The most popular depression books of 2023

Books about depression describe an illness that is hard to explain to anyone who has not had it. Memoirs and novels capture the heaviness, the numbness and the slow way back. They are honest without being hopeless, and they can make a reader feel far less alone. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

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Worthy
Cover of Worthy

Worthy

Jada Pinkett Smith

Published 2023

405 pages

Bear
Cover of Bear

Bear

Staffan Gnosspelius

Published 2023

80 pages

Ab(solutely) Normal
Cover of Ab(solutely) Normal

Ab(solutely) Normal

Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rocky Callen

Published 2023

336 pages