12 of the best books to check-in with your headspace this World Mental Health Day

An inspirational and practical call to arms that will hopefully leave you feeling a bit more at ease with yourself. You're gorgeous as you are!

From the author of 'My Mad Fat Diary', 'It's All In Your Head' is full of friendly advice, coping strategies and laugh-out-loud moments to get you through the difficult days. Most of all, this is a book from someone who gets it.

This book offers a holistic approach to mental health, explaining how to facilitate positive lifestyle changes and tackling areas such as exercise, nutrition, sleep, mindfulness and meditation.

Aimed at children aged 7-11, the age when mental habits are created, this book has got tonnes of great content about self-care, kindness and confidence.

Thirty-three writers, athletes, and artists (including Victoria Schwab, Adam Silvera, Meredith Russo and Kristen Bell) offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore their personal experiences with mental illness

What if we could view anxiety not as a problem, but as something good – maybe even something beautiful? Having lived through a number of anxiety's worse symptoms – OCD, bipolar, and a number of suicide attempts, Sarah Wilson could help you rethink the way you think about life.

You may be surprised to find that developing confidence can be achieved in just seven steps, but this is the essential guide to boosting self-esteem, reducing anxiety and feeling confident in yourself.

The Number One Times Bestseller full of sane, sage and judgement-free advice, this book will teach you how to have the best possible relationships with the people who matter to you most.

Finding the time and energy to be your best self can be hard so Sarah is here to help you to find the answers with psychological explorations, exercises and guidance to apply to your own life, one step at a time.

Are you a woman? Do you make to-do lists to stop you losing your mind? Have you ever cried in the toilets at work, had a meltdown in the supermarket, or gone off the rails at a hen party? If you've answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then this is the book for you. A moving, funny and brutally honest memoir of one woman's millennial misadventures, The To-Do List and Other Debacles follows Amy Jones on her journeys through friendship, marriage and mental health disasters in a story that's as relatable as it is riotous.

It's Kind of a Funny Story takes a poignant look at teenage depression in this remarkably moving and authentic picture of the physicality, the despair, and even the hilarity of depression.

Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.