# Books about mental health assigned in US schools

**5** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _mental health_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 690L–790L
**Grade span:** 8–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/mental-health
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore mental health

- [Arthur Miller](https://readinglist.school/author/arthur-miller)
- [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://readinglist.school/author/laurie-halse-anderson)
- [Tennessee Williams](https://readinglist.school/author/tennessee-williams)

## mental health canon

- [A Streetcar Named Desire](https://readinglist.school/book/a-streetcar-named-desire) by Tennessee Williams _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Death of a Salesman](https://readinglist.school/book/death-of-a-salesman) by Arthur Miller _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Speak](https://readinglist.school/book/speak) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(690L · Grades 8–10)_
- [The Catcher in the Rye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-catcher-in-the-rye) by J.D. Salinger _(790L · Grades 9–12)_
- [The Perks of Being a Wallflower](https://readinglist.school/book/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower) by Stephen Chbosky _(720L · Grades 9–12)_

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_Generated from primary-source citations indexed on ReadingList.school. JSON API: https://readinglist.school/api/theme/mental-health · HTML view: https://readinglist.school/theme/mental-health._