Books Worth Reading on Depression (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,696 ratings
2.
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness 3.99 avg rating — 30,921 ratings
3.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,133 ratings
4.
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression 4.19 avg rating — 15,442 ratings
5.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,292 ratings
6.
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation 3.64 avg rating — 63,384 ratings
7.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,389 ratings
8.
Silenced
Silenced 4.27 avg rating — 264 ratings
9.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story 4.07 avg rating — 260,074 ratings
10.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,715,961 ratings
11.
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,859 ratings
12.
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness 4.06 avg rating — 84,150 ratings
13.
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 4.17 avg rating — 213,856 ratings
14.
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia 4.03 avg rating — 33,833 ratings
15.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,375 ratings
16.
Without MAlice
Without MAlice 4.03 avg rating — 365 ratings
16.
All the Memories That Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home
All the Memories That Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home 4.46 avg rating — 67 ratings
18.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things 3.89 avg rating — 171,414 ratings
19.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 4.23 avg rating — 1,371,034 ratings
20.
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide 4.12 avg rating — 6,857 ratings
21.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating — 357,232 ratings
22.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,382 ratings
23.
Fangirl
Fangirl 3.94 avg rating — 772,392 ratings
24.
If I Wake
If I Wake 3.92 avg rating — 747 ratings
25.
Reasons to Stay Alive
Reasons to Stay Alive
by: Matt Haig
4.07 avg rating — 109,064 ratings
26.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,585 ratings
27.
Madness: A Bipolar Life
Madness: A Bipolar Life 4.03 avg rating — 14,674 ratings
28.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 284,932 ratings
29.
When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God—And Joy
When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God—And Joy 4.16 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
30.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,930 ratings
31.
A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness
A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness
by: Tom Davis
3.66 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
31.
The Day We Are Born (an Elements novel)
The Day We Are Born (an Elements novel) 3.95 avg rating — 58 ratings
31.
Moving the Chains
Moving the Chains 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings
31.
Separate Things: A Memoir
Separate Things: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 86 ratings
35.
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 273,731 ratings
35.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,446 ratings
35.
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2) 3.61 avg rating — 2,077,997 ratings
38.
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me 4.02 avg rating — 16,570 ratings
38.
Veronika Decides to Die
Veronika Decides to Die 3.73 avg rating — 237,027 ratings
40.
My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me
My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me 3.93 avg rating — 475 ratings
41.
Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure
Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure 4.41 avg rating — 4,642 ratings
42.
A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science behind Three Generations of Mental Illness
A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science behind Three Generations of Mental Illness 3.62 avg rating — 224 ratings
43.
Manic: A Memoir
Manic: A Memoir 3.82 avg rating — 12,025 ratings
44.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed 4.37 avg rating — 385,675 ratings
45.
Willow
Willow 3.90 avg rating — 32,759 ratings
46.
Living with a Black Dog: His Name Is Depression
Living with a Black Dog: His Name Is Depression 4.39 avg rating — 889 ratings
47.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,335 ratings
48.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,726 ratings
49.
Understanding Depression: What We Know and What You Can Do About It
Understanding Depression: What We Know and What You Can Do About It 3.92 avg rating — 62 ratings
49.
Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On
Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On 4.43 avg rating — 1,260 ratings
49.
The Mind Shaman
The Mind Shaman 3.47 avg rating — 36 ratings
49.
The Reengineers
The Reengineers 3.87 avg rating — 47 ratings
49.
Diary of the Mad: A Short Story Collection
Diary of the Mad: A Short Story Collection 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
49.
Manage My Emotions: What I Wish I'd Learned in School about Anger, Fear and Love
Manage My Emotions: What I Wish I'd Learned in School about Anger, Fear and Love 4.06 avg rating — 96 ratings
55.
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life 3.81 avg rating — 55,301 ratings
56.
When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy
When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy 4.13 avg rating — 6,906 ratings
56.
Without Merit
Without Merit 3.66 avg rating — 312,634 ratings
58.
Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression
Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression 3.51 avg rating — 49 ratings
59.
The Ragamuffin Gospel
The Ragamuffin Gospel 4.19 avg rating — 39,304 ratings
60.
Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl
Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl 3.91 avg rating — 3,884 ratings
61.
Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness
Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness 3.78 avg rating — 258 ratings
61.
Dorie: The Girl Nobody Loved
Dorie: The Girl Nobody Loved 4.31 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
63.
Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2)
Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 261,855 ratings
64.
Change Your Thinking
Change Your Thinking 4.18 avg rating — 966 ratings
65.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating — 1,755,824 ratings
66.
Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression
Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression 3.71 avg rating — 1,061 ratings
67.
When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression
When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression 4.09 avg rating — 128 ratings
68.
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You 3.84 avg rating — 52,843 ratings
69.
We Were Liars
We Were Liars 3.66 avg rating — 1,304,081 ratings
70.
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness 3.92 avg rating — 6,578 ratings
71.
I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression
I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression 4.53 avg rating — 117 ratings
71.
I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression 4.30 avg rating — 4,271 ratings
71.
Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery With Community Resources and Family Support
Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery With Community Resources and Family Support 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
71.
Entangled in Darkness
Entangled in Darkness 3.48 avg rating — 25 ratings
71.
I'm Here to Help
I'm Here to Help 3.53 avg rating — 66 ratings
71.
Letters to a Young Madman: A Memoir
Letters to a Young Madman: A Memoir 4.32 avg rating — 84 ratings
71.
A Mouthful Of Air
A Mouthful Of Air 3.56 avg rating — 928 ratings
71.
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface 3.97 avg rating — 1,429 ratings
71.
It Will Rain
It Will Rain 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
71.
What Healing Should Be: How to relieve pain and stop suffering
What Healing Should Be: How to relieve pain and stop suffering 4.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
71.
Lessons Learned from The Path Less Traveled Volume 1: Get motivated & overcome obstacles with courage, confidence & self-discipline
Lessons Learned from The Path Less Traveled Volume 1: Get motivated & overcome obstacles with courage, confidence & self-discipline
by: Zero Dean
4.59 avg rating — 80 ratings
71.
The Hilarious World of Depression
The Hilarious World of Depression
by: John Moe
4.16 avg rating — 5,443 ratings
71.
Optimal Happiness: The Fastest & Surest Way to Reach Your Happiest Potential
Optimal Happiness: The Fastest & Surest Way to Reach Your Happiest Potential 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings
71.
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink 3.72 avg rating — 1,921 ratings
71.
If the Cardinal Flies Home
If the Cardinal Flies Home 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings
71.
High Hopes: A Memoir
High Hopes: A Memoir
by: Anne Abel
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
87.
Does Stress Damage the Brain?: Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders from a Mind-Body Perspective
Does Stress Damage the Brain?: Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders from a Mind-Body Perspective 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
87.
The Almost Broken Mind: How to Regain Mind Control Through Mind Management to Get the Mind on Track With Mental Fitness to Stop the Mind Wondering so You Can Mind Your Business
The Almost Broken Mind: How to Regain Mind Control Through Mind Management to Get the Mind on Track With Mental Fitness to Stop the Mind Wondering so You Can Mind Your Business 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
89.
Lord, I Want To Be Whole: The Power Of Prayer And Scripture In Emotional Healing
Lord, I Want To Be Whole: The Power Of Prayer And Scripture In Emotional Healing 4.38 avg rating — 462 ratings
89.
The Weight of Blood
The Weight of Blood 3.76 avg rating — 23,021 ratings
89.
I Don't Want To Be Crazy
I Don't Want To Be Crazy 3.78 avg rating — 5,715 ratings
89.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 4.01 avg rating — 79,959 ratings
93.
How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals About Personal Growth
How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals About Personal Growth 4.26 avg rating — 2,728 ratings
93.
Deviation (Breaking the Pattern, #1)
Deviation (Breaking the Pattern, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 55 ratings
95.
Depression: Cured at Last!
Depression: Cured at Last! 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings
95.
Madness: a Memoir
Madness: a Memoir 4.25 avg rating — 961 ratings
97.
Identical
Identical 4.29 avg rating — 66,315 ratings
98.
Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness
Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness 4.05 avg rating — 700 ratings
98.
Dear Edward
Dear Edward 4.08 avg rating — 208,629 ratings
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J.B. Phillips: The Wounded Healer
J.B. Phillips: The Wounded Healer 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
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