What are your favourite books that depict mental illness accurately?

[captivebutterfly]

Mine are probably Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.

Also A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

 

[Alexei_Kirillov]

Very predictable answer, but The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

 

[captivebutterfly]

Very predictable answer, but The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

ooh a brilliant one though!

 

[persimmon]

Been a long time since I read it but Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar is good. More recently, I was impressed with Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - I found it very convincing.

 

[vadim]

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and Novel with Cocaine by M. Ageyev (an addiction novel, really, but I related a lot to the protagonist's thought processes and state of mind).

 

[Ferdinand Bardamu]

Was going to say No Longer Human but I got ninja'd. Catcher in the Rye, and Notes from Undegroud are also great. Artaud too.

 

[captivebutterfly]

Thank you all I'll be adding this to my evergrowing TBR list