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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorEvery Last Word
Tamara Ireland Stone · 400 pages
Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club.
Turtles All the Way Down
John Green · 304 pages
**SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD AZA NEVER INTENDED** to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at sake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter,
Am I Normal Yet?
Holly Bourne · 433 pages
Evie, Amber and Lottie: three girls facing down tough issues with the combined powers of friendship, feminism and cheesy snacks. Both hilarious and heart-rending, this is Evie's no-holds-barred story of struggling to live a normal teen life in the grip of OCD, from the acclaimed author of The Manifesto on How to be Interesting.
OCD Love Story
Corey Ann Haydu · 352 pages
In an instant, Bea felt almost normal with Beck, and as if she could fall in love again, but things change when the psychotherapist who has been helping her deal with past romantic relationships puts her in a group with Beck--a group for teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Optimists Die First
Susin Nielsen · 256 pages
"When Petula de Wilde, who is anything but wild, meets Jacob in their school's dorky art therapy program, his friendship (and something more) helps her overcome intense fears since her sister died. And he has a secret of his own"-- Since her sister's death, Petula de Wilde sees danger in everything. A mandatory art therapy class with a groups of teenage misfits is the worst part of each week. S
Don't Touch
Rachel M. Wilson · 415 pages
"16-year-old Caddie struggles with OCD, anxiety, and a powerful fear of touching another person's skin, which threatens her dreams of being an actress--until the boy playing Hamlet opposite her Ophelia gives her a reason to overcome her fears."--
Perfect Escape
Jennifer Brown
Seventeen-year-old Kendra, living in the shadow of her brother's obsessive-compulsive disorder, takes a life-changing road trip with him.
The Wildflowers
V.C. Andrews · 609 pages
Underwater
Marisa Reichardt · 288 pages
Ever since the mass shooting at her California high school, junior Morgan Grant has become increasingly agoraphobic until even the idea of stepping outside her door can bring on a panic attack, a situation not made any easier by the fact that her parents are divorced--but when Evan moves in next door she finds herself attracted to him and begins to find herself longing for the life she has been mi
Zelah Green
Vanessa Curtis · 245 pages
Zelah Green is sent by her stepmother to a hospital where she must deal with her phobia of germs and dirt.
Lost for Words
Alice Kuipers
Sixteen-year-old Sophie struggles to find normalcy after an incident she chooses not to remember took her sister's life, and by keeping a journal, making a new friend, and seeing a therapist she finally begins to recover.
Life is But a Dream
Brian James
When fifteen-year-old Sabrina meets Alec at the Wellness Center where she is being treated for schizophrenia, he tries to persuade her that it is the world that is crazy, not them, and she should defy her doctors rather than lose what makes her creative and special.
Zoe Letting Go
Nora Price · 288 pages
"Zoe goes to a facility to help cure her anorexia as she comes to terms with the loss of her friend and her own identity"--Provided by publisher.
Call Me Crazy
Quinn Loftis · 344 pages
After a devastating turn of events, seventeen year old Tally Baker is admitted to Mercy Psychiatric Facility where she is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. She has come to a place where she honestly believes that her life is over. Her mind tells her that she will never smile or laugh again, that she will never be normal again. It is in this unlikely place that she meets two people, different in eve
The Weight of Zero
Karen Fortunati · 400 pages
A seventeen-year-old suffering from bipolar disease wants to commit suicide, but a meaningful relationship and the care of a gifted psychiatrist alter her perception of her diagnosis as a death sentence.
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful
Eric Lindstrom · 278 pages
"A sixteen-year-old girl living with bipolar disorder learns to balance romance, friendship, and grief"--
The Best Little Girl in the World
Steven Levenkron · 253 pages
Casey is an ideal young woman who finds herself trying harder to gain attention of those around her. She becomes consumed with her weight-loss rituals and the shape of her emaciated form. Her compulsion to continue to lose weight ultimately jeopardizes her life. The story follows the process she undergoes with a psychiatrist to seek a cure.
Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined
Danielle Younge-Ullman · 368 pages
To prove to her mother, a famous opera singer dealing with depression after losing her singing voice, that she can handle the grueling life of an actress, Ingrid must survive a wilderness camp.
History Is All You Left Me
Adam Silvera · 299 pages
Secrets are revealed as OCD-afflicted Griffin grieves for his first love, Theo, who died in a drowning accident. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. But when Theo dies in a drowning accident, the future he's been imagining for himself is gone. To make things worse, the only pers
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson · 197 pages
"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated
Mr. Monk on the Couch
Lee Goldberg · 278 pages
Monk investigates three strangers and murder victims--a security guard, a struggling student, and a beautiful woman--who have nothing in common but a couch.
Impulse
Ellen Hopkins · 683 pages
Three different paths and three different lives all in the same hospital, whom have all committed one act- suicide.
Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver
E. Lockhart · 224 pages
Now a senior at her Seattle prep school, Ruby continues her angst-filled days coping with the dilemmas of boyfriends, college applications, her parents' squabbling, and realizing that her "deranged" persona may no longer apply.