LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Mental Health Awareness Week

It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and we're spotlighting some of the wonderful queer books featuring mental health representation in all its forms this week!

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Middle Grade & Young Adult

• Homebound by Hayley Anderton | PTSD, depression, & agoraphobia; sapphic

• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver | anxiety; non-binary mc

• Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei | anxiety/depression; achillean

• If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude | depression & suicidal ideation; sapphic

• Like Real People Do by N.A. Massey | anxiety; achillean

• Ollie in Between by Jess Callans | anxiety attacks & autism; half-Iranian non-binary MC

• Pride or Die by C.L. Montblanc | anxiety; queer cast

• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman | depression, academic anxiety; bi rep

  
  

Contemporary & Romance

• As the Light Goes Out by Olive J. Kelley | BPD & ADHD; achillean

• Carte Blanche by Nash Summers | OCD; achillean

• Cherry Trail: A Story from Havenburg by S.M.R. Burton | depression, anxiety, & extreme panic attacks

• Come By Me by Kate Hershberger | depression, dyslexia, & PTSD

• Cursed in Love by Bryony Rosehurst | anxiety & grief; sapphic

• Dandelion by Merlina Garance | anxiety; bisexual, gay, & Jewish rep

• Danseur by Ruth Miranda | eating disorder & PTSD; achillean

• Even if We're Broken by A.M. Weald | queer MF

• Have it All by Beverly Anne Michel | eating disorder & anxiety; sapphic

• Here Comes Treble by London Price | anxiety; achillean

  

• Kiln Me Softly by B.B. Woods | ADHD, anxiety, & burnout; fat pansexual FMC, lesbian & non-binary rep

• Labours of Stone by E.M. Harding | achillean

• Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss | sapphic

• Like Salt And Whisky by Merlina Garance | PTSD; genderqueer MMC, trans & bi FMC

• Love at the Rock Show by Katta Kis | anxiety & trauma; pansexual mc, MF

• Making Shadows With Their Footprints by S.M.R. Burton | bipolar I, depression, self-harm, & grief; bisexual

• Must Love Silence by Lucy Bexley | recovery; sapphic

• Ride It Out by Jenna Jarvis | depression & anxiety; sapphic

• Ride With Me by Jenna Jarvis | suicidal thoughts & panic attacks; sapphic

• Tears in the Water by Margherita Scialla | anxiety & neurodivergence; trans rep

  

  
  

• The Fine Line Between Us by Ruth Miranda | BPD, PTSD; achillean

• The Flourishing by Merlina Garance | PTSD; sapphic

• The Summer We've Had by Katherine Blakeman | depression & dissociative identity disorder; lesbian, bisexual, & ace rep

• Where Our Closure Begins by Alex M. Najera | PTSD; sapphic

• Words & Music by Cathrine Swift | addiction & recovery; bi FMC, achillean side couple

Sci-fi, Fantasy, & Paranormal

• A Crimson Covenant by Aimee Donnellan | ADHD & depression; sapphic & demi rep

• A Crow in the Canyon by Melissa Widmaier | depression, anxiety, grief, & autism; achillean

• A Killing Moon by Ruth Miranda | PTSD, depression, & suicidal ideation; achillean

• A Memory of Blood and Magic by K.N. Brindle | trauma; non-binary MC

• A Thorn Among Roses by Hayley Anderton | depression & body positivity; sapphic

• Ancient as the Stars by Maya Darjani | trauma

• Awakened Darkness by Ezra Arndt | poly

• Bark & Bite by A.A. Fairview | alcoholism; demi MMC

• Bleeding Gold by Niranjan | achillean

• Blood Price by Nicole Evans | grief, trauma, anxiety, & depression; bi MC, lesbian & trans rep

  

• Chai and Cat-tales by Lynn Strong | neurodivergence; asexual rep

• Community Witch by Ash Kreider | trauma; non-binary MC

• Courage is the Price by S.L. Dove Cooper | anxiety; lesbian MC

• Digging for Heaven by Jenna Jarvis | cPTSD; sapphic

• Higanbana by Jake Vanguard | depression & cPTSD; gay, bi, transmasc rep

• His Sacred Heart by Morgan Dante

• Hook-up to Holidate by Rose Santoriello | anxiety; sapphic

• How I Became A Therapist in Another World by C.A. Moss | sapphic side plot

• How to Save an Ancient Hero by Jeremy Rain

• How We End by L.M. Juniper | addiction & PTSD; Asian trans MMC

  

  
  

• Jagged Emerald City by R.K. Brainerd | anxiety, PTSD, & depression

• Kotov Syndrome by S. Morgan Burbank | anxiety, intrusive thoughts, & PTSD

• Love Bites by Ry Herman | anxiety, depression, & trauma; sapphic

• Madness and Gods by V.S. Holmes

• Mercy by Ian Haramaki | achillean

• My Lord by L. B. Shimaira | PTSD; polyam, bi/pan, & sapphic

• Of Hearts and Hunters by Cynthia Brubaker | PTSD & anxiety; demi rep

• Our Broken World by Stuart Tudor | depression

• Revenant's Hymn by Elliot Dunstan | dissociation & psychosis

• Riyati Rivals by Kai Zeal | PTSD, depression, & anxiety; demi, neurodivergent FMC

  

  
  

• Rum, Whisky, Faeries & Other Spirits by T.A. Hall | depression & burnout; non-binary MC

• Stars and Soil by Dax Murray | PTSD & cPTSD; sapphic

• Structural Strain by Tabitha O'Connell

• The Crows by C. M. Rosens | anxiety, abuse trauma, & alcoholism; asexual & aromantic MMC

• The Fealty of Monsters Volume 1 by Ladz (Illus. by Soren Häxan) | PTSD, ADHD, anxiety, grief, depression, & alcoholism; agender, gay, lesbian, bisexual, & queer rep

• The Risen by Hayley Anderton | PTSD, depression, selective mutism, & anxiety; sapphic

• The Book of Payne series by R.P. Dunwater | PTSD, grief, & intrusive thoughts; sapphic, bi, & asexual rep

• The Thirteenth Key by Cara Nox

• The Wind at Oak Hollow by Melissa Widmaier | depression, anxiety, & autism

• This Delicate Flame by Avery Carter | cPTSD, anxiety, depression, & autism; sapphic/bisexual

• Yelen & Yelena by C. M. Rosens | depression, dissociation, acute/chronic loneliness & social isolation; bi/mf, sapphic rep

Non-fiction

• Mother's Ruin by Belle Mills | memoir; cPTSD & depression; pan author

• Problematic by Lou Willingham | poetry; trans rage

• Unbridled Damsel by Stella Donato | poetry; Latine queer author

• where lost & hopeless things go by Bryony Rosehurst | poetry; mental illness; pan author