Mental Health @ Home book reviews are published every Wednesday. I review non-fiction books on topics related to mental health. This list covers the books I’ve reviewed so far. Please let me know via my contact form if you have suggestions for books you think I should review.
The names of authors who are fellow bloggers are in aqua font. Their books cover some additional genres outside of the books I typically review. Subject matter tags are included in italics if it’s not clear from the title.
Books about anxiety
- Everything Isn’t Terrible by Kathleen Smith
- My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel
- Show Your Anxiety Who’s Boss by Joel Minden
- You Got This by Caroline Foran
Books about depression
- Dealing with Depression by Jan Marsh
- How to Be Miserable by Randy J. Paterson
- How to Stop Feeling so Damn Depressed by Jonas A. Horwitz
- How to Tell Depression to Piss Off by James Withey
- Lost Connections by Johann Hari
- The Anxiety Skills Workbook by Stefan G. Hoffmann
- The Inflamed Mind by Edward Bullmore
Books about mindfulness
- A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook by Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein
- Mindfulness for Bipolar Disorder by William R. Marchand
- Mindfulness for Insomnia by Catherine Polan Orzech and William H. Moorcroft
- Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn (mindfulness)
Books about stigma
- A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes by Lucy Nichol
- No One Cares About Crazy People by Ron Powers
- The Stigma Effect by Patrick Corrigan (used for the post How can we fight stigma most effectively?)
- Written Off by Philip T. Yanos (stigma)
- Your Mental Health and You by Sandy Pace
Other mental health & illness books
- A Guided Mental Illness Journal & Workbook by Rebecca Chamaa
- Escaping the Emotional Roller Coaster by Patricia Zurita Ona (acceptance and commitment therapy)
- Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven C. Hayes (acceptance and commitment therapy)
- He’s a Porn Addict… Now What? by Tony Overbay and Joshua Shea
- Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves by Jesse Bering
- The A to Z of Eating Disorders by Emma Woolf
- The Dialectical Behavior Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley
- The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Diary by Charlotte Dennis
- The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health by Rheeda Walker
- The Ups and Downs – A Bipolar Picture Book by Kat Owens
Books related to psychology & wellbeing
- 52 Small Changes for the Mind by Brett Blumenthal
- A Fearless Heart by Thupten Jinpa (compassion)
- Be Kind by Melissa Burmester and Jaclyn Lindsey
- Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown (finding belonging)
- Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich (toxic positivity)
- Daring Greatly by Brene Brown (vulnerability)
- Eat the Damn Muffin by Jenni Dunlap (body positivity)
- Emotional Agility by Susan David
- Find Your Glow, Feed Your Soul by Emily Silva
- F*ck No by Sarah Knight (assertiveness)
- Good Reasons for Bad Feelings by Randolph Nesse (evolutionary psychiatry)
- My Life in Lists by Nicole Barlettano
- My Wellness Toolbox by Alison Swift
- Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Own It by Caroline Foran (self-confidence)
- Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
- Resilient by Rick Hanson
- Self-Care Down There by Taq Kaur Bhandal
- Strong at the Broken Places by Richard M. Cohen (disabilities)
- The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll
- The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
- The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People by Mel Collins
- The Happiness Diary by Barbara A. Kipfer
- The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron (used for the post Not-So-Highly-Sensitive Person)
- The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney
- The Jackass Whisperer by Scott and Alison Stratten
- The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care by Anna Borges
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- The Year of the Introvert by Michaela Chung
- This Book Will Make You Fall Asleep from Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Thriving Not Surviving by Dianna Kelly
Memoirs and Personal Narratives
Bipolar disorder
- An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
- Bipolar Me by Janet Coburn
- Birth of A New Brain by Dyane Harwood
- Bring Me To Light by Eleanor Segall
- Little Boy Lost by Clive Webb
- My Bipolar Mind by Samantha Steiner
- My Bipolar Mind: Surviving the Chaos by Samantha Steiner
- Polishing the Facets of Life with Bipolar by E.M. Sebree
- Should I Have Told You That? by Liz Lea
- Spiders, Vampires and Jail Keys by Brooke O’Neill
- The Bipolar Addict by Conor Bezane
Depression
- Be There For Me by Faith Trent
- Depression: The Comedy by Jessica Holmes
- Getting By by Jack Trelance
- Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me by Anna Mehler Paperny
- Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
Trauma/PTSD
- Ghosts Within by Garry Leech
- I Walk With a Limp by Barbara A. Lawrence
- If I Could Tell You How It Feels by Alexis Rose
- Shattered by Patricia J. Grace
- Shattered by the Darkness by Gregory Williams
- Untangled by Alexis Rose
- Writing to Heal the Pain by Mateja Klaric
Other memoirs
- After Suicide by Charlotte Underwood
- Alert and Oriented x3 by Leif Gregersen (schizoaffective disorder)
- Battered, Tattered, But Not Shattered by Marie Abanga
- Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (humour)
- Good Days and Bad Days by Mio Angelo (schizoaffective disorder)
- It’s Ok to Not Be Ok by Kim Lamontagne (anthology)
- Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (humour)
- Living with Vaginismus by Victoria Johnston
- My Brother’s Journey by Marie Abanga
- Reflections: My Mad Memoirs! by Kristina Bryson (anxiety, humour)
- Royally Incomplete by TheInBetweenQueen (binge eating disorder)
- Shame Ate My Soul by Susan Walz (misdiagnosis, benzo addiction, stigma)
- Stand Tall Little Girl by Hope Virgo (anorexia nervosa)
- The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About by Joshua Shea (pornography addiction)
- Triumph by Trepanation by Nina Rabinowitz (depression and anxiety)
- What Is the Worst Case Scenario? by Marie Abanga
Poetry
- All She Wrote by Paula Light
- Confessions of a Wallflower by Juansen Dizon
- Emotions in Motion by Mathew Sackrider
- From Both Sides by Maranda Russell (the foster care system)
- I Am the Architect of My Own Destruction by Juansen Dizon (mental health)
- I Am the Stars in the Sky by Karen Horsley
- Kaleidoscopic Beauty by Karen Horsley
- Not Afraid to Be Real by Maranda Russell
- Searching for the Truth by Maranda Russell
- She by Natasha MacFarlane
- Swinging Sanity by N.F. Mirza
Other Book Reviews: Fiction, Humour, and Kids Books
- Just Another Day at Your Local Public Library by Roz Warren (humour)
- Finding Jericho by Dave Jeffery (mental health fiction)
- Fiona’s Fling by Anna Fondant (romance)
- Shattered by Michelle Tikalsky (young adult fiction)
- Switching Positions by Paula Light (romantic comedy)
- The Balance Between Life and Death by Elizabeth Holland (mental health fiction)
- The Vintage Bookshop of Memories by Elizabeth Holland (fiction)
- Children’s books by Maranda Russell
- Learners at Love series by Melody Finch (fiction)
- Novels by Meg Kimball
- Behold Her Majestic Fog (young adult fiction)
- The Enervation of Eve (young adult fiction)
- Unraveled (young adult fiction)
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Most recent reads
Birth of a New Brain – Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder chronicles author Dyane Harwood’s journey with postpartum onset bipolar disorder. The story’s rich, vivid descriptions draw the reader along on the intense roller coaster ri…
I first heard of this amazing book in a post on the blog A Journey With You, and immediately after finishing the post I put a hold on the book at my local library, eager to get started on it. No One Cares About Crazy People is Pulitzer P…
Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope is an intimate look at living with chronic illness. Author Richard M. Cohen, who himself has multiple sclerosis, works with five participants who have various chronic illne…
In A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives, Dr. Thupten Jinpa offers a practical guide to creating change through Buddhist-inspired compassion practices. Dr. Jinpa is a former Buddhist monk, who left…
The Book of Joy: Finding Happiness in a Changing World is the product of a week-long series of discussions between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, facilitated by author Douglas Abrams, who has frequently collabor…
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