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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,049,456 ratings — published 2017
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,040,115 ratings — published 2007
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,872,593 ratings — published 2016
Black Girl Unlimited (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.31 — 4,739 ratings — published 2020
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,913,923 ratings — published 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,087,455 ratings — published 1999
Punching the Air (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.38 — 24,619 ratings — published 2020
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,501,635 ratings — published 2017
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.09 — 455,883 ratings — published 2020
One True Loves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.01 — 799,661 ratings — published 2016
The Butterfly Project (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,643 ratings — published 2017
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.26 — 102,024 ratings — published 2019
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.37 — 70,534 ratings — published 2021
Letters to the Lost (Letters to the Lost, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.30 — 53,540 ratings — published 2017
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,855,888 ratings — published 2012
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,137 ratings — published 2011
A Very Large Expanse of Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.06 — 68,830 ratings — published 2018
Starfish (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.18 — 11,765 ratings — published 2017
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.11 — 646,635 ratings — published 2015
Under Rose-Tainted Skies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.97 — 11,294 ratings — published 2016
Stolen (Stolen, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.89 — 88,215 ratings — published 2009
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.14 — 258,417 ratings — published 2016
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.06 — 647,374 ratings — published 1999
The Teacher (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,188,530 ratings — published 2024
He Should Have Told the Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.00 — 5,300 ratings — published 2023
Fallout (Crank, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.25 — 40,763 ratings — published 2010
Glass (Crank, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.29 — 76,097 ratings — published 2007
82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.16 — 203,693 ratings — published 2016
Sweet Dandelion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.97 — 16,444 ratings — published 2020
Love Her or Lose Her (Hot & Hammered, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.60 — 93,994 ratings — published 2020
Felix Ever After (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.20 — 68,047 ratings — published 2020
Don't Let Me Go (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.25 — 21,616 ratings — published 2011
Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.35 — 710 ratings — published 2022
Confessions of an Alleged Good Gir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.24 — 9,515 ratings — published 2022
The Sun Is Also a Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.95 — 366,179 ratings — published 2016
Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.02 — 205,571 ratings — published 2016
Breasts and Eggs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.84 — 91,019 ratings — published 2008
Slip (A Graphic Novel)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.53 — 2,533 ratings — published 2022
Final Draft (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.46 — 1,616 ratings — published 2018
Mad About You (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.81 — 41,197 ratings — published 2022
When I Close My Eyes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.19 — 907 ratings — published 2018
Vinyl Moon (Library Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,472 ratings — published 2022
Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.56 — 457,890 ratings — published 2021
Ophelia After All (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.00 — 12,709 ratings — published 2022
Sick Kids in Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.08 — 6,421 ratings — published 2019
Let's Call It a Doomsday (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,361 ratings — published 2019
The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,605 ratings — published 2022
Just Last Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 3.99 — 68,370 ratings — published 2021
The Mirror Season (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,800 ratings — published 2021
The Girls I've Been (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hard-hitting-contemporary)
avg rating 4.02 — 56,943 ratings — published 2021