What books are similar to Beasts?

The 10 closest matches to Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland on ReadingList include Plain Jane and the Mermaid, Gone Wolf, Brownstone, Divergent, and His Face Is the Sun. 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 Beasts 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 Beasts

If you liked Beasts, read Plain Jane and the Mermaid, Gone Wolf, or Brownstone — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

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Looking for books like Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland (Juvenile Fiction · grades 9–12)? 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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Plain Jane and the Mermaidgrades 9–12: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Gone Wolfgrades 9–12: Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Brownstonegrades 9–12: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Divergentgrades 8–12: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (8–12). Amazon → books like this →
His Face Is the Sungrades 9–12: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Long Way Down720L: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
Sisters in the Windgrades 9–12: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survivalgrades 9–12: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
This Book Won't Burngrades 9–12: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Under the Same Starsgrades 9–12: Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →