Mentally Illiterature discussion

Hello! I'm Julianna, a helper of the creation of this group (all creation credits go to SYD) and I helped with the punny fantastic name!

In this thread: say your name, pronouns (optional), and a couple of diverse books that you enjoy (optional)! Also facts about yourself!! (optional)

Some diverse books that I loved are:
➳Nice Try, Jane Sinner
➳Warcross
➳Starfish (although it is problematic concerning the abuse rep)
➳Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
➳Girls Made of Snow and Glass

Hi! My name is Melanie, I use she/her pronouns, and I love all three of these mods with my whole heart (and that's a fact)! 💗

Some of my favorite diverse reads are:
➽The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin
➽Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
➽Black Iris by Elliot Wake
➽Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
➽The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain #1) by Margaret Killjoy

And I can't wait to buddy read more with you all! 💛✨xx

hey guys!! I'm Elise [she/her] and I really really really love narratives about trauma!!

a couple of my fav specifically mental-health-ish books [a bunch of these have lgbtq leads or leads of color]:
➳ Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke [depression]
➳ Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust [trauma, abuse]
➳ Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore [trauma]
➳ Still Life with Tornado by A.S. King [abuse]
➳ Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia [anxiety]
➳ Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios [abuse]
➳ The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones [abuse]
➳ Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh [trauma, addiction]
➳ Radio Silence by Alice Oseman [abuse, anxiety]
➳ How To Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake [abuse]
➳ The Diviners series by Libba Bray [abuse, trauma]
➳ It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover [abuse] [I KNOW but it's actually really good]
➳ Black Iris by Elliot Wake [trauma, bipolar]
➳ Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore [trauma]

hello!! I'm Ilsa [she/her] (also yes, ik that the abuse rep was problematic in starfish by akemi is an abuse survivor as well can we consider both things? don't mean to sound insensetive or excuse anything in starfish that was harmful <3) Favourite diverse book include SIx of Crows, Starfish, The Astonishing Color of After and lke more, i'm being lazy haha. Facts about me is that i'm cool, love penguins and possible am one and ice cream is very good aha <3 I can't promise that I'll participate in all the monthly reads though, sorry. This is a great idea tho <3

ilsa ➹ wrote: "hello!! I'm Ilsa [she/her] (also yes, ik that the abuse rep was problematic in starfish by akemi is an abuse survivor as well can we consider both things? don't mean to sound insensetive or excuse ..."

actually as the author of That review [which I know you both know lol] Julianna if you loved it you totally don't have to qualify that!! it didn't work for me, but I think it's on the whole empowering for abuse survivors and it's fine by me to recommend here <3

Alexa wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Alexa and I use e/em or she/her pronouns. I actually don't read a lot of mental health related books because they can be difficult/triggering, but I'm really interested to s..."

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hi everyone!! i'm may, and i use she/her pronouns as of right now

here are my favorite books with mentally ill characters! (a lot of them are diverse in other ways as well)

☼ Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (one of my forever favorite books)
☼ Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman (close to my heart because of the asian rep)
☼ Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
☼ The Wicker King by K Ancrum
☼ Shaun David Hutchinson's books

Alexa wrote: "Elise wrote: "Alexa wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Alexa and I use e/em or she/her pronouns. I actually don't read a lot of mental health related books because they can be difficult/triggering, bu..."

as long as she's established as mga i'm still staying excited. aaaaaaaaaaah. all the sapphic autistics.

Alexa wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Alexa and I use e/em or she/her pronouns. I actually don't read a lot of mental health related books because they can be difficult/triggering, but I'm really interested to s..."

ahhhhhh I have a copy of The Radical Element and i'm so hype to read it (after I'm out of my reading slump haha)

Hello! I'm Sabrien (she/her) and I loved:
-We Are the Ants (or really just Shaun David Hutchinson in general)
-I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sànchez (this book is brutal)
-The Wicker King by Kayla Ancrum
-Solitaire by Alice Oseman (I actually just appreciate her existence in general)
-Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

I really need to find more mental health books so I'm really glad I found this group 😊

Btw these are mental health specific. If anyone wants to see more books, I have a mental-health shelf, POC rep, muslim rep, LGBTQIA+ and more shelves for diversity in general but they're too many and I'm indecisive af so I was being nice by narrowing it down.

Hello, I'm Nadia, I use she/her pronouns and some of my favorite books with mentally ill characters are:
-History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
-More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
-Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
-Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
-Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
-Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
-A List of Cages by Robin Roe
-Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
-Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke

I really want to read more books about characters with a mental illness that's underrepresented because I'm really not good at finding those on my own. I'll keep trying, though. I'm looking forward to the books we're going to read!

Hi!! I'm Syd, the creator of this book club! My pronouns are they/them and some of my favorite diverse books are:

- Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
- Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Hi! I'm Acqua, and some of my favorite books that deal with mental health topics are:

- The Red Threads of Fortune (grief, TW: suicidal ideation)
- A Song for Quiet (grief)
- Ninefox Gambit (depression, ADHD rep in the second book. This is a very violent adult sci-fi series and one of the male MCs is a rape survivor; TWs for that and also suicidal ideation)
- Six of Crows (haphephobia rep, gambling addiction)
- American Panda (mysophobia rep)
- Paris Adrift (panic attacks)

And I hope to find more because there's never enough, especially in SFF.

Hi guys! I'm Aimee (she/her). Some of my favorite diverse reads:

- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
- Faking Normal
- The Summer of Chasing Mermaids
- Most Likely to Succeed
- Made You Up
- Six of Crows
- 5 to 1
- Written in the Stars
- When the Moon Was Ours

Hiiii! I'm Analee! My pronouns are she/her and some of my favourite diverse reads are:

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
American Panda by Gloria Chao
Specifically books with mental health topics:
Definitions of Indefinable Things by Whitney Taylor (depression)
More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer (abuse)
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley (agoraphobia, anxiety)
How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake (abuse)

Hi everyone! I'm Sakura, my pronouns are she/her and most of the mental health books Ive read so far have been very problematic and insensitive or a misrepresentation. I am interested in psychology and so am very excited to be a part of this group!!
Some of my fave diverse books are:

- Alice by Christina Henry (sex trafficking and rape)
- The hate U give by Angie Thomas (blm, Idk if this counts but just love this book)
- Mind your head by Juno Dawson (an incredible informative book on mental illness!)
- Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard (a couple issues but i just related so much, abuse)
- I never promised you a rose garden by Hannah Green (schizophrenia rep)
- Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (deals with racism)

hey guys! sorry if i'm late to the party but i'm jackie and i use she/her pronouns. some of my favourite diverse books are:

— Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (bi + gay male protagonists, LDS religion)
— I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman (Muslim mc who reads as ace/aro, possibly doesn't use labels at all?? + trans boy, anxiety, panic attacks, ptsd, no romance!)
— Radio Silence also by Alice Oseman (Ethiopian + bi mc, ownvoices demi mc but he doesn't use labels, anxiety, depression, abuse)
— Future Leaders of Nowhere by Emily O'Beirne (sapphic, gay + Indian mc, bi mc, very cute)
— Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi (trauma, abuse, ptsd, anxiety, depression, I LOVE IT SO MUCH)

also @may please don't come at me for that last one lmao

hi!! i'm aris and i'm late but so happy to have joined this group eep :) some diverse books (with mental health rep) i love are:
- The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic (depression, anxiety, PTSD)
- Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia (anxiety)
- Six of Crows (PTSD)
- History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (OCD)
- Turtles All the Way Down (OCD)
- Queens of Geek (anxiety, autism)

there's a lot more but these are my absolute favourites!!

Hi! I’m Angela and I love reading and writing and I love math!
Some books that I like are:
Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Saving Red by Sonya Sones
Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton
Four-Four-Two by Dean Hughes

(Just to name a few)

Hiiii! I’m Lu, also known as ‘Really-Bad-At-Internet-ing’ I am a complete bundle of mess, a “lamb” as some like to call me *pointed look in Lisa’s direction for good measure. ily really*, and rather caps-lock-friendly BUT NEVERTHELESS I am excited to be here (albeit about a thousand years late). You can call me she/her, it, cake, anything you like really I’ll probably just start calling people chouchou (darling, in French b/c I am Francias - well half anyways) at random intervals.

also P.S y’all seem really sweet and I cant wait to interact with you guys even though I’M M-I-A atm, but that’s ...that??

P.P.S These discussions are like,, may fave thing about blogging so thanks so much for making this chat and yh IM SCREAMING AT HOW GREAT THIS IS. BYE HAVE A NICE DAY/EVENING/WHENEVER YOU’RE READING THIS AND HAVE A HUG <3

P.P.P.S... (I promise I’ll be done with this in a sec I just,, am a chatter box.. sorrrryyy) favourite books... okay anything that will make me cry, or isn’t filled with awful, problematic tropes and has diversity and basically is perfection.. but like,,, tbh I can’t narrow it down, but fave genre?? YA FANTASY ALL THE WAYYY. (But guys,,, the ya contemporary genre is slowly gnawing it’s way back into ma hawwwwttttttt)

byeeeeeeeeee (for now <3)

Hi! I'm Stella (she/her) and I realllly need to read more books with mentally ill (preferably main) characters. I'm about to read Queens of Geek, which I'm very excited for! I've enjoyed:
>Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke
>Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
>How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
>Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows
>Definitions of Indefinable Things by Whitney Taylor (not a favorite but it's pretty good)
>Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

Stella wrote: "Hi! I'm Stella (she/her) and I realllly need to read more books with mentally ill (preferably main) characters. I'm about to read Queens of Geek, which I'm very excited for! I've enjoyed:
>Nice Try..."
can we just,, ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS!! THE REP!! ANXIETY!! SELECTIVE MUTISM!! OMG!! DEFYING STEREOTYPES!! RJGLSGSLDKV S

Hello, I'm Zara and I use she/her pronoun. I probably haven't read as much books on this topic as I would like to, which is why I'm joining this group.

Some of my favourite books are:

Turtles all the way down - John Green

Simon vs. the Homosapien Agenda.

A lot of books that I've been meaning to read but have never gotten to are listed in this group chat so that's probably given me a reason to get a move on with them!

(Also, really late to the party, sorry!)

Hi, I am Evan (he/him) and I am extremely interested in psychology and I love reading books about mental health and mental illnesses as I am a sufferer too. I would like to find more books based on these topics

Hi everyone :)

I'm Heather, I'm originally from London and now live in Glasgow, Scotland. I'm a pop culture and disability awareness blogger who blogs about all things geeky, living with seven chronic illnesses and my love for beauty products. I'm a massive bookworm and regularly review books, with fantasy, science fiction, horror and urban fantasy being my favourite genres.

I have anxiety, depression, PTSD and compulsive skin picking also known as dermatillomania. I talk about all of these and my other health conditions openly on my blog Just Geeking By - http://geeking-by.net

And I'm on social media as justgeekingby, feel free to come say hi!