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A torrential, unapologetic plunge into the messy, chaotic reality of coming of age under the crushing weight of clinical depression. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Prozac nation.
- claustrophobic
- chaotic
- melancholic
- angsty
- volatile
- 01
An unquiet mind
Kay Redfield Jamison · 1995
A fiercely articulate descent into the terrifying highs and crushing lows of a brilliant, fractured mind.
- 02
Girl, interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
A razor-sharp, fragmented descent into the parallel universe of a 1960s psychiatric ward that questions the very nature of sanity.
- 03
More, now, again
Elizabeth Wurtzel · 2001
A raw, frantic plunge into the depths of prescription drug addiction and the exhausting fight to survive it.
- 04
Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson
A wildly tangential, laugh-out-loud manifesto on fighting crippling depression with weaponized absurdity.
- 05
Wasted
Marya Hornbacher · 1998
A visceral, unflinching descent into the claustrophobic grip of an eating disorder and the brutal fight to survive it.
- 06
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ned Vizzini
A candid, surprisingly funny exploration of teenage depression and the unexpected moments of light found within a psychiatric hospital.
- 07
Reviving Ophelia
Mary Pipher
A compassionate and urgent exploration of the psychological front lines of girlhood in a toxic culture.
- 08
Drinking
Caroline Knapp · 1996
An extraordinarily candid memoir that strips away the liquid armor of addiction to reveal the vulnerable realities of coping with life.
- 09
Running with Scissors
Augusten Burroughs
A hilariously horrifying plunge into a childhood where the adults are the lunatics and survival requires a razor-sharp sense of irony.
- 10
Reasons to stay alive
Matt Haig
A lifeline in book form that feels like sitting with a friend who truly understands the darkness but promises the morning will come.
- 11
Lit
Mary Karr · 2009
A darkly hilarious, fiercely unsentimental plunge into the abyss of addiction and the messy, miraculous climb back out.
- 12
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · 2006
A sharp, darkly funny, and suffocatingly intimate portrait of a young woman's mind turning against itself.
