If you liked ___, you’ll like ___

Contemporary YA / Mental Health / Coming-of-Age

If you liked Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow,
you’ll like All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

If you liked Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone,
you’ll like Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

If you liked The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky,
you’ll like Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

If you liked The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven,
you’ll like Slay by Brittney Morris

If you liked Four-Letter Word by Christa Desir,
you’ll like Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

If you liked All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell,
you’ll like Sadie by Courtney Summers

Mystery / Thriller / Crime

If you liked A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson,
you’ll like One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

If you liked A Line to Kill or The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz,
you’ll like The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

If you liked Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz,
you’ll like The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

If you liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson,
you’ll like Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

Historical Fiction / Family Drama

If you liked The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini,
you’ll like A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

If you liked The Last Hours in Paris by Ruth Druart,
you’ll like The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

If you liked The Pieces We Keep by Kristina McMorris,
you’ll like The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

If you liked The Audrey Hepburn Estate by Brenda Janowitz,
you’ll like The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

If you liked The Restoration of Celia Fairchild by Marie Bostwick,
you’ll like The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Literary / Experimental / Speculative

If you liked What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins,
you’ll like The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

If you liked The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill,
you’ll like The Need by Helen Phillips

If you liked The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner,
you’ll like Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Light Contemporary / MG to YA Crossover

If you liked The Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh,
you’ll like When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

If you liked A Summer to Remember by Erika Montgomery,
you’ll like Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand

Fantasy / Sci-Fi

If you liked A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas,
you’ll like Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
(Romantic fantasy with powerful heroines and dark magic)

If you liked The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins,
you’ll like Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
(Dystopian YA with rebellion, bloodlines, and betrayals)

If you liked Dune by Frank Herbert,
you’ll like Foundation by Isaac Asimov
(Epic sci-fi with philosophical stakes and empire-shifting power)