Book Reviews

Mental health 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.

Anxiety

• Everything Isn’t Terrible by Kathleen Smith 
• 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

Mindfulness

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

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
• Raising the Alarm by Arron Whittaker

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

• 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 Books on Mental Illness

• A Guided Mental Illness Journal & Workbook by Rebecca Chamaa
• After Suicide by Charlotte Underwood  

• 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

• 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

Books About Psychology & Wellness

• 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
• 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 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

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
• She by Natasha MacFarlane
• Swinging Sanity by N.F. Mirza

• Poetry by Maranda Russell
  • Can’t Keep Me Down Poetry & Short Prose Chapboo,
  • 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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