# Books like Impulse

**10** books similar to *Impulse* by Ellen Hopkins (Realistic Fiction · 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:** suicide, psychiatric hospitals, mental illness, interpersonal relations
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**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Night Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/night-hoops) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Sweat](https://readinglist.school/book/sweat) by Lynn Nottage _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [The Brimstone Journals](https://readinglist.school/book/the-brimstone-journals) by Ron Koertge _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Face at the Edge of the World](https://readinglist.school/book/the-face-at-the-edge-of-the-world) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of suicide, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Lovely Bones: A Novel](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lovely-bones-a-novel) by Alice Sebold _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Thirteen Reasons Why](https://readinglist.school/book/thirteen-reasons-why) by Jay Asher _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of suicide, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky) by Lesley Nneka Arimah _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Faking Normal](https://readinglist.school/book/faking-normal) by Courtney C. Stevens _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Five Survive](https://readinglist.school/book/five-survive) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [I am the Weapon](https://readinglist.school/book/i-am-the-weapon) by Allen Zadoff _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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