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Books for Mental Health - both fiction and nonfiction
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items I love reading – it's one of my go-tos for a mental health boost! 📚 It can be an escape, a relatable comfort, or a way to gain knowledge. Nonfiction offers scientific depth & tangible tips, while fiction helps us feel seen, less alone, and grow ...
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Fiction
Nonfiction
Reading Accessories
Fiction
Here's fiction books with Mental health rep. These books are filled with characters I relate to, and watching them navigate their life has been helpful as I'm on my journey. I mainly read fantasy, scifi, and romance, so that's most of what you'll fin...
Talia Hibbert is one of my favorite authors! All her books have diverse characters in terms of health conditions (physical and mental), race, and sexuality. The Brown Sister's trilogy is interconnected romcoms with some steamy scenes, they don't have...
Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel (Brown Sisters 1)
Another romcom from Talia Hibbert. This one is full of banter, fake dating, and navigating challenges like anxiety, depression, and fears of intimacy. Steamy scenes in this book.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown: A Novel (Brown Sisters 2)
One of my favorite books! The final of the Brown Sister's romcoms from Talia Hibbert. Personally, I think this one is the best! But that's just because I connected hard with Eve and Jacob. Eve is feeling lost and directionless, runs off to find herse...
Act Your Age, Eve Brown: A Novel (Brown Sisters 3)
A young adult romcom from Talia Hibbert (seeing a theme here? Her books are great, what can I say?) This one is cute! Friends to enemies to lovers. The characters deal with OCD, abandonment issues, and navigating a big transition (the end of high sch...
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
Jumping to Scifi, this is the first book in the Murderbot Diaries series. It, and several of the books in the series, is a novela, so it is a super quick read! The main character, Murderbot, doesn't officially have any mental health issues.. not that...
All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries
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I loved this book!! It's some mix of historical/cozy fantasy/romance. The main character has a lot of neurodivergent traits. It also discusses some heavy topics like war and how society treats homeless people. It had some really comforting reminders ...
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales 1) eBook
This was cute and relatable! A quirky romance between a traveling musician and an Irish pub owner. She has ADHD, he has OCD. In many ways, they clash. But they are also perfect together and navigate what it looks like to honor both their needs.
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Last Call at the Local: Ruiz, Sarah Grunder: Books
These two books are a breath of fresh air. They are short, but I read them slowly because they urge to be felt. One main character is a robot trying to understand what humans needs, and the other is a human trying to find purpose in their own life. I...
Monk & Robot (2 book series) Kindle Edition
Nonfiction
From self-help to psychology workbooks to memoirs
This is a great but hard read. This is a memoir with a lot of science mixed in. Stephanie Foo shares her experience with CPTSD and the research she did upon being diagnosed and searching desperately for treatment. She shares a lot about the trauma an...
What My Bones Know: Memoir of Healing
This is all about the practical… and being gentle with yourself! Whether dealing with depression, ADHD, executive function difficulties, or just overwhelmed by headlines and the chaos of life… cleaning and keeping your house functional can be really ...
How to Keep House While Drowning: Gentle Guide
This is a part guide book, part memoir, part neurodivergence 101. Chloe's story is powerful, but there are plenty of heavy themes throw out, so pay attention to the warnings as they come up. This has autism, ADHD, and eating disorders all featured he...
Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide
This is a great discussion of how trauma impacts people. It encourages a shift from "what's wrong with you" to "what happened to you." And once you understand how a behavior or action stems from a trauma, that completely changes how you deal with it.
What Happened to You?: Trauma, Resilience, Healing
Reading Accessories
Whether you read e-books, audio books, or physical books, there's accessories for everyone's style.
These were a Christmas gift and I love them! Good for audiobooks, and for music! I use these while walking around my apartment/courtyard, that way I can get my steps in and keep reading.
JBL Tune 720BT Wireless Over-Ear Headphones
I know some people swear their kindles are the best thing ever, but I'm content reading on my phone. I already take my phone with me everywhere, might as well be able to read on it! I use the Kindle app for a lot of my reading, and you can read libra...
Amazon Kindle - Apps on Google Play
I don't own a Kindle, I just use my phone, but everyone in the book groups I'm in seem obsessed with the Kindle Paperwhite.
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB, 7" Glare-Free Jade
If your library uses Libby, this is a great service! It is completely free to use with a library card. If your local library doesn't have it, you can often get out of town library cards, sometimes with a small fee. There are tons of e-books and audio...
Libby
I use this app as a way to track books I've read, own, and want to read. I love the graphs it gives you! An alternative to goodreads
StoryGraph - Apps on Google Play