A book with a depressed protagonist that accurately captures depression?
I suffer from chronic depression and don't see good representation of depression often. What books have good, accurate portrayals of depression? I'd appreciate any recommendations!
It’s an older book (2007) and it’s been a while since I read it, so I’m not sure how well it has aged, but It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.
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Notes From the Underground by Dostoyevsky
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A Man Called Ove by Frederick Bachman
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Sorrow & Bliss purposely leaves its diagnosis ambiguous, but over all it the best depiction in fiction of similar mental health issues.
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman;
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh;
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
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Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
It’s an older book (2007) and it’s been a while since I read it, so I’m not sure how well it has aged, but It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.
Notes From the Underground by Dostoyevsky
A Man Called Ove by Frederick Bachman
Sorrow & Bliss purposely leaves its diagnosis ambiguous, but over all it the best depiction in fiction of similar mental health issues.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman;
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh;
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Three of my favorite books !!
The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
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