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Loved The Pact by Jodi Picoult? If its suicide content, emotional and teen protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with They Both Die at the End, The Fault in Our Stars and Romeo and Juliet. 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 The Pact: Suicide Content · Emotional · Teen Protagonist · Death of a Friend · First Heartbreak
Adam Silvera
First Love · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Tearjerker · Grief and Mourning
John Green
First Love · Death of a Friend · Teen Protagonist · Tragic · Grief and Mourning
Shakespeare
Suicide Content · First Love · Death of a Friend · Tragic · Teen Protagonist
Stephenie Meyer
First Heartbreak · First Love · Teen Protagonist · Small Town · Emotional
Kate Moore
Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Tearjerker · Tragic · Death of a Friend
Chris Whitaker
Tearjerker · Tragic · Small Town · Teen Protagonist · Emotional
Clare Leslie Hall
Courtroom Drama · First Love · Courtroom · Tearjerker · Emotional
Fredrik Backman
Tearjerker · Death of a Friend · Grief and Mourning · Teen Protagonist · Emotional
Kristin Hannah
First Love · Tearjerker · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Small Town
S.E. Hinton
Tearjerker · Death of a Friend · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Emotional
Maggie Stiefvater
Teen Protagonist · First Love · Small Town · Death of a Friend · Teenagers
Markus Zusak
Tragic · Death of a Friend · Tearjerker · Grief and Mourning · Teen Protagonist
Delia Owens
Courtroom Drama · First Love · Courtroom · Small Town · Emotional
J.K. Rowling
First Love · Teen Protagonist · Tragic · Grief and Mourning · Emotional
Chevy Stevens
First Love · Teenagers · Small Town · Contemporary Fiction · Teen Protagonist
Madeline Miller
First Love · Tragic · Tearjerker · Grief and Mourning · Emotional
Talia Hibbert
First Love · Teen Protagonist · Small Town · Teenagers · Multiple POV
Suzanne Collins
Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Death of a Friend · Emotional · Grief and Mourning
Rebecca Yarros
Tragic · Small Town · Tearjerker · Grief and Mourning · Emotional
Paul Murray
Tragic · Small Town · Teenagers · Emotional · Multiple POV
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