If you go to Amazon.com and search for “depression,” you’ll be presented with more than 50,700 choices in the book category alone (as of late August). For someone looking to learn more about the disease, that number in itself can be a bit, well, depressing.
US News & World Report asked a handful of mental health professionals to help trim that number down to a more manageable amount by recommending some of their favorite books about depression. Find their suggestions here.