26 must-read young adult books like Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2) by Sara Barnard

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Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

By: Sara Barnard

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'This time around, I'm going to be so much better. I'm going to prove to them that it was worth wai…

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1. It Only Happens in the Movies

By: Holly Bourne

3.76

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Audrey is over romance. While dealing with her parents’ contentious divorce, a breakup of her own, … read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's It Only Happens in the Movies book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Why love is never like the movies"

-Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

"Or maybe there’s a type of laughter that only feels good with old friends."

-Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

"Hell is other people and what they do in the anonymous dark of the cinema."

-Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

"All I'm saying is, love changes over time. No person is ever perfect for another person"

-Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

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2. Girls in Tears (Girls, #4)

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.57

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Ellie, Magda and Nadine are back - but they're not very happy! Ellie's glorious romance with Russel… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Girls in Tears (Girls, #4) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. The Truth and Lies of Ella Black

By: Emily Barr

3.04

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Ella Black seems to live the life most other seventeen-year-olds would kill for . . . Until one … read more

Similar categories in Emily Barr's The Truth and Lies of Ella Black book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club, #1)

By: Holly Bourne

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

All Evie wants is to be normal. She's almost off her meds and at a new college where no one knows h… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club, #1) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Manifesto on How to be Interesting

By: Holly Bourne

4.16

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Apparently I'm boring. A nobody. But that's all about to change. Because I am starting a project. H… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's The Manifesto on How to be Interesting book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Things a Bright Girl Can Do

By: Sally Nicholls

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stri… read more

Similar categories in Sally Nicholls's Things a Bright Girl Can Do book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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7. S.T.A.G.S

By: M.A. Bennett

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nine students. Three bloodsports. One deadly weekend. It is the autumn term and Greer MacDonald is … read more

Similar categories in M.A. Bennett's S.T.A.G.S book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of How Hard Can Love Be? (The Spinster Club, #2) by Holly Bourne

8. How Hard Can Love Be? (The Spinster Club, #2)

By: Holly Bourne

4.11

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Amber, Evie and Lottie: three girls facing down tough issues with the combined powers of friendship… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's How Hard Can Love Be? (The Spinster Club, #2) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary

9. All About Mia

By: Lisa Williamson

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One family, three sisters. GRACE, the oldest: straight-A student. AUDREY, the youngest: future Olym… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Williamson's All About Mia book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

10. Boys Don't Cry

By: Malorie Blackman

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is the explosively page-turning new novel for teenagers from the author of the award-winning "… read more

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11. What's a Girl Gotta Do? (The Spinster Club, #3)

By: Holly Bourne

3.00

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION: 1. Call out anything that is unfair on one gender 2. Don't call… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's What's a Girl Gotta Do? (The Spinster Club, #3) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

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12. The Eternal Return of Clara Hart

By: Louise Finch

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Spence and Anthony have been friends for years, but it’s only when he witnesses a classmate die in … read more

Similar categories in Louise Finch's The Eternal Return of Clara Hart book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. The Yearbook

By: Holly Bourne

4.16

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The dramas, the traumas, the rumours - it's time to expose it all... The Perks of Being a Wallflowe… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's The Yearbook book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Well, the weird thing about people,"

-Holly Bourne, The Yearbook

"Just keep telling the truth, Paige,"

-Holly Bourne, The Yearbook

"If you’re not scared, then it’s not courage."

-Holly Bourne, The Yearbook

"It hadn’t felt safe. Then I told my story, and now I did."

-Holly Bourne, The Yearbook

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14. How to Die Famous

By: Benjamin Dean

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A budding teen celebrity secretly investigates his brother's suspicious death while navigating the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Dean's How to Die Famous book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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15. The Places I've Cried in Public

By: Holly Bourne

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Amelie loved Reese. And she thought he loved her. But she’s starting to realise love isn’t supposed… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's The Places I've Cried in Public book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Now you sing, my canary."

-Holly Bourne, The Places I've Cried in Public

"Is any broken heart ever worth it?"

-Holly Bourne, The Places I've Cried in Public

"It takes guts to listen to our gut..."

-Holly Bourne, The Places I've Cried in Public

"Good memories exist in the naivety of not knowing any better."

-Holly Bourne, The Places I've Cried in Public

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16. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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17. You Could Be So Pretty

By: Holly Bourne

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A dystopian YA novel with a shocking twist, You Could Be So Pretty is The Beauty Myth for teenagers… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's You Could Be So Pretty book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Baby Love

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.21

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A heartbreaking, compelling and timely story for older readers about teen pregnancy and its consequ… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Baby Love book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Burning

By: Laura Bates

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of the Month! What happens when you can’t run or hide from a mistake that go… read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's The Burning book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We are the granddaughters of the witches you burned. And we’re not putting up with it any more."

-Laura Bates, The Burning

"We are the granddaughters of the witches you could not burn. And we are not putting up with it anymore."

-Laura Bates, The Burning

"Jeez,’ another boy calls, ‘it was a compliment.’ ‘Compliments are like jokes,’ Cat says drily. ‘If you have to explain what they are, they haven’t worked."

-Laura Bates, The Burning

Cover of F.O.X.E.S. (S.T.A.G.S. #3) by M.A. Bennett

20. F.O.X.E.S. (S.T.A.G.S. #3)

By: M.A. Bennett

4.01

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

Greer has just recovered from her terrifying experience during the STAGS play. Was she really put o… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Bennett's F.O.X.E.S. (S.T.A.G.S. #3) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of D.O.G.S (S.T.A.G.S, #2) by M.A. Bennett

21. D.O.G.S (S.T.A.G.S, #2)

By: M.A. Bennett

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

After the dramatic events of the last few weeks, Greer Macdonald is trying to concentrate on her A … read more

Similar categories in M.A. Bennett's D.O.G.S (S.T.A.G.S, #2) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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22. Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

By: Sara Barnard

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'This time around, I'm going to be so much better. I'm going to prove to them that it was worth wai… read more

Similar categories in Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. Where the Heart Should Be

By: Sarah Crossan

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving. The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Where the Heart Should Be book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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24. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

By: Holly Bourne

3.94

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at “normality” for … read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Because trying to use logic to explain anxiety is like using a banana to open a locked safe."

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

"I think real kindness, real compassion, is having the strength to stop and try and see where another person is coming from. To try and work out why they're being the way they're being. It takes time …"

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

"You don't have to stop looking after yourself just to help the world. In fact, sometimes it's better for the world if you put yourself first. That's not being selfish, in fact looking after yourself …"

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

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25. Love Frankie

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

GROWING UP. FALLING IN LOVE. COMING OUT. Frankie is nearly fourteen and teenage life certainly c… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Love Frankie book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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26. The Ophelia Girls

By: Jane Healey

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mother’s secret past and her daughter’s present collide in this richly atmospheric novel from the… read more

Similar categories in Jane Healey's The Ophelia Girls book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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27. First Day of My Life

By: Lisa Williamson

3.98

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

There are three sides to every story... It's GCSE results day. Frankie's best friend, Jojo, is miss… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Williamson's First Day of My Life book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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28. T.I.G.E.R.S. (S.T.A.G.S., #4)

By: M.A. Bennett

4.00

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

The alluring yet corrupt STAGS society, where the rich and privileged play fast and loose with the … read more

Similar categories in M.A. Bennett's T.I.G.E.R.S. (S.T.A.G.S., #4) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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29. H.A.W.K.S. (S.T.A.G.S., #5)

By: M.A. Bennett

3.97

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

Greer has one last chance to defeat the shadowy, sinister cult that is the Dark Order of the Grand … read more

Similar categories in M.A. Bennett's H.A.W.K.S. (S.T.A.G.S., #5) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Last Seen Online (Gottie Writes, #1) by Lauren   James

30. Last Seen Online (Gottie Writes, #1)

By: Lauren James

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A contemporary YA murder mystery set in sun-drenched LA, for fans of Malibu Rising, We Were Liars a… read more

Similar categories in Lauren James's Last Seen Online (Gottie Writes, #1) book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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31. Enemies to Lovers

By: Laura Jane Williams

3.46

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Flo Greenberg: highly strung. Over-achiever. And desperate for a relaxing Greek holiday with her fa… read more

Similar categories in Laura Jane Williams's Enemies to Lovers book and Sara Barnard's Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

26 must-read fiction books like Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2) by Sara Barnard

Transform Your Habits

It Only Happens in the Movies

Holly Bourne

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Girls in Tears (Girls, #4)

Jacqueline Wilson

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The Truth and Lies of Ella Black

Emily Barr

3.04

Transform Your Habits

Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club, #1)

Holly Bourne

3.39

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17 Best fiction books like F.O.X.E.S. (S.T.A.G.S. #3) by M.A. Bennett

Transform Your Habits

Murder in Midwinter

Fleur Hitchcock

3.75

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The Wren Hunt

Mary Watson

4.48

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HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

Josh Silver

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Murder on a School Night

Kate Weston

3.46

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