35 Fantastic YA Books on Mental Illness

1. Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
2. Words on Bathroom Walls by Julia Walton
3. The Mystery of Hollow Places by Rebecca Podos
4. Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
5. The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart
6. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
7. Paperweight by Meg Haston
8. When We Collided by Emery Lord
9. Clean by Amy Reed
10. It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
11. If I Wake by Nikki Moyes
12. Therapy by Kathryn Perez
13. Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
14. How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox
15. Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
16. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
17. Challenger Deep by Neal Schusterman
18. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
19. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
20. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
21. Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
22. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
23. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
24. Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
25. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
26. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
27. The Fear of Doing Nothing: Notes of a Young Therapist by Valery Hazanov
28. Under Rose-tainted Skies by Louise Gornall
29. Cut by Patricia McCormick
30. Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens
31. Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
32. The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
33. Beneath the Skin by Kyla Stone
34. Glass Screams by L.R. Claude
35. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

These are the ones that come to mind when asked about my favorites. I know I must be missing some; but it’s a great list, nonetheless.

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