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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.11 — 643,122 ratings — published 2015
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,308,767 ratings — published 1963
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It's Kind of a Funny Story It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.07 — 264,556 ratings — published 2006
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My Heart and Other Black Holes My Heart and Other Black Holes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.95 — 63,555 ratings — published 2015
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Girl in Pieces Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.93 — 287,269 ratings — published 2016
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.95 — 291,867 ratings — published 1993
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,068,658 ratings — published 1999
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Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.87 — 659,821 ratings — published 2017
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Suicide Notes Suicide Notes (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.80 — 57,167 ratings — published 2008
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here The Rest of Us Just Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.68 — 63,892 ratings — published 2015
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Made You Up Made You Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.02 — 30,775 ratings — published 2015
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Challenger Deep Challenger Deep (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.14 — 35,236 ratings — published 2015
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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 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.22 — 37,970 ratings — published 2018
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Under Rose-Tainted Skies Under Rose-Tainted Skies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.97 — 11,266 ratings — published 2016
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History Is All You Left Me History Is All You Left Me (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.90 — 80,664 ratings — published 2017
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When We Collided When We Collided (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.80 — 30,228 ratings — published 2016
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Girl Against the Universe Girl Against the Universe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,769 ratings — published 2016
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The Silver Linings Playbook The Silver Linings Playbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.98 — 164,100 ratings — published 2008
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Finding Audrey Finding Audrey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.74 — 85,765 ratings — published 2015
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Every Last Word Every Last Word (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.20 — 134,165 ratings — published 2015
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Wintergirls Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.96 — 127,568 ratings — published 2009
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.05 — 643,939 ratings — published 1999
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,592,828 ratings — published 2019
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Dear Evan Hansen Dear Evan Hansen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.86 — 73,864 ratings — published 2018
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The Place Between Breaths The Place Between Breaths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.30 — 845 ratings — published 2018
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Highly Illogical Behavior Highly Illogical Behavior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.90 — 17,555 ratings — published 2016
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Starfish Starfish (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.18 — 11,721 ratings — published 2017
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Eliza and Her Monsters Eliza and Her Monsters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.14 — 65,640 ratings — published 2017
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.78 — 439,459 ratings — published 1993
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More Happy Than Not More Happy Than Not (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.95 — 69,352 ratings — published 2015
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.33 — 307,968 ratings — published 2014
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The Impossible Knife of Memory The Impossible Knife of Memory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.91 — 29,995 ratings — published 2014
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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.01 — 192,439 ratings — published 2011
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,479,092 ratings — published 2014
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Paperweight Paperweight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.90 — 18,363 ratings — published 2015
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.87 — 49,140 ratings — published 2013
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Wild Awake Wild Awake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.59 — 3,771 ratings — published 2013
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.20 — 794,943 ratings — published 1962
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,277,909 ratings — published 2006
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,005,363 ratings — published 1951
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,036,961 ratings — published 2007
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.65 — 452,602 ratings — published 2007
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The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1) The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 4.08 — 84,363 ratings — published 2021
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Playlist for the Dead Playlist for the Dead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.28 — 15,248 ratings — published 2015
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This Song Will Save Your Life This Song Will Save Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.90 — 27,201 ratings — published 2013
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.59 — 617,978 ratings — published 2018
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Something like Normal Something like Normal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.81 — 16,847 ratings — published 2012
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Weather Girl Weather Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.60 — 51,173 ratings — published 2022
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Getting His Game Back Getting His Game Back (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.58 — 2,101 ratings — published 2022
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We Can't Keep Meeting Like This We Can't Keep Meeting Like This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mental-illnesses)
avg rating 3.50 — 12,879 ratings — published 2021
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“Maybe having schizophrenia is my big fuck-you to the status quo. Only, I guess at this point, being normal and well-adjusted would be, like, the biggest fuck-you of them all. So I guess I'll just try to shoot for that, if I can.”
Nic Sheff, Schizo

Philip K. Dick
“… the several sub-types of mental illness should be functioning on this world as classes somewhat like those of ancient India. These people here, the hebephrenics, would be equivalent to the untouchables[*]. The maniacs would be the warrior class, without fear; one of the highest.

… The paranoids – actually paranoiac schizophrenics – would function as the statesman class; they’d be in charge of developing political ideology and social programs – they’d have the overall world view. The simple schizophrenics (…) [would] correspond to the poet class, although some of them would be religious visionaries – as would be some of the Heebs. The Heebs, however, would be inclined to produce ascetic saints, whereas the schizophrenics would produce dogmatists. Those with polymorphic schizophrenia simplex would be the creative members of the society, producing the new ideas. (…) There could be some with over-valent ideas, psychotic disorders that were advanced forms of milder obsessive-compulsive neurosis, the so-called diencephalic disturbances. Those people would be the clerks and office holders of the society, the ritualistic functionaries, with no original ideas. Their conservatism would balance the radical quality of the polymorphic schizophrenics and give the society stability.”
Philip K. Dick, Clans of the Alphane Moon

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