Books like Godless by Pete Hautman

In a futuristic society, a twelve‑year‑old boy named Jonas is chosen to receive the memories of a secret reservoir held by The Giver, a mentor in a seemingly utopian world.

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.

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.

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.

The Kite Runner follows an unlikely friendship between a privileged boy and the son of his father’s servant amid Afghanistan’s turbulent history, exploring betrayal, redemption, and the father‑son bond.

In Philip Pullman’s ‘The Subtle Knife’, Lyra and Will Parry journey through collapsing worlds to find Will’s missing father and a deadly magical knife that threatens all realms.

Charlie Gordon, a mentally disabled but curious man, undergoes an experimental brain surgery that boosts his intelligence beyond the known limits, raising profound questions about identity, ethics, and the cost of genius.

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.

A novel about Emma Woodhouse, a young woman's struggles with matchmaking, misplaced pride, and the dangers of meddling in others' lives in 18th-century England.

A curious encounter between young Winnie and the Tuck family, who are cursed with eternal life, sparks a friendship that explores the costs and wonders of immortality.

John Irving’s narrative follows two eleven‑year‑old boys in New Hampshire whose friendship is shattered when a foul ball kills one boy’s mother. The survivor, Owen Meany, believes he is a divine instrument, and the novel traces the impact of that belief on his life and the lives of those around him.

Junior, a budding cartoonist from the Spokane Indian Reservation, transfers to an all‑white farm‑town high school, where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

In the dystopian land of Opium, a young clone of the powerful drug lord Matteo Alacrán must navigate life in the "Big House," uncover his origins, and decide his destiny amid a society that mistreats those who differ.

In the eighth House of Night book, Zoey Redbird faces new challenges on the Isle of Skye while her former High Priestess Neferet seeks vengeance. Tension rises as friendships, love, and supernatural loyalties collide.

Ninth‑grader Philip Malloy struggles with failing grades and a teacher he thinks dislikes him, leading him to plan a contentious transfer. His defiance of the school’s anthem policy thrusts him into a national controversy.

Armpit, a young man with cerebral palsy, struggles to rebuild his life in Austin after leaving Camp Green Lake, finding hope in a friendship with a disabled boy named Ginny while confronting the past that lingers.

Thomas, a fourteen‑year‑old boy from a single‑parent family, enlists in the British Army during World War I to prove himself, support his brother, and win back his childhood love, Molly.

In this adventure, Artemis Fowl time‑travels to face his own past, blending fantasy, magic and science fiction in a thrilling YA contest of wit.

Set in 1896 London, Gemma Doyle balances a school break, a budding romance and family duty while visions pull her into a secret realm of magic that threatens both worlds.

A graphic‑novel take on a dystopian world where teens are slated to undergo a beauty transformation at sixteen, exploring themes of friendship, conformity, and identity.

When the stepmother calls her poisonous, young Poison must rescue her little sister after a scarecrow swaps her for a changeling. Along the way she allies with friends, a mysterious cat, and battles malevolent fairies.

Lafayette struggles to cope after their parents’ death, seeking answers about his brother Charlie’s changed behavior and the family’s fractured future.

Intelligent, educated people tend to be critical of the supernatural and the so-called revealed truths of religion. So it is hardly surprising to find a great number of skeptics and unbelievers among our major inventors, scientists, writers, social reformers, and other world changers - people usually termed great. The advance of Western civilization has been partly a story of the gradual victory over religious oppression, and these brilliant doubters were men and women who didn't pray, didn't kneel at altars, didn't make pilgrimages, and didn't recite creeds. 2,000 years of Disbelief is a book of quotes that brings together the words of the "greats" of both East and West, from antiquity to the present. Included in this stirring collection are such renowned skeptics as Epicurus, Voltaire, Arthur Schopenhauer, Mark Twain, and Bertrand Russell. But also represented are many whose skepticism is not so well known, and who are for this reason regarded by churchmen and others as conventional believers. Notable among these are many U.S. presidents. Thus we learn, for example, that George Washington had no belief in Christianity and that Abraham Lincoln never joined a church. 2,000 Years of Disbelief is an anthology not only of outstanding philosophers, scientists, and poets, but also of figures in the arts and entertainment as well as prominent scholars and politicians. Arranged chronologically for ease of reference, with each chapter devoted to a particular figure or period, this witty, insightful collection reveals the extent to which the most renowned people in all areas expressed, both publicly and privately, their courage to doubt, often in the face of great personal risk. A delight to read as well a a valuable sourcebook, 2,000 Years of Disbelief provides a powerful weapon against religious conformists, dogmatists, and others who would roll back the clock on the teaching of evolution and who are working to tear down the wall of separation between church and state. Others included in this outstanding collection are: Omar Khayyam, William Shakespeare, Thomas Hobbes, Benjamin Franklin, Mary Wollstonecraft, Charles Darwin, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ayn Rand, Langston Hughes, Steve Allen, Elie Wiesel, Gloria Steinem, Albert Gore, and many others.

Seventeen‑year‑old Jean, who hides her cerebral palsy, confronts her identity while staying at a summer camp for children with disabilities.

A juvenile science‑fiction adventure that explores individuality, self‑reliance, and self‑control in a futuristic setting.

Looks at the nature of religion, God's place in it, and the possibility of humanist religion without God.