Books like Crazy by Amy Lynn Reed

A poignant young‑adult tale of two teens—Hazel and Augustus—who meet in a cancer support group, and whose unlikely romance forces them to confront love, illness, and the meaning of life.

At 17, Charlotte Davis has already faced the trauma of abandonment, abuse, and loss. Since her father and best friend are gone and her mother is unreachable, she learns to survive alone in a world that offers little compassion.

At Culver Creek Boarding School, Miles "Pudge" Halter leaves his uneventful home life to find adventure, only to be drawn into the complex world of Alaska Young – a brilliant, enigmatic student whose presence challenges and changes him forever.

A high‑school freshman, Melinda, isolates herself after a traumatic encounter with a classmate. Through art and the courage to speak, she confronts her past and begins healing.

When Clay Jenkins discovers 13 tapes left by his classmate Hannah Baker, who recently committed suicide, he must confront the 13 reasons that drove her to end her life—one of which is him.

A high‑school sophomore named Evan is haunted by unsettling photographs and a mysterious stalker after his friend Ariel disappears, leaving him with insomnia, paranoia, and a growing sense that he may be the victim of his own mind.

A New York City teen’s struggle with depression is told with irreverent humor, charting his day‑to‑day life and his time in a psychiatric hospital.

After the sudden loss of her best friend Camille, Kinsey withdraws until Hunter, Camille’s enigmatic boyfriend, invites her on a cross‑state road trip to confront trauma, grief, and teenage fears together.

The Zoo Where You're Fed to God is a haunting tale of love and reconciliation written by an acclaimed essayist, screenwriter, and poet. James Abbey, a successful surgeon, is a man so tightly wound that he could have a nervous breakdown in the middle of a crowd, and nobody would notice. And that's exactly what happens one day, when he finds himself at the zoo and starts hearing voices. In The Zoo Where You're Fed to God, Michael Ventura takes us into the mind of a man whose ties to his family, his friends, and his world have suddenly unraveled, stranding him in a realm of eerie luminosity. Even though he understands that he is going mad, he finds something irresistible, even wonderful, about his new state of mind - and so he keeps coming back to the zoo, where he begins seeing into the very souls of the animals. A tiger signals to him . . . a giraffe walks into another dimension . . . chimpanzees demonstrate love . . . and a rare antelope called the gerenuk shows how delicacy and dignity can survive in a harsh world. It is only when James meets and befriends Lee, a cashier at a convenience store who sings in a rock band, that he starts to understand his eleven-year-old son, Eddie, who has been experiencing a breakdown of his own - which had left James and his ex-wife, Elizabeth, feeling helpless. But now, slowly connecting with a side of himself he didn't even know he had, James is able to begin reforging connections with his loved ones. A love story, a tale of desperation and the search for peace, and a powerful personal saga of the hidden powers of the imagination, The Zoo Where You're Fed to God provides an unforgettable look at the human truth that lies behind the mask of madness.

The emotional turmoil of a teenage girl forced to keep a horrific secret keeps her isolated from friends and herself, while she obsesses about weight loss and longs for friendship with her boyfriend, Corey 'The Living Stoner', who leads a double life as a stoner and a vegetarian vegan.

Piper works at a country club, hoping to meet a handsome, wealthy boy—only to meet the wild and crazy Max, who will do anything, even if embarrassing, proving that unconventional love can be just as lucrative.

Two teens who never met their fathers discover an unexpected friendship as they navigate the pain of abandonment and the hope of healing.

Leena Thomas and her two best friends move into a Victorian house for their senior year at a boarding school, only to discover a new roommate who challenges them to confront hidden fears and friendship bonds.

Fifteen‑year‑old Jason hides his father’s mental decline after his mother’s death, but when the father disappears, he must turn to a school therapy group for support.

High‑school senior Parker Fadley abruptly leaves cheerleading, breaks up with her boyfriend and threatens to fail graduation, yet she keeps her true struggle secret, demanding solitude.

A socially awkward teenager who has endured trauma and a parental divorce moves to a new high school, where he uses diary entries to confront and reinvent himself amid complex family dynamics and adolescent relationships.

A teen struggles to escape a troubled past, only to be drawn deeper into sex, drugs, and violence in Seattle, while her parents remain unaware.

Pete Earley, a former Washington Post reporter, recounts his family's harrowing experience with the mental health system as his son‑in‑law enters a manic episode and is convicted, exposing the gap between care and punishment for the mentally ill.

A conversation starter and guide to better understanding how our mental health affects us every day. Thirty-three writers, athletes, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore their personal experiences with mental illness.

McKenzie Gold befriends the new girl, Sharon Roderick, but their bond turns deadly when Sharon begins to manipulate McKenzie's psychic abilities.