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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 981 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,333,883 ratings — published 1963
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 645 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.11 — 646,367 ratings — published 2015
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 583 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.95 — 294,845 ratings — published 1993
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Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 558 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.87 — 664,655 ratings — published 2017
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 551 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,086,073 ratings — published 1999
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It's Kind of a Funny Story It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 501 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.07 — 265,209 ratings — published 2006
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 412 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,039,917 ratings — published 2007
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 376 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.20 — 798,942 ratings — published 1962
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Wintergirls Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 372 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 127,986 ratings — published 2009
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Challenger Deep Challenger Deep (ebook)
by (shelved 339 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.14 — 35,445 ratings — published 2015
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 330 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.06 — 393,187 ratings — published 1892
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 329 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,508,784 ratings — published 2017
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Made You Up Made You Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 302 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.01 — 30,834 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 — 180,028 ratings — published 2015
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Every Last Word Every Last Word (Hardcover)
by (shelved 296 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.20 — 135,353 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 290 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.07 — 88,781 ratings — published 1995
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Girl in Pieces Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 289 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.93 — 291,930 ratings — published 2016
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,292,472 ratings — published 2006
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 245 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,647,253 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 3.95 — 63,708 ratings — published 2015
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 234 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,683,940 ratings — published 2019
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The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 220 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,717,772 ratings — published 2020
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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 214 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.15 — 155,434 ratings — published 2020
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The Silver Linings Playbook The Silver Linings Playbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 213 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 164,509 ratings — published 2008
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Finding Audrey Finding Audrey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 208 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.74 — 85,984 ratings — published 2015
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Fangirl Fangirl (ebook)
by (shelved 198 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.93 — 793,213 ratings — published 2013
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Prozac Nation Prozac Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 198 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.64 — 64,747 ratings — published 1994
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.58 — 632,715 ratings — published 2018
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 197 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.06 — 647,153 ratings — published 1999
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 194 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,026,404 ratings — published 2015
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 191 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,996,777 ratings — published 2018
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Eliza and Her Monsters Eliza and Her Monsters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 188 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.14 — 65,740 ratings — published 2017
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 186 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,495,065 ratings — published 2014
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Cut Cut (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.76 — 60,890 ratings — published 2000
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 176 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.65 — 472,691 ratings — published 2007
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 175 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.78 — 445,081 ratings — published 1993
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 37,237 ratings — published 1964
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 170 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.09 — 244,446 ratings — published 2012
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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 169 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,441 ratings — published 2007
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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 167 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.17 — 219,157 ratings — published 2013
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Impulse (Impulse, #1) Impulse (Impulse, #1)
by (shelved 157 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.25 — 83,639 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 — 91,577 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 152 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,642,153 ratings — published 2003
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.12 — 21,213 ratings — published 2019
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Paperweight Paperweight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 18,480 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 — 116,639 ratings — published 2015
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.99 — 32,621 ratings — published 1990
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Madness: A Bipolar Life Madness: A Bipolar Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 146 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.04 — 15,010 ratings — published 2008
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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 144 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.22 — 38,152 ratings — published 2018
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,033,770 ratings — published 1951
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Jeanette Winterson
“To be ill adjusted to a deranged world is not a breakdown.”
― Jeanette Winterson

Marya Hornbacher
“When you are mad, mad like this, you don't know it. Reality is what you see. When what you see shifts, departing from anyone else's reality, it's still reality to you.”
― Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life

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