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... the ethical questions around biotechnology, memory, and personhood?

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

If Jenna’s awakening, her parents’ secret use of illicit medical tech, and her video-diary fragments made you wrestle with what makes someone truly “Jenna,” you’ll be riveted by Never Let Me Go. Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy grow up at Hailsham under a serene veneer that hides a chilling purpose—much like Jenna slowly uncovering the truth about her body and past. The quiet, haunting revelations echo the way Jenna pieces together who she is and what a life is worth.

... a soft-science-fiction take on medical ethics with high personal stakes?

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

You were drawn to Jenna’s discovery that her survival comes with controversial bioengineering—and the moral storm it creates around her parents’ choices. In Unwind, Connor, Risa, and Lev flee a society that “recycles” teens for their organs, pushing the same questions Jenna faces about bodies, autonomy, and the cost of saving a life. The suspense hits harder precisely because the science feels close to our world, just as Jenna’s does.

... questioning reality through a narrator with fractured memories?

More Than This by Patrick Ness

If you loved navigating Jenna’s hazy recollections, her unreliable sense of what’s real, and those eerie video discs, More Than This doubles down on that uncertainty. Seth wakes after drowning into an empty town that might be a dream, a simulation, or something stranger—as he sifts through painful memories the way Jenna probes her past. That same disorienting, truth-peeling tension keeps you guessing about what’s real and who the narrator can trust.

... an intimate, character-driven exploration of identity and selfhood?

Every Day by David Levithan

If your favorite parts were Jenna’s quiet moments with Lily and her tentative bond with Ethan—those small, human scenes where identity matters most—Every Day lives in that intimate space. A wakes up each day in a different body, forced to define self beyond flesh, echoing Jenna’s struggle to claim “I am Jenna” despite what her body has become. The focus stays on relationships and moral choices rather than big spectacle, just like in The Adoration of Jenna Fox.

... deep, internal battles over memory, autonomy, and who gets to define you?

The Program by Suzanne Young

Jenna’s fight to reclaim her memories and make choices beyond what her parents engineered parallels Sloane’s ordeal in The Program, where treatment erases teens’ pasts in the name of safety. As Sloane clings to her love for James and the fragments of who she was, you’ll recognize the same psychological intensity as Jenna piecing herself together—private rebellions, hidden truths, and the courage to say, “I decide who I am.”

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