We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about their favorite YA books that deal with mental health and mental illness. Here are just some of their must-reads:
1. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
2. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
3. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
4. Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
5. Mosquitoland by David Arnold
6. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
7. The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
8. Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa
9. Essential Maps for the Lost by Deb Caletti
10. The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork
11. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
12. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
13. Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
14. Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
15. The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
16. Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
17. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
18. The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
19. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
20. The Downside of Being Charlie by Jenny Torres Sanchez
21. A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas
22. The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
23. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
24. The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
25. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
26. Paperweight by Meg Haston
27. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
28. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
29. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Note: Responses have been edited for length or clarity.
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