13 Reasons Why - by Jay Asher

Paperback. 13 Reasons Why is a story about high school student Clay Jensen, who receives a box of cassette tapes recorded by his classmate and crush, Hannah Baker, after she dies by suicide. On the tapes, she details the thirteen reasons why she took her own life, with each reason corresponding to a person and an event in her life. The show, told through both Clay's present-day actions and Hannah's past recordings, follows Clay as he listens to the tapes to understand his place in Hannah's story and how he may have contributed to her death.