The following books have been instrumental to me in helping me understand myself better. A few of these books cover mental health and depression specifically, and they all cover the vast span of shame and misunderstanding.
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
These books have been instrumental in recognizing my alcoholism and guiding me to, and through, recovery.
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
a thoroughly mediocre depression 