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Books like Cut

12 books with a reading profile close to Cut by Patricia McCormick. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

Melinda Sordino enters her freshman year at Merryweather High School as an outcast.
2

The Silver Linings Playbook

by Matthew Quick

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Pat Peoples returns to his parents’ home in New Jersey after months in a psychiatric facility.
3

Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a box of cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, a classmate who recently died by suicide.
4

It's Kind of a Funny Story

by Ned Vizzini

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Craig Gilner is a high school student in Manhattan who becomes paralyzed by the academic pressure of his competitive executive pre-professional school.
5

We Are Okay

by Nina LaCour

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

Marin leaves her California life behind without a word, fleeing to a New York college dormitory to spend winter break alone.
6

Almond

by Sohn Won-Pyung

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

Yunjae is born with alexithymia, a neurological condition caused by underdeveloped amygdalae that prevents him from feeling fear, anger, or affection.
7

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky, Stephen Chbosky

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

Charlie is an introverted high school freshman who narrates his life through a series of anonymous letters.
8

Turtles All the Way Down

by John Green

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

Sixteen-year-old Aza Holmes lives within the tightening spiral of her own intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.
9

A Woman Is No Man

by Etaf Rum

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

In 1990 Palestine, Fareeda forces eighteen-year-old Isra into an arranged marriage that moves her to Brooklyn.
10

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis awakens in a psychiatric hospital after a suicide attempt, her body scarred from years of self-harm.
11

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Eleanor Oliphant lives a life of rigid, isolated routine in Glasgow, working as a finance clerk and spending weekends with frozen pizza and vodka.
12

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

by Jesse Andrews

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Greg Gaines is a high school senior whose social strategy involves drifting between cliques without making friends.

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