Your 20s can be a tough time. You are finishing college, living on your own, working at your first real job, and having serious relationships. Life is starting to get real. When it gets to be too much and you need a break, check out one of these books. Whether you are overwhelmed trying live a picture-perfect life, feel like you don't belong anywhere, or just need to start getting your life together, these books will help you out.

1. "And Then There Were None," by Agatha Christie

Read this when you need to zone out. This mystery will confuse you up until the last pages; you won't have time to think about anything else.

2. "The Bell Jar," by Sylvia Plath

For when you don't know what you want to do with your life and need reassurance someone else feels the same.

3. "1984," by George Orwell

This book will make you grateful for all the freedoms you have in your 20s, even when you feel like school and work are taking over your life.

4. "The Moonstone," by Wilkie Collins

This book has it all: romance, mystery, death, drugs, revenge, suspense, theft, and humor. It's great no matter what you are looking for.

5. "The Girl on the Train," by Paula Hawkins

If you really need to get your life together, you will relate to the main character. A great mystery novel that will make you want to stop getting blackout drunk.

6. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," by Ken Kesey

This book is for when you feel like you are just part of the system. It will inspire you to break out of the normal routine and do your own thing. Also, great if you feel like you're a little crazy sometimes.

7. "Wuthering Heights," by Emily Bronte

Read this 19th-century romance novel for when you're having relationship troubles.

8. "11/22/63," by Stephen King

For when you should be studying history. This JFK science fiction novel will make you a little more interested in that history textbook.

9. "Room," by Emma Donoghue

This book is for when you think you've hit rock bottom. This will remind you someone always has it worse than you.

10. "Tuesdays with Morrie," by Mitch Albom

For when you need some life advice from someone who has been through it all.

11. "Identical," by Ellen Hopkins

Read this when you are having trouble dealing with the things in your life, or if you love surprise endings.

12. "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," by Joan Didion

Read this when you wish you were a flower child and think you were born in the wrong decade. This true depiction of California in the 1960s is eye-opening.

13. "Geek Love," by Katherine Dunn

For when you feel like you don't fit in anywhere.

14. "13 Reasons Why," by Jay Asher

Read this when you are grieving, and nothing seems to make sense.

15. "The Luckiest Girl Alive," by Jessica Knoll

This book is great for when you feel like you are constantly faking how great your life is. The main character will show you it's OK to show people that your life isn't always picture perfect.

16. "Possession," by A.S. Byatt

This book is great for when you want to read a nontraditional, not-so-sappy love story.

17. "Crank," by Ellen Hopkins

Read this when you need help understanding someone dealing with addiction.

18. "The 5 People You Meet in Heaven," by Mitch Albom

For when it feels like everyone around you is dying. This book will help you grieve.

19. "The Giver," by Lois Lowry

If you love dystopian novels, this book is for you. It will make you grateful for your emotions (yes, even the not-so-good ones).

20. "I Feel Bad About My Neck," by Nora Ephron

Read this when you think your 20s is too old (hint, it's not) and you need a laugh.