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Books like Impulse
A raw, rapid-fire descent into the fractured minds of three teens fighting to survive their own darkest impulses. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Impulse.
- claustrophobic
- urgent
- heavy
- cathartic
- 02
Tricks
Ellen Hopkins
A raw, rapid-fire descent into the darkest corners of vulnerability, told through fractured, breathless verse.
- 03
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ned Vizzini
A candid, surprisingly funny exploration of teenage depression and the unexpected moments of light found within a psychiatric hospital.
- 04
Cut
Patricia McCormick
A quiet, piercing look inside a fractured mind slowly finding the courage to speak.
- 05
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.
- 06
Suicide notes
Michael Thomas Ford · 2008
A darkly funny, diary-style exploration of healing that strips away a teenager's sarcastic defenses to reveal the tender, hurting kid underneath.
- 07
By the time you read this, I'll be dead
Julie Anne Peters
A raw, unflinching look into the mind of a girl at the edge of her endurance, anchored by the fragile hope of unexpected human connection.
- 08
Get Well Soon
Julie Halpern
A hilarious, unfiltered, and deeply vulnerable dispatch from the psych ward that feels like a late-night conversation with your most sarcastic friend.
- 09
Every last word
Tamara Ireland Stone
An intimate, poetry-infused exploration of the exhausting performance of normalcy and the quiet salvation of finding your people.
- 10
Hold Still
Nina LaCour
A tender, aching exploration of the quiet spaces left behind by loss, and the slow, messy art of learning to breathe again.
- 11
Hate list
Jennifer Brown · 2009
A raw, unflinching exploration of guilt, grief, and the agonizingly slow journey toward self-forgiveness in the wake of unimaginable tragedy.
- 12
The Pact
Jodi Picoult
A heart-wrenching exploration of how little we truly know about the people we love the most.
