# Books like Full Tilt

**10** books similar to *Full Tilt* by Neal Shusterman (Horror · 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:** brothers, carnivals in fiction, carnivals, self-perception
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## Similar books

- [Unwind](https://readinglist.school/book/unwind) by Neal Shusterman _(Grades 8–12)_ — Is by Neal Shusterman, the same author, both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, and overlapping grades (8–12).
- [The Schwa was Here](https://readinglist.school/book/the-schwa-was-here) by Neal Shusterman _(Grades 4–9)_ — Is by Neal Shusterman, the same author, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2000s).
- [A Sudden Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sudden-silence) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of brothers and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Breaking Boxes](https://readinglist.school/book/breaking-boxes) by A. M. Jenkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of brothers and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Breathing Underwater](https://readinglist.school/book/breathing-underwater) by Alex Flinn _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2000s).
- [Define "Normal"](https://readinglist.school/book/define-normal) by Julie Anne Peters _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2000s).
- [Hanging on to Max](https://readinglist.school/book/hanging-on-to-max) by Margaret Bechard _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2000s).
- [Life as We Knew It](https://readinglist.school/book/life-as-we-knew-it) by Susan Beth Pfeffer _(Grades 5–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (5–12), and the same era (2000s).
- [My Sister's Keeper](https://readinglist.school/book/my-sisters-keeper) by Jodi Picoult _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2000s).
- [Night Kites](https://readinglist.school/book/night-kites) by M. E. Kerr _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of brothers and overlapping grades (9–12).

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