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Books like The Fault in Our Stars
Loved The Fault in Our Stars by John Green? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from young adult, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
Young adult fiction is where many readers encounter their most important books. This list spans 2008–2019 and includes 2 marked as essential reading in young adult.
10 books · ranked
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1
The Hate U Give
A teenager witnesses a police shooting and finds her voice; urgent, powerful and humane.
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2
The Hunger Games
A girl volunteers for a televised fight to the death to save her sister; a propulsive, sharp dystopian thriller.
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3
Throne of Glass
An assassin competes to win her freedom; the launch of a hugely popular fantasy series.
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Divergent
A society sorted into factions and a girl who fits none of them; fast-paced YA dystopia.
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5
Inheritance
Not so very long ago, Eragon -- Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider -- was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization res
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The Lost Hero
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all
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7
Six of Crows
A crew of teenage outcasts pull off an impossible heist; slick, dark and endlessly entertaining.
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8
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Everyone is talking about A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! With shades of Serial and Making a Murderer this is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an end
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The Last Olympian
All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, th
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10
The Graveyard Book
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiqu