8 must-read mental health books like Heartbreak Symphony by Laekan Zea Kemp

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Heartbreak Symphony

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Clap When You Land meets On the Come Up in this heart-gripping story about navigating first love an…

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1. Ride with Me

By: Lucy Keating

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this charming, contemporary YA novel, neighborhood rideshare driver Charlie Owens embarks on a c… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Keating's Ride with Me book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. A Show for Two

By: Tashie Bhuiyan

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Mina Rahman has a plan for her future: • Finally win the Golden Ivy student film competition, … read more

Similar categories in Tashie Bhuiyan's A Show for Two book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Home is where you find love"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"We're raised to see our parents as infallible, to believe they're incapable of making mistakes– but what about when they do? When they keep making them? What about when their mistakes hurt us?"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"I'm not sure how old I was when I realized my parents were never going to love me the way I wanted them to– that their love was conditional, dependent on my own behavior and whether I fit their defin…"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"This place is my home. These people are my home. I have memories in the cracks of every sidewalk, good and bad. Everywhere I go, I'll see the faces of people who have cherished me. I can run and run …"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

Cover of Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) by Kayvion Lewis

3. Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1)

By: Kayvion Lewis

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat compe… read more

Similar categories in Kayvion Lewis's Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. The Blackwoods

By: Brandy Colbert

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Blackwoods book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Kiss & Tell

By: Adib Khorram

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Kiss & Tell is a total rush! Perfectly sweet and swoon worthy. I loved every page! - Julie Murphy, … read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's Kiss & Tell book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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9. Long Story Short

By: Serena Kaylor

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dre… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

By: Elise Bryant

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. S… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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12. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

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13. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. When We Make It

By: Elisabet Velasquez

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse that redefines what it … read more

Similar categories in Elisabet Velasquez's When We Make It book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom

By: Shannon C.F. Rogers

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more

Similar categories in Shannon C.F. Rogers's I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. As You Walk On By

By: Julian Winters

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Can't Hardly Wait with an unforgettable ensemble cast in another swoony YA… read more

Similar categories in Julian Winters's As You Walk On By book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. The Getaway

By: Lamar Giles

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of … read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's The Getaway book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Love Match

By: Priyanka Taslim

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson… read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Taslim's The Love Match book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Survive the Dome

By: Kosoko Jackson

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jamal Lawson just wanted to be a part of something. As an aspiring journalist, he packs up his came… read more

Similar categories in Kosoko Jackson's Survive the Dome book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"It's not justice when the courts play in favor of the accused."

-Kosoko Jackson, Survive the Dome

"It takes so little experience to become a cop. But that's the trick, isn't it? Most cops aren't old enough to hold other people's lives in their hands, and yet we trust them with exactly that."

-Kosoko Jackson, Survive the Dome

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20. The First Thing About You

By: Chaz Hayden

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A high school student with spinal muscular atrophy is determined to reinvent himself. When fifte… read more

Similar categories in Chaz Hayden's The First Thing About You book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why are you so excited to have me as a student?"

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

"I guess we’re two lonely nerds sharing our sad stories over lunch."

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

"Normal is a difficult word for me. I would never be normal in the eyes of society. It’s all I’ve wanted, but somehow it chooses everyone else instead of me."

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

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21. Jumper

By: Melanie Crowder

3.43

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In a ripped-from-the-headlines story, nineteen-year-old Blair's passion for fighting fires lands he… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Crowder's Jumper book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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22. Ander & Santi Were Here

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle and Dante meets The Hate U Give meets The Sun Is Also A Star: A stunning YA contemporary … read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Ander & Santi Were Here book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology

By: Shannon Gibney

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two teens take the stage and find their voice. . . A girl learns about her heritage and begins to f… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Gibney's When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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24. Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball

By: Jason June

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The next LGBTQ+ young adult rom-com from  New York Times  bestselling author Jason June (author of … read more

Similar categories in Jason June's Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh Dhillon

25. Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions

By: Navdeep Singh Dhillon

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sandhya Menon and Adam Silvera, a prom-night romantic-comedy romp about a Sikh teen's s… read more

Similar categories in Navdeep Singh Dhillon's Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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26. On the Subject of Unmentionable Things

By: Julia Walton

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A girl rewrites sex education, one viral post at a time, in this fiercely honest and delightfully a… read more

Similar categories in Julia Walton's On the Subject of Unmentionable Things book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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27. Thirty Talks Weird Love

By: Alessandra Narváez Varela

3.98

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

⭐ "Fans of The House on Mango Street and The House of Spirits will be riveted"―Booklist, Starred Re… read more

Similar categories in Alessandra Narváez Varela's Thirty Talks Weird Love book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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28. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...

By: Jason Reynolds

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Heartbreak Symphony

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Clap When You Land meets On the Come Up in this heart-gripping story about navigating first love an… read more

Similar categories in Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. Dream to Me

By: Megan Paasch

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Megan Paasch comes Dream to Me, a YA contemporary fantasy about generational magi… read more

Similar categories in Megan Paasch's Dream to Me book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Bad At Love by Gabriela Martins

31. Bad At Love

By: Gabriela Martins

3.49

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Ever since Daniel moved to L.A. from Brazil to join the band Mischief & Mayhem, he’s become the tab… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Martins's Bad At Love book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Heartbreak Symphony

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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