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Thirteen Reasons Why is a young adult novel from 2007 written by American writer, Jay Asher. The story revolves around a high school student named Clay, who receives a series of tapes recorded by his recently deceased classmate and crush, Hannah Baker, which are about the 13 reasons why she completed suicide.

The author has stated that the story was inspired by the thankfully failed suicide attempt of his relative. The town it's set in is based off of two towns he's lived in.

The book has been adapted into a TV series on Netflix, with Selena Gomez as an executive producer. Tropes for that series should go on its respective page.

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