The Greatest Books of All Time on Mental Illness

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
12458 The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang 2019 American English
12514 The Revolution Of Little Girls Blanche McCrary Boyd 1991 American English
12587 How All This Started Pete Fromm 2000 American English
12622 Unshrunk Laura Delano 2025 American English
12890 Pan Michael Clune 2025 American English
13048 The Words Of Dr. L Karen E. Bender 2025 American English
13053 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13193 Bibliophobia Sarah Chihaya 2025 American English
13277 Idaho Emily Ruskovich 2017 American English
13600 Alabama Song Gilles Leroy 2007 French French
13750 When My Brother Was An Aztec Natalie Diaz 2012 American English
13818 As God Commands Niccolò Ammaniti 2006 Italian Italian
14025 Heart Berries Terese Marie Mailhot 2018 Canadian English
14074 Pilgrim Timothy Findley 1999 Canadian English
14122 Turtles All The Way Down John Green 2017 American English
14212 The Confession Of A Fool August Strindberg 1893 Swedish Swedish
14588 Couple Found Slain Mikita Brottman 2021 Unknown English
14984 Naked David Sedaris 1997 American English
14984 The Book Of Form And Emptiness Ruth Ozeki 2021 Japanese English
14984 August Tracy Letts 2008 American English
14968 Strange Interlude Eugene O'Neill 1928 American English
14984 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14984 Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman 2015 American English
14984 Angels Of The Universe Einar Már Guðmundsson 1993 Icelandic Icelandic
15682 Knots R.D. Laing Scottish English
15714 The Elected Member Bernice Rubens 1969 British English
15769 King's Row Henry Bellamann 1940 American English
16510 The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold Evelyn Waugh 1957 British English
15903 Funnyhouse Of A Negro Adrienne Kennedy 1964 American English
15903 The Myth Of Mental Illness Thomas Szasz 1961 American English
16616 We Can Build You Philip K. Dick 1972 American English
17125 The Bird of Night Susan Hill 1972 British English
17125 The Comforts of Madness Paul Sayer 1988 British English
17125 The Devil All The Time Donald Ray Pollock 2011 American English
17125 A Spell Of Winter Helen Dunmore 1995 British English
17125 The Ha Ha Jennifer Dawson 1961 British English
17125 Eva's Man Gayl Jones 1976 American English
17125 Reading Turgenev William Trevor 1991 Irish English
16900 Harvey Mary Chase 1944 American English
17125 Proof David Auburn 2000 American English
16981 A Delicate Balance Edward Albee 1966 American English
17125 The World As I Found It Bruce Duffy 1987 American English
17125 A Beautiful Mind Sylvia Nasar 1998 American English
17125 Alice James Jean Strouse 1980 American English
17125 Sharp Objects Gillian Flynn 2006 American English
17125 The Drawing Of The Three Stephen King 1987 American English
17125 An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 American English
17125 No One Gets To Fall Apart Sarah LaBrie 2024 Unknown English
17125 Shut Up, This Is Serious Carolina Ixta 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Glass Girl Kathleen Glasgow 2024 American English
17125 Holding Still For As Long As Possible Zoe Whittall 2009 Canadian English
17125 Sociopath Patric Gagne 2024 Unknown English
17125 Dandelions Yasunari Kawabata Japanese Japanese
17125 How Not To Kill Yourself Clancy Martin 2023 American English
17125 Good Girls Hadley Freeman 2023 British English
17125 The Primordial Mind In Health And Illness Michael Robbins 2011 American Unknown
17125 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17125 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17125 History Is All You Left Me Adam Silvera 2017 American English
17125 All The Bright Places Jennifer Niven 2015 American English
17125 Identical Ellen Hopkins 2008 American English