Books like Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

by Tahereh Mafi · 2011

Book 1 of Shatter Me

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Genre

What it is about

Ability
Love
Soldiers
Dictatorship

Ages

Ages 14+
Young Adult

About this book

Seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on condition that she use her dangerous abilities for The Reestablishment, a postapocalyptic dictatorship. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is book 1 of the Shatter Me series.

Reading level: Young Adult Fiction (HarperCollins).

Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Books in order · HarperCollins

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Last checked: November 7, 2026

Legends & Lattes Adult
Travis Baldree · 2022

about 320 pages

Why: Both are romance books about love.
- Romance
- Love
What both books share
- romance
  Shatter Me: "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
  Legends & Lattes: "Romance" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
- love
  Shatter Me: "Love" (OL subject); "Love stories" (OL subject); "Love, fiction" (OL subject); "Love -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
  Legends & Lattes: "love" (WD main subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shatter Me; Open Library and Wikidata for Legends & Lattes.
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Funny Story Adult
Emily Henry · 2024

about 400 pages

Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  Shatter Me: "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
  Funny Story: "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "romance" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre); "Romance fiction" (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shatter Me; Open Library and Wikidata for Funny Story.
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Vision in White Adult
Nora Roberts · 2009

about 350 pages

Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  Shatter Me: "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
  Vision in White: "Romance" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, contemporary" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shatter Me; Open Library and Wikidata for Vision in White.
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Books like the Shatter Me series

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Book	Romance	Love
Legends & Lattes	shared	shared
Funny Story	shared	not shared
Vision in White	shared	not shared

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How Shatter Me came to be

Mafi says Shatter Me began with the wish to write a book, soon after she finished college. Interview: Bleeding Cool, October 5, 2011, checked November 6, 2026.
Juliette's first-person voice was not a conscious choice but simply how she sounded in Mafi's head. Interview: Bleeding Cool, October 5, 2011, checked November 6, 2026.

About Tahereh Mafi

Born: Born in 1988; Wikidata lists Connecticut, United States, as the place of birth. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Series: Her first contemporary novel is A Very Large Expanse of Sea. Source: taherehmafi.com, checked November 6, 2026. Her first contemporary novel, A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Translations: Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages. Source: taherehmafi.com, checked November 6, 2026. have been translated into over thirty languages

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