Books like…

Books Like Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson · about this book

Loved Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson? If its young adult, sexual assault and teen protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Gather and Girl, Interrupted. 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 Speak: Young Adult · Sexual Assault · Teen Protagonist · Short Chapters · Sexual Assault Content

1. 

   Will Grayson, Will Grayson

   John Green, David Levithan

   Depression · Teenagers · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult

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   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction

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   Girl, Interrupted

   Susanna Kaysen

   Depression · Short Chapters · Sparse Prose · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven

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   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Loss of Innocence · Depression · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Character-Driven

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5. 

   Tess of the Road

   Rachel Hartman

   Trauma Recovery · Sexual Assault · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age

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   What My Bones Know

   Stephanie Foo

   Trauma Recovery · Therapy Journey · Anxiety · Self-Discovery · PTSD

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7. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

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

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8. 

   My Name Is Venus Black

   Heather Lloyd

   Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Trauma Recovery · Teen Protagonist · Emotional

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9. 

   The Giver Quartet Omnibus Deluxe Collector's Edition

   Lois Lowry

   Loss of Innocence · Sparse Prose · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Haunting

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10. 

    All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr

    Short Chapters · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Emotional

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11. 

    The List of Things That Will Not Change

    Rebecca Stead

    Therapy Journey · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Hopeful · Anxiety

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12. 

    Good Morning, Monster

    Catherine Gildiner

    Trauma Recovery · Therapy Journey · PTSD · Sexual Assault · Hopeful

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13. 

    The Summer I Turned Pretty

    Jenny Han

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

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14. 

    The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

    Stephanie Oakes

    Trauma Recovery · Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    My Friends

    Fredrik Backman

    Artist Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven · Hopeful

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16. 

    The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    Robert Dugoni

    Bullying · Coming of Age · Friendship and Betrayal · Hopeful · Emotional

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17. 

    The Midnight Library

    Matt Haig

    Depression · Short Chapters · Self-Discovery · Hopeful · Contemporary Fiction

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18. 

    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Loss of Innocence · Character-Driven · Emotional · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator

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19. 

    Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

    Brandon Sanderson

    Artist Protagonist · Self-Discovery · Hopeful · Anxiety · Character-Driven

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20. 

    Threadneedle

    Cari Thomas

    Coming of Age · Teenagers · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery

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