Book Reviews

Mental health book reviews are published every Wednesday.  I review non-fiction books on topics related to mental health, and I particularly enjoy reviewing books by indie authors. Please let me know via my contact form if you have suggestions for books you think I should review.

This list covers the books I’ve reviewed so far. Subject matter tags are included in italics if a book’s subject isn’t clear from the title.

The names of authors who are fellow bloggers are hyperlinked to their blogs. Their books cover some additional genres outside of the books I typically review. 

Mental Illness Book Reviews

Anxiety

• Everything Isn’t Terrible by Kathleen Smith 
• Mindful Somatic Awareness for Anxiety Relief by Michele L. Blume
• My Age of Anxiety  by Scott Stossel
• Show Your Anxiety Who’s Boss by Joel Minden
• The Anxiety Skills Workbook by Stefan G. Hoffmann
• You Got This by Caroline Foran 

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 

• Mindfulness for Bipolar Disorder by William R. Marchand
• 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
• The Ups and Downs – A Bipolar Picture Book by Kat Owens

Depression

• Be There For Me by Faith Trent

• Dealing with Depression by Jan Marsh
• Depression: The Comedy by Jessica Holmes 

• Getting By by Jack Trelance 

• Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me by Anna Mehler Paperny 
• 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

• Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

• The ACT Workbook for Depression & Shame by Matthew W. McKay, Michael Jason Greenberg, and Patrick J. Fanning
• The Inflamed Mind by Edward Bullmore 

Eating Disorders

• Royally Incomplete by TheInBetweenQueen (binge eating disorder)
• Stand Tall Little Girl by Hope Virgo (anorexia nervosa)
• The A to Z of Eating Disorders by Emma Woolf

Pornography Addiction

• He’s a Porn Addict… Now What? by Tony Overbay and Joshua Shea
• Porn and the Pandemic by Joshua Shea
• The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About by Joshua Shea

Psychotic Disorders

• Alert and Oriented x3 by Leif Gregersen
• Good Days and Bad Days by Mio Angelo
• My Beautiful Psychosis by Emma Goude
• My Colour-Coded Life by Megan Jackson Hall
• Raising the Alarm by Arron Whittaker
• The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

Stigma

• A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes by Lucy Nichol
• No One Cares About Crazy People by Ron Powers 
• The Stigma Effect by Patrick Corrigan
• Written Off by Philip T. Yanos
• Your Mental Health and You by Sandy Pace

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

• Liar, Liar by Laurie Katz

• Shattered by Patricia J. Grace
• Shattered by the Darkness by Gregory Williams

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

• Untangled by Alexis Rose

• Writing to Heal the Pain by Mateja Klaric

Other Mental Illness Book Reviews

• A Guided Mental Illness Journal & Workbook by Rebecca Chamaa
• After Suicide by Charlotte Underwood  
• Don’t Believe Everything You Feel by Robert L. Leahy (anxiety, deporession)

• It’s Ok to Not Be Ok by Kim Lamontagne (anthology)

• My Brother’s Journey by Marie Abanga

• Shame Ate My Soul by Susan Walz (misdiagnosis, benzo addiction, stigma)
• Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves by Jesse Bering

• The Silent Scream by Maria Alfieri (despair, suffering, and hope)
• Triumph by Trepanation by Nina Rabinowitz (depression, anxiety, brain tumour)
• The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Diary by Charlotte Dennis
• The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health by Rheeda Walker

Psychology & Wellness Book Reviews

• 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
• Escaping the Emotional Roller Coaster by Patricia Zurita Ona (acceptance and commitment therapy)

• Find Your Glow, Feed Your Soul by Emily Silva
• F*ck No by Sarah Knight (assertiveness)

• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven C. Hayes (acceptance and commitment therapy)
• Good Reasons for Bad Feelings by Randolph Nesse (evolutionary psychiatry)

• Living with Vaginismus by Victoria Johnston

• 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
• Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
• 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 Dialectical Behavior Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
• The Gratitude Project by Jeremy Adam Smith et al.
• The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People by Mel Collins
• The Happiness Diary by Barbara A. Kipfer
• 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

Mindfulness

• A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook by Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein
• Mindful as F*ck by Emily Horn
• Mindfulness for Insomnia by Catherine Polan Orzech and William H. Moorcroft
• Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn 

Other Memoirs

• Battered, Tattered, But Not Shattered by Marie Abanga
• Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (humour)
• Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (humour)
• Reflections: My Mad Memoirs! by Kristina Bryson (anxiety, humour)
• 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
• 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
• My Heart’s Song by Maria Pratico
• She by Natasha MacFarlane
• Swinging Sanity by N.F. Mirza

• Poetry by Maranda Russell
  • Can’t Keep Me Down Poetry & Short Prose Chapbook
  • From Both Sides (the foster care system)
  • Not Afraid to Be Real
  • Searching for the Truth

Other Book Reviews (Fiction, Humour, 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
  • No More Grumpies
  • Wildly Beautiful

• Books by Melody Finch
  • I Lost My Little Apricot (miscarriage grief)
  • Learners at Love series (fiction)
    • We Hide What We Hate About Ourselves
    • Where Is This Place They Call “Home?”
    • This Voyage of a Lifetime

• 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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