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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