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Books like All the Rage

12 books with a reading profile close to All the Rage by Courtney Summers. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

Signal Fires

by Dani Shapiro

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Two families, the Wilfs and the Shenkmans, live as neighbors in a Connecticut town.
2

Clap When You Land

by Elizabeth Acevedo

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Twin sisters Camino and Yahaira Rios live separate lives in the Dominican Republic and New York City, unaware of each other’s existence.
3

Jacob Have I Loved

by Katherine Paterson

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Set on the isolated island of Rass in the Chesapeake Bay during the 1940s, the story follows Louise Bradshaw’s struggle to find an identity separate from her twin sister, Caroline.
4

Long Way Down

by Jason Reynolds

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Fifteen-year-old Will Holloman sits in an elevator with a gun tucked into his waistband, intending to kill the man who shot his brother, Shawn.
5

This One Summer

by Mariko Tamaki

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Rose and Wind are childhood friends who reunite every July at a lakeside cabin in Awago Beach.
6

Ghost Boys

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Jerome is a twelve-year-old boy killed by a police officer who thinks his toy gun is real.
7

The Spectacular Now

by Tim Tharp

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Sutter Keely is a high school senior in a small Oklahoma town who lives for parties and drinking and thinks of himself as the life of every gathering.
8

The Language of Flowers

by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Victoria Jones ages out of the California foster care system with no resources and a history of failed placements.
9

Tom Lake

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

During the 2020 pandemic, Lara gathers with her three adult daughters on their family cherry orchard in Michigan.
10

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Born in a rural Irish village to an unwed teenager, Cyril Avery is adopted by an eccentric, wealthy Dublin couple who constantly remind him he is not a "real" Avery.
11

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

When Laurel’s English teacher assigns a letter to a deceased person, the high school freshman begins a secret journal addressed to figures like Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and Amy Winehouse.
12

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

After her best friend Franny drowns, twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson stops talking.

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