Room by Emma DonoghueThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best "REAL" Psychological Fiction
145 books — 241 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 Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonTwenty Years Later by Charlie DonleaThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Murder Most Cold
235 books — 396 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,850 books — 2,012 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,432 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Mind
436 books — 462 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
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 PlathWithout MAlice by Amesbury Clarke1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Day the Music Died by Blair Evans
BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL READS
125 books — 140 voters
Devil in the Details by Jennifer TraigPassing for normal by Amy S. WilenskyAmen, Amen, Amen by Abby SherMy Alien Self by Amanda  GreenStolen Child by Laurie Gough
Best OCD Memoirs
28 books — 32 voters



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