Books like…

Books Like A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness · about this book

Loved A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness? If its emotional, grief and mourning and tearjerker hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Gather, Crying in H Mart: A Memoir and The Giver. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Monster Calls: Emotional · Grief and Mourning · Tearjerker · Grief Over a Parent · Terminal Illness

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   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Single Mother · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Bittersweet · Self-Discovery

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   Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

   Michelle Zauner

   Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · Grief Over a Parent · Grief and Mourning · Death of a Parent

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   The Giver

   Lois Lowry

   Rite of Passage · Coming of Age · Haunting · Middle Grade · Teen Protagonist

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4. 

   We Begin at the End

   Chris Whitaker

   Single Mother · Tearjerker · Grief Over a Parent · Death of a Parent · Teen Protagonist

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5. 

   Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

   J.K. Rowling

   Coming of Age · Bullying · Grief and Mourning · Teen Protagonist · Anxiety

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6. 

   Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

   Laura Ruby

   Haunting · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Lyrical Prose

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7. 

   The Fault in Our Stars

   John Green

   Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Grief and Mourning · Teen Protagonist

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8. 

   Malas

   Marcela Fuentes

   Magical Realism · Lyrical Prose · Coming of Age · Grief and Mourning · Bittersweet

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9. 

   The Book Thief

   Markus Zusak

   Tearjerker · Coming of Age · Grief and Mourning · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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10. 

    The Outsiders

    S.E. Hinton

    Tearjerker · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Teen Protagonist · Grief Over a Parent

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11. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    Grief Over a Parent · Death of a Parent · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Lyrical Prose

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12. 

    Beautyland

    Marie-Helene Bertino

    Single Mother · Grief Over a Parent · Bittersweet · Short Chapters · Self-Discovery

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13. 

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    Illustrated Book · Bittersweet · Haunting · Lyrical Prose · Middle Grade

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14. 

    They Both Die at the End

    Adam Silvera

    Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Teen Protagonist · Emotional · Grief and Mourning

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15. 

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

    Haunting · Tearjerker · Terminal Illness · Death of a Parent · Emotional

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16. 

    All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr

    Haunting · Bittersweet · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Emotional

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17. 

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott

    Coming of Age · Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Emotional

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18. 

    The Way of the Warrior

    Chris Bradford

    Bullying · Death of a Parent · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Grief Over a Parent

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19. 

    The Last Letter

    Rebecca Yarros

    Tearjerker · Terminal Illness · Single Mother · Grief and Mourning · Emotional

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20. 

    How High We Go in the Dark

    Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Tearjerker · Grief and Mourning · Haunting · Bittersweet · Emotional

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