Books like…

Books Like Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher · about this book

Loved Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher? If its suicide content, young adult and emotional hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Looking for Alaska, All the Bright Places and Speak. 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 Thirteen Reasons Why: Suicide Content · Young Adult · Emotional · Sexual Assault Content · Teenagers

1. 

   Looking for Alaska

   John Green

   Death of a Friend · Survivor's Guilt · Teenagers · Tragic · Grief and Mourning

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   All the Bright Places

   Jennifer Niven

   Suicidal Ideation · Suicide Content · Depression · Tragic · Teenagers

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   Speak

   Laurie Halse Anderson

   Sexual Assault · Bullying · Sexual Assault Content · Depression · Friendship and Betrayal

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4. 

   Crank

   Ellen Hopkins

   Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Teenagers · Tragic · Short Chapters

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5. 

   A Little Life

   Hanya Yanagihara

   Suicide Content · Sexual Assault Content · Death of a Friend · Tragic · Tearjerker

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   The Sea of Tranquility

   Katja Millay

   Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Tearjerker · Survivor's Guilt · Grief and Mourning

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7. 

   Love Letters to the Dead

   Ava Dellaira

   Survivor's Guilt · Sexual Assault · Tearjerker · Depression · Grief and Mourning

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8. 

   Go Ask Alice

   Anonymous

   Depression · Tragic · Sexual Assault · Short Chapters · Suicide Content

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9. 

   The Perks of Being a Wallflower

   Stephen Chbosky

   Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Depression · Death of a Friend · Suicide Content

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10. 

    The Pact

    Jodi Picoult

    Suicide Content · Death of a Friend · Suicidal Ideation · Tearjerker · Tragic

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11. 

    Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

    Matthew Quick

    Suicide Content · Suicidal Ideation · Depression · Bullying · Death of a Friend

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12. 

    The Round House

    Louise Erdrich

    Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Friendship and Betrayal · Haunting · Tragic

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13. 

    The Hours

    Michael Cunningham

    Suicidal Ideation · Suicide Content · Haunting · Depression · Grief and Mourning

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14. 

    The Bell Jar

    Sylvia Plath

    Suicide Content · Suicidal Ideation · Depression · Haunting · Sexual Assault

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15. 

    The S-Word

    Chelsea Pitcher

    Death of a Friend · Suicide Content · Bullying · Friendship and Betrayal · Sexual Assault Content

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16. 

    Before I Fall

    Lauren Oliver

    Death of a Friend · Bullying · Tearjerker · Tragic · Suicide Content

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17. 

    If I Stay

    Gayle Forman

    Survivor's Guilt · Grief and Mourning · Nonlinear Narrative · Teenagers · Dual Timeline

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18. 

    Tears of a Tiger

    Sharon M. Draper

    Suicidal Ideation · Death of a Friend · Survivor's Guilt · Depression · Grief and Mourning

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19. 

    By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

    Julie Anne Peters

    Suicidal Ideation · Suicide Content · Bullying · Depression · Bleak

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20. 

    We Were Liars

    E. Lockhart

    Death of a Friend · Short Chapters · Tragic · Nonlinear Narrative · Haunting

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