List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Book Riot's 50 Must-Read Memoirs of Mental Illness

"Mental health memoirs offer an eye-opening look at the lives of the mentally ill and those around them. These works of narrative medicine allow others with similar challenges to say, "That's exactly how I feel," a powerful connection through representation when these conditions can be so isolating. These accounts can be harrowing, but almost always offer comfort and education. Memoirs of mental health and addiction can also fill in the gaps of knowledge that those on the outside need to relate to those struggling with mental illness and addiction. This list of the 50 best mental health and addiction memoirs encompasses a wide scope of diagnoses, functionality, and experiences as diverse as the spectrum of mental illness."
253 users · 1,330 views
 
from bookriot.com · made by AnnaBoots
avg. score: 2 of 50 (4%)
required scores: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 2
1
Agorafabulous! (Sara Benincasa)
Agorafabulous! (Sara Benincasa)
2
The Body Papers (Grace Talusan)
The Body Papers (Grace Talusan)
3
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
4
The Buddha and the Borderline (Kiera Van Gelder)
The Buddha and the Borderline (Kiera Van Gelder)
5
The Center Cannot Hold (Elyn Saks)
The Center Cannot Hold (Elyn Saks)
6
The Collected Schizophrenias (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Collected Schizophrenias (Esmé Weijun Wang)
7
The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives (Vanessa Hazzard (Editor))
The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives (Vanessa Hazzard (Editor))
8
Darkness Visible (William Styron)
Darkness Visible (William Styron)
9
(Don't) Call Me Crazy (Edit.Kelly Jensen)
(Don't) Call Me Crazy (Edit.Kelly Jensen)
10
Down Came the Rain (Brooke Sheilds)
Down Came the Rain (Brooke Sheilds)
11
Fast Girl (Hamilton)
Fast Girl (Hamilton)
12
This Fragile Life: A Mother's Story of a Bipolar Son (Charlotte Pierce-Baker)
This Fragile Life: A Mother's Story of a Bipolar Son (Charlotte Pierce-Baker)
13
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
14
Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life (Melody Moezzi)
Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life (Melody Moezzi)
15
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
16
Heavy an American Memoir (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy an American Memoir (Kiese Laymon)
17
How to Murder Your Life (Cat Marnell)
How to Murder Your Life (Cat Marnell)
18
Hunger: A Memoir (Roxane Gay)
Hunger: A Memoir (Roxane Gay)
19
Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story (Mac McClelland)
Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story (Mac McClelland)
20
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness, Only More So (Mark Vonnegut)
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness, Only More So (Mark Vonnegut)
21
Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive (Emily Colas)
Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive (Emily Colas)
22
A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia (Sandy Allen)
A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia (Sandy Allen)
23
Lights On, Rats Out (Cree Lefavour)
Lights On, Rats Out (Cree Lefavour)
24
Lit (Mary Karr)
Lit (Mary Karr)
25
Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia (Amanda Lapera)
Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia (Amanda Lapera)
26
In the Loud House of Myself (Stacy Pershall)
In the Loud House of Myself (Stacy Pershall)
27
The Man Who Couldn't Stop (David Adam)
The Man Who Couldn't Stop (David Adam)
28
Manic: A Memoir (Terri Cheney)
Manic: A Memoir (Terri Cheney)
29
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me (Ellen Forney)
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me (Ellen Forney)
30
Mean (Myriam Gurba)
Mean (Myriam Gurba)
31
Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind (Jaime Lowe)
Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind (Jaime Lowe)
32
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind (Scott Stossel)
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind (Scott Stossel)
33
My Body Is a Book of Rules (Elissa Washuta)
My Body Is a Book of Rules (Elissa Washuta)
34
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness (Kabi Nagata)
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness (Kabi Nagata)
35
The Noonday Demon (Andrew Solomon)
The Noonday Demon (Andrew Solomon)
36
Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Memoir of Bulimia (Stephanie Covington Armstrong)
Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Memoir of Bulimia (Stephanie Covington Armstrong)
37
Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
38
The Quiet Room (Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett)
The Quiet Room (Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett)
39
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
40
Shadows in the Sun: Healing From Depression and Finding the Light Within (Gayathri Ramprasad)
Shadows in the Sun: Healing From Depression and Finding the Light Within (Gayathri Ramprasad)
Page 1 of 2
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN