Books like Privilege by Kate Brian

When a commuter train ride turns into a shocking glimpse of another life, Rachel’s curiosity pulls her deep into a murder mystery that challenges her own sense of reality.

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

In a future where humanity has eliminated hunger, disease, war, and death, only a chosen few—Scythes—can end life to keep the population balanced. Two reluctant teens, Citra and Rowan, are thrust into the deadly apprenticeship of a Scythe, learning the brutal art of taking life while facing severe consequences.

In the magical boarding school Ever After High, children of legendary fairytale figures must decide whether to seal their future by signing the Storybook of Legends, confronting fate, friendship, and the choice between destiny and self‑authorship.

At a London boarding school for young ladies, Sophronia learns that proper etiquette masks a curriculum of espionage, intrigue, and mechanical tinkering.

A vivid continuation of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, where Karou confronts her identity and the lengths she will go to seek vengeance.

In a tense sixty seconds, a young boy faces a choice that will determine whether he seeks revenge for his brother’s death or walks away from violence.

Stevie Bell returns to Ellingham Academy to untangle an unsolved 1916 kidnapping, triple murder, and a mysterious riddle, while navigating dangerous loyalties and a new secret family tie.

After unraveling Jack the Ripper’s mystery, Audrey Rose Wadsworth follows her path to Romania, where she confronts the legendary vampire Prince Vlad the Impaler amid a series of grisly murders that echo her past.

Evie O'Neill discovers she has supernatural abilities while navigating the seedy underworld of 1920s New York City.

In a world where books are forbidden, Sefia uses a mysterious object to uncover her aunt's kidnapping and the truth behind her father's murder.

Rory Deveaux, scarred by a Jack the Ripper copycat, returns to London where her ability to vanish ghosts puts her at odds with the city’s secret police as new mysterious deaths threaten the city.

When 15‑year‑old Reed Brennan earns a scholarship to Easton Academy, she finds herself on the periphery of the school’s elite—until she meets the Billings Girls, the campus’s most powerful clique. Striving for acceptance, Reed unravels their hidden secrets and learns what it truly means to belong.

Reed Brennan becomes president of the elite Billings Hall after a school fire, struggling to keep it afloat while dealing with romance, a murder investigation, and rivals who aim to shut it down.

Two boys embark on an epic journey on the Appalachian Trail, encountering pirates, hidden treasures, and unforgettable adventures.

Sutton Mercer watches as her twin Emma, who impersonated her to solve a murder, turns into a serial killer again. Emma’s new partner, Thayer Vega, has a dark past and is back in town to find a new victim. The townspeople are suspicious of all the murders, and Emma must use her knowledge of them to solve the latest mystery before it’s too late.

A mystery involving twin sisters who become suspects in a murder case, set in New York City and aimed at young adult readers.

Madeline Levine has been a practicing psychologist for twenty–five years, but it was only recently that she began to observe a new breed of unhappy teenager. When a bright, personable fifteen–year–old girl, from a loving and financially comfortable family, came into her office with the word empty carved into her left forearm, Levine was startled. This girl and her message seemed to embody a disturbing pattern Levine had been observing. Her teenage patients were bright, socially skilled, and loved by their affluent parents. But behind a veneer of achievement and charm, many of these teens suffered severe emotional problems. What was going on?Conversations with educators and clinicians across the country as well as meticulous research confirmed Levine's suspicions that something was terribly amiss. Numerous studies show that privileged adolescents are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse — rates that are higher than those of any other socioeconomic group of young people in this country. The various elements of a perfect storm — materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, disconnection — are combining to create a crisis in America's culture of affluence. This culture is as unmanageable for parents — mothers in particular — as it is for their children. While many privileged kids project confidence and know how to make a good impression, alarming numbers lack the basic foundation of psychological development: an authentic sense of self. Even parents often miss the signs of significant emotional problems in their "star" children.In this controversial look at privileged families, Levine offers thoughtful, practical advice as she explodes one child–rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies parenting practices that are toxic to healthy self–development and that have contributed to epidemic levels of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse in the most unlikely place — the affluent family.

In the elite halls of a boarding school, a murder sparks a scavenger hunt that turns a popular soccer star, Kay Donovan, into an amateur detective as she unravels secrets among friends and suspects.