After reflecting on this genre, I thought I read more books, but maybe I just didn’t read many five star reads from this genre? Anyways, here are my favs:

Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Beartown (the whole series) by Fredrik Blackman
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt