Books like…

Books Like Go Ask Alice

by Anonymous · about this book

Loved Go Ask Alice by Anonymous? If its diary format, substance abuse and teen protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Parable of the Sower, The Diary of a Young Girl and Sunrise on the Reaping. 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 Go Ask Alice: Diary Format · Substance Abuse · Teen Protagonist · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

1. 

   Parable of the Sower

   Octavia E. Butler

   Diary Format · Bleak · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · First Person Narrator

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2. 

   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Diary Format · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age

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3. 

   Sunrise on the Reaping

   Suzanne Collins

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

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4. 

   The Knife of Never Letting Go

   Patrick Ness

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

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5. 

   The Lovely Bones

   Alice Sebold

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

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6. 

   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Depression · Teen Protagonist · Loss of Innocence · Teenagers · First Person Narrator

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7. 

   When We Were Silent

   Fiona McPhillips

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

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8. 

   We Begin at the End

   Chris Whitaker

   Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Substance Abuse · Coming of Age

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9. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Teen Protagonist · Tragic · Loss of Innocence · Young Adult · First Person Narrator

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10. 

    I, Medusa

    Ayana Gray

    Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Sexual Assault Content · Young Adult · First Person Narrator

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11. 

    Brother

    Ania Ahlborn

    Tragic · Loss of Innocence · Bleak · Teenagers · Sexual Assault Content

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12. 

    The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

    Stephanie Oakes

    Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Intense · Young Adult · First Person Narrator

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13. 

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

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

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14. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Addiction · Teen Protagonist · Substance Abuse · Young Adult · Emotional

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15. 

    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    Substance Abuse · Addiction · Teen Protagonist · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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16. 

    All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr

    Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers

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17. 

    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Depression · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Emotional

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18. 

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Bleak · Tragic · Loss of Innocence · Teenagers · Intense

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19. 

    Will Grayson, Will Grayson

    John Green, David Levithan

    Depression · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator

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20. 

    Carrie

    Stephen King

    Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Intense · Teenagers · Female Lead

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