Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher

When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death. 

This book is also available as an audio book, and it's haunting. The voices will send chills up your spine.

What Happened to Cass McBride?, Gail Giles

After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible. 

Pretty Monsters, Kelly Link

Through the lens of Link's vivid imagination, nothing is what it seems, and everything deserves a second look. Now in her first YA story collection, Link delivers stories that are funny and full of unexpected insights and skewed perspectives on the world. A blend of humor, the supernatural, and teen angst.

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, David Lubar

While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.

The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan 

Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.

The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt

During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.