puppet by Brandi Elise Szeker
RH Asylum & Penitentiary Romance
41 books — 20 voters
The Arrival by Shaun TanMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarExit West by Mohsin HamidMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book Riot 2025 #5 - Immigration / Refugees
41 books — 18 voters

Curious George by H.A. ReyA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtIn the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
Books by Refugees in America
48 books — 15 voters
An Anonymous Girl by Greer HendricksMy Eyes Are Black Holes by Logan Ryan SmithBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian ProbstThe Dice Man by Luke RhinehartY is for Fidelity by Logan Ryan Smith
Dark Psychological Fiction
21 books — 13 voters

Separate Things by Ashley Marie BerryThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward
Best Asylum and Mental Health Books
27 books — 11 voters
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. KingfisherCirce by Madeline MillerNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Book Riot 2025 #6 - Standalone Fantasy
32 books — 10 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathHamlet by William ShakespeareDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Mental Illness in Fiction - Before the 21st Century
38 books — 9 voters
Romancing the Duke by Tessa DareAnnie's Song by Catherine AndersonThe Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer AshleyJust Like Heaven by Julia QuinnMiss Wonderful by Loretta Chase
Historical Romance and Illness
9 books — 8 voters

Flowers from the Storm by Laura KinsaleThe Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer AshleyWicked Nights by Gena ShowalterCrazy by Eve LanglaisThe Wild Child by Mary Jo Putney
Committed but not Crazy
11 books — 7 voters
Leros by Laura FacchiThe Girls and Boys of Belchertown by Robert N. HornickW-3 by Bette HowlandDelusional Madness by Kimberly K. TaylorWard 81 by Karen Folger Jacobs
Shock Corridor: Asylums, Funny Farms, And Loony Bins
17 books — 4 voters

Firestarter by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Institute by Stephen KingThe Adventures of Park Ranger Brock Cliffhanger & His Jr. Par... by Mark VillarealCarrie by Stephen King
Minors with Special Abilities in Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
14 books — 3 voters
Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanDisobedient Wives by Richard FleischmanMuseums of Madness by Andrew ScullMadness and the Loss of Identity in 19th Century Fiction by J... by Judy Cornes
“Historical Fiction About Women Confined to Asylums”
8 books — 1 voter

A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnisA Mind Obsessed by H. Wilhelm StarkweatherMadness and the Loss of Identity in 19th Century Fiction by J... by Judy CornesMuseums of Madness by Andrew ScullDisobedient Wives by Richard Fleischman
“Historical Fiction About the Dark History of Mental Institutions”
23 books — 1 voter

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