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1) Mistress
Author
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia-and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have. When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life. Ben soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking double life. And now someone...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Publication Date
â„—2016.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This is a book about phobias and obsessions, isolation and dark corners. It's about families, friendships, and carefully preserved secrets. But above everything else it's about love. Finding love - in any of its forms - and nurturing it. Miss Hayes has a new theory. She thinks my condition's caused by some traumatic incident from my past I keep deep-rooted in my mind. As soon as I come clean I'll flood out all these tears and it'll all be ok and I...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Publication Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Kevin is frustrated by his need to check things and repeat actions over and over until a counselor diagnoses obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and teaches him ways to manage this condition. Includes a note for parents and teachers explaining OCD.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
vi, 296 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive behavior, using case studies to understand its deeper meaning and reveal the truth about human compulsion.
"Mild compulsions, such as shopping with military precision or hanging the tea towels just so, are something most of us have witnessed, or even engaged in. But compulsions exist along a broad continuum, and at the extremes there exist life-altering disorders. Sharon Begley's meticulously...
Author
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A self-made millionaire whose husband is cheating on her with two women, Adira Smith-Cortez, when his vengeful mistress offers her the perfect plan to get him back, is pushed to unthinkable extremes and, as her obsession overtakes her, must decide how much of herself she's willing to lose.
Author
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Charlie, twelve, who has autism and obsessive compulsive disorder, must endure a cross-country trip with his siblings and a strange babysitter to visit their war-journalist father, who will undergo brain surgery after being injured in Afghanistan.
Author
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Five-year-old Ava Boone has been missing for six months. There are have been no leads, no arrests, no witnesses. The only suspect was quiet, middle-aged Leland Ernest. And Grace Wright has just bought the house next door. Recently divorced, Grace uprooted her two small children to start again and hopes the move will reset her crippling insomnia. But now she understands the bargain-price for her beautiful new house. With whispered neighbourhood gossip...
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Publication Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
224 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pan Cooke is ten years old when anxious thoughts begin to take over his brain like pieces of an impossible puzzle. What if he blurts out a swear word while in church? What if he accidentally writes something mean in his classmate's get-well card? What if his friend's racy photo of a supermodel ends up in his own homework and is discovered by his teacher? More and more, he becomes hijacked by fears that can only be calmed through exhausting, time-consuming...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Publication Date
[2026]
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"OCD is one of the most common, and debilitating, mental disorders, afflicting an estimated 3 to 8 million Americans. Though popular media tends to focus on the condition's zany quirks-like Detective Monk's obsessive handwashing-OCD manifests in a wide variety of ways, many of which are hidden from view and utterly destructive. OCD sufferers have vastly higher rates of depression and suicide. Left unchecked, this disease wreaks havoc on lives. But...
Author
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
Solving the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett would bring a hundred-thousand-dollar reward, so Aza and...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Malik worries that his number thoughts will interfere with his friend's mini-golf birthday party, but with the help of his therapist, family, and friends, Malik is able to manage his feelings and enjoy the day.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Publication Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 259 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A member of a sketch comedy group describes growing up with OCD, discussing his pop-culture obsessions, the roles of literature and Christianity in shaping his perspective, and his visit to the OCD Institute in Massachusetts.
15) Perfect escape
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Publication Date
2012
Physical Desc
364 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Kendra, living in the shadow of her brother's obsessive-compulsive disorder, takes a life-changing road trip with him.
16) Buzzing
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
224 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Isaac is a shy boy with OCD, but one day at school he meets new friends who introduce him to role-playing games, which lead him on a journey of self-discovery and growth"-- Provided by publisher.
17) The tomorrow man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come, and Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. These two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other's stuff.
18) Popcorn
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seventh grader Andrew tries to get through Picture Day where everything goes wrong while grappling with his anxiety and OCD"-- Provided by publisher.
19) Girl of lore
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Publication Date
2026.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Stories of dark magic and even darker creatures have always swirled about Mina Murray's town of London, Georgia. Mina knows they aren't true--and are likely perpetuated only to drive the quirky tourist-trap ghost tours of downtown--but that doesn't stop her from collecting the stories and drawing them in her sketchbook. Something about the possibility of real monsters helps her deal with the monster in her own head: her OCD, which convinces her danger...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
378 pages : illustration, genealogical table ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The unbreakable bonds of family are explored in this brilliant and tender story from the author of Guy's Girl. On the day she arrives in Canada for her older brother's wedding, Eliot Beck hasn't seen her family in three years. The separation has been painful. Eliot adores her big, wacky, dysfunctional family. Still, there's a reason she fled to Manhattan and buried herself in her work, and that reason is a secret she's not willing to share with anyone....









