Recommended Books on Psychosis & Schizophrenia
A curated reading list for families, individuals, and clinicians navigating psychosis and schizophrenia — including guides for families, CBT self-help, and lived experience memoirs.
For Families
Practical guides written for parents, partners, and siblings supporting a loved one living with psychosis or schizophrenia.
- Surviving Schizophrenia
by E. Fuller Torrey
- The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia
by Kim T. Mueser and Susan Gingerich
- Meaningful Recovery from Schizophrenia and Serious Mental Illness with Clozapine
by Robert S. Laitman
- I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment
by Xavier F. Amador
- Becoming Fluent: A LEAP Partnering Book
by Xavier F. Amador
Self-Help
Evidence-based workbooks and CBT-informed resources for people working through voices, paranoia, and distressing beliefs.
- Back to Life, Back to Normality: Cognitive Therapy, Recovery and Psychosis
by Douglas Turkington
- Back to Life, Back to Normality: CBTp Informed Recovery for Families with Relatives with Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
by Douglas Turkington and Helen Spencer
- Think You're Crazy? Think Again: A Resource Book for Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis
by Anthony P. Morrison, Julia C. Renton, Paul French & Richard P. Bentall
- Overcoming Distressing Voices
by Mark Hayward
- Overcoming Paranoid and Suspicious Thoughts (2nd Edition)
by Daniel Freeman, Jason Freeman, and Philippa Garety
Lived Experiences
Memoirs and first-person accounts that illuminate what psychosis feels like from the inside — and what recovery can look like.
- Relating to Voices — A Self-Help Book for People Who Hear Voices
by Charlie Heriot-Maitland and Eleanor Longden
- The Collected Schizophrenias
by Esmé Weijun Wang
- The Three Christs of Ypsilanti: A Psychological Study
by Milton Rokeach
- A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
- The Great Pretender
by Susannah Cahalan
- The Center Cannot Hold
by Elyn Saks
- Living with Voices: 50 Stories of Recovery
by M. Romme
Inclusion on this list is for educational purposes and does not imply endorsement. Please consult your clinician before starting any self-help program.