Books By Topic

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Showing posts with label mental health. Show all posts

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, art, class, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, fiction, gender, identity, justice, love, mental health, morality, oppression, race, search for self, social criticism

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, love, mental health

Bewilderment by Richard Powers (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, justice, love, memory, mental health, morality, nature/environmentalism, nonconformity, science (or sci-fi), social criticism, tech

Writers & Lovers by Lily King (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: art, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, fiction, fiction's role, identity, love, mental health, power of language, search for self

The Between: A Novel by Tananarive Due (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, identity, justice, memory, mental health, race

The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan Watts (NON-FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, alienation, consumerism, identity, mental health, non-fiction, nonconformity, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, psychology, religion/spirituality, search for self

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, fiction, love, mental health, morality, nature/environmentalism, perception/truth/subjectivity, science (or sci-fi)

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693411-in-defense-of-witches

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, gender, historical, identity, justice, love, media, mental health, non-fiction, oppression, politics, search for self, sexuality, social criticism

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76173.We

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, dystopian, fiction, identity, love, mental health, nonconformity, oppression, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, politics, science (or sci-fi), search for self, social criticism, tech

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434883-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, mental health, morality, search for self

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11804738-the-sense-of-an-ending

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, memory, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self

Moonglow by Michael Chabon (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26795307-moonglow

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, coping with trauma/loss, existentialism, family, fiction, identity, love, memoir, memory, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self

Heart of the Machine by Richard Yonck (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31213179-heart-of-the-machine?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: historical, identity, mental health, morality, non-fiction, psychology, science (or sci-fi), tech

The Fisherman by John Langan (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29901930-the-fisherman

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, fiction, love, mental health, science (or sci-fi)

This Way Madness Lies by Mike Jay (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29082605-this-way-madness-lies

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, historical, identity, mental health, morality, non-fiction, psychology, social criticism

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education by Mychal Denzel Smith (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195970-invisible-man-got-the-whole-world-watching

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, education, gender, identity, justice, media, memoir, mental health, morality, non-fiction, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, search for self, sexuality, social criticism

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24040176-negroland

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, family, gender, historical, identity, memoir, mental health, non-fiction, race, search for self

The Girls by Emma Cline (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26893819-the-girls

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coming of age, fiction, gender, identity, mental health, nonconformity, psychology, search for self, sexuality

Ctrl + Z: The Right to Be Forgotten by Meg Leta Jones (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27558403-ctrl-z?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, economics, fame, identity, justice, media, mental health, morality, non-fiction, philosophy, psychology, search for self, social criticism, social media, tech

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