Anxietyland, Gemma Correll
Anxietyland, Gemma Correll
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Anxietyland

Author: Gemma Correll

Narrator: Shakira Shute

Unabridged: 3 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2026


Synopsis

National Bestseller * Featured in The New Yorker, NPR, and more! * Molly Ringwald's Inaugural Book Club Pick * A Junior Library Guild Selection

"Get ready to laugh at your neuroses—and feel seen, too” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author) in this “deeply felt and surprisingly funny book" (Roz Chast, #1 New York Times bestselling author), by award-winning popular cartoonist, writer, and illustrator, Gemma Correll, chronicling her lifelong experience with anxiety and depression.

WELCOME TO ANXIETYLAND—“Gemma Correll perfectly captures the hunted animal feeling of being a depressed, anxious babe in a way that is so vulnerable and funny and good” (Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author).

In 2018, Gemma Correll had a panic attack that lasted for weeks on end. Unable to do much more than walk aimlessly through the streets of Berkeley, Correll admitted herself to the hospital to reckon with The Bad Feeling that had been her companion since she was a child.

With her ingenious and charming illustrations “bursting with personality...peppered with witty asides” (Publishers Weekly), Correll leads readers through the amusement park in her own mind—featuring severe anxiety, depression, agoraphobia, and dissociation—a frightening and darkly funny world that “feels like a place apart from ‘real’ life.”

A hilarious thrill ride exploring the mysteries of the mind-body connection, Gemma Correll’s graphic memoir is shot through with the absurd knowledge that there is no linear way through Anxietyland, nor any cure-alls—but there are ways to feel better if you keep trying to move forward.

About Gemma Correll

Gemma Correll is an award-winning cartoonist, writer, and illustrator. Her work has been featured in The New York TimesLos Angeles Times, NPR, Elle, and Forbes, among many others. She has written her own books and illustrated several others for adult and children’s publishers. Her design clients include Hallmark, The New York Times, Progressive, and JetBlue. She has done product partnerships with The Whitney Museum, Converse, Keurig, and numerous other brands. Her products are available in various stores, including World Market. Every year since 2016, she has created social media campaigns for Mental Health America during Mental Health Awareness Month. In short, her work is everywhere. Originally from Britain, she now lives in California with her husband and two pugs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Felicia on November 07, 2025

Fantastic, fabulous, funny. Loved every second of this graphic memoir.......more

Goodreads review by Angie on May 01, 2026

A delightful graphic novel memoir about what it’s like to live with severe anxiety and its cousin, depression. Gemma suffered from anxiety even as a child in England in the 90’s, and this book follows her journey growing up to university and to moving to the US into adulthood. A talented artist and......more

Goodreads review by Ileana on April 29, 2026

Gemma Correll, cartoonist superstar and queen of puns and pugs, has written a memoir! It's about her mental health, coping with anxiety disorder and depression. And it is as funny, playful and thoughtful as her cartoons are. I've known and loved Gemma's work for more than a decade now, collecting all......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on May 06, 2026

This may actually be too relatable.......more

Goodreads review by Cole on April 20, 2026

Thank you Gallery Books for the #gifted copy in exchange for an honest review! In this graphic novel/memoir, Gemma Correll walks readers through her own Mental Health Journey™, including severe anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, dissociation, depression, and a brief stint of addiction. From childho......more