Anyone know any good books about teenagers dealing with mental illnesses??
Anyone know any good books about teenagers dealing with mental illnesses??
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Anyone know any good books about teenagers dealing with mental illnesses??
Turtles all the Way Down by John Green. Really good!!
I second this!
Such a good book!
✋? I third this ?
Words on Bathroom Walls
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland
All the Bright Places
The woman in the window.
My next read.
It gets better after the first half.
It’s kind of a funny story
Following
Girl in Pieces
Finding Audrey
I second this!!! Amazing book!!
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chicken Soup for the teenage Soul has a lot of books for teens about everything from challenges, to mental illnesses to friends and families. My mom bought some for me when I was younger and they helped a lot!
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
All the Bright Places
Turtles all the way down….
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Impulse by ellen Hopkins.
It’s very detailed tho. A huge trigger warning but it’s so good.
Eliza and Her Monsters
Definitely Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Turtles All the Way Down, Gone At 17 and Brain On Fire.
The 11th Hour
Crazy. I forget the authors name
Bible
Made you up by Francesca Zappia
I loved the book at first but I later learned that it depicts mental illness in a highly inaccurate way. I think the book is an entertaining read if you’re not looking for anything serious… but it’s a bad representation of mental illness
I don’t know how to respond to this….. guess I’m going to have to do some research…….
Check out the first review on the goodreads page for this book… it’s by a psychology student I believe… that’s what really got me thinking and then I did my own research on it as well…
@Sadia wow so that was crazy. I can’t believe how screwed up it is! I wish someone had told me sooner- I’ve been recommending this book way too much. Not gonna make that recommendation again. This is no one but the authors fault though, really.
@Cosette exactly!! I was just as surprised because of how much I enjoyed the book! Then again… it was simply too good to be true. It’s an entertaining read if you don’t take anything seriously, but this is seriously a bad representation of mental illness. I loved the writing style and the plot was very entertaining… but I don’t think I’d want to read another book by the same author, and that’s really a shame…
That’s disappointing…I just ordered it ? I enjoyed Eliza and her monsters by Francesca Zappia
The unlikely hero of room 13b
– It’s Kind of Funny Story by Ned Vizzini (Trigger Warning: this book deals with self-harm, addiction, anxiety, and suicide. The details about these topics can be difficult for some readers.)
– The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout
– Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
– The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia
– Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
– Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Not all of these books mention a specific mental illness but they do have characters who deal with mental health.
Ginny Moon and Turtles All The Way Down and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
In Sight of Stars is awesome! ?
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
All The Bright Places
Have a Nice Day by Julie Halpern
Also OCD A Love Story (very good but hard emotionally to read!)
Words on bathroom walls by Julia Walton
Made you up by Francesca zappia
My heart and other black holes by jasmine warga
Under rose tainted skies by Louise gornall
These are all amazing books you should read them if you want a good book about mental illness
An old one…Lisa Bright and Dark
Made You Up, Eliza and Her Monsters, Finding Audrey, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 13 Reasons Why, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Our Chemical Hearts, Semi-definative List of Worst Nightmares
Every Last Word
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (I can’t remember if she’s late teens, early twenties, or both, but hands down my favorite for this topic)
I actually just finished the book “Every Last One” by Anna Quindlen about 2 weeks ago. Very good.
Schizo by Nic Sheff
Depression: “Without merit” by colleen hoover
Crazy by Amy Reed
F
Highly Illogical Behaviour
13 reasons
All The Bright Places & Its kind of a funny story
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. Or How I live Now by Meg Rossoff
Every last word by Tamara Ireland Stone
deals with ocd
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Made You Up is a good one
Fault in our stars
Before I let go by Marieke Nijkamp, turtles all the way down by John green
Turtles all the way down by John green
Its kind of a funny story by ned vizzini
I Will Save You – Matt de la Pena
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, It’s Kind of a Funny Story
the perks of being wallflower
The Virgin Suicides
Turtles all the way down, The Luckiest Girl In The World
My heart and other black holes.
Following
I think my shinning light or something to that effect. Google DANIEL STEELS BOOK ABOUT HER SON NICK TRAINER. Grest book
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. The main character is 19.
Truly creative cover art.
Hira Naz Sulehri I agree. It wasn’t quite as in depth as this one but still a great read!
@William Isn’t it beautiful?!
Turtles all the way down
Everything by Ellen Hopkins
Turtles all the way down – John Green.
Francesca Zappia – Eliza’s Monsters
Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufield. A bit dated but an excellent short read
Turtles all the way down
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Tragic kind of wonderful – Eric Lindstrom
Challenger deep by Neal shisterman
The pause by John Larkin is a great book that deals with depression and suicide
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
22 Scars by C.M.North
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Essential Maps for the Lost by Deb Caletti
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Words on bathroom walls by Julia Walton
The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork
The Downside of Being Charlie by Jenny Torres Sanchez
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Made you up by Francesca Zappia
Mosquitoland by David Arnold
My heart and other black holes by Jasmine Warga
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover
The Bell Jar
Rip Eliza Hart
All the bright places
Under rose tainted skies
If you want something more dark then The Messenger of Fear is really really good