Books like Rise

If you liked Rise, read The Revenant Games, Where the Dark Stands Still, or Conditions of a Heart — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: The Revenant Games by Margie Fuston

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Looking for books like Rise by Freya Finch (Young Adult Fantasy · 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 Rise

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Why each is a match

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The Revenant Gamesgrades 9–12
Both on the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fantasy), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Where the Dark Stands Stillgrades 9–12
Both on the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fantasy), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Conditions of a Heartgrades 9–12
Both on the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
The Beasts in Your Braingrades 9–12
Both on the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
The Dark Becomes Hergrades 9–12
Both on the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
A Fate So Coldgrades 7–12
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Ace of Spadesgrades 9–12
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
African Towngrades 7–12
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Aisle Ninegrades 9–12
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
All My Ragegrades 9–12
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →

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Books like Rise for middle school (grades 6–8)

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

Common questions

What books are similar to Rise?
The 10 closest matches to Rise by Freya Finch on ReadingList include The Revenant Games, Where the Dark Stands Still, Conditions of a Heart, The Beasts in Your Brain, and The Dark Becomes Her. 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 Rise 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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