BOOK RIOT’S 2021 READ HARDER CHALLENGE - hosted by bookriot

Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness
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[Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health by Kelly Jensen

[Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

Kelly Jensen

241 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays health memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

Challenger Deep

Neal Shusterman

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls

Anissa Gray

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional fast-paced
Eat a Peach by David Chang, Gabe Ulla

Eat a Peach

David Chang, Gabe Ulla

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Invisible Differences by Julie Dachez

Invisible Differences

Julie Dachez

196 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction comics graphic novel funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism by Naoki Higashida

The Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism

Naoki Higashida

193 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood by John J. Ratey, Edward M. Hallowell

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood

John J. Ratey, Edward M. Hallowell

13 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction education psychology self help informative reflective slow-paced
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

Unnatural Causes

Richard Shepherd

464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction health memoir science true crime informative reflective medium-paced
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

The Charm Offensive

The Charm Offensive #1

Alison Cochrun

358 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer Cook O'Toole

Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

Jennifer Cook O'Toole

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced