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A wildly inventive, laugh-out-loud road trip through an alien-occupied America that hides a surprisingly tender heart. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The True Meaning of Smekday.
- zany
- chaotic
- adventurous
- surprisingly poignant
- 01
Legends of Zita the spacegirl
Ben Hatke
A delightful, action-packed graphic novel romp through space that balances intergalactic chaos with a heartfelt exploration of staying true to yourself.
- 02
The Mayflower Project
Katherine Applegate · 2001
A breathless, ticking-clock countdown to the end of the world that pulls no punches.
- 03
The Visitor
Katherine Applegate
A high-stakes, paranoid thrill ride where ordinary kids must weaponize their own bodies to fight a secret, terrifying war.
- 04
Illuminae
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
A breathless, mixed-media race for survival through the cold vacuum of space, fueled by snark, terror, and a chillingly poetic AI.
- 05
Hilo
Judd Winick
A high-octane, laugh-out-loud adventure about friendship, robots, and falling from the sky.
- 06
Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith
A bizarre, hormone-fueled fever dream that perfectly captures the apocalyptic chaos of being a teenager.
- 07
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
A delightfully witty, bite-sized tour of the cosmos that makes the mind-boggling scale of science feel like a fun conversation with a very smart friend.
- 08
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green
A hyper-contemporary, fast-paced puzzle box that perfectly captures the dizzying, toxic rush of going viral.
- 09
Flora & Ulysses
Kate DiCamillo
A quirky, big-hearted exploration of how a little bit of everyday magic can crack open a cynical heart.
- 10
Nose pickers from outer space
Gordon Korman
A delightfully gross and chaotic romp through the absurdities of elementary school life and extraterrestrial friendship.
- 11
The last kids on Earth
Max Brallier
A high-octane, monster-smashing joyride that treats the end of the world like the ultimate unsupervised treehouse hangout.
- 12
Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman
A wildly escalating, deadpan tall tale that spins the most mundane of morning errands into an absurd, time-hopping romp.
