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Overview
Bibliotherapy uses books to address mental health. This list is of books mentioned in Emely Rumble's 2025 release Bibliotherapy in the Bronx. This collection is broad and deep, covering many genres and demographics. In cases where authors are mentioned without a specific book, a book has been selected. No time limit because this list is enormous.
Poems are referenced in collections they can be found in. Non-fiction books are specifically labeled as such. I tried to identify the kinds of issues brought up in each book per the original text. They also are useful as content warnings if something hits too close to home.
Poems are referenced in collections they can be found in. Non-fiction books are specifically labeled as such. I tried to identify the kinds of issues brought up in each book per the original text. They also are useful as content warnings if something hits too close to home.
Bibliotherapy in the Bronx Reading List
37 participants (69 books)
Overview
Bibliotherapy uses books to address mental health. This list is of books mentioned in Emely Rumble's 2025 release Bibliotherapy in the Bronx. This collection is broad and deep, covering many genres and demographics. In cases where authors are mentioned without a specific book, a book has been selected. No time limit because this list is enormous.
Poems are referenced in collections they can be found in. Non-fiction books are specifically labeled as such. I tried to identify the kinds of issues brought up in each book per the original text. They also are useful as content warnings if something hits too close to home.
Poems are referenced in collections they can be found in. Non-fiction books are specifically labeled as such. I tried to identify the kinds of issues brought up in each book per the original text. They also are useful as content warnings if something hits too close to home.
Challenge Books
13
Long Division
Kiese Laymon
Check out the True/False quiz in Rumble's book for this selection.
14
The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism
Shirley A. Wiegand, Wayne A. Wiegand
Non-fiction: What it took to ensure Black communities had access to books.
15
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
A story of the adolescent experience in verse form.
16
Ghost
Jason Reynolds
First in a series about young athletes learning about life and sports.
17
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
Non-fiction memoir in verse form about the author's childhood in America in the 1960s and 70s.
18
Saints of the Household
Ari Tison
"I hear hints of Grandpa's wisdom; I hear words like rest, heal, with whispers of repeated patience."
19
(bonus)
Biblio/Poetry Therapy: The Interactive Process: A Handbook
Arlene McCarty Hynes
For studying bibliotherapy as a practice. Probably not for the casual reader, so it's a bonus book.
20
Halsey Street
Naima Coster
The complexities of family, identify, and the intricacies of mother/daughter relationships.
21
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
A series of stories about archetypes for women, and the retrieval of intuition, the trusting of the self.
22
Hansel and Gretel
Jacob Grimm
Sibling dynamics.
23
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Non-fiction autobiography that includes struggles with domestic violence, assault, racism, and untreated mental health issues.
24
Writing My Wrongs
Shaka Senghor
Non-fiction autobiography about personal growth and rehabilitation in the US prison system.