books on mental health that alleviate judgment and encourage empathy, sometimes with humor, sometimes with an allegorical plot, and mostly with immersive, insightful storytelling.
created by tashtashhhhhhh
last updated June, 2026
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner
Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
Tove Ditlevsen
Writers & Lovers
Lily King
In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado
Acts of Desperation
Megan Nolan
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
The Book of Form and Emptiness
Ruth Ozeki
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Sorrow and Bliss
Meg Mason
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