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The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Favourite young adult books
1,754 books — 1,750 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA involving mental health issues (2000-present)
519 books — 1,137 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA Books About/Mentioning Depression, Self-Harm And Suicide
348 books — 832 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
264 books — 776 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
578 books — 745 voters
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Suicide
732 books — 498 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
592 books — 495 voters
2062 by Emerson LittlefieldAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue
422 books — 292 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Writers who committed suicide
459 books — 288 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonA Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie JahnThe Program by Suzanne YoungThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Mental Health Books for Teens
164 books — 164 voters

Forbidden by Tabitha SuzumaWe Were Liars by E. LockhartThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books that punch life and happiness in the gut, and make the reader want to go to the nearest bridge over water and jump (but they don't, because that would be horrible)
230 books — 163 voters
Confessions Of An Honest Man by Arthur RoschThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathWithout MAlice by Amesbury Clarke1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL READS
164 books — 161 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniLooking for Alaska by John GreenA Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie Jahn
Best Mental Illness and Self-Harm Books
160 books — 157 voters
Every Moment After by Joseph MoldoverThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenFangirl by Rainbow RowellWithout MAlice by Amesbury ClarkeIf I Wake by Nikki Moyes
YA Books That Tackle Tough Issues
318 books — 151 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherCut by Patricia McCormickSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonScars by Cheryl Rainfield
Triggering Books
229 books — 138 voters
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Depressing Novels
131 books — 128 voters

If I Wake by Nikki MoyesDead Serious by Jane Mersky LederThe Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia HandThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCivilianized by Michael Anthony
Best Books That Deal With Suicide
124 books — 107 voters
Cold Noses At The Pearly Gates by Gary KurzThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStiff by Mary Roach
Death - Fiction and Non-Fiction
234 books — 105 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingPretty Little Liars by Sara ShepardSomeone Like You by Sarah DessenUglies by Scott Westerfeld
All Of The YA Fiction Books I've Ever Read
418 books — 94 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
140 books — 88 voters

Weekend Friends by Bella Ellwood-ClaytonThe Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia HandIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniLooking for Alaska by John GreenSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Books
112 books — 74 voters
The Sorrows of Young Mike by John ZelaznyHamlet by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareOthello by William ShakespeareThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Suicide Book Club
106 books — 59 voters

Paper Towns by John GreenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellThe Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Missing persons/disappearance/absence
207 books — 53 voters
The Kyanite Alliance by Nora HalliwellYou by Caroline KepnesMirage by Nilakshi GargAnxiety by Danny WinterThe Theater of Dusk by Lizbeth Gabriel
Dark And Deep Books
38 books — 51 voters

Uprooted by Peter J. BoniThe Pond Beyond the Forest by Shigeko ItoShattered Light by Lori Caputo-HartfordSoul Can You by Lisa GilbertAfter the Silence by Lori Caputo-Hartford
Stories of Survival and Hope
40 books — 51 voters
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherIf I Wake by Nikki MoyesThe Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia HandCivilianized by Michael AnthonyHold Still by Nina LaCour
Books About Suicide
70 books — 47 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonIf I Wake by Nikki MoyesA List of Cages by Robin RoeWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Confront me: gritty realism in YA fiction
106 books — 33 voters
My Stroke of Inspiration by Ann Marie ThomasThe Pond Beyond the Forest by Shigeko ItoLucky by Scott NelsonNightbird by Shavaun ScottThe Child I Left Behind by Anjalia McGoldrick
Memoirs That Help Us Heal
25 books — 32 voters

Conflict of Intrigues by ML YostGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah GreenGirl in Pieces by Kathleen GlasgowDancing on the Edge by Han Nolan
Girls on the Edge
46 books — 11 voters
Mays Landing by J.C. MercerVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo CoelhoBlack Iris by Leah RaederTW by K. KingsmanHANG ON by Eshwarmurthy G Pillai
Attempted suicide novels
7 books — 9 voters

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