Books like Come Home Safe

If you liked Come Home Safe, read Artifice, Bittersweet in the Hollow, or Chaos Theory — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Come Home Safe by Brian G. Buckmire (Young Adult 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.

10 books similar to Come Home Safe

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Artificegrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Bittersweet in the Hollowgrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Chaos Theorygrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
For Lambgrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Give Me a Signgrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Going Darkgrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Star Splittergrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
The Library of Shadowsgrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Their Vicious Gamesgrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Thieves' Gambitgrades 9–12
Both on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →

Books like Come Home Safe for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

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

Books like Come Home Safe for middle school (grades 6–8)

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

  • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang · 530L — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
  • Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card · 780L — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (6–10).
  • Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay · grades 7–12 — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
  • Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds · 720L — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers · 670L — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (8–11).

Books like Come Home Safe for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

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

  • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang · 530L — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
  • Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card · 780L — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (6–10).
  • Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay · grades 7–12 — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
  • Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly · grades 9–12 — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).
  • His Face Is the Sun by Michelle Jabès Corpora · grades 9–12 — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).

Book data last updated 2026-07-06. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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