Mental Illness Books

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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 981 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,172,728 ratings — published 1963
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 665 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.11 — 619,109 ratings — published 2015
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 580 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.94 — 271,521 ratings — published 1993
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Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 570 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.88 — 631,086 ratings — published 2017
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 550 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,961,874 ratings — published 1999
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It's Kind of a Funny Story It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 511 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.07 — 260,721 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 — 1,016,926 ratings — published 2007
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 380 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.20 — 771,056 ratings — published 1962
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Wintergirls Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 374 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,146 ratings — published 2009
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Challenger Deep Challenger Deep (ebook)
by (shelved 349 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.14 — 33,703 ratings — published 2015
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 327 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,386,088 ratings — published 2017
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 327 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.07 — 343,139 ratings — published 1892
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Made You Up Made You Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 309 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.02 — 30,255 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 300 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.89 — 172,171 ratings — published 2015
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Every Last Word Every Last Word (Hardcover)
by (shelved 297 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.21 — 123,670 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 293 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.06 — 84,614 ratings — published 1995
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Girl in Pieces Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 279 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.94 — 255,948 ratings — published 2016
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 252 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,191,041 ratings — published 2006
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My Heart and Other Black Holes My Heart and Other Black Holes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 241 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 62,445 ratings — published 2015
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I’m Glad My Mom Died I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 238 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,379,594 ratings — published 2022
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 224 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,063,901 ratings — published 2019
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The Silver Linings Playbook The Silver Linings Playbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 162,180 ratings — published 2008
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Finding Audrey Finding Audrey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 212 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.75 — 84,168 ratings — published 2015
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 211 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,328,048 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 206 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.15 — 141,167 ratings — published 2020
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Fangirl Fangirl (ebook)
by (shelved 201 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.94 — 774,569 ratings — published 2013
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Prozac Nation Prozac Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.64 — 63,573 ratings — published 1994
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 198 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.05 — 624,957 ratings — published 1999
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Eliza and Her Monsters Eliza and Her Monsters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 194 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.14 — 65,090 ratings — published 2017
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 192 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.29 — 879,270 ratings — published 2015
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 192 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,795,060 ratings — published 2018
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 190 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,339,953 ratings — published 2014
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.61 — 536,194 ratings — published 2018
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Cut Cut (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.76 — 59,964 ratings — published 2000
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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 — 234,491 ratings — published 2012
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.65 — 338,994 ratings — published 2007
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 35,075 ratings — published 1964
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.78 — 400,399 ratings — published 1993
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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 — 214,565 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 164 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.32 — 22,469 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 — 1,577,019 ratings — published 2003
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Impulse (Impulse, #1) Impulse (Impulse, #1)
by (shelved 155 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.25 — 82,041 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 155 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.99 — 90,556 ratings — published 1973
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Paperweight Paperweight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 153 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 17,464 ratings — published 2015
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.13 — 19,942 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 4.03 — 14,706 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 — 109,912 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 143 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 4.23 — 36,480 ratings — published 2018
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Highly Illogical Behavior Highly Illogical Behavior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.90 — 17,318 ratings — published 2016
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as mental-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,724,539 ratings — published 2005
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Friedrich Nietzsche
“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

Osamu Dazai
“He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.”
Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

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