1. Letting Go by Schwartz (death & grieving) 
2. Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating by Roth (eating disorders)
3. Tuesdays with Morrie by Albom (adult development) 
4. A Grief Observed by Lewis (death & grieving) 
5. Elegy for Iris by Bayley (dementia/alzheimer’s) 
6. Emergence by Grandin & Scariano (autism & asperger’s) 
7. Death Be Not Proud by Gunther (death & grieving) 
8. Night Falls Fast by Jamison (suicide) 
9. A Man Named Dave by Pelzer (abuse) 
10. Broken Cord by Dorris (substance abuse) 
11. The Lost Boy by Pelzer (abuse) 
12. The Center Cannot Hold by Saks (schizophrenia) 
13. An Unquiet Mind by Jamison (bipolar disorder) 
14. The Year of Magical Thinking by Didion (death & grieving)
15. Heart of a Woman by Angelou (women’s issues) 
16. The Soloist by Lopez (schizophrenia) 
17. The Wheel of Life by Kübler-Ross & Gold (death & grieving 
18. Feeding the Hungry Heart by Roth (eating disorders) 
19. Motherless Daughter by Edleman (death & grieving)
20. Darkness Visible by Styron (depression) 
21. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Greenberg (schizophrenia) 
22. The Noonday Demon by Solomon (depression) 
23. After the Death of a Child by Finkbeiner (death & grieving)
24. Out of the Depths by Boisen (schizophrenia)
25. The Panic Attack Recovery Book by Swede & Jaffe (anxiety disorders) 
26. The Virtues of Aging by Carter (aging) 
27. Girl, Interrupted by Kaysen (borderline) 
28. Beautiful Boy by Sheff (substance abuse) 
29. ADHD Handbook for Families by Weingartner (ADHD) 
30. Too Much Anger, Too Many Tears by Gotkin & Gotkin (schizophrenia)
31. Undercurrents by Manning (depression) 
32. Getting Better: Inside AA by Robertson (substance abuse) 
33. Skywriting by Pauley (bipolar disorder) 
34. The Happiness Project by Rubin (happiness)
35. Am I Still Visible? by Heater (eating disorders) 
36. Deborah, Golda, and Me by Pogrebin (women’s issues) 
37. The Little Monster by Jergen (ADHD) 
38. A Brilliant Madness by Duke & Hochman (bipolar disorder) 
39. Born On A Blue Day by Tammet (autism & asperger’s) 
40. Welcome, Silence by North (schizophrenia) 
41. A Drinking Life by Hamill (substance abuse) 
42. On the Edge of Darkness by Cronkite (depression) 
43. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (substance abuse) 
44. Leaves from Many Seasons by Mowrer (depression) 
45. Parenting a Child with ADHD by Boyles & Contadino (ADHD)
46. Codependent No More by Beattie (addictive disorders) 
47. Drinking: A Love Story by Knapp (substance abuse)
48. Diary of a Fat Housewife by Green (eating disorders) 
49. Down Came the Rain by Shields (depression) 
50. The Fountain of Age by Friedman (aging)

 

This list is adapted from the book Norcross, J. C., Campbell, L. M., Grohol, J. M., Santrock, J. W., Selagea, F., & Sommer, R. (2013).  Self-help that works: Evidence-based resources for the public and professionals (fourth ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.