The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Popular Standalone Graphic Novels
164 books — 17 voters
Heartstopper by Alice OsemanFun Home by Alison BechdelHonor Girl by Maggie Thrash
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,057 books — 1,045 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books Ever
77,774 books — 290,224 voters

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen GlasgowWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Triggering Books
229 books — 138 voters
Not That Bad by Roxane GayMissoula by Jon KrakauerTake It as a Compliment by Maria StoianYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Books About Rape and Rape Culture
437 books — 193 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyJust Listen by Sarah Dessen
YA Violence & Abuse Novels
701 books — 870 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonExit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. JohnstonJust Listen by Sarah DessenThe Way I Used to Be by Amber   SmithFaking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens
#MeToo
215 books — 109 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiMaus I by Art SpiegelmanMarch by John             LewisMaus II by Art Spiegelman
History through graphic novels
618 books — 496 voters
Lighter than My Shadow by Katie GreenMaus I by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelStitches by David Small
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
409 books — 453 voters

Cut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanBreak by Hannah MoskowitzCutters Don't Cry by Christine DzidrumsThe Merciful Scar by Rebecca St. James
YA Self-Harm and Cutting Fiction
34 books — 56 voters
Willow by Julia HobanComes the Darkness, Comes the Light by Vanessa VegaScars by Cheryl RainfieldFreedom from Self-Harm by Kim L. GratzCut by Patricia McCormick
Books On Self-Injury
143 books — 219 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund FreudThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,333 voters
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne PetersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonSing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,045 books — 2,685 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Books that made you laugh out loud
331 books — 206 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniStargirl by Jerry SpinelliHold Still by Nina LaCour
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,738 books — 12,216 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniCut by Patricia McCormickImpulse by Ellen Hopkins
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
263 books — 775 voters
All My Friends Are Dead by Avery MonsenMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,939 books — 2,085 voters

Manic by Terri  Cheney
Memoirs of Madness
296 books — 378 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherThin by Lauren GreenfieldUnbearable Weight by Susan Bordo
Best Eating Disorder Books
462 books — 1,001 voters

Cut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanPerfect by Natasha FriendGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksIdentical by Ellen Hopkins
Depressing Novels
131 books — 128 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherPaperweight by Meg HastonStick Figure by Lori GottliebThin by Lauren Greenfield
Books on Eating Disorders
139 books — 102 voters

Willow by Julia HobanCut by Patricia McCormickImpulse by Ellen HopkinsGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,008 books — 12,460 voters


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