Books like Broken things by Lauren Oliver

A poignant young‑adult tale of two teens—Hazel and Augustus—who meet in a cancer support group, and whose unlikely romance forces them to confront love, illness, and the meaning of life.

At Culver Creek Boarding School, Miles "Pudge" Halter leaves his uneventful home life to find adventure, only to be drawn into the complex world of Alaska Young – a brilliant, enigmatic student whose presence challenges and changes him forever.

A coming‑of‑age epistolary novel that follows introverted teen Charlie through his freshman year in a 1990s Pittsburgh suburb as he navigates high school, friendship and the challenges of adolescence.

When Clay Jenkins discovers 13 tapes left by his classmate Hannah Baker, who recently committed suicide, he must confront the 13 reasons that drove her to end her life—one of which is him.

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.

A chronically ill teenager allergic to the world discovers love and possibility when a new family moves in next door, adding color to her isolated life.

Lylah, her roommates, and their crushes plan a night of fun, but an anonymous note and a missing roommate turn the party into a mystery as they race to uncover a dark secret.

Sophie Winters survives an attack that kills her best friend Mina—and must hunt the killer while proving she is no longer an Oxy addiction victim.

Three Portland teens—Alexis, Nick, and Ruby—track a missing autistic man, only to uncover a body and a sharp‑witted investigation that turns them into unlikely detectives in their own right.

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 Samantha Kingston suddenly dies, she wakes to the uncanny ability to relive her final day seven times over. Each repetition reveals new twists that force her to re‑evaluate friendships, love, and the choices she prized most.

During a spring break trip to Aruba, a young girl finds herself accused of killing her best friend and must confront betrayal, friendship, and the pressures of a murder trial in a foreign land.

Ben discovers the tragic fate of his beloved Mira and her sister after receiving a post‑mortem letter, which challenges him to decode hidden notes tied to seven sacred places they once cherished.

Sixteen‑year‑old Julie Beaufort‑Stuart returns to her Perthshire ancestral home for one last summer, confronting a family sale, the disappearance of a London archivist, and the theft of a treasured pearl collection—while battling prejudice against the Highland McEwens.

Detective Lenny Norbeck and his friends investigate a mysterious death at a Phillies game.

Thirteen‑year‑old Logan moves with his family to a rural Virginia house with a dark secret. Together with his neighbor Arthur, he delves into the past to uncover the truth behind a long‑forgotten murder.

In 1930s England, boarding‑school friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells crack a murder mystery when a dead science teacher is found at their school.

When a town’s main employer folds amid scandal, Morgan and friends dig into a mystery that may reveal her dead boyfriend is alive and nearby under a false identity.

In a thrilling young‑adult adventure, a friendly gorilla named Sally Jones travels from the docks of Lisbon across the seas to clear her friend, sailor Henry Koskela, who has been falsely accused of murder.

Fourteen‑year‑old Avery and sixteen‑year‑old Kayla, once close but now estranged, are thrown together on their parents’ unexpected summer trip to Spain, forcing them to confront friendship, class differences, and family secrets.

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong investigate a mysterious illness at a family party in 1930s England, uncovering secrets and confronting consequences.

288 pages ; 22 cmHL720L Lexile

"A breath of fresh air ... an exploration of heroism, of what it means to be a real hero in a world that hates them, how to be a hero without having powers, how to be a hero having powers."--The Book Smugglers. Can a shattered superhero help save humanity's hope for a better world? Broken figured she was done with heroics when she lost the ability to fly and fled the confinement of the Extrahuman Union. But then the world started to fall apart around her, and the mysterious Michael Forward entered her life, dangling the possibility of redemption and rebirth. Michael Forward can see the future, but all he wants is to escape the destiny he has struggled against all his life. When the moment comes, though, he finds he can't refuse. Now he needs the help of a homeless ex-superhero to save a baby who may be the key to humanity's freedom. Monica had a good life with her large family, until two strangers and a baby showed up at her door. Now her family is gone, her life is in ruins, and she's on the run from the law. In a time of spreading darkness, when paranoia and oppression have overtaken the world, can three unlikely allies preserve a small ray of hope for a better, brighter future?

In the quiet town of Carp, senior students face the perilous game Panic—an epic competition that tests courage, friendship, and love.

English : The first book in Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose. In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistake. But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the Wilds who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love? French : Lena vit dans un monde où l'amour est considéré comme la pire des maladies. Un monde où tous les jeunes subissent à leur majorité une opération de cerveau pour être immunisés. A quelques mois de ses dix-huit ans, Lena aspire presque à subir à son tour le Protocole car, depuis toujours, amour rime pour elle avec souffrance et danger. Jusqu'à ce qu'une rencontre inattendue fasse tout basculer. Avant, tout était simple, tout était organisé. Mais est-ce vraiment vivre que de laisser la société tout prévoir pour vous. Vos amis, vos amours et votre avenir ? (Payot.ch)

Tessa returns to her Pennsylvania hometown after her father's death, where she must confront her fractured family and the secrets that led a serial killer to death row, while a new trial threatens to unravel her past.