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A raw, unflinching look into the mind of a girl at the edge of her endurance, anchored by the fragile hope of unexpected human connection. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with By the time you read this, I'll be dead.
- heavy
- claustrophobic
- melancholic
- tentatively hopeful
- 01
Playlist for the Dead
Michelle Falkoff
A poignant, music-infused journey through the messy, confusing aftermath of losing a best friend.
- 02
Hate list
Jennifer Brown · 2009
A raw, unflinching exploration of guilt, grief, and the agonizingly slow journey toward self-forgiveness in the wake of unimaginable tragedy.
- 03
Dear Evan Hansen
Val Emmich
A tender, anxiety-laced exploration of loneliness and the lengths we go to in order to finally feel seen.
- 04
Let Me Tell You How I Died
Sinclair Smith
A creepy, nostalgic descent into a dead girl's mind through the pages of a cursed diary.
- 05
Hold Still
Nina LaCour
A tender, aching exploration of the quiet spaces left behind by loss, and the slow, messy art of learning to breathe again.
- 06
No Time to Cry
Lurlene Mcdaniel
A tender, tear-soaked exploration of survivor's guilt and the bittersweet journey of finding purpose after profound loss.
- 07
Impulse
Ellen Hopkins
A raw, rapid-fire descent into the fractured minds of three teens fighting to survive their own darkest impulses.
- 08
The art of starving
Sam J. Miller
A visceral, surreal exploration of trauma and control where a bullied teen's destructive hunger blurs the line between delusion and supernatural power.
- 09
Seventeen and in Between
Barthe DeClements · 1984
An earnest, nostalgic journey through the messy intersection of lingering childhood insecurities and the complicated dawn of young adulthood.
- 10
Love Letters to the Dead
Ava Dellaira
An intimate, epistolary journey through the messy, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful landscape of teenage grief.
- 11
Sad girls
Lang Leav
A heavy, poetic plunge into the messy, guilt-ridden depths of teenage angst and ill-advised first love.
- 12
Get Well Soon
Julie Halpern
A hilarious, unfiltered, and deeply vulnerable dispatch from the psych ward that feels like a late-night conversation with your most sarcastic friend.
