Books like Going Bovine

If you liked Going Bovine, read The Diviners Free Preview Edition (The First 11 Chapters), Under the Same Stars, or American Born Chinese — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Going Bovine by Libba Bray? 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 Going Bovine

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The Diviners Free Preview Edition (The First 11 Chapters)grades 5–12
Is by Libba Bray, the same author and overlapping grades (5–12). Amazon → books like this →
Under the Same Starsgrades 9–12
Is by Libba Bray, the same author and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
American Born Chinese530L
Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list, overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
How I Live Nowgrades 9–12
Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
Jellicoe Roadgrades 9–12
Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
Looking for Alaskagrades 9–12
Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
The White Darknessgrades 9–12
Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
All My Ragegrades 9–12
Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Bone Gapgrades 9–12
Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Brownstonegrades 9–12
Both on the Michael L. Printz Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to Going Bovine?
The 10 closest matches to Going Bovine by Libba Bray on ReadingList include The Diviners Free Preview Edition (The First 11 Chapters), Under the Same Stars, American Born Chinese, How I Live Now, and Jellicoe Road. 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 Going Bovine 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.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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