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12 books with a reading profile close to Heartstopper, Volume 4 by Alice Oseman. Practical, inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Finding Audrey

by Sophie Kinsella

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Fourteen-year-old Audrey Turner lives trapped behind dark sunglasses inside her house, struggling with a severe anxiety disorder and agoraphobia following a traumatic bullying incident at school.
2

When We Collided

by Emery Lord

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Jonah Daniels lives in the coastal town of Verona Cove, where he handles the responsibilities of his family’s restaurant and cares for his younger siblings following his father’s sudden death.
3

Once and for All

by Sarah Dessen

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Louna Barrett spends her summers working for her mother’s wedding planning business, navigating the logistics of high-end ceremonies while maintaining a cynical outlook on romance.
4

The Rest of the Story

by Sarah Dessen

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Emma Saylor Northup spends her summer at North Lake, the childhood home of her mother, who died from an overdose years earlier.
5

The Henna Wars

by Adiba Jaigirdar

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Nishat is a teenage girl living in Dublin who decides to come out to her Bengali parents, only to be met with a silent refusal to acknowledge her identity.
6

The Girl He Used to Know

by Tracey Garvis Graves

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Annika Rose, a quiet, brilliant student with undiagnosed autism, meets Wes Winters at the University of Illinois chess club in the early 1990s.
7

Hecha de estrellas

by Ashley Herring Blake

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Mara and her twin brother, Owen, share an inseparable bond until their classmate, Hannah, accuses Owen of rape.
8

The Geography of You and Me

by Jennifer E. Smith

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

The story begins in a stalled elevator during a New York City blackout, where Lucy, a teenager living in a luxury penthouse, meets Owen, the son of the building’s superintendent.
9

You Should See Me in a Crown

by Leah Johnson

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

Liz Lighty prioritizes her escape from Campbell, Indiana, through a scholarship to Pennington College.
10

Since You've Been Gone

by Morgan Matson

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative

Shy teenager Emily depends entirely on her charismatic best friend Sloane to navigate social life.
11

If I Was Your Girl

by Meredith Russo

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Amanda Hardy moves to Lambertville, Tennessee, to live with her father after a violent assault at her previous school.
12

Regretting You

by Colleen Hoover

Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara have a strained relationship built on conflicting personalities.

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