Books for National Depression Education and Awareness Month

An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous blend of memoir and philosophy that looks at why the thought of death can be so compulsive for some while demonstrating that there’s always another solution.

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free.

This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people—and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects.

A perceptive and unflinching meditation on the burden of living in a world that too often sets happiness and queer life at odds, and an honest portrayal of what it’s like to be caught in the undertow of a loved one’s deep depression.