A book with a depressed protagonist that accurately captures depression?
I suffer from chronic depression and don't see good representation of depression often. What books have good, accurate portrayals of depression? I'd appreciate any recommendations!
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Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
It’s an older book (2007) and it’s been a while since I read it, so I’m not sure how well it has aged, but It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.
Notes From the Underground by Dostoyevsky
A Man Called Ove by Frederick Bachman
Sorrow & Bliss purposely leaves its diagnosis ambiguous, but over all it the best depiction in fiction of similar mental health issues.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman;
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh;
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Three of my favorite books !!
The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
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