Books like The pact by Jodi Picoult

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

The story of a greaser and his friend, who are torn apart by the world's two types of people and must learn to cope with their differences.

A sweeping tale of two Afghan women—Mariam and Laila—whose intertwined lives span decades of war, oppression, and cultural change, revealing the strength of friendship, family, and love.

After being murdered at fourteen, Susie Salmon watches from heaven as her family, friends, and killer grapple with grief and justice, revealing how love and forgiveness shape a family's future.

Two teens on the brink of heartbreak and despair find an unlikely friendship that turns their worlds upside‑down, teaching them that hope can bloom even beside the darkest thoughts.

Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper follows a teenage girl who was born to serve as a perfect bone‑marrow donor for her sister’s leukemia, exploring family bonds, ethics, and identity as the siblings confront the life‑saving choices that define them.

Sage Singer, a baker, befriends retired teacher Josef Weber, who asks her to end his life. When his chilling secret surfaces, Sage must decide whether justice or forgiveness is the right path.

Greg, a high‑schooler in Pittsburgh, is forced by his mother into an unlikely friendship with Rachel, the leukemia‑diagnosed girl from his Hebrew school, forcing him to confront loneliness, family, and the meaning of friendship.

Rafe Khatchadorian arrives at Camp Wannamorra, where he and his bunkmates must contend with the popular kids who try to sabotage their summer, turning boredom into adventure and friendship.

In the senior year of high school, Sal confronts a sudden identity crisis, questioning his place within his loving Mexican‑American adoptive family, his gay father and his best friend Samantha.

Turtle Alveston, a fourteen‑year‑old survivor of a painful home life, finds hope when she meets Jacob, a wholesome high‑school boy who invites her into a world beyond the wilderness and her abusive father.

After being jilted, Sara vows to marry anyone who claims her, only to find herself wed to a man named Rede Forrest in Singapore.

A high‑school girl suspects her best friend’s death was murder and digs for truth amid secrets, friendship bonds, and teenage betrayal.

When a Facebook classmate's cruel comments drive 15‑year‑old Lara to a suicide attempt, the ripple effect forces her sister, former best friend, and classmates to confront the painful truths of bullying, social media, and family bonds.

Seventh‑grade Alice navigates the trials of junior‑high life while offering love‑life advice to her father and older brother.

After the devastating loss of their teenage son in Oregon, the Stanley family confronts grief, justice, and a secret dialogue with the murderer that reshapes their path to forgiveness.

Sixteen-year-old Travis Coates wakes to a new body after his head is restored in a cryogenics experiment. Though his age remains, he and everyone around him are living in a vastly altered reality.

"In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers the clearest account ever given of why some people choose to die." "Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner brings a comprehensive understanding to seemingly incomprehensible behavior. Among the many people who have considered, attempted, or died by suicide, he finds three factors that mark those most at risk of death: the feeling of being a burden on loved ones; the sense of isolation; and, chillingly, the learned ability to hurt oneself. Joiner tests his theory against diverse facts taken from clinical anecdotes, history, literature, popular culture, anthropology, epidemiology, genetics, and neurobiology - facts about suicide rates among men and women; white and African-American men; anorexics, athletes, prostitutes, and physicians; members of cults, sports fans, and citizens of nations in crisis." "The result is the most coherent and persuasive explanation ever given of why and how people overcome life's strongest instinct, self-preservation. Joiner's is a work that makes sense of the bewildering array of statistics and stories surrounding suicidal behavior; at the same time, it offers insight, guidance, and essential information to clinicians, scientists, and health practitioners, and to anyone whose life has been affected by suicide."--BOOK JACKET.

Rachel Benjamin, an investment banker, investigates the murder of a wedding groom in the Adirondacks, unraveling secrets among friends and a college promise that may have gone too far.

A psychological fiction that explores the complex bonds between a mother and daughter, set against the backdrop of disability and medical ethics.

Shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize.