25 best-selling fiction books like What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin

Cover of What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate  McLaughlin

What Unbreakable Looks Like

By: Kate McLaughlin

4.32

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Lex was taken – trafficked - and now she’s Poppy. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is…

"Me against the world is frightening. Us against the world is comforting."

-Kate McLaughlin, What Unbreakable Looks Like

"It must be nice to live in a world where you don’t see the darkness in people."

-Kate McLaughlin, What Unbreakable Looks Like

"You did nothing wrong. I’m going to keep telling you that until you believe it."

-Kate McLaughlin, What Unbreakable Looks Like

"I can’t imagine what you’ve been through, but I want to understand you, okay? I want to help you get through this. If you want to talk, I’m here. If you don’t . . . well, I’m still here. Always."

-Kate McLaughlin, What Unbreakable Looks Like

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Cover of The Amateurs (The Amateurs, #1) by Sara Shepard

1. The Amateurs (The Amateurs, #1)

By: Sara Shepard

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

I need some answers about my sister. Help… Five years ago, high school senior Helena Kelly disap… read more

Similar categories in Sara Shepard's The Amateurs (The Amateurs, #1) book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
"It was like they were strangers. Maybe they were, again."

-Sara Shepard, The Amateurs (The Amateurs, #1)

"His eyes were filled with tears, but his smile was encouraging. 'I hope you find what you're looking for."

-Sara Shepard, The Amateurs (The Amateurs, #1)

"Aerin stared down at her dress and blushed. Eveyrone kept saying how great she looked. As if she usually looked like shit. Assholes."

-Sara Shepard, The Amateurs (The Amateurs, #1)

"His controlled composure was making Maddox feel edgy. He could be one of those people who seemed perfectly calm but then randomly snapped."

-Sara Shepard, The Amateurs (The Amateurs, #1)

Cover of Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman

2. Backlash

By: Sarah Darer Littman

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

He says: You're an awful person. He says: What makes you think I would ever ask you out? He says:… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Darer Littman's Backlash book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And if I see you step foot on my property again, I’ll do more than make a phone call,"

-Sarah Darer Littman, Backlash

Cover of What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard

3. What I Lost

By: Alexandra Ballard

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has lost so far: forty pounds, four jean sizes, a boyfriend, and he… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Ballard's What I Lost book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Winnowing by Vikki VanSickle

4. The Winnowing

By: Vikki VanSickle

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Marivic Stone lives in a small world, and that's fine with her. Home is with her beloved grandfathe… read more

Similar categories in Vikki VanSickle's The Winnowing book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • young adult

5. The Agony of Bun O'Keefe

By: Heather Smith

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set in 1980s Newfoundland, The Agony of Bun O'Keefe is the story of a 14-year-old girl who runs awa… read more

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6. The Unquiet Past

By: Kelley Armstrong

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

You can only hide from the truth for so long. Tess has always been tormented by waking visions that… read more

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7. The Last to Let Go

By: Amber Smith

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A twisted tragedy leaves Brooke and her siblings on their own in this provocative new novel from th… read more

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8. Nobody's Princess (Nobody's Princess, #1)

By: Esther M. Friesner

4.20

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

She isbeautiful, she is a princess, and Aphrodite is her favorite goddess, but something in Helen o… read more

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Cover of Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1) by Liselle Sambury

9. Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)

By: Liselle Sambury

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1) book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly by Meredith Tate

10. The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly

By: Meredith Tate

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When band-geek Ivy and her friends get together, things start with a rousing board game and end wit… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Tate's The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
Cover of The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

11. The Forest of Stolen Girls

By: June Hur

3.75

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical … read more

Similar categories in June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • crime
  • young adult
Cover of The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen  Ferguson

12. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Swarm by Jennifer D. Lyle

13. Swarm

By: Jennifer D. Lyle

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen year-old Shur is one of the first to see the creatures. While staring out the window in his… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer D. Lyle's Swarm book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
Cover of Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boorman

14. Into the Sublime

By: Kate A. Boorman

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Gripping and breathless, Into the Sublime is equal parts terrifying, claustrophobic, psychological… read more

Similar categories in Kate A. Boorman's Into the Sublime book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
Cover of Don't Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor

15. Don't Breathe a Word

By: Jordyn Taylor

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Eva has never felt like she belonged... not in her own family or with her friends in … read more

Similar categories in Jordyn Taylor's Don't Breathe a Word book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen  Ferguson

16. Those Pink Mountain Nights

By: Jen Ferguson

3.94

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In her remarkable second novel following her acclaimed debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, which… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley

17. We Can Be Heroes

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's We Can Be Heroes book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"

-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes

Cover of What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate  McLaughlin

18. What Unbreakable Looks Like

By: Kate McLaughlin

4.32

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Lex was taken – trafficked - and now she’s Poppy. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is… read more

Similar categories in Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • dark
  • crime
  • abuse
"Me against the world is frightening. Us against the world is comforting."

-Kate McLaughlin, What Unbreakable Looks Like

"It must be nice to live in a world where you don’t see the darkness in people."

-Kate McLaughlin, What Unbreakable Looks Like

"You did nothing wrong. I’m going to keep telling you that until you believe it."

-Kate McLaughlin, What Unbreakable Looks Like

"I can’t imagine what you’ve been through, but I want to understand you, okay? I want to help you get through this. If you want to talk, I’m here. If you don’t . . . well, I’m still here. Always."

-Kate McLaughlin, What Unbreakable Looks Like

Cover of Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

19. Let Me Hear a Rhyme

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In this standalone novel, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to tu… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's Let Me Hear a Rhyme book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I mean, maybe it wasn't so crazy after all. Maybe just thinking outside the box is how you get further than you ever could dream of."

-Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

Cover of Until the Ribbon Breaks by E.K. Blair

20. Until the Ribbon Breaks

By: E.K. Blair

4.34

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

This is a powerful and unflinching story about high school relationships, family strife, mental ill… read more

Similar categories in E.K. Blair's Until the Ribbon Breaks book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
Cover of Fadeaway by E.B. Vickers

21. Fadeaway

By: E.B. Vickers

3.88

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town’s secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your … read more

Similar categories in E.B. Vickers's Fadeaway book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Gutter Child by Jael Richardson

22. Gutter Child

By: Jael Richardson

3.86

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award Cityline Book Club Pick … read more

Similar categories in Jael Richardson's Gutter Child book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • young adult
"What if greatness only happens when we're together, when we don't let them pull us apart?"

-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child

"It takes a particular kind of strength to exist in a world where you are not wanted that doesn't feel like strength at all."

-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child

"When I drew pictures of Mother and me, I used Peach for her and Chestnut for myself. "Why is your skin named after something soft and sweet and mine is something hard and bitter?" "Because you are so…"

-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child

"A girl learns who she is from the woman she sees loving her," Ida says. "She learns what's good and what's lovely about herself, and the further apart she is from that woman, and the more different t…"

-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child

Cover of The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley

23. The Name She Gave Me

By: Betty Culley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's The Name She Gave Me book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"

-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me

Cover of The Witch's Hand (The Montague Twins, #1) by Nathan  Page

24. The Witch's Hand (The Montague Twins, #1)

By: Nathan Page

4.00

Format: 352 pages, None

Brothers. Detectives. Witches? Meet Pete and Alastair Montague in the first installment of a new gr… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Page's The Witch's Hand (The Montague Twins, #1) book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • young adult
Cover of The Night Visitors by Carol Goodman

25. The Night Visitors

By: Carol Goodman

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2020 MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD The latest thriller from the internationally bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Carol Goodman's The Night Visitors book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
Cover of Bruised by Tanya Boteju

26. Bruised

By: Tanya Boteju

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an acci… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Boteju's Bruised book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Wild by Owen Laukkanen

27. The Wild

By: Owen Laukkanen

3.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

With an instantly compelling protagonist who finds herself fighting for her life in the wilderness … read more

Similar categories in Owen Laukkanen's The Wild book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Fight Like a Girl by Sheena Kamal

28. Fight Like a Girl

By: Sheena Kamal

3.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Beauty of the Moment meets Exit, Pursued by a Bear. Award-winning thriller writer Sheena Kamal … read more

Similar categories in Sheena Kamal's Fight Like a Girl book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Nothing but Life by Brent van Staalduinen

29. Nothing but Life

By: Brent van Staalduinen

3.24

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

During a sweltering summer, Dills must come to terms with a horrific crime and the parent he loves … read more

Similar categories in Brent van Staalduinen's Nothing but Life book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Age 16 by Rosena Fung

30. Age 16

By: Rosena Fung

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing dow… read more

Similar categories in Rosena Fung's Age 16 book and Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult

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Sara Shepard

3.85

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4.04

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3.69

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The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly

Meredith Tate

4.04

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

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Vera Brosgol

4.38

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