7 Best mental illness books like Perfectly Thin by Margaret McHeyzer

Cover of Perfectly Thin by Margaret McHeyzer

Perfectly Thin

By: Margaret McHeyzer

3.96

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller author of Ugly and MistrustWhen I’m thinner, no one will make fun of meWh…

If you liked the mental illness plot in Perfectly Thin by Margaret McHeyzer , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Raw: The diary of an anorexic by Lydia Davies

1. Raw: The diary of an anorexic

By: Lydia Davies

3.81

Format: 320 pages,

Lydia was 19 years old and enjoying university with a loving family and great friends when she beca… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Davies's Raw: The diary of an anorexic book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental health

2. Massive

By: Julia Bell , Andrew Biscomb

3.86

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

"I'm fat," I hear myself saying. I look in the mirror. My face has gone hot and red; I feel like I'… read more

Similar categories in Julia Bell's Massive book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health

3. Elena Vanishing

By: Clare B. Dunkle , Elena Dunkle

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fe… read more

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4. Letting Ana Go

By: Anonymous

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, a harrowing account of anorexia and addiction… read more

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5. Mean Little People

By: Paige Dearth

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Seven-year-old Tony has one choice...to live or to die. My name is Tony. When I was seven years old… read more

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6. Believarexic

By: J.J. Johnson

3.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Jennifer has to force her family to admit she needs help for her eating disorder. … read more

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7. A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton, #1)

By: Paige Dearth

4.47

Format: 453 pages, Kindle Edition

Rainey Paxton was born addicted to heroin. In the fragile first hours of Rainey’s life, hospital… read more

Similar categories in Paige Dearth's A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton, #1) book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • fiction
"A little pinprick changed my whole life. That’s all it takes—it’s that quick."

-Paige Dearth, A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton, #1)

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8. A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

By: Paige Dearth

4.58

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

A child’s life ruined by her parent’s addiction. A sister’s vow that can’t be broken. First came… read more

Similar categories in Paige Dearth's A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2) book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • fiction
"Ain’t easy for a child to use their free will when adults dance with the devil."

-Paige Dearth, A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

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9. It Only Hurts at First

By: Allison Rogers

4.14

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Alice Matthews used to be one of those girls. Pretty, popular, perfect. Now, she's that girl. Armed… read more

Similar categories in Allison Rogers's It Only Hurts at First book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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10. Teach Me to Forget

By: Erica M. Chapman

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Ellery’s grief over the loss of her younger sister is pushing her down a dark path in this heartwre… read more

Similar categories in Erica M. Chapman's Teach Me to Forget book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
"He's like a painting that from a distance is beautiful, but when you get up close it distorts and melds into something ugly, something dark."

-Erica M. Chapman, Teach Me to Forget

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11. Until the Ribbon Breaks

By: E.K. Blair

4.34

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

This is a powerful and unflinching story about high school relationships, family strife, mental ill… read more

Similar categories in E.K. Blair's Until the Ribbon Breaks book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
Cover of Fullness: A Memoir by Azure Moyna

12. Fullness: A Memoir

By: Azure Moyna

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Having recently gotten married, landed her first corporate management job and purchased her first h… read more

Similar categories in Azure Moyna's Fullness: A Memoir book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental health
Cover of Bones: Anorexia, OCD, and Me by Jen Dixon

13. Bones: Anorexia, OCD, and Me

By: Jen Dixon

4.24

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

Bones is a candid account of life with crippling anorexia and OCD and survival against all odds. Th… read more

Similar categories in Jen Dixon's Bones: Anorexia, OCD, and Me book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental health
Cover of More Than a Number by Tia Souders

14. More Than a Number

By: Tia Souders

3.95

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition for ASIN B07C94WF7V For previous cover edition see here For seventeen-y… read more

Similar categories in Tia Souders's More Than a Number book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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15. Thin, and I

By: Andrijka Keller

3.85

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

“Funny, frank, and visceral; an unconventional consideration of bulimia.” — Kirkus Reviews“Eloquent… read more

Similar categories in Andrijka Keller's Thin, and I book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental health
Cover of Perfectly Thin by Margaret McHeyzer

16. Perfectly Thin

By: Margaret McHeyzer

3.96

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller author of Ugly and MistrustWhen I’m thinner, no one will make fun of meWh… read more

Similar categories in Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
Cover of What it takes to lose by Anne  Taylor

17. What it takes to lose

By: Anne Taylor

3.71

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

When Eve Allred, a high school junior, loses some weight for the first time, she is intoxicated wit… read more

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18. Never Be Alone (Home Street Home, #5)

By: Paige Dearth

4.49

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

A fatal car crash. A young orphan. Can she survive the harsh life of the seedy city streets? Eig… read more

Similar categories in Paige Dearth's Never Be Alone (Home Street Home, #5) book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • fiction
"The worst poverty isn’t about not having enough money to survive. Poverty of love is the worst thing you can be deprived of."

-Paige Dearth, Never Be Alone (Home Street Home, #5)

"The worst poverty isn’t about not having enough money to survive. Real poverty is when there is no one in the world who loves you. When there is no other human to make you feel like you matter. As if…"

-Paige Dearth, Never Be Alone (Home Street Home, #5)

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19. My Final Breath (Home Street Home Series Book 6)

By: Paige Dearth

4.43

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

A dead girl searching for her killer. Twelve-year-old Molly suddenly wakes up dead in Limbo afte… read more

Similar categories in Paige Dearth's My Final Breath (Home Street Home Series Book 6) book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • fiction
  • mental health
Cover of The Weapon Of Choice by Sophia Purcell

20. The Weapon Of Choice

By: Sophia Purcell

3.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Ever wondered what it’s like living with a brain that’s trying to kill you? If you’ve struggled wi… read more

Similar categories in Sophia Purcell's The Weapon Of Choice book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • mental illness
  • mental health
Cover of As If I Am Not There: Watch me shrink I’ll prove it to everyone I won’t stop till I’m tiny I will be thin by Alexandra Filia

21. As If I Am Not There: Watch me shrink I’ll prove it to everyone I won’t stop till I’m tiny I will be thin

By: Alexandra Filia

3.31

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Winny Stokes is like every other normal 17 year old living an idyllic teenage life with lots of fri… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Filia's As If I Am Not There: Watch me shrink I’ll prove it to everyone I won’t stop till I’m tiny I will be thin book and Margaret McHeyzer's Perfectly Thin

  • young adult

10 Best fiction books like Perfectly Thin by Margaret McHeyzer

Massive

Julia Bell , Andrew Biscomb

3.86

Transform Your Habits

A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton, #1)

Paige Dearth

4.47

Transform Your Habits

A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

Paige Dearth

4.58

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It Only Hurts at First

Allison Rogers

4.14

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7 Top nonfiction books like Thin, and I by Andrijka Keller

Transform Your Habits

Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia

Hadley Freeman

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Empty

Susan Burton

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Head Heart and Hipbones: Fighting and Surviving Anorexia

Gillian Entwistle

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Fullness: A Memoir

Azure Moyna

3.96

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