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Books Like Crank

by Ellen Hopkins · about this book

Loved Crank by Ellen Hopkins? If its young adult, female lead and series hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Sunrise on the Reaping, The Knife of Never Letting Go and Demon Copperhead. 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 Crank: Young Adult · Female Lead · Series · Verse Novel · First Person Narrator

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   Sunrise on the Reaping

   Suzanne Collins

   Loss of Innocence · Teenagers · Tragic · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist

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   The Knife of Never Letting Go

   Patrick Ness

   Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Coming of Age · Intense

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   Demon Copperhead

   Barbara Kingsolver

   Addiction · Substance Abuse · Absent Parent · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age

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4. 

   We Begin at the End

   Chris Whitaker

   Loss of Innocence · Absent Parent · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age

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5. 

   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Addiction · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction

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6. 

   All the Light We Cannot See

   Anthony Doerr

   Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Short Chapters · Coming of Age · Absent Parent

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7. 

   When We Were Silent

   Fiona McPhillips

   Sexual Assault · Teenagers · Sexual Assault Content · Teen Protagonist · Intense

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8. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Loss of Innocence · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Tragic · Young Adult

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9. 

   The Summer I Turned Pretty

   Jenny Han

   Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction

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10. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator

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11. 

    The Lovely Bones

    Alice Sebold

    Sexual Assault Content · Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Tragic · First Person Narrator

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12. 

    The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green

    Teenagers · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Tragic · Contemporary Fiction

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13. 

    I, Medusa

    Ayana Gray

    Sexual Assault · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Sexual Assault Content · Young Adult

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14. 

    Long Bright River

    Liz Moore

    Addiction · Substance Abuse · Sexual Assault · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    Tess of the Road

    Rachel Hartman

    Sexual Assault · Young Adult · Coming of Age · Sexual Assault Content · Substance Abuse

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16. 

    Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

    Matthew Perry

    Addiction · Substance Abuse · Divorced Parents · Emotional · Absent Parent

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17. 

    The Giver

    Lois Lowry

    Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Emotional

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18. 

    Brother

    Ania Ahlborn

    Loss of Innocence · Intense · Tragic · Bleak · Teenagers

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19. 

    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Short Chapters · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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20. 

    Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

    Laura Ruby

    Absent Parent · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Young Adult · Toxic Family Dynamics

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