books with a main character who’s clinically depressed and suicidal
no trauma that resulted in it, just a character who is mentally ill for seemingly no reason. someone who has a loving family and good life but still wants to die due to depression. does such a character even exist?
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Try, “it’s kind of a funny story”
If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St Jude
It’s nonfiction in a memoir by the boyfriend, but it fits your request: All Down Darkness Wide.
[The Bell Jar](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395040) by Sylvia Plath
Sorrow and Bliss By Meg Mason
The Midnight Library
**Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person** by Anna Mehler Paperny.
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
[‘The Fell’](https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-fell/sarah-moss/9781529083248) by Sarah Moss hit very close to home for me in its depiction of suicidal ideation.