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.