NOTE:

This is a list of mental health – related books that I found helpful and I encourage everyone to read. Some of them are educational (E), some are fiction (F), and some of them are personal accounts (P) of people living with mental illness. 

These ARE NOT affiliate links and I DO NOT receive any type of compensation when you click on the links. 

The Body Keeps the Score(E)

BESSEL VAN DERKOLK, MD

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (E)

Lori Gottlieb

A Fractured Mind – My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder (P)

Robert B Oxnam

An Unquiet Mind (P)

Kay Redfield Jamison

Brain on Fire – My Month of Madness (P)

Susannah Cahalan

Look Me In the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s (P)

John Elder Robison

Furiously Happy (P)

Jenny Lawson

Daring Greatly (E)

Brene Brown

The Way I See It (P, E)

Temple Grandin

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (F)

Mark Haddon

Burnout – the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle (E)

Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski

Wave (P)

Sonali Deraniyagala