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Books like Identical
A jagged, breathless descent into the darkest corners of family trauma and fractured identity, told in visceral free verse. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Identical.
- claustrophobic
- dread-soaked
- harrowing
- haunting
- 01
Burned
Ellen Hopkins
A raw, rapid-fire exploration of faith, family, and finding your own voice when everything you've been taught feels like a cage.
- 02
Perfect
Ellen Hopkins
A raw, rapid-fire descent into the destructive lengths teenagers will go to achieve an impossible ideal.
- 03
We'll never be apart
Emiko Jean
A claustrophobic, twisty descent into a fractured mind where memories are weapons and no one can be trusted.
- 04
Bruiser
Neal Shusterman · 2005
A haunting exploration of empathy that asks what happens when we literally absorb the suffering of those we love.
- 05
Girl Made of Stars
Ashley Herring Blake
A raw, deeply empathetic exploration of fractured loyalties and the painful, necessary journey toward speaking the truth.
- 06
Twisted
Laurie Halse Anderson
A darkly funny, unflinchingly honest dive into the pressure cooker of teenage masculinity and family dysfunction.
- 07
If You Find Me
Emily Murdoch
A raw, dialect-driven exploration of survival, trauma, and the fierce, unbreakable bond between two sisters stepping out of the shadows.
- 08
Gabi, a girl in pieces
Isabel Quintero
An unflinchingly honest and intimate chronicle of a turbulent senior year, where poetry becomes the anchor amidst family chaos and growing pains.
- 09
Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow
A raw, visceral descent into the aftermath of trauma that slowly pieces itself back together into a mosaic of fragile hope.
- 10
Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen · 2008
A tender, character-driven journey about a fiercely guarded girl discovering that letting people in is the bravest thing she can do.
- 11
Secrets
Kate William · 1983
A deliciously soapy plunge into 1980s high school royalty, where lip gloss and vicious gossip are the ultimate weapons.
- 12
Faking normal
Courtney C. Stevens
A raw and tender journey of two traumatized teenagers who become each other's safe harbor in the aftermath of unspeakable pain.
