15 Top young adult books like Heroine by Mindy McGinnis

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Heroine

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.27

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A captivating and powerful exploration of the opioid crisis—the d…

"You’re my hero, Mickey Catalan,"

-Mindy McGinnis, Heroine

"heroine: a woman of heroic spirit; the principal female person who figures in a remarkable action"

-Mindy McGinnis, Heroine

"All my life people have told me how strong I am, like it’s the best thing I’ve got to offer. I know they mean it in all the ways—physically, emotionally, mentally—and I am. But I’m also tired, worn out from hurting and being expected to come out on top of everything—even a car crash. I’m exhausted in all the ways I’m supposed to be strong..."

-Mindy McGinnis, Heroine

If you liked the young adult plot in Heroine by Mindy McGinnis , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Crank (Crank, #1) by Ellen Hopkins

1. Crank (Crank, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.16

Format: 537 pages, Paperback

In Crank, Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Crank (Crank, #1) book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • high school
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A vacation is a poor substitute for love."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"I wanted to meet the monster. Why go down if you can go up?"

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"Funny thing about the monster. The worse he treats you, the more you love him."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

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2. Beautiful

By: Amy Reed

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Cassie moves from the tiny town where she has always lived to a suburb of Seattle, she is dete… read more

Similar categories in Amy Reed's Beautiful book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary

3. Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines

By: Nic Sheff

3.34

Format: 320 pages,

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularl… read more

Similar categories in Nic Sheff's Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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4. Accomplice

By: Eireann Corrigan

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Would you fake your own kidnapping to get into a good school? Finn and Chloe have it all figured ou… read more

Similar categories in Eireann Corrigan's Accomplice book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • realistic fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • contemporary

5. Kiss of Broken Glass

By: Madeleine Kuderick

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the next 72 hours, Kenna may lose everything--her friends, her freedom, and maybe even herself. … read more

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6. Allegedly

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Mary B. Addison killed a baby. Allegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectiv… read more

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7. Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1)

By: Laurie Faria Stolarz

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

“Jane” was just your typical 17-year-old getting ready to start her senior year. She had a part-tim… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Faria Stolarz's Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1) book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of You Know I'm No Good by Jessie Ann Foley

8. You Know I'm No Good

By: Jessie Ann Foley

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Printz Honor winner and William C. Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes the story of o… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Ann Foley's You Know I'm No Good book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Heroine by Mindy McGinnis

9. Heroine

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.27

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A captivating and powerful exploration of the opioid crisis—the d… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's Heroine book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
"You’re my hero, Mickey Catalan,"

-Mindy McGinnis, Heroine

"heroine: a woman of heroic spirit; the principal female person who figures in a remarkable action"

-Mindy McGinnis, Heroine

"All my life people have told me how strong I am, like it’s the best thing I’ve got to offer. I know they mean it in all the ways—physically, emotionally, mentally—and I am. But I’m also tired, worn o…"

-Mindy McGinnis, Heroine

Cover of High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life by Tiffany   Jenkins

10. High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

By: Tiffany Jenkins

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A few years ago, Tiffany Jenkins was detoxing behind bars at a Florida prison, incarcerated on 20 f… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Jenkins's High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • audiobook
  • mental health
"A flicker of hope in one’s heart, is capable of lighting the path to a new destiny…"

-Tiffany Jenkins, High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

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11. Three Things I Know Are True

By: Betty Culley

4.08

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This moving debut novel in verse about a teenage girl dealing with the aftermath of an accident tha… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's Three Things I Know Are True book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

Cover of I Know You Remember by Jennifer Donaldson

12. I Know You Remember

By: Jennifer Donaldson

3.79

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Donaldson is back with another twisted thriller perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Donaldson's I Know You Remember book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • high school
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. You'd Be Home Now

By: Kathleen Glasgow

4.15

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a breathtaking story about a tow… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The air was better then."

-Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

"Maybe people just use different things to fill up the emptiness. Until it becomes less about feeling empty and more about feeding something else."

-Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

Cover of The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

14. The Weight of Blood

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

" New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's hi… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's The Weight of Blood book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Not Dead Enough by Tyffany D. Neiheiser

15. Not Dead Enough

By: Tyffany D. Neiheiser

3.74

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte survived the car crash that killed her boyfriend Jerry, but that night, everything change… read more

Similar categories in Tyffany D. Neiheiser's Not Dead Enough book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
Cover of The In-Between: A Memoir in Verse by Katie Van Heidrich

16. The In-Between: A Memoir in Verse

By: Katie Van Heidrich

4.06

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and Life in Motion by Misty Copeland, this middle grad… read more

Similar categories in Katie Van Heidrich's The In-Between: A Memoir in Verse book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • realistic fiction
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17. Girls Like Us

By: Randi Pink

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set in the summer of 1972, this moving YA historical novel is narrated by teen girls from different… read more

Similar categories in Randi Pink's Girls Like Us book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Calculation of You and Me by Serena Kaylor

18. The Calculation of You and Me

By: Serena Kaylor

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A calculus nerd enlists her surly classmate’s help to win back her ex-boyfriend, but when sparks st… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's The Calculation of You and Me book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Rule of Threes by Marcy Campbell

19. Rule of Threes

By: Marcy Campbell

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Mercy Suarez meets The Thing About Jellyfish in this novel about what happens when "perfect" is out… read more

Similar categories in Marcy Campbell's Rule of Threes book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner

20. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

Cover of Not About a Boy by Myah Hollis

21. Not About a Boy

By: Myah Hollis

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Euphoria meets Girl in Pieces in this coming-of-age story of a girl trying to put a grief-stricken … read more

Similar categories in Myah Hollis's Not About a Boy book and Mindy McGinnis's Heroine

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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You Know I'm No Good

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