Books like…

Books Like Before I Fall

by Lauren Oliver · about this book

Loved Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver? If its time loop, young adult and emotional hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Fault in Our Stars, The Outsiders and They Both Die at the End. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Before I Fall: Time Loop · Young Adult · Emotional · Female Lead · First Person Narrator

1. 

   The Fault in Our Stars

   John Green

   Death of a Friend · Teen Protagonist · Tragic · Young Adult · Teenagers

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2. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Tearjerker · Death of a Friend · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult

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3. 

   They Both Die at the End

   Adam Silvera

   Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Young Adult · Tearjerker

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4. 

   Never Let Me Go

   Kazuo Ishiguro

   Boarding School · Tragic · Death of a Friend · Coming of Age · Bittersweet

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5. 

   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Boarding School · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery

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6. 

   The Book Thief

   Markus Zusak

   Tragic · Death of a Friend · Coming of Age · Tearjerker · Teen Protagonist

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7. 

   The Raven King

   Maggie Stiefvater

   Teen Protagonist · Boarding School · Young Adult · Teenagers · Bittersweet

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8. 

   Marked

   P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

   Boarding School · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Bullying · Teenagers

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9. 

   Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

   J.K. Rowling

   Boarding School · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Teenagers · Tragic

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10. 

    The Summer I Turned Pretty

    Jenny Han

    Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Coming of Age · Young Adult · First Person Narrator

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11. 

    Threadneedle

    Cari Thomas

    Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery

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12. 

    All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr

    Tragic · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Emotional

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13. 

    Sunrise on the Reaping

    Suzanne Collins

    Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Death of a Friend · Teenagers

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14. 

    The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    Robert Dugoni

    Bullying · Death of a Friend · Coming of Age · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    We Begin at the End

    Chris Whitaker

    Tearjerker · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Emotional

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16. 

    My Name Is Venus Black

    Heather Lloyd

    Redemption Arc · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Emotional · Character-Driven

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17. 

    Ruin and Rising

    Leigh Bardugo

    Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Death of a Friend · First Person Narrator

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18. 

    The Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank

    Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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19. 

    Carrie

    Stephen King

    Bullying · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Female Lead

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20. 

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott

    Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Coming of Age · Emotional · Character-Driven

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