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Mental Illness in Fiction and Nonfiction

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A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar
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Bedlam: A Year in the Life of a Mental Hospital (Dominic Bosco)
Bedlam: A Year in the Life of a Mental Hospital
Dominic Bosco
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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But Inside I'm Screaming (Elizabeth Flock)
But Inside I'm Screaming
Elizabeth Flock
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Devil in the Details (Jennifer Traig)
Devil in the Details
Jennifer Traig
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Down Came the Rain (Brooke Sheilds)
Down Came the Rain
Brooke Sheilds
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Get Well Soon (Julie Halpern)
Get Well Soon
Julie Halpern
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Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
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Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
Anonymous
10
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
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I Am the Cheese
I Am the Cheese
12
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Joanne Greenberg
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Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter
Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter
14
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
John Green
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Me and Emma
Me and Emma
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Mockingbird Years: a Life in and Out of Therapy (Emily Fox Gordon)
Mockingbird Years: a Life in and Out of Therapy
Emily Fox Gordon
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Murder of Innocence: the Tragic Life and Final Rampage of Laurie Dann, the Schoolhouse Killer (Joel Kaplan)
Murder of Innocence: the Tragic Life and Final Rampage of Laurie Dann, the Schoolhouse Killer
Joel Kaplan
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Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
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Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
Judith Guest
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The Pact (Jodi Picoult)
The Pact
Jodi Picoult
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
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The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
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Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Prozac Nation
Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Rage (Stephen King)
Rage
Stephen King
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Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
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She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
Wally Lamb
28
Shock (Kitty Dukakis)
Shock
Kitty Dukakis
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Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood (Julie Gregory)
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
Julie Gregory
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The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
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Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
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Sybil (Flora Rheta Schreiber)
Sybil
Flora Rheta Schreiber
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Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher
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Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface (Martha Manning)
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
Martha Manning
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Voluntary Madness (Norah Vincent)
Voluntary Madness
Norah Vincent
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
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When the Rabbit Howls (Truddi Chase)
When the Rabbit Howls
Truddi Chase
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