Mental Illness Books

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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 972 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,245,922 ratings — published 1963
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 657 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.11 — 632,756 ratings — published 2015
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 580 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.95 — 282,457 ratings — published 1993
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Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 563 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.87 — 647,318 ratings — published 2017
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 550 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,019,305 ratings — published 1999
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It's Kind of a Funny Story It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 508 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.07 — 262,774 ratings — published 2006
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 419 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,028,165 ratings — published 2007
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 379 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.20 — 784,385 ratings — published 1962
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Wintergirls Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 374 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 126,487 ratings — published 2009
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Challenger Deep Challenger Deep (ebook)
by (shelved 340 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.14 — 34,510 ratings — published 2015
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 327 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,444,317 ratings — published 2017
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 326 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.07 — 366,686 ratings — published 1892
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Made You Up Made You Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 306 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.02 — 30,541 ratings — published 2015
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Every Last Word Every Last Word (Hardcover)
by (shelved 301 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.20 — 129,728 ratings — published 2015
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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 296 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.89 — 176,314 ratings — published 2015
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 294 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.06 — 86,444 ratings — published 1995
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Girl in Pieces Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 277 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.93 — 273,564 ratings — published 2016
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,239,164 ratings — published 2006
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 238 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,513,840 ratings — published 2022
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My Heart and Other Black Holes My Heart and Other Black Holes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 235 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 63,013 ratings — published 2015
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 232 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,357,514 ratings — published 2019
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The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 215 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,514,688 ratings — published 2020
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The Silver Linings Playbook The Silver Linings Playbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 211 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 163,244 ratings — published 2008
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Finding Audrey Finding Audrey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 209 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.75 — 85,073 ratings — published 2015
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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 206 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.15 — 147,793 ratings — published 2020
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Prozac Nation Prozac Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.64 — 64,100 ratings — published 1994
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Fangirl Fangirl (ebook)
by (shelved 200 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.93 — 783,181 ratings — published 2013
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 197 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.05 — 634,734 ratings — published 1999
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 196 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.27 — 949,651 ratings — published 2015
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 193 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,890,357 ratings — published 2018
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.60 — 577,962 ratings — published 2018
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Eliza and Her Monsters Eliza and Her Monsters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 191 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.14 — 65,384 ratings — published 2017
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 190 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,421,840 ratings — published 2014
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Cut Cut (Paperback)
by (shelved 181 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.76 — 60,362 ratings — published 2000
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 174 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.65 — 401,606 ratings — published 2007
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 173 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.09 — 239,270 ratings — published 2012
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 35,966 ratings — published 1964
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.78 — 419,873 ratings — published 1993
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.17 — 216,619 ratings — published 2013
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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 166 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.33 — 23,377 ratings — published 2007
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Impulse (Impulse, #1) Impulse (Impulse, #1)
by (shelved 159 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.25 — 82,791 ratings — published 2007
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Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.99 — 91,013 ratings — published 1973
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,607,033 ratings — published 2003
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.12 — 20,488 ratings — published 2019
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Paperweight Paperweight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 17,921 ratings — published 2015
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Reasons to Stay Alive Reasons to Stay Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.06 — 113,044 ratings — published 2015
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Madness: A Bipolar Life Madness: A Bipolar Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 144 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.04 — 14,833 ratings — published 2008
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.99 — 31,780 ratings — published 1990
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1) Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
by (shelved 142 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.22 — 37,236 ratings — published 2018
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,758,763 ratings — published 2005
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Osamu Dazai
“He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.”
Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

Jennifer Niven
“It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them.”
Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

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