TheBigSleep

I'm curious what books are out there that give a considerable amount of focus to depression. I'm particularly interested in classic or popular works that I should read.

So far, I know of Goethe's "Sorrows of Young Werther", but I am looking for more.

thanks

Sorry, I meant to request FICTIONAL literature and not self-help or biographical accounts and that sort.

Malkamazing

A good book about depression and overcoming trauma is called "Speak". It's by an author called Laurie Halse Anderson.

Here's an article about the book on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_(novel))

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The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath. The definitive work on depression/suicide.

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Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult.
At least, it has to do with depression. I'm not done reading it yet.

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read one of cecilia aherns " love" books, you'll want to kill yourself in no time.