 | Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allan
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £0.50 Poppy Shakespeare is NOT mentally ill but realises her only chance of escape is to claim to be ill to claim MAD money to hire a lawyer to prove that she ISN'T ill. Unless the process drives her mad...
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 | A Cruel Madness by Colin Thubron
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.58 The twist of this story isn't as obvious as you think when you start reading. Carry on - it's worth it!
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 | In a Dark Wood by Amanda Craig
Buy used from: £0.01 After divorce, Benedick discovers a book of fairy tales written by his late mother. Reading through the tales has a profound effect on Benedick has he suffers the extreme highs and lows of depression
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 | Coming through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje
Buy new: £5.01 / Used from: £1.40 A fictionalised piecing together of jazz musician Buddy Bolden's life - impressionistic, and haunting - a genius who finally topples over the edge.
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 | Love of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico
Buy used from: £4.98 Mouche is rescued from suicide by a brutal puppeteer whose only ways to express friendship and tenderness are through the mouths of his puppets. A true multiple personality.
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 | Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.01 The story of Jekyll and Hyde - the original split personality - is explored by a maid working in Jekyll's house.
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 | The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
Buy new: £7.55 / Used from: £0.01 Tillytilly is the only person Jessamy feels understands her but is she real, an imaginary friend, or a way for Jess to express her frustration with the world?
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 | Affliction by Fay Weldon
Buy used from: £0.01 A couple in crisis visit a therapist but their lives continue falling apart. A very sinister and cynical look at psychiatry.
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 | The Book of Colour by Julia Blackburn
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01 Is the madness that runs in the family a voodoo curse or a sad inheritance?
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 | Millroy the Magician by Paul Theroux
Buy used from: £0.01 Millroy is a magician and evangelist of his own unique religion - certainly obsessive but where exactly is the line between sanity and insanity?
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