Mental health book reviews are published every Wednesday on MH@H. 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 page includes the books I’ve reviewed so far. Subject 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.
Book reviews by subject/genre
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
- 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
OCD
- The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD by Jon Hershfield and Tom Corboy
- The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Diary by Charlotte Dennis
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
- Anecdotes on Volunteering by Mio Angelo
- Good Days and Bad Days by Mio Angelo
- My Beautiful Psychosis by Emma Goude
- My Brother’s Journey by Marie Abanga
- 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
- After Suicide by Charlotte Underwood
- Battered, Tattered, But Not Shattered by Marie Abanga
- Don’t Believe Everything You Feel by Robert L. Leahy (anxiety, depression)
- Good Reasons for Bad Feelings by Randolph Nesse (evolutionary psychiatry)
- Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health by Melanie Siebert (youth mental health)
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté (addiction)
- It’s Ok to Not Be Ok by Kim Lamontagne (anthology)
- Reflections: My Mad Memoirs! by Kristina Bryson (anxiety, humour)
- Safe: A Memoir by Elspeth Roake (trauma, attachment, self-harm)
- 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 Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health by Rheeda Walker
- What Is the Worst Case Scenario? by Marie Abanga
Psychology 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)
- Calm the F*ck Down by Sarah Knight
- 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)
- Mindful as F*ck by Emily Horn
- My Life in Lists by Nicole Barlettano
- My Wellness Toolbox by Alison Swift
- Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
- 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 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 Illustrated Book of Mindful Meditations for Mindless Moments by Courtney E. Ackerman
- 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
- Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Therapy-Based Books
- A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook by Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein
- 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)
- Mindfulness for Insomnia by Catherine Polan Orzech and William H. Moorcroft
- Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley (DBT, and in particular emotional regulation)
- Stop Avoiding Stuff by Matthew S. Boone, Jennifer Gregg, and Lisa W. Coyne (acceptance and commitment therapy)
- The Dialectical Behavior Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley
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)
Other Book Reviews (Fiction, Humour, Children’s)
- Just Another Day at Your Local Public Library by Roz Warren (humour)
- Finding Jericho by Dave Jeffery (mental health fiction)
- Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (humour)
- Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (humour)
- Shattered by Michelle Tikalsky (young adult fiction)
- 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
- Books by Melody Finch
- I Lost My Little Apricot (miscarriage grief)
- Learners at Love series (fiction)
- Novels by Meg Kimball
- Behold Her Majestic Fog (young adult fiction)
- The Enervation of Eve (young adult fiction)
- Unraveled (young adult fiction)
- Novels by Paula Light
- Fiona’s Fling, written as Anna Fondant (romance)
- Ghosted: Disappearing Acts
- Switching Positions (political romantic comedy)
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