We asked our listeners for books they've read that give an accurate depiction of the reality of depression. Happily, we got enough great suggestions to weigh down a shopping cart at the bookstore or leave a library card smoldering. A name that came up a lot was author Jenny Lawson, who happens to be a friend of the show. On this episode, we talk with Jenny and get audio suggestions from a lot of THWoD-balls.

Books mentioned in the episode:

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb

Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig

She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison

What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan

Empty by K. M. Walton

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety by Sarah Wilson

Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life by Amanda Stern

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron

Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple

The Bible (The Psalms of David)

Welcome to My Planet by Shannon Olson

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Other suggestions from fans:

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up by James Hollis

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Paperback by Kay Redfield Jamison

She's Come Undone Paperback by Wally Lamb

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and Donna Diamond

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