The Man Who Couldn't Stop : OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
by David Adam

Drawing on the latest research on the brain as well as historical accounts of patients and their treatments, an accomplished science writer shares his 20-year battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. Includes notes and references. 

The way she feels : my life on the borderline in pictures and pieces
by Courtney Cook

A witty and one-of-a-kind debut graphic memoir detailing and drawing the life of a girl with borderline personality disorder finding her way-and herself-one day at a time. What does it feel like to fall in love too hard and too fast, to hate yourself in equal and opposite measure? To live in such fear of rejection that you drive friends and lovers away? Welcome to my world. I'm Courtney, and I have borderline personality disorder (BPD), along with over four million other people in the United States. Though I've shown every classic symptom of the disorder since childhood, I wasn't properly diagnosed until nearly a decade later, because the prevailing theory is that most people simply "grow out of it." Not me. In my illustrated memoir The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces, I share what it's been like to live and love with this disorder.

Brave face : a memoir
by Shaun David Hutchinson

Describes the author's struggles as a teen and young adult growing up gay in an intolerant atmosphere in the 1990s, the factors that led him to attempt suicide, and how he ultimately found internal and external acceptance.

I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays 
by Bassey Ikpi

A deeply personal collection of essays by the Nigerian-American writer and creator of #NoShameDay explores how her childhood move from Nigeria to Oklahoma was complicated by Bipolar II and anxiety disorders.

(Don't) call me crazy : 33 voices start the conversation about mental health 
by Kelly Jensen

An anthology of essays and illustrations that illuminate mental health topics in a straightforward way.

Heart berries : a memoir 
by Terese Marie Mailhot

The author recounts her coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest where she survived a dysfunctional childhood and found herself hospitalized with a dual diagnosis of PTSD and bipolar II disorder.

The hilarious world of depression
by John Moe

The host of the podcast The Hilarious World of Depression offers a moving portrait of what it means to be depressed.

Shadows in the sun : healing from depression and finding the light within
by Gayathri Ramprasad

The author discusses the mental illness she suffered from a young age and the treatment she received only after she left India and became a mother for the first time in the United State as, describing her emotional recovery and spiritual awakening and her role as an advocate for the mentally ill.

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki : A Memoir
by Baek Sehee

A successful young social media director at a publishing house chronicles her ten years of psychiatric treatment for depression and she fought back against the harmful behaviors that kept her locked in a cycle of self-abuse.

The body papers : a memoir 
by Grace Talusan

Winner of The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Grace Talusan’s memoir The Body Papers bravely explores her experiences with sexual abuse, depression, cancer, and life as a Filipino immigrant, supplemented with government documents, medical records, and family photos.

The collected schizophrenias : essays
by Esmé Weijun Wang

Using examples from her own diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, the author discusses some of the misconceptions about the illness, the disagreements within the medical community, and her experiences of the dangers of institutionalization and mistreatment.

Enough : A Memoir of Mistakes, Mania, and Motherhood
by Amelia Zachry

A memoir of trauma and healing, mental illness and resilience, culture shock and new beginnings, devastation and triumph, Enough is one woman's story of learning to make peace with the fact that things are as they should be, even if she sometimes wishes they were different--and of discovering that however far away it may seem, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.