18 books like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

What to read after One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Piercing the Darkness Frank E. Peretti · 1986 · ★ 4.6 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 (ESV) It all begins in Bacon’s corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate. An attempted murder, a suspicious case of mistaken identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling Christian school threaten the peace of the small town. Sally Beth Roe, a young loner, finds herself in the middle of… Shares Allegories

Asylums Erving Goffman · 1961 · ★ 4.2 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life. Prisons serve as a clear example, providing we appreciate that what is prison-like about prisons is found in institutions whose members have… Shares Psychiatric Hospitals, Mentally ill

The last asylum Barbara Taylor · 2014 · ★ 3.6 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor's world contracted around her illness. Eventually, she was admitted to what had once been England's largest psychiatric institutions, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in London. Shares Psychiatric Hospitals, Mentally ill

Twelve Nick McDonell · 2002 · ★ 3.2 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "White Mike is clean. He has never smoked a cigarette in his life. Never had a drink, never sucked down a doobie. But White Mike has become a very good drug dealer, even though it started out as a one-shot deal with his cousin Charlie. White Mike was a good student, but he's been out of school for six months, and though some people might wonder what he's doing, no one seams to care very much that… Shares Belletristische Darstellung

A Mind That Found Itself Clifford Whittingham Beers · 1908 · ★ 3.8 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Moderate This book tells the story of a young man who is gradually enveloped by a psychosis. His well-meaning family commits him to a series of mental hospitals, but he is brutalized by the treatment, and his moments of fleeting sanity become fewer and fewer. His ultimate recovery is a triumph on the human spirit. Shares Psychiatric Hospitals, Mentally ill

A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess · 1962 · ★ 4.0 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called… Shares Psychiatric Hospitals

Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston · 1937 · ★ 4.0 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is a classic Harlem Renaissance novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel follows Janie Crawford as she recounts the story of her life as she journeys from a naive teenager to a woman in control of her destiny. Shares Allegories, Classics

The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden Ernest Hemingway · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife as they explore gender, sexuality, and desire—all while falling in love with the same woman.A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from… Shares Allegories

Better Life

Better Life Craig Hamilton · 2012 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Mentally ill with this book.

Invisible Man Ralph Ellison · 1952 · ★ 3.9 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Invisible Man is the story of a young black man from the South who does not fully understand racism in the world. Filled with hope about his future, he goes to college, but gets expelled for showing one of the white benefactors the real and seamy side of black existence. He moves to Harlem and becomes an orator for the Communist party, known as the Brotherhood. In his position, he is both… Shares Mentally ill, Classics

Feeling is the Secret Neville Goddard · 2004 · ★ 4.4 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Light Your thoughts shape your life, create your reality, and ultimately limit or expand your true potential. This book describes how our thoughts and feelings affect who we become and what we achieve. When we have the power to change them, we gain the power to change our circumstances, our health, and our life's purpose. "The world, and all within it, is man's conditioned consciousness objectified.… Shares Classics

Siradan insanlar Judith Guest · 1976 · ★ 3.0 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. This novel inspired Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning film of the same name starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in" - Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Volume 5 - 1976 [1]:… Shares Psychiatric Hospitals

Blaue Junge Martin Auer · 1992 · 30p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When his parents die in a war, a boy from another planet rejects any form of kindness, seeks companionship from weapons, and searches for a friend who will never die. Shares Allegories

Левиафан

Левиафан Boris Akunin · 2002 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate 1878 год. Русско-турецкая война окончилась победой. Эраст Петрович Фандорин за раскрытие турецкой шпионской сети всячески обласкан властями и даже лично отмечен царской благодарностью. Но сам он очень расстроен, что не смог достаточно быстро разоблачить шпионов. Из всех вариантов наград он выбирает путь дальнейшего служение отчизне и просит направить его с посольской миссией в Японию. Следовать… Shares Belletristische Darstellung

The day boy and the night girl George MacDonald · 1904 · ★ 4.2 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A curse from a witch decrees that a boy will never wake at night nor sleep during the day; while a girl is doomed never to sleep at night nor wake during the day, until a twist of fate brings them together. Shares Classics

Caesar and Cleopatra George Bernard Shaw · 1900 · ★ 3.7 · 141p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time, but the undertone of melancholy makes it one of his most affecting plays. Shares Belletristische Darstellung

קופסה שחורה עמוס עוז · 1987 · ★ 3.5 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Please see https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1580904W. Shares Belletristische Darstellung

The Woman in White Wilkie Collins · 1859 · ★ 4.0 · 748p · ≈ 24h · Demanding The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors… Shares Psychiatric hospital patients

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