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Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherUnbearable Lightness by Portia de RossiJust Listen by Sarah DessenThin by Lauren Greenfield
Best Eating Disorder Books
448 books — 999 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Transgressive Fiction
871 books — 968 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
260 books — 771 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Borderline Personality Disorder, Insanity, and related issues
532 books — 734 voters

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonJust Listen by Sarah DessenPerfect by Natasha FriendIdentical by Ellen HopkinsKeeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
YA Eating Disorder Fiction
168 books — 520 voters
Consequences by Aleatha Romig1984 by George OrwellCaptive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerForbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Books that leave you disturbed
557 books — 515 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Depression and Mental Illness
558 books — 487 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathVincent by Joseph FasanoThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherJanuary First by Michael Schofield
Great Reads About Mental Health
361 books — 413 voters

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAnarchism and Other Essays by Emma GoldmanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreChomsky On Anarchism by Noam ChomskyThe Conquest of Bread by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
470 books — 372 voters
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireLolita by Vladimir NabokovWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareStolen by Lucy Christopher
Crazy Love
480 books — 352 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
497 books — 323 voters
5 Days FREE of Depression Anxiety and Panic Attacks by Rhonda PattonDetour from Normal by Ken DicksonEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeNowhere Near Normal by Traci FoustWithout MAlice by Amesbury Clarke
Mental Health and Family
269 books — 317 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyI Have to Call Someone Mama by Tammy Eady WalkerEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeWithout MAlice by Amesbury ClarkeMore To Life by Jacob Lasher
Best Books On Mental Health
262 books — 216 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonCut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanScars by Cheryl RainfieldGirl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Books On Self-Injury
137 books — 214 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
405 books — 169 voters
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Girl from the Well by Rin ChupecoLovecraft Country by Matt RuffBleeding Violet by Dia ReevesAnother by Yukito Ayatsuji
Diverse Horror
277 books — 167 voters

The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie AutumnGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
Best bipolar/schizophrenia books
131 books — 155 voters
Never Seduce a Scot by Maya BanksSeduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa KleypasAgain the Magic by Lisa KleypasGarrett by Sawyer BennettWithout MAlice by Amesbury Clarke
Romances with Chronically Ill/Disabled Heroines
215 books — 145 voters

Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeWithout MAlice by Amesbury ClarkeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Mental Illness and Disorders
174 books — 126 voters
Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah GreenMade You Up by Francesca ZappiaThe Girl in the Maze by R.K. JacksonDazzled by Darkness by Erica Miles
Schizophrenic Characters
95 books — 118 voters

Brain on Fire by Susannah CahalanWithout MAlice by Amesbury ClarkeEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Day the Music Died by Blair Evans
Madness Real and Imagined
64 books — 110 voters
Kick by C.D. ReissThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Reading About Psychiatric Wards
48 books — 97 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttMiss Pym Disposes by Josephine TeyCat Among the Pigeons by Agatha ChristieGentlemen and Players by Joanne HarrisWell-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George
School Murder Mysteries
131 books — 87 voters
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud by Scott StevensA Forest of Doors by L.A. MuseThe Craving Brain by W. Anderson Spickard Jr.Opiate Addiction - The Painkiller Addiction Epidemic, Heroin ... by Taite AdamsWhy Don't They JUST QUIT? by Joe Herzanek
Help for families trying to cope with alcoholism and addiction
39 books — 85 voters

So Much to Tell You by John MarsdenThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeA Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara BarnardOne Child by Torey L. HaydenUntil Friday Night by Abbi Glines
Selective Mutism
111 books — 74 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah GreenThat Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. HintonSteffie Can't Come Out to Play by Fran Arrick
Classic Teens in Trouble
268 books — 70 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe End of Miracles by Monica StarkmanDoctors in Hell by Janet E. MorrisThe Secret Scripture by Sebastian BarryA Masque of Infamy by Kelly Dessaint
Literary fiction and mysteries involving mental illness, psychiatrists and mental hospitals
57 books — 70 voters
Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCalico Jack in your Garden by Karl WigginsNobody Asked Me, But .... by Karl Wiggins
Scary People Who Write Books
98 books — 69 voters

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