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Omaha Reading Challenge 2023: Read a book about or featuring mental health

The Omaha Public Library (OPL) Reading Challenge is back! OPL staff have created a series of reading challenges to push you outside of your reading comfort zone and into new literary realms. This list contains titles about or featuring mental health. For more details on the reading challenge go to omahalibrary.org/reading-challenge.

25 items

  • BookNew York: Little, Brown Spark, 2022. — 305.48 Hersey 2022
  • Hardcore Anxiety

    a Graphic Guide to Punk Rock and Mental Health

    Chancellor, Reid,
    Graphic NovelPortland, OR : Microcosm Publishing, 2019. — GRAPHIC NOVEL 781.6609 Chancell
  • Hidden Valley Road

    Inside the Mind of An American Family

    Kolker, Robert,
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2020] — B Galvin Kolker 2020
  • BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — YAFICTION Colbert
  • BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. — FICTION Wang 2017
  • Burnout

    the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

    Nagoski, Emily,
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, 2020. — 155.9 Nagoski 2020
  • Together

    the Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

    Murthy, Vivek Hallegere, 1977-
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — 158.2 Murthy 2020
  • How to Build a Healthy Brain

    Reduce Stress, Anxiety and Depression and Future-proof Your Brain

    Wilson, Kimberley,
    BookLondon : Yellow Kite, 2022. — 612.82 Wilson 2022
  • Mindful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    a Simple Path to Healing, Hope, and Peace

    Gillihan, Seth, 1975-
    BookNew York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — 616.89 Gillihan 2022
  • Toxic Positivity

    Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed With Being Happy

    Goodman, Whitney,
    BookNew York : TarcherPerigee, [2022] — 152.4 Goodman 2022
  • It Didn't Start With You

    How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

    Wolynn, Mark,
    BookNew York : Viking, 2016. — 155.9 Wolynn 2016
  • Divergent Mind

    Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

    Nerenberg, Jenara,
    BookNew York, NY : HarperOne, [2021] — 616.89 Nerenber 2021
  • Supporting Spectacular Girls

    a Practical Guide to Developing Autistic Girls' Wellbeing and Self-esteem

    Clarke, Helen (Autism trainer),
    BookLondon ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022. — 371.9 Clarke 2022
  • Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess

    5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking

    Leaf, Caroline, 1963-
    BookGrand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021] — 616.89 Leaf 2021
  • BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — B Leddy 2022
  • Life Is Trichy

    Memoir of a Mental Health Therapist With a Mental Health Disorder

    Muller, Lindsey M.,
    BookLos Angeles, CA : Mindful Publishing Co., [2014] — B Muller 2014
  • Visual Thinking

    the Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions

    Grandin, Temple,
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2022. — 152.14 Grandin 2022
  • Dear William

    a Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss

    Magee, David, 1965-
    BookDallas, TX : BenBella Books, 2021. — B Magee 2021