Mental Illness Books

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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 976 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,230,489 ratings — published 1963
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 659 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.11 — 630,098 ratings — published 2015
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 582 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.95 — 279,817 ratings — published 1993
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Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 566 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.87 — 644,246 ratings — published 2017
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 552 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,008,037 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 — 262,355 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 — 1,026,206 ratings — published 2007
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 382 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.20 — 781,616 ratings — published 1962
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Wintergirls Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 374 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 126,172 ratings — published 2009
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Challenger Deep Challenger Deep (ebook)
by (shelved 342 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.14 — 34,317 ratings — published 2015
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 327 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.07 — 361,528 ratings — published 1892
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 325 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,431,974 ratings — published 2017
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Made You Up Made You Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 307 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.02 — 30,490 ratings — published 2015
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Every Last Word Every Last Word (Hardcover)
by (shelved 302 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.20 — 128,450 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 — 175,773 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 295 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.06 — 86,062 ratings — published 1995
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Girl in Pieces Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 278 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.93 — 269,983 ratings — published 2016
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,229,136 ratings — published 2006
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I’m Glad My Mom Died I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 239 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,482,636 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 — 62,912 ratings — published 2015
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 228 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,295,202 ratings — published 2019
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The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 212 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,479,284 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 — 163,064 ratings — published 2008
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Finding Audrey Finding Audrey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 209 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.75 — 84,913 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 — 146,493 ratings — published 2020
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Prozac Nation Prozac Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.64 — 63,993 ratings — published 1994
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Fangirl Fangirl (ebook)
by (shelved 200 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.93 — 781,615 ratings — published 2013
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 197 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.05 — 632,770 ratings — published 1999
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 195 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.28 — 935,547 ratings — published 2015
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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 — 568,847 ratings — published 2018
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 191 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,871,336 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 — 65,345 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 — 1,408,154 ratings — published 2014
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Cut Cut (Paperback)
by (shelved 181 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.76 — 60,279 ratings — published 2000
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 174 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.65 — 388,629 ratings — published 2007
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 174 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.09 — 238,296 ratings — published 2012
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.78 — 415,618 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 170 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 35,760 ratings — published 1964
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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 — 216,240 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 — 23,204 ratings — published 2007
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Impulse (Impulse, #1) Impulse (Impulse, #1)
by (shelved 159 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.25 — 82,649 ratings — published 2007
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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 — 1,600,932 ratings — published 2003
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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 154 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.99 — 90,894 ratings — published 1973
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Paperweight Paperweight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 17,817 ratings — published 2015
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.12 — 20,368 ratings — published 2019
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Madness: A Bipolar Life Madness: A Bipolar Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.04 — 14,796 ratings — published 2008
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Reasons to Stay Alive Reasons to Stay Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.06 — 112,414 ratings — published 2015
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.99 — 31,650 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 4.23 — 37,066 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 — 1,752,643 ratings — published 2005
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Charles Bukowski
“I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.”
Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

Tamara Ireland Stone
“If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.”
Tamara Ireland Stone, Every Last Word

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