# Books like A Door Near Here

**10** books similar to *A Door Near Here* by Heather Quarles (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** alcoholics, alcoholism, brothers and sisters, divorce
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## Similar books

- [The Late Great Me](https://readinglist.school/book/the-late-great-me) by Sandra Scoppettone _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of alcoholics and alcoholism, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [We All Fall Down](https://readinglist.school/book/we-all-fall-down) by Robert Cormier _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of alcoholism, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Summer to Die](https://readinglist.school/book/a-summer-to-die) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Handful of Dust](https://readinglist.school/book/a-handful-of-dust) by Evelyn Waugh _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of divorce and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/chicken-soup-for-the-teenage-soul) by Jack Canfield _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [If You Come Softly](https://readinglist.school/book/if-you-come-softly) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Jumping the Nail](https://readinglist.school/book/jumping-the-nail) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Just Like Martin](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-martin) by Ossie Davis _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Tears of A Tiger](https://readinglist.school/book/tears-of-a-tiger) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The China Garden](https://readinglist.school/book/the-china-garden) by Liz Berry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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