50 Books like Bitterschokolade

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow

Charlie leaves a psych ward with scars, silence, and a bus ticket to nowhere she knows.

3.93

274k+

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Survival 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Brutal And Tender

Girl in Pieces 93%

Charlie leaves a psych ward with scars, silence, and a bus ticket to nowhere she knows.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2016

3.93

274k+ ratings

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Survival 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Brutal And Tender

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

by Ann Brashares • 2001

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

3.85

736k+

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Summary

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 93%

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

by Ann Brashares 2001

3.85

736k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

Just Listen

by Sarah Dessen • 2006

A teen model's silence hides a painful secret. A truth-obsessed boy pushes her to speak.

4.05

251k+

🩹 Sexual Assault Survivor 🎙️ Finding Your Voice 🎧 Music As Healing 🏫 High School Loneliness 💬 Truth-Teller Romance

Just Listen 93%

A teen model's silence hides a painful secret. A truth-obsessed boy pushes her to speak.

by Sarah Dessen 2006

4.05

251k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Assault Survivor 🎙️ Finding Your Voice 🎧 Music As Healing 🏫 High School Loneliness 💬 Truth-Teller Romance

El tiempo que tuvimos

by Cherry Chic • 2023

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

4.31

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

El tiempo que tuvimos 92%

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

by Cherry Chic 2023

4.31

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Turtles All the Way Down

by John Green • 2017

She spirals. A missing billionaire, his son, and a reward pull her into the world.

3.87

648k+

🌀 Ocd Representation 💚 Mental Health Recovery 🕵️ Amateur Mystery 🏰 Billionaire Family 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Turtles All the Way Down 92%

She spirals. A missing billionaire, his son, and a reward pull her into the world.

by John Green 2017

3.87

648k+ ratings

🌀 Ocd Representation 💚 Mental Health Recovery 🕵️ Amateur Mystery 🏰 Billionaire Family 💔 Bittersweet Romance

The Way I Used to Be

by Amber Smith • 2016

After her brother's best friend assaults her, a freshman buries the secret and loses herself.

4.14

237k+

🎗️ Rape Survivor 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👯 Female Friendship 🤐 Hidden Trauma 👫 Sibling Conflict

The Way I Used to Be 92%

After her brother's best friend assaults her, a freshman buries the secret and loses herself.

by Amber Smith 2016

4.14

237k+ ratings

🎗️ Rape Survivor 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👯 Female Friendship 🤐 Hidden Trauma 👫 Sibling Conflict

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love Letters to the Dead 92%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love & Gelato

by Jenna Evans Welch • 2016

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

4.02

190k+

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love 🇮🇹 Florence Italy 🔍 Family Secrets

Love & Gelato 92%

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

by Jenna Evans Welch 2016

4.02

190k+ ratings

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love 🇮🇹 Florence Italy 🔍 Family Secrets

Love and Other Four-Letter Words

by Carolyn Mackler • 2000

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

3.61

2k+

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

Love and Other Four-Letter Words Summary

Love and Other Four-Letter Words 92%

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

by Carolyn Mackler 2000

3.61

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

The Problem with Forever

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2016

A near-mute survivor of abuse starts high school and finds her childhood protector in speech class.

3.96

66k+

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Foster Care Survivors 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💔 Tearjerker Romance

The Problem with Forever 92%

A near-mute survivor of abuse starts high school and finds her childhood protector in speech class.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2016

3.96

66k+ ratings

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Foster Care Survivors 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💔 Tearjerker Romance

June Baby

by Shannon Garvey • 2026

After her mother dies, Ruth is sent to Block Island, into a decade of borrowed home and almost-love.

3.52

10k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Almost Lovers 👩‍👧 Surrogate Mother 🌊 Melancholic Summer ⛵ Coastal New England

June Baby 92%

After her mother dies, Ruth is sent to Block Island, into a decade of borrowed home and almost-love.

by Shannon Garvey 2026

3.52

10k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Almost Lovers 👩‍👧 Surrogate Mother 🌊 Melancholic Summer ⛵ Coastal New England

I Wish You All the Best

by Mason Deaver • 2019

Thrown out by their parents, a nonbinary teen builds a home with a sister long estranged.

4.14

55k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Coming Of Age 💛 Found Family ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Health Journey

I Wish You All the Best 92%

Thrown out by their parents, a nonbinary teen builds a home with a sister long estranged.

by Mason Deaver 2019

4.14

55k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Coming Of Age 💛 Found Family ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Health Journey

It's Kind of a Funny Story

by Ned Vizzini • 2006

Craig got into the best school in Manhattan. Then his mind tried to kill him.

4.07

263k+

🏥 Teen Psychiatric Ward 🌧️ Teenage Depression 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Therapy 😅 Darkly Comic

It's Kind of a Funny Story 91%

Craig got into the best school in Manhattan. Then his mind tried to kill him.

by Ned Vizzini 2006

4.07

263k+ ratings

🏥 Teen Psychiatric Ward 🌧️ Teenage Depression 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Therapy 😅 Darkly Comic

The Unexpected Everything

by Morgan Matson • 2016

A political scandal leaves a control freak teen walking dogs and falling for a reclusive novelist.

3.98

41k+

🐕 Summer Job Romance 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine 💔 Friendship Betrayal 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

The Unexpected Everything 91%

A political scandal leaves a control freak teen walking dogs and falling for a reclusive novelist.

by Morgan Matson 2016

3.98

41k+ ratings

🐕 Summer Job Romance 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine 💔 Friendship Betrayal 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

The Truth About Forever

by Sarah Dessen • 2004

A summer job brings a grieving perfectionist chaos, new friends, and an artist who gets her.

4.12

227k+

🌞 Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Perfectionist Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🎨 Artist Love Interest

The Truth About Forever 91%

A summer job brings a grieving perfectionist chaos, new friends, and an artist who gets her.

by Sarah Dessen 2004

4.12

227k+ ratings

🌞 Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Perfectionist Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🎨 Artist Love Interest

Tanz der Tiefseequalle

by Stefanie Höfler • 2017

A bullied boy's quiet imagination catches a popular girl's eye. A class trip brings them together.

3.27

772

🏫 School Story 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👁️ Dual Perspective 🪞 Body Image 🌱 Quiet Resilience

Tanz der Tiefseequalle 91%

A bullied boy's quiet imagination catches a popular girl's eye. A class trip brings them together.

by Stefanie Höfler 2017

3.27

772 ratings

🏫 School Story 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👁️ Dual Perspective 🪞 Body Image 🌱 Quiet Resilience

Lock and Key

by Sarah Dessen • 2008

When her mother disappears, a guarded teen must start over with the sister she barely knows.

3.99

153k+

👩‍👩‍👧 Estranged Sisters 🏡 Found Family 💊 Parent Addiction ⚠️ Domestic Abuse 🏠 Boy Next Door

Lock and Key 91%

When her mother disappears, a guarded teen must start over with the sister she barely knows.

by Sarah Dessen 2008

3.99

153k+ ratings

👩‍👩‍👧 Estranged Sisters 🏡 Found Family 💊 Parent Addiction ⚠️ Domestic Abuse 🏠 Boy Next Door

Cut

by Patricia McCormick • 2000

A 15-year-old refuses to speak at a treatment center, hiding the reason she cuts herself.

3.76

60k+

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🏥 Residential Treatment 👥 Girls' Group Therapy 💔 Parental Neglect 🤝 Found Family

Cut 92%

A 15-year-old refuses to speak at a treatment center, hiding the reason she cuts herself.

by Patricia McCormick 2000

3.76

60k+ ratings

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🏥 Residential Treatment 👥 Girls' Group Therapy 💔 Parental Neglect 🤝 Found Family

Là où naissent les nuages

by Annelise Heurtier • 2014

An overlooked teen travels alone to a Mongolian shelter, where a silent boy needs her.

3.59

158

🪞 Body Image 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift 🌍 Volunteer Abroad 🏔️ Mongolian Steppe 🔍 Secret Parentage

Là où naissent les nuages 92%

An overlooked teen travels alone to a Mongolian shelter, where a silent boy needs her.

by Annelise Heurtier 2014

3.59

158 ratings

🪞 Body Image 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift 🌍 Volunteer Abroad 🏔️ Mongolian Steppe 🔍 Secret Parentage

Yo te inventé

by Francesca Zappia

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

4.02

31k+

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Yo te inventé 92%

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

by Francesca Zappia 2015

4.02

31k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

You'd Be Home Now

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2021

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

4.13

82k+

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

You'd Be Home Now 91%

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2021

4.13

82k+ ratings

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

An Emotion of Great Delight

by Tahereh Mafi • 2021

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

3.66

12k+

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance 😢 Sibling Grief 😔 Survivor's Guilt

An Emotion of Great Delight 91%

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

by Tahereh Mafi 2021

3.66

12k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance 😢 Sibling Grief 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Milk Fed

by Melissa Broder • 2021

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

3.55

81k+

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Milk Fed 91%

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

by Melissa Broder 2021

3.55

81k+ ratings

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Bajo el paraguas azul

by Elena Martínez Blanco • 2015

Her private photo leaks across a Spanish high school. The adults look away. One girl pays.

3.62

292

📱 Online Shaming 💔 Suicide Attempt 💙 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Failure

Bajo el paraguas azul 91%

Her private photo leaks across a Spanish high school. The adults look away. One girl pays.

by Elena Martínez Blanco 2015

3.62

292 ratings

📱 Online Shaming 💔 Suicide Attempt 💙 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Failure

How Not to Disappear

by Clare Furniss • 2015

A pregnant teen drives her great-aunt across England to outrun dementia and unearth family secrets.

4.08

2k+

🏠 Generational Drama 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Journey

How Not to Disappear 91%

A pregnant teen drives her great-aunt across England to outrun dementia and unearth family secrets.

by Clare Furniss 2015

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏠 Generational Drama 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Journey

In the Wild Light

by Jeff Zentner • 2021

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

4.44

12k+

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

In the Wild Light 91%

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

by Jeff Zentner 2021

4.44

12k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

Cruel King

by Rina Kent • 2019

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

3.89

103k+

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🏰 Elite Private School 💔 Angsty Romance

Cruel King 91%

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

by Rina Kent 2019

3.89

103k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🏰 Elite Private School 💔 Angsty Romance

This Is All

by Aidan Chambers • 2005

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

4.31

2k+

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love 🎵 Artistic Connection ✨ Lyrical Prose

This Is All 91%

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

by Aidan Chambers 2005

4.31

2k+ ratings

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love 🎵 Artistic Connection ✨ Lyrical Prose

No and Me

by Delphine de Vigan • 2007

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

3.72

20k+

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator 💔 Limits Of Rescue 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

No and Me 91%

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

by Delphine de Vigan 2007

3.72

20k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator 💔 Limits Of Rescue 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia • 2017

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

4.14

65k+

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

Eliza and Her Monsters 91%

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

by Francesca Zappia 2017

4.14

65k+ ratings

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

Ashes of Life

by Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

4.07

1k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Ashes of Life 91%

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

by Erica Lucke Dean 2015

4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Guitar Notes

by Mary Amato • 2012

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

4.04

6k+

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

Guitar Notes 91%

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

by Mary Amato 2012

4.04

6k+ ratings

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

Sad Girls

by Lang Leav • 2017

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

3.33

12k+

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Anxiety Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Sad Girls 91%

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

by Lang Leav 2017

3.33

12k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Anxiety Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Joined at the Joints

by Marissa Eller • 2024

An arthritis support group brings two guarded teens together. Neither knows how to stay apart.

4.14

717

🩺 Chronic Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 First Love 🍞 Healing Through Food 🧠 Anxiety Representation

Joined at the Joints 91%

An arthritis support group brings two guarded teens together. Neither knows how to stay apart.

by Marissa Eller 2024

4.14

717 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 First Love 🍞 Healing Through Food 🧠 Anxiety Representation

Girls Like Girls

by Hayley Kiyoko

A grieving teen lands in small-town Oregon. The girl she falls for kisses her, then runs.

3.75

18k+

🏘️ Small Town Summer 🚪 Closeted Love Interest 🌈 Coming Out Story 💔 Father-Daughter Repair 🎢 Push And Pull Romance

Girls Like Girls 91%

A grieving teen lands in small-town Oregon. The girl she falls for kisses her, then runs.

by Hayley Kiyoko 2023

3.75

18k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Summer 🚪 Closeted Love Interest 🌈 Coming Out Story 💔 Father-Daughter Repair 🎢 Push And Pull Romance

August and Everything After

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski • 2018

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

3.41

5k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

August and Everything After 92%

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski 2018

3.41

5k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

Without Merit

by Colleen Hoover • 2017

Wanting her twin's boyfriend is just the latest disappointment in Merit's collection.

3.66

330k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Sisters 💔 Sister's Boyfriend 🧠 Mental Health Journey

Without Merit 92%

Wanting her twin's boyfriend is just the latest disappointment in Merit's collection.

by Colleen Hoover 2017

3.66

330k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Sisters 💔 Sister's Boyfriend 🧠 Mental Health Journey

So Damn Sketchy

by Bonnie Kent • 2020

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

3.93

218

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries 💀 Self Destruction 🏚️ Homelessness

So Damn Sketchy 91%

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

by Bonnie Kent 2020

3.93

218 ratings

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries 💀 Self Destruction 🏚️ Homelessness

The Boy Who Steals Houses

by C.G. Drews • 2019

A homeless boy sleeps in empty houses until one family returns and mistakes him for a friend.

4.27

6k+

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Autistic Brother 🏚️ Homeless Teens ☀️ Summer Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Boy Who Steals Houses 91%

A homeless boy sleeps in empty houses until one family returns and mistakes him for a friend.

by C.G. Drews 2019

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Autistic Brother 🏚️ Homeless Teens ☀️ Summer Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2019

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

4.07

43k+

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary

How to Make Friends with the Dark 91%

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019

4.07

43k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

Bitter Sweet

by Hattie Williams • 2025

A grieving assistant falls for her married literary idol, and the secret affair nearly destroys her.

3.82

15k+

🕰️ Age Gap Relationship ⚖️ Power Imbalance 🤫 Secret Affair 🫂 Found Family 😢 Mother Loss

Bitter Sweet 91%

A grieving assistant falls for her married literary idol, and the secret affair nearly destroys her.

by Hattie Williams 2025

3.82

15k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Relationship ⚖️ Power Imbalance 🤫 Secret Affair 🫂 Found Family 😢 Mother Loss

Juventud en éxtasis, Vol. 2

by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez • 1997

A student's confession reveals exploitation on campus; her parents launch a course on sexual ethics.

3.16

2k+

🎓 Didactic Fiction ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 🏛️ Campus Drama 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond 👴 Intergenerational Story

Juventud en éxtasis, Vol. 2 91%

A student's confession reveals exploitation on campus; her parents launch a course on sexual ethics.

by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez 1997

3.16

2k+ ratings

🎓 Didactic Fiction ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 🏛️ Campus Drama 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond 👴 Intergenerational Story

The Summer I Turned Pretty

by Jenny Han • 2009

Every summer, one beach house, two brothers. Until the year they both fall for her.

3.73

1.2M+

☀️ Summer Romance 💘 Love Triangle 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Beach House Summer 💞 First Love

The Summer I Turned Pretty 91%

Every summer, one beach house, two brothers. Until the year they both fall for her.

by Jenny Han 2009

3.73

1.2M+ ratings

☀️ Summer Romance 💘 Love Triangle 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Beach House Summer 💞 First Love

The Glass Girl

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2024

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

4.29

23k+

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

The Glass Girl 91%

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2024

4.29

23k+ ratings

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

Comerás flores

by Lucía Solla Sobral • 2025

After her father dies, she mistakes an older man's obsession for the love she desperately craves.

4.13

49k+

🖤 Emotional Abuse 🔒 Coercive Control ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🍽️ Eating Disorder 🥀 Grief And Loss

Comerás flores 91%

After her father dies, she mistakes an older man's obsession for the love she desperately craves.

by Lucía Solla Sobral 2025

4.13

49k+ ratings

🖤 Emotional Abuse 🔒 Coercive Control ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🍽️ Eating Disorder 🥀 Grief And Loss

My Heart and Other Black Holes

by Jasmine Warga • 2015

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

3.95

63k+

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

My Heart and Other Black Holes 91%

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

by Jasmine Warga 2015

3.95

63k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

Audre & Bash Are Just Friends

by Tia Williams • 2025

A perfectionist hires a mysterious newcomer for summer dares: no falling in love allowed.

4.05

6k+

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