What books are similar to All My Rage?

The 10 closest matches to All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir on ReadingList include March Book Three, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Poet X, A Scar like a River, and A Sitting in St. James. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like All My Rage reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like All My Rage

If you liked All My Rage, read March Book Three, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, or The Poet X — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, 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.

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March Book Threegrades 9–12: Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian600L: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (7–10). Amazon →
The Poet X800L: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+2 more shared lists) and overlapping grades (8–12). Amazon →
A Scar like a Rivergrades 4–9: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
A Sitting in St. Jamesgrades 4–9: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
A World Without Summergrades 4–10: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
Brownstonegrades 9–12: Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
Death in the Junglegrades 4–10: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
Everything Sad Is Untruegrades 9–12: Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
Everything We Never Hadgrades 7–12: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →

Books like All My Rage for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy · grades K–5 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
I Know How to Draw an Owl by Hilary Horder Hippely · grades K–5 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott · grades K–5 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
Leaf Man Board Book by Lois Ehlert · grades K–5 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
Navigating Night by Julie Leung · grades K–5 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list and the same era (2020s).

Books like All My Rage for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) by Kacen Callender · grades 5–8 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and the same era (2020s).
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat · grades 4–8 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and the same era (2020s).
Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy · grades K–5 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo · grades 4–10 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
I Know How to Draw an Owl by Hilary Horder Hippely · grades K–5 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list and the same era (2020s).

Books like All My Rage for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) by Kacen Callender · grades 5–8 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and the same era (2020s).
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat · grades 4–8 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and the same era (2020s).
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo · grades 4–10 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi · grades 4–7 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and the same era (2020s).
Kin by Carole Boston Weatherford · grades 4–9 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).

Books like All My Rage for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley · grades 9–12 — Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s).
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo · grades 4–10 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
Kin by Carole Boston Weatherford · grades 4–9 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo · grades 9–12 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s).
No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson · grades 4–9 — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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