The following are books that come highly recommended by mental health professionals for people who want to learn more about their specific illness and related issues. For more information on each book simply click on the link.

Bipolar Disorder

An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison

Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families (2nd Edition)
by Francis Mark Mondimore

The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know 
by David J. Miklowitz

Manic Depression and Creativity
by D. Jablow Hershman

Major Depressive Disorder

Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
by Daniel G. Amen

The Feeling Good Handbook (Plume) by David D. Burns

ADHD

Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey

Post Partum Depression

This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin

Down Came the Rain: My Journey  by Brooke Shields

Grief/Loss

A Grief Observed
by C.S. Lewis

The Grief Recovery Handbook - the Action Program For Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses
John W. James, Russell Friedman, Russell Friedman