8 must-read mental health books like Rose, Interrupted by Patrice Lawrence

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Rose, Interrupted

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.62

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Being a teenager is hard enough, but it's even harder in a world you've never known ... Eighteen…

If you liked the mental health plot in Rose, Interrupted by Patrice Lawrence , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Skellig (Skellig, #1) by David Almond

1. Skellig (Skellig, #1)

By: David Almond

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Micha… read more

Similar categories in David Almond's Skellig (Skellig, #1) book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
"There's no end to evolution."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53"

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Truth and dreams are always getting muddled."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Can love help a person to get better?’ I asked."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

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2. 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 Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
Cover of Little Men (Little Women, #2) by Louisa May Alcott, James Spanfeller

3. Little Men (Little Women, #2)

By: Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, … read more

Similar categories in Louisa May Alcott's Little Men (Little Women, #2) book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
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4. Beautiful Broken Things

By: Sara Barnard

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

I was brave She was reckless We were trouble Best friends Caddy and Rosie are inseparable. Their di… read more

Similar categories in Sara Barnard's Beautiful Broken Things book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health

5. Fractured (Slated, #2)

By: Teri Terry

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kyla shouldn't be able to remember anything. But she can - and she's beginning to realize that ther… read more

Similar categories in Teri Terry's Fractured (Slated, #2) book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • young adult
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6. Girlhood

By: Cat Clarke

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A Zoella Book Club 2017 novel Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional su… read more

Similar categories in Cat Clarke's Girlhood book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health

7. Ink (Skin Books, #1)

By: Alice Broadway

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. When Leora's … read more

Similar categories in Alice Broadway's Ink (Skin Books, #1) book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

8. The List

By: Siobhan Vivian

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

An intense look at the rules of high school attraction - and the price that's paid for them. It hap… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Vivian's The List book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

9. 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 Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

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10. Ryan and Avery

By: David Levithan

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of EVERY DAY, this is a queer love story for the ages--t… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Ryan and Avery book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"When Ryan's pickup appears within the snowfall, Avery's heart becomes the opposite of snowfall-that strange, windblown moment when you look and see the snow is actually drifting upward. Snowrise. Whe…"

-David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

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11. No Fixed Address

By: Susin Nielsen

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade story about family, friendship, and growing up when you're one step away from homele… read more

Similar categories in Susin Nielsen's No Fixed Address book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • childrens
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I get why Winnie believes in God. I get why Dylan believes in Bernard. I get why I wanted to believe in Mel. It can give a person comfort, feeling that something mysterious and otherworldly is lookin…"

-Susin Nielsen, No Fixed Address

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12. 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 Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne

13. 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 Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
"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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14. Imogen, Obviously

By: Becky Albertalli

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

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15. Neverworld Wake

By: Marisha Pessl

3.74

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her five best friends were the… read more

Similar categories in Marisha Pessl's Neverworld Wake book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I was a ticking clock in a timeless world"

-Marisha Pessl, Neverworld Wake

"Look around. It's almost gone. If only someone had told me that before. About life. If only I had understood."

-Marisha Pessl, Neverworld Wake

"You're mistaking love for perfection," I said. "Real love when it's there? It's just there . It's a metal folding chair. "

-Marisha Pessl, Neverworld Wake

"We swear we see each other, but all we are ever able to make out is a tiny porthole view of an ocean. We think we remember the past, but our memories are as fantastic and flimsy as dreams. It's so ea…"

-Marisha Pessl, Neverworld Wake

Cover of You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne

16. 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 Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Diary of a Confused Feminist by Kate Weston

17. Diary of a Confused Feminist

By: Kate Weston

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Kat wants to do GOOD FEMINISM, although she's not always sure what that means. She also wants to be… read more

Similar categories in Kate Weston's Diary of a Confused Feminist book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
Cover of The Burning by Laura Bates

18. 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 Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"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 Fated (Slated, #0) by Teri Terry

19. Fated (Slated, #0)

By: Teri Terry

4.19

Format: 458 pages, Paperback

I'm just one girl. What can I do? Sam's cosy life as daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister is ab… read more

Similar categories in Teri Terry's Fated (Slated, #0) book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of And The Stars Were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando

20. And The Stars Were Burning Brightly

By: Danielle Jawando

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotionally rich and current story of suicide, mental health, bullying, grief and growing up aro… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Jawando's And The Stars Were Burning Brightly book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
Cover of Rose, Interrupted by Patrice Lawrence

21. Rose, Interrupted

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.62

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Being a teenager is hard enough, but it's even harder in a world you've never known ... Eighteen… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted book and Patrice Lawrence's Rose, Interrupted

  • childrens
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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David Almond

3.81

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

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3.39

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Little Men (Little Women, #2)

Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller

3.50

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Sara Barnard

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Girls in Love (Girls, #1)

Jacqueline Wilson

3.00

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The Bubble Boy

Stewart Foster

3.35

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Sophie Cameron

3.89

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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