Reading is a great pastime, especially if you have a mental illness. Reading is engaging enough (with the right book) to help distract the reader from side effects of medications or symptoms of the disorder. Also, reading can provide helpful information (depending on the book) for coping skills. Many people find reading soothing, as well. Reading is one of my favorite hobbies, hence the selection of books below. Enjoy!
Mental Illness/Abuse:
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
Frost
Chelsea C. Moye
A Divided Mind
M. Billiter
Fifteen Lanes
S. J. Laidlaw
The Impossible Knife of Memory
Laurie Halse Anderson
Lullaby Road
James Anderson
The Roanoke Girls
Amy Engel
Mystery/Thrillers:
Bird Box
Josh Malerman
Black Chuck
Regan McDonell
The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim
Shane Peacock
Sirens
Joseph Knox
Here and Gone
Haylen Beck
Lola
Melissa Scrivner Love
Providence
Caroline Kepnes
Spiritual/Religious:
Not A Fan
Kyle Idleman
Made to Crave
Lysa TerKeurst
Hello Mornings
Kat Lee
Sacred Rest
Saundra Dalton-Smith, M.D.
Just Open the Door
Jen Schmidt
Enjoy
Trillia J. Newbell
Reset
Nick Hall
Culture of the Few
Brad McKoy
Miriam
Mesu Andrews
Messy Grace
Caleb Kaltenbach
Rooted
Banning Liebscher
Beauty Begins
Chris Shook & Megan Shook Alpha
As Kingfishers Catch Fire
Eugene H. Peterson
Memoirs:
Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
Jenny Lawson
Approval Junkie
Faith Salie
How to Weep in Public
Jacqueline Novak
Liar
Rob Roberge
Young Adult:
Nyxia
Scott Reintgen
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik
Historical Fiction:
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
Jennifer Ryan
The Tea Planter's Wife
Dinah Jefferies
The Witch of Lime Street
David Jaher
Business Related:
How to Be a Bawse
Lilly Singh
Profit First
Mike Michalowicz
Health/Self-Help:
Pump Mama Pump - Raequael Patterson
A quick overview to pumping life, Patterson gives you the low down while also helping you decide if you are actually interested in this pumping lifestyle.
The Working Mom's Handbook - Ali Velez Alderfer
Quick and easy to read, the guide to all you never knew you needed to know about going back to work (in any capacity) as a new mom.
The Lazy Genius Way
Kendra Adachi
Didn't See That Coming
Rachel Hollis
Preggers
Chelsea Johnson
Wheat Belly
William Davis, MD
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying
Marie Kondo
Trim Healthy Mama Plan
Pearl Barrett & Serene Allison
Romance:
Mom's Perfect Boyfriend
Crystal Hemmingway
After You
Jojo Moyes
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
Miscellaneous:
Reverie (The Poetic Underground #1) - Erin Hanson
With poems that delight, enthrall, and even make you cry with their dark beauty, Reverie is just as hard to stop reading the second time as the first.
Our Numbered Days - Neil Hilborn
From the viral poem "OCD" to many of Hilborn's other, lesser known works, this book of poetry deals with mental illness, suicidal ideation and more emotion than you thought could fit in the pages.
The Heirs
Susan Rieger
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