Books like Looking for Alaska

Looking for books like Looking for Alaska by John Green? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Looking for Alaska

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Why each is a match

A Life in the Wildgrades 4–10
Overlapping grades (4–10) and the same era (2000s).
American Born Chinese530L
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2000s).
An American Plaguegrades 4–10
Overlapping grades (4–10) and the same era (2000s).
Ashley Bryangrades 4–10
Overlapping grades (4–10) and the same era (2000s).
Bucking the Sargegrades 4–9
Overlapping grades (4–9) and the same era (2000s).
Chains780L
Overlapping grades (5–9) and the same era (2000s).
Children of the Great Depressiongrades 4–10
Overlapping grades (4–10) and the same era (2000s).
Claudette Colvingrades 6–10
Overlapping grades (6–10) and the same era (2000s).
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogungrades 4–10
Overlapping grades (4–10) and the same era (2000s).
Darkness Over Denmarkgrades 4–10
Overlapping grades (4–10) and the same era (2000s).

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