Books List

Certifiable: Literary Lunacy

By Damian Van Denburgh

It's said that there's a fine line between sanity and insanity. These fascinating and harrowing books cross and re-cross that boundary while focusing on the struggles of individuals who are forced to question the validity of that definition.

CRITICAL LIST

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Ken Kesey

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Joanne Greenberg

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Lowboy

John Wray

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Outward Room

Millen Brand

Faces in the Water

Janet Frame

A Fan’s Notes

Frederick Exley

Spider

Patrick McGrath

The Echo Maker

Richard Powers