8 must-read mental health books like Fade Into the Bright by Jessica Koosed Etting

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Fade Into the Bright

By: Jessica Koosed Etting

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Five Feet Apart meets Tell Me Three Things in this YA contemporary novel about two sisters, one sum…

If you liked the mental health plot in Fade Into the Bright by Jessica Koosed Etting , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Suffer Love

By: Ashley Herring Blake

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Just let it go.” That’s what everyone keeps telling Hadley St. Clair after she learns that her … read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Suffer Love book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"If I've learned anything in the past six months, it's that life is a fickle little bitch and there's not one damn thing I can do to tame her. It's almost laughable, really."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Suffer Love

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2. Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

By: Danielle Younge-Ullman

3.83

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Wildmeets The Breakfast Clubin this story of a girl who must survive an extreme wilderness experien… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Younge-Ullman's Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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3. Some Boys

By: Patty Blount

3.46

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Some boys go too far. Some boys will break your heart. But one boy can make you whole. When Grace m… read more

Similar categories in Patty Blount's Some Boys book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

4. Now Is Everything

By: Amy Giles

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The McCauleys look perfect on the outside. But nothing is ever as it seems, and this family is hidi… read more

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5. Catch a Falling Star

By: Kim Culbertson

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously charming novel about finding true love . . . and yourself. Nothing ever happens in Li… read more

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6. First & Then

By: Emma Mills

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers,… read more

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7. The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)

By: Hannah Reynolds

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A summery romance set in Nantucket that follows seventeen-year-old Abby Schoenberg as she uncovers … read more

Similar categories in Hannah Reynolds's The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1) book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Do you miss him? When you spend so much time with someone, it's impossible not to."

-Hannah Reynolds, The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)

"Light, air, and faint classical music filled the store. My shoulders relaxed. I breathed easier in a room full of books, as if the paper retained the capacity of the trees they'd once been. So many b…"

-Hannah Reynolds, The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)

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8. Meet Me at Midnight

By: Jessica Pennington

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star s… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Pennington's Meet Me at Midnight book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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9. The Words We Keep

By: Erin Stewart

4.34

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alic… read more

Similar categories in Erin Stewart's The Words We Keep book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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10. What I Carry

By: Jennifer Longo

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Library Binding

For readers of Robin Benway's Far From the Tree, a powerful and heartwarming look at a teen girl ab… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Longo's What I Carry book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"The entire fucking point of being born is that someone is supposed to take care of you."

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"Not being perfect is for people who have families; you can screw up and they still keep you."

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"Memory is a fascinating thing. Months and years can pass, uneventful and lost, but then certain tiny moments, pieces of conversation or feelings within the thousands of blank days stay sharp, clear l…"

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"It's not like I'm dead inside. It's that I'm allergic to manufactured, insincere emotion. A lifetime of people saying one thing but doing the opposite has inoculated me, and now I understand how to s…"

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

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11. Let Me List the Ways

By: Sarah White

3.81

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Mackenzie Clark has been best friends with Nolan Walker for as long as she can remember. She’s shar… read more

Similar categories in Sarah White's Let Me List the Ways book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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12. Breathe and Count Back from Ten

By: Natalia Sylvester

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplas… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Sylvester's Breathe and Count Back from Ten book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"You are so a physical person...You're taking up space. You're made of all this matter. What more proof do you need than that?"

-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten

"Like maybe the "magic" isn't just about believing in mermaids; it's about believing peope like me don't exist, Like maybe admitting I've needed crutched dispels the myths we want to believe about peo…"

-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten

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13. The Art of Insanity

By: Christine Webb

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

High schooler Natalie Cordova has just been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Her mom insists she ke… read more

Similar categories in Christine Webb's The Art of Insanity book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
Cover of Fade Into the Bright by Jessica Koosed Etting

14. Fade Into the Bright

By: Jessica Koosed Etting

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Five Feet Apart meets Tell Me Three Things in this YA contemporary novel about two sisters, one sum… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • disability
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15. Even If I Fall

By: Abigail Johnson

4.06

Format: None pages, ebook

A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to th… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Even If I Fall book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"We didn't always need the things we wanted, but some things were worth holding on to anyway."

-Abigail Johnson, Even If I Fall

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16. Every Time You Go Away

By: Abigail Johnson

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Every Time You Go Away book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • disability
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17. Someone I Used to Know

By: Patty Blount

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's been two years since the night that changed Ashley's life. Two years since she was raped by he… read more

Similar categories in Patty Blount's Someone I Used to Know book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Every time there’s a terrorist attack, everybody starts screaming for border closings and tighter security at airports. Does anybody ever shrug it off and say, ‘Oh, it’s just extremists being extremi…"

-Patty Blount, Someone I Used to Know

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18. In the Same Boat

By: Holly Green

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sadie Scofield is just a few days away from the race of a lifetime. The Texas River Odyssey may be … read more

Similar categories in Holly Green's In the Same Boat book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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19. All Alone with You

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

4.11

Format: 352 pages, ebook

HBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this swoon-worthy novel about … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's All Alone with You book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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20. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature. Viola… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"I am into classical music, in fact,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

"Am I still ambitious if I've failed?"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

"My problems are not in the same country as hers and Ima's. They're not on the same map. Does that make them less valid?"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

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21. Those Summer Nights

By: Laura Silverman

3.77

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

After recovering from a life-changing injury, a teen girl must navigate a new summer job, an ex-bes… read more

Similar categories in Laura Silverman's Those Summer Nights book and Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

Danielle Younge-Ullman

3.83

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Some Boys

Patty Blount

3.46

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The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)

Hannah Reynolds

4.05

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Meet Me at Midnight

Jessica Pennington

3.88

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Summer of Sloane

Erin L. Schneider

4.12

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Second Chance Summer

Morgan Matson

4.12

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Kasie West

4.02

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Shannon Klare

3.64

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