OCD Across Genres
Fiction with main characters who have OCD
created by cassandra.alt
last updated June, 2026
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Recommendations are appreciated! My preference is that somewhere in the book or blurb it's specifically stated the MC has OCD but if you have OCD and have felt seen by a book I'll take those suggestions too âșïž
The Weight of Our Sky!
- How to Hide in Plain Sight (havenât read this one but Iâve heard of its ocd rep)
House of Beth by Kerry Cullen!
love to see this rep!!!
Thank you for this list! There is one particular story in Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There that made me feel so seen. And the author has said that they have OCD
Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by Marianne Eloise Sure I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy
I think Eloise's book is all about OCD. The other two heavily discuss OCD, but aren't the main premise. All are memoirs.
Ah sorry this is a list about fiction but if I make a nonfiction one I will be sure to add these!
Oops! That's my bad for not reading the description đ
i've only just started it, but one of the two main characters in greta and valdin by rebecca k reilly has ocd! it's stated in the first chapter
i think We Have Always Lived in the Castle could go here
Poison Wars duology by Sam Hawke. One of the protagonists has OCD.
thank you so much for this list it means the world to me :(
