Books like It's Kind of a Funny Story
If you liked It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age, mental health.
Chbosky's Perks retold: Charlie's letters, Sam and Patrick, first year of high school in Pittsburgh.
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Girl, Interrupted
Because shares tags: mental health, hospital.
In 1967, 18-year-old Susanna enters McLean Hospital for two years on a ward, probing sane versus insane.
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Five Feet Apart
Because shares tags: young adult, hospital.
Two teens with CF fall in love where six feet keeps alive and five tempts.
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Twelve-year-old Margaret navigates puberty in New Jersey while trying to choose a religion on her own.
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The Princess Diaries
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Fourteen year old Mia learns she is heir to Genovia and gets posture lessons with pastries.
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Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Senior year brings college letters, distance from Peter, and a dad wedding Lara Jean helps hold together.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Fourteen-year-old Junior leaves his Spokane reservation school for an all-white farm town, drawing cartoons through grief, basketball, and…
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Stargirl
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Leo Borlock likes blending in until homeschooled Stargirl Caraway arrives at Mica High with a ukulele, a pet rat, and kindness that tests…
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A Thousand Boy Kisses
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Poppy and Rune bind promise jar kisses before illness parts them.
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.
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Heartstopper: Volume Four
Because shares tags: young adult, mental health.
Nick and Charlie face eating disorders, coming out, and first love in Oseman's tender fourth volume.
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Hatchet
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
A plane crash leaves thirteen-year-old Brian alone in the Canadian wild with only a hatchet.
